General News of Monday, 13 January 2020Source: theghanareport.comEC rules out creation of new constituencies ahead of 2020 pollsDr Eric Asare Bossman, Deputy Commissioner of the Electoral Commission (EC)The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has no plans to expand the 275 constituencies in the country for the upcoming December 2020 polls. This was revealed by Deputy Commissioner of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Eric Asare Bossman, in an interview on Accra-based Joy FM on Monday. In November 2020, the country will hold general and parliamentary polls with some advocates calling for the split of certain constituencies and creation of fresh ones. The EC increased the number of constituencies to 275 from 230 in 2012. In anticipation of increased constituencies, there was a proposal to build a 450-seater parliamentary chamber estimated to cost GHC200m.

Source: GhanaWeb January 13, 2020 12:22 UTC