President John Dramani Mahama has submitted the report on election-related violence to the Attorney-General for further action.
He assured that the findings of the investigation into the 2020 and 2024 electoral disturbances will be fully implemented, including the payment of adequate compensation to all victims.
President Mahama made this commitment when executives of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), led by its president, Albert Kwabena Dwumfuor, paid a courtesy call on him and presented various concerns for redress.
“Last week, I received the investigative report on the two incidents. It details and catalogues everyone who was affected by the violence and the circumstances that led to it,” President Mahama said.
“We have handed it over to the Attorney-General. The Attorney-General will review it and, where necessary, hold people culpable and bring them to book,” he added.
He noted that government has tasked the Attorney-General to determine adequate compensation for victims, including the families of those who died and those living with injuries.
“What is the adequate compensation that we can give to people like that?” he said.
President Mahama also noted that electoral violence has affected not only innocent bystanders and political activists but also journalists carrying out their legitimate work.
