Pressure group Solidare Ghana has asked the government to publicise the amount the country expended in conducting the Assin North by-election.

The group’s Executive Director, Benjamin Essuman in a signed statement said the accountability would bring to light if the by-election was worth it.

“This demand for accountability emanates from the fact that Ghanaians in exercise of their free choice, voted for the NPP government to superintend over the affairs of state and bring about development in the lives of the people, as freely promised to do by the President and his team, and more importantly to do so in a judicious manner.

“Therefore, it is important for the media, academia, traditional authorities, civil society, and all concerned players in the nation-building effort, to demand publication of the cost incurred in the conduct of such a forced electioneering exercise, in order to help inform the Ghanaian taxpayer and help determine, whether the taxes paid to the government have been put to good use or not,” part of the statement read.

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