General News of Sunday, 26 January 2020Source: ghananewsagency.orgNCCE to organize presidential candidate’s debateJohn Mahama (L) and President Akufo-Addo are expected to slug it out in the debateThe National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Friday said it will organize three Presidential Candidates’ Debate in three zones: Northern, Middle and Southern in September, October and November in collaboration with Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). The Commission would also organize Parliamentary Candidates’ Debate in all 275 constituencies and undertake door to door/dawn and dusk broadcast on voter turn-out from September to December. The NCCE will scale-up engagements with identifiable groups on civic and voter education, show relevant documentaries, and films in communities to promote non-violent political atmosphere, and public education on the Public Order Acts, Mrs Afutu stated. She said the NCCE as part of measures to increase public awareness, it would embarked on door to door public education on the electoral process to whip-up voter turnout and broadcast civic and voter education messages using cinema and other vans. The NCCE would also engage in post- election education on good governance and peaceful co-existence.

Source: GhanaWeb January 25, 2020 14:48 UTC