Rashid Tanko Computer, the Deputy Director of Elections and IT of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has criticised the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Director of Communications, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, over his concerns about the appointment of Emelia Afi Agbenyo as Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC).
Speaking on TV3’s Daily Brief, Rashid questioned Aboagye’s criticism, citing the appointment of Prof. Appiahene, whom he said previously served as the NPP’s Director of Elections in the Bono East Region before becoming an EC commissioner.
“I am surprised my brother Dennis is speaking this way. Is Dennis Miracles Aboagye coming from Afghanistan or Somalia? Is he not a Ghanaian? Does he not know that one of the current commissioners, appointed by Akufo-Addo, Prof. Appiahene, was a Director of Elections for the NPP in the Bono East Region?” he asked.
Rashid further stated that when Prof. Appiahene was appointed during the Akufo-Addo administration, the NDC wrote to the Council of State to express its opposition to the appointment.
According to him, the party argued that someone who had served as the NPP’s Director of Elections should not be appointed an Electoral Commission commissioner. The Council of State wrote back to the NDC that, so long as he is qualified to be appointed and the president’s prerogative to appoint, they, the Council of State, have not seen anything wrong with it. Which party he was coming from is not material”.
Meanwhile, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, the NPP Communications Director, has slammed the John Mahama government following the appointment of the Deputy Chairpersons of the Electoral Commission (EC).
Miracles Aboagye on TV3 is quoted to have said, “There’s a video of the newly appointed Deputy EC Chair Emelia Afi Agbenyo standing at an NDC campaign rally, wearing an NDC T-shirt. She was also the spokesperson for the NDC Manifesto Committee. How can we stoop so low?”
Also on Citi FM, Miracles Aboagye said the appointment of Emelia Afi Agbenyo as a Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission is shameful.
He argued that for the Mahama government to simply go into the NDC’s database and pick one of their political party operatives as a Deputy Electoral Commissioner is a complete shame.
Speaking on Eyewitness News on Citi FM, Miracles Aboagye stated, “It’s a shame. We have a government and a party that doesn’t even see how embarrassing it is to simply go into the party’s database and pick one of their political party operatives and appoint her as a Deputy Electoral Commissioner. It is a complete shame”.
Miracles Aboagye further argued that Ghana has come a long way in building its democracy, adding that the independent institutions should not be tainted by partisan politics.
He added, “We have come very far as a country trying to build our democracy. And one of the things we know we don’t do is to try and touch some of these independent bodies in such a very, very blatant manner.
“You know, this government went after our Chief Justice by illegally bullying her and removing her. Now they’re going to the Electoral Commission as well,” he added.
His comments come on the heels of President John Dramani Mahama’s appointment and swearing-in of Deputy Chairpersons of the Electoral Commission, Emelia Afi Agenyo and Dr Joseph Kwaku Asamoah, into office on October 12, 2026.
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Pres. Mahama Swears in New EC Deputies: “Is Dennis Miracles Aboagye coming from Afghanistan or Somalia? Is he not a Ghanaian? Does he not know that one of the current commissioners, appointed by Akufo-Addo, Prof. Appiahene, was a Director of Elections for the NPP in the Bono East Region?” – Rashid Tanko Computer, Deputy Director of Elections and IT, NDC #DailyBrief #TV3GH
— #TV3GH (@tv3_ghana) October 12, 2026
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