The Ghana Police Service has announced that it is finalising a plan with the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) to ensure that collation centres for the pending 2024 general elections are secured.
Speaking at a stakeholder engagement to brief Civil Society Organisations on the operational plan for the December 7, 2024, polls, on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, indicated that collation centres had been identified as the main areas where disputes arise during elections.
Dr. Akuffo Dampare added that measures being put in place by the police and the EC would ensure that collation centres are well organised and that the election results are collated in an orderly manner.
“We are currently working with the EC to come out with standard collation centres in a way that security would be paramount. Such that at the end of the day, these difficulties that we have, where we go …