By The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called upon the Electoral Commission (EC) to confront the array of challenges witnessed during the ongoing limited voter registration process.
Issues such as malfunctioning equipment and network connectivity problems have stirred unease among stakeholders.
Speaking to Citi News, Mustapha Gbande, Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, underscored the critical need to address these hurdles to rebuild trust in the Electoral Commission.
Gbande stressed the expectation that the EC, as the overseer of all registration procedures, should give top priority to enhancing the accessibility and effectiveness of registration systems and devices.
“One would expect that an Electoral Commission which controls every aspect of registration in terms of systems and machines, should focus on improving the availability of such systems. I think that we are beginning to also record pockets of violence from NPP parliamentary candidates in some of the places, using thugs and all of that.
“We know that the police have been massively deployed to registration centres so we are wondering why issues of violence will occur at a registration centre. If the police have withdrawn and they want us to take our security into our own hands, they should let us know so that we can actively prepare for some of these atrocities. It is not in the right of anyone to go to a polling station and want to use thugs to beat people.”
In the latest update, the Electoral Commission has reported that as of Day 4 of the registration, 143,014 eligible Ghanaians have been successfully registered. With the ambitious goal of registering 623,000 individuals by the conclusion of the three-week exercise, the commission remains committed to facilitating widespread participation in the electoral process.
