President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to file his presidential nominations forms today, Tuesday, October 6, 2020.
This will be the fourth time he will carry out this exercise, having done same in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
The president is expected to go through the process at the Electoral Commission’s head office in Accra.
President Akufo-Addo is expected to file his forms at exactly 11:00am and make available a GH¢100,000 banker’s draft as the filing fee.
The nomination process was opened by the Commission yesterday and it is expected to end on Friday, October 9th.
In light of the current pandemic and the consequent strict Covid-19 protocols, the president will be accompanied by a few officials from his party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
His forms will be in quadruplicate as demanded by the Commission.
The Commission will receive filled out nomination forms from the candidates between the hours of 9:00 am and 12 noon and 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm each day.
Additionally, the nomination forms have also been made available online to applicants.
According to Sylvia Annor, the Public Relations Officer of the EC, the aspirants will be allowed to file the process with only 5 people accompanying them in observance of the COVID-19 protocols.
With such consistent vie for the presidency, he went on to win that 2016 elections, as his forms were received by then Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), Charlotte Osei.
Akufo-Addo, 76, unseated Mahama in 2016 with 53.8 percent of the vote, cementing the nation’s reputation as a leading democracy in a region that has earned notoriety for political instability.
Akufo-Addo will contest the December 7 poll with Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia as his running mate.
Mahama, 61, who has been chosen by the National Democratic Congress as its candidate, defeated Akufo-Addo in the 2012 presidential race.
Ghana’s elections have been historically close, with Mahama narrowly winning against Akufo-Addo in 2012 with 50.7 percent. Akufo-Addo unsuccessfully challenged Mahama’s victory in the courts.
