EC announces 25% filing fee waiver for women, persons with disabilities

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The Electoral Commission has announced that it will waive the filing fees for women and persons with disabilities by 25 per cent.

The EC says it is maintaining the filing fee for Presidential Candidates at 100,000 Ghana Cedis and 10,000 Ghana Cedis for Parliamentary Candidates.

The EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa made this known in a briefing to Parliament on preparations towards the December polls.

“We intend to maintain the filing fee charged in 2020 and we will maintain the GH¢100, 000 charge for the presidential candidates and the GH¢10,000 for the parliamentary candidates.

“In addition, we intend to waive the filing fee by 25% for women and persons with disability. We believe this will go a long way to enhance participation of women and persons with disability in the general elections,” she stated.

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