The Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency, Alhassan Suhuyini is accusing the Electoral Commission of focusing on trivial matters.

He believes the EC has numerous unresolved issues that need attention, and they should prioritise addressing the most crucial matters.

Speaking in an interview with JoyNews on February 21, he emphasised the importance of solving basic problems by providing tools for workers and fixing all malfunctioning equipment.

He pointed out that during the last district-level election, voting materials arrived very late and some equipment were not even functional upon arrival.

"In my constituency for example, in one electoral area they voted till 2am, materials arrived late, the equipment still malfunctioned and you are not dealing with that," he said on the AM Show.

“Electoral Commission is majoring on minor things and minoring on major things” he added.

He explained that some officers in the Electoral Commission were provided with vehicles, but they have not been given the necessary funds for maintenance.

“There are so many officers that I know that were given vehicles, pickups in 2020, have not been serviced. They have not been given money for servicing at all and we are in 2024. They sent only two spare tyres to them, does a vehicle use two tyres?

“Sending them two tyres for just one pickup to run in the constituency when is election time, they don’t get their fuel on time, nothing.

“During the limited registration exercise, when colleagues and I went around the district offices, in some cases we had to give money for them to buy credit, to be able to power their offices. These are basic things.

"Despondency is at the highest level today at the Electoral Commission. Workers don’t feel motivated to work because they are not even given the basic tools to work, and these are the things you need to fix as the leader of that institution," he added.

Mr Suhuyini emphasised that the EC Chairperson, Jean Adukwei Mensa, should concentrate on essential tasks to ensure a smooth election this year.

“As we speak, we are in February. We are about nine to ten months away from the next election. We do not have a calendar of the Electoral Commission for this year, it's not out yet.”