General News of Tuesday, 14 May 2019Source: classfmonline.comElection 2016: Who hacked EC's system – Mahama asksFormer President John Dramani MahamaFormer President John Dramani Mahama is demanding answers from the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana concerning the alleged hacking into the election management body’s IT system which prompted a halt of the electronic transmission of results in the 2016 election. “During the last Presidential Election in Ghana, the Electoral Commission directed its staff to stop using the electronic result transmission system to communicate results to the tallying centre because the system had been compromised. “As I speak, I am not aware that the Electoral Commission has carried out any investigation into what compromised their IT system. “In the interest of transparency, it is important for Ghanaians to understand what happened before we go into another election,” Mahama said on Friday, 10 May 2019 at the Distinguished Speaker Seminar at the Saïd Business School, Oxford University, UK. Mr Mahama was, however, glad that elections have improved generally in Africa “from the era of steel ballot boxes and district counting centres”.

Source: GhanaWeb May 13, 2019 16:41 UTC