The Electoral Commission (EC) says, the fire outbreak that gutted part of its Greater Accra Regional Office on Friday, August 14, 2020 will not mar the conduct of the 2020 general elections.
The Commission has assured the general public that the data at the office is “safe and secure” because the parts affected by the fire is the storage facility for old electoral materials.
Addressing the press on the matter, Public Relations Officer of the EC, Sylvia Annor said, the police have begun a preliminary investigation to find out the cause of the fire outbreak.
She also stressed that the fire will not affect the commission’s work towards the December 7, 2020 polls.
“Portions of the Greater Accra Regional Office warehouse was gutted by fire in the early hours of today, Friday, destroying some old election materials that have been stored over the period but thankfully the Ghana National Fire Service was able to stop the fire from spreading to the other offices.”
“The matter is being investigated by the Ghana National Fire Service as well as the security agencies and as soon as the report is ready we will make it available. It is important to assure the general public that the fire outbreak will not affect the conduct of the 2020presidential and parliamentary elections”, she said.
The fire started at about 2:30 am on Friday, August 14, 2020 at the EC’s Greater Accra Regional office at Sapeiman near Amasaman.
The Ghana National Fire Service rushed to the scene immediately they were tipped by the police. In a statement released by the Greater Accra Command of the Ghana Police Service, four fire tenders from Amasaman, Kotoku, Nsawam and Abelempke arrived at the scene to quench fire and secure the environs.
This development comes a few days after the EC finished compiling the new voters register towards the December polls.
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