Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr. Joseph Kwaku Asamoah, has called for greater public scrutiny of the Commission’s work.
According to him, Ghanaians have given the EC the mandate and pay for its work with their money, hence the need to deepen participation and involve stakeholders at every stage.
He was speaking on Onua TV’s morning show, Maakye, with host, JB, on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, following his swearing-in by President John Dramani Mahama.
Dr. Asamoah said he is not coming in to attack past or present leadership of the EC, but to contribute his quota to make it a better institution.
“The Commission over the years has acquitted itself creditably and I’m not here to indict any predecessor or current managers of the Commission. My only duty is to come and complement,” he said when asked to assess the performance of the Commission over the years.
He explained that the way forward is to expand engagements with political parties.
“But the Commission’s work should be scrutinised by the people of this nation because they have given us that mandate to work and pay us with their money,” he stated, expressing the need for the EC to engage the people more, particularly the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC).
“So going forward, we may have to deepen participation of the work of the Electoral Commission and expand the frontiers of IPAC and make sure that at every stage of the electoral processes, the parties and the stakeholders are involved,” he noted.
He added that involving all parties will help deliver credible outcomes. “Make sure that we bring them on board, so that we can all midwife a credible process to give birth to a credible outcome,” he said.
President John Dramani Mahama on Monday, October 12, 2026, swore in Emelia Afi Agbenyo and Dr. Joseph Kwaku Asamoah as Deputy Chairpersons of the Electoral Commission at the Jubilee House.
The two replace Dr. Bossman Eric Asare, who was in charge of Corporate Affairs and resigned effective July 31, 2026, to return to academia at the University of Ghana, and Samuel Tettey, who was in charge of Operations and retired after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 65.
Dr. Asamoah is a lawyer, chartered accountant and lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) with over 17 years experience in electoral administration.
He previously served the EC as Director of Finance, Director of the Training Centre and Head of Audit and played a role in the 2012 and 2016 general elections.
Ms Agbenyo previously served as Deputy Director for Operations at the Ghana TVET Service and as a Commissioner at the National Development Planning Commission.
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