The declining state of its current headquarters has drawn the attention of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE).
This problem emerged because it was purported that the Electoral Commission failed to turn over the space to the NCCE after leaving its head office. Rather, the rooms have been turned into storage areas.
The NCCE’s Kathleen Addy revealed that they haven’t been successful in getting the space released, despite their best efforts, during a Tuesday appearance before the Public Accounts Committee.
She said that in an effort to find a feasible solution, the NCCE is actively collaborating with the Electoral Commission.
“The Electoral Commission vacated our shared premises and we hoped that they would give some of the offices that they had vacated for our use because if you come to our offices, you will realise that we have very limited space in the premises and our staff are really crumped into the offices where we work.
“They have asked us to write a letter and request the space, which we did and it went back and forth for a while and eventually, after a year of trying, they sent us a letter to say that they had used all the rooms for storage.
“We are still in touch with them, trying to get them to come to an agreement so that we will use some of the rooms that are empty but we have yet to make progress on that and their rooms are still locked.”
She continued by saying that although letters requesting her intervention had also been sent to the chief of staff, nothing had happened as of yet.
“We have sent letters to the chief of staff and she directed one of her officers to resolve the issue but it still persists.”
