The International Press Centre in Accra will serve as an Election Relay Centre on December 7 where certified results from the Electoral Commission (EC) will be disseminated throughout the country.

Accordingly, the EC has agreed that all certified election results will first be sent to the International Press Centre for mass dissemination by journalists who will gather there.

Disclosing the details to the Daily Graphic, the General Secretary of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr Bright Blewu, said apart from receiving certified results in hard copies, the EC will also use the fax and e-mail services to send out the certified results.

He said as part of efforts to make the Press Centre a resource centre, the association is making a request for 40 Information Services Department (ISD) information boards to display results for the presidential and parliamentary candidates.

This way, Mr Blewu said, the GJA will be working to encourage greater professionalism in the coverage of elections as well as help facilitate the electoral process to ensure transparency.

The association will accordly set up a website – www.ghelectionshotline.org – for election purposes.

The website which will be run by International Institute for ICT Journalism and OSIWA Pens Plug Bytes will provide election news, analysis, features, facts and results.

According to Mr Blewu, the site has been set up, particularly with Ghanaians living abroad in mind and for the international community.

Source: Daily Graphic
Posted: 28/11/08

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