Confusion rocks GJA election as name of presidential hopeful is replaced with John Mahama

Confusion rocked the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) general elections when one of the presidential candidates had his name replaced with that of the former president, John Mahama.

The candidate, Johnnie Aryeetey was turned away by officials of the Electoral Commission when he showed up at the Ghana International Press Centre to vote.

Nutor Bibini Nutor, the campaign manager for John Aryeetey has described the situation as worrying, saying that the incumbent executives have manipulated the process to their advantage.

“If you check with any polling agents including the master list that any electoral commission agents have, it has as the general list number 138 as His Excellency John Dramani Mahama who is a member of the GJA. But come to think of it how could it happen that the same list, final, final, eligible voters for this year’s GJA elections at the general list column you have 138 for our candidate and for our team, Johnnie Aryeetey,” he told Accra-based 3FM.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the elections committee has assured that Mr. Aryeetey would be allowed to vote, but his campaign manager believes that the process has already been discredited.
He said the situation goes to “fuel suspicion that most candidates have, that this year’s election is a mere formality that some people have been predetermined to come out victorious.”
A total of 656 media personnel are expected to cast their votes nationwide to elect leaders to manage the affairs of the Association.
Even though there are three people aspiring to head the GJA, the race is between the incumbent, Roland Affail Monney and Lloyd Evans.