Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, the Director of IT at the Electoral Commission (EC), has encouraged presidential candidates to seek financial support from their backers to raise the GH₵100,000 required for filing fees.
Ahead of the December 7 election, the EC has stipulated that male presidential candidates must pay GH₵100,000, while female candidates and those with disabilities are required to pay GH₵75,000. For parliamentary candidates, the filing fee is set at GH₵10,000, with a reduced fee of GH₵7,500 for female candidates and individuals with disabilities.
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The announcement has sparked mixed reactions, with some expressing concerns that it could make candidates susceptible to the influence of financial backers.
However, Dr Quaicoe has asserted that the decision to contest an election is a collective affair.
The former EC Director of Electoral Services was speaking at a forum organized by the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG) in Accra on Friday.
“Contesting an election is not an individual issue, if you don’t have the money you should be able to mobilize from your supporters.
“So if you are saying you want to be the president of Ghana and you not mobilizing people to pay 100,000 then how are you going to do the campaigning?” he admonished.
