If you want to be president but can’t raise GHC100k filing fees, how are you then going to campaign? – Serebour Quaicoe

The Director of IT at the Electoral Commission (EC) Dr Serebour Quaicoe has said that the presidential aspirants should be able to be in the position to pay for the filing fees.

He says the aspirants can mobilize the fees from their supporters if they cannot do it by themselves.

Speaking at a forum organized by the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG) in Accra on Friday, August 9, he said “Contesting an election is not an individual issue, if you don’t have the money you should be able to mobilize from your supporters.

“So if you are saying you want to be the president of Ghana and you not mobilizing people to pay  100,000 then how are you going to do the campaigning?”

The commission recently announced the nomination fees for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections.

The EC said that male presidential candidates must pay GH¢100,000, while female candidates and persons with disabilities will pay GH¢75,000.

“Candidates vying for the position of President will be required to make a payment of One Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢100,000.00) at the time of submitting their Nomination Forms. Payment shall be by Banker’s draft and addressed to the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission.

“Female Candidates and Persons with Disabilities are required to pay Seventy-Five Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢75,000),” part of the statement read.