General News of Monday, 29 April 2019Source: citinewsroom.comCasual workers for referendum to be paid by next week – ECDelays in payment prompted some casual workers at the EC to agitate for their allowancesThe Electoral Commission (EC) has received funds from the Finance Ministry to pay temporary staff engaged during the referendum for new regions held in December 2018. But the delays in payment prompted some of the people who were recruited as casual workers by the Electoral Commission to agitate for their allowances. The 2016 Audit Report observed that the Commission, in July 2014, moved over GHc12 million in cash to pay off temporary staff who supervised district level elections at the time. Jean Mensa says though expensive, the Commission may have to rely on the mobile money platforms to make the payments. “We have to pay a commission and at the end of the day you would realise the commission will have to incur more costs,” she noted.

Source: GhanaWeb April 29, 2019 13:41 UTC