The Electoral Commission (EC) is expected to take a one-day break from the on-going voter registration for the celebrations of Eid-Al-Adha on Friday, July 31.
“The public is hereby informed that the Commission will not undertake the Voters Registration Exercise on Friday the 31st of July, 2020, this was captured in their press statement”
“The Voters Registration Exercise will resume on Saturday the 1st of August to Thursday the 6th of August, 2020. The Commission apologises for any inconvenience caused by its earlier release,” the EC added.
In view of the holiday, the EC officials are also expected to take a break on Friday and resume the next day.
The registration exercise began on June 30 and expected to end on August 6.
It is being conducted in five phases with the last phase expected to commence after the celebrations.
The EC completed four phases in 24 days, with a total of 11.7 million registered people across the country.
The Greater Accra Region had the highest number of registrants totalling 2,615,925, followed by the Ashanti Region with 2,089,923.
In terms of gender, more women are registering than men with a wide gap.
The EC has registered 6,100,440 women as against 5,528,970 for men.
Women make up 52.5% of registered citizens so far, compared to men who make up 47.5%.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Evans Boateng
