Director of Elections for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Evans Nimako has stated the decision to compile a new voter’s registration by the Electoral Commission is a good decision at the appropriate time.
He added that the EC took a wise decision because the registration has been clear and fair.
“Going into this 2020 election, I think the decision to compile a new register is in the right direction. What we have experienced so far is a registration process that has been run very well. It has been very transparent, the EC has been updating stakeholders at all times,” Evans Nimako added on The Point of View on Citi TV.
According to him, the claims from people that the new voter’s register was not necessary should not be taken into consideration because it is too early to make such claims.
He explained that the EC’s decision to compile a new register was not only based on a bloated register but other reasons including some defects with the voter management system.
“The argument from the EC was that the voter management system had some defaults and going into the 2020 general elections, they could not vouch for that system so a lot of discussions went on for a new system to be put in place.”
Adding that about 15.1 million people have participated in the registration at the moment.
“Estimates show that about 16.7 million which is 100,000 lower than the number of persons on the old register therefore about 16.8 million will be registered by the end of the registration”, he averred.
Prior to this estimations, some people claim that there was no need to compile a new voters’ register like the EC suggested.
He pointed out that the EC has given Ghanaians who could partake in the exercise another opportunity to do so at the district Offices of the Electoral Commission (EC).
“I think that what we have gotten, there are opportunities for people to register. There are centres that people have not registered. At the end of Thursday, the EC will come out with mop-up figures so, for me, I think we should take our time before making conclusions”, he said.
The Electoral Commission has given people two days extension to participate in the registration process so they can vote in the upcoming elections.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Gladys Amoah Konadu
