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Following a face-to-face TV programme in March 1978 on the Union Government Referendum in Ghana, Mr. Justice I.K. Abban, the Sole Electoral Commissioner, passed on to me a message from the Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Apaloo, the next day: “How His Lordship wished Ghana had ten courageous young men like you. Congratulations!” This message fortified me in my resolve always to preside over manifestly free, fair, transparent and credible elections boldly, courageously and fearlessly.
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A system of government involving civilians, the military and the police proposed by General Acheampong, Chairman of the NRC and SMC 1 of Ghana, in 1977.
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Miezah, H.A.A. (2018). Introduction. In: Elections in African Developing Democracies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53706-1_1
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