US Govt pledges $4.5 mil election support

The United States government has pledged  financial support of over 4.5 million dollars for Ghana’s November elections.

The US government has said a third of that, equal to about 5.7 million cedi -will be given to the Electoral Commission to help in its strategic communication work, while another third would be used by the peace commission for peace keeping operations, Citi news has reported.

US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson said the US government will also be offering additional training programmes for journalists ahead of the election to equip them to cover the polls effectively. “…we will be doing additional training for journalists and we will also be working to identify the areas that are at greatest risk of conflict.

" The Peace Commission and the UNDP have already done a map of potential conflict areas. We are bringing leading experts from US agency for international development on election security to validate that work, “ Citi FM reported.