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Electoral Officers who participated in last year’s elections are yet to receive their allowances from the Electoral Commission of Ghana.

The Ministry of Finance has been blamed for the delay in payment and the Communications Director of the EC, Eric Dzakpasu has made it public that the commission could only account for 80,000 cedis released by the Finance Ministry.

It is on this note that the Member of Parliament for Kade constituency, Hon. Ofosu Asamoah has asked officers who took active part in last years’ election to be patient with the new NPP administration as they look for ways to rectify the problem.

Speaking on ATV’s political talk show dubbed Asem Yi Di Ka, the legislator pointed out that even if the minister-designate for Finance takes over office after vetting, he has to be given ample time to ensure payment is made to electoral officers who haven’t been paid.

According to him, parliament would have to give Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta the green light to operate as Finance Minister and his early days in office wouldn’t offer him the opportunity to solve all of Ghana’s financial woes.