General News of Tuesday, 30 August 2016Source: ultimatefmonline.comPoliticians must publish their health records - Amakye BoatengAmakye Boateng, Political science lecturerA Political Science Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Amakye Boateng, has opinionated that politicians vying for the presidency in the country must be forced to disclose their health records. He stated that the Electoral Commission (EC) must compel presidential and vice presidential candidates to reveal their medical status prior to their acceptance as candidates for the parties they seek to represent. The lecturer has therefore suggested to the EC to make medical records of such presidential candidates’ part of its laws. They must be forced to disclose their health issues. He said to deepen good governance, the country must institute laws where health reports of presidential candidates are published in the various media outlets, saying the laws must bind them.

Source: GhanaWeb August 30, 2016 10:07 UTC