The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has announced the deployment of volunteers across all 276 constituencies and at the Ghana International Press Centre to collect and collate results from the December 7 elections.
In addition, the GJA has established a platform to display both provisional and certified election results. These results will be showcased on large monitors at the Press Centre, accessible to the media, political figures, and the general public.
At a press briefing, General Secretary Kofi Yeboah highlighted that, as part of the initiative, GJA volunteers will also monitor the overall conduct of the elections.
They will specifically report any violations involving media practitioners, ensuring that such issues are promptly addressed by the Association’s leadership.
“The GJA has also set up a seven-member Election Monitoring Team to compile a comprehensive report on the outcome of the elections.
Furthermore, the GJA has designated the Gifty Afenyi Dadzie Conference Hall at the Press Centre as a prime location for the organisation of press conferences on election-related matters by all political actors,” the statement read.
Given the central location of the Press Centre, it offers a central port of call and great convenience at no cost to all the political actors and the media for interaction on election-related matters.
The GJA has engaged extensively with, and received round endorsement from, political parties and media managers about this initiative.
Meanwhile, the GJA has said it received 9,009 media accreditation tags from the Electoral Commission as of Thursday, December 5, 2024, for distribution to media practitioners, including 100 foreign journalists, covering the elections.
