We'll rectify our challenges and give you a quality voters register - EC to NDC

Ghana's Electoral Commission has pledged to undertake a thorough voter registration exercise and supply political parties with an authentic list for the December elections. 

This comes after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) demanded that the EC reveal the provisional voter register for the December 7 general elections prior of the exhibition process.

Dr. Boamah, the NDC's Director of Elections, blamed the delay in the register's publication on the EC's inefficiency and a purposeful attempt to present political parties with a substandard register in a Facebook post.

According to Boamah, the NDC and other stakeholders are "deeply concerned that the posturing and incompetence of the EC and its IT Department can plunge Ghana into anarchy if not remedied immediately."

Dr. Serebuor Quaicoe, Director of Training at the EC, denied the charges on Citi FM's Eyewitness News on Wednesday and encouraged the NDC and other stakeholders to be patient with them as they go through the exhibition process to resolve all issues. He stated that political parties can expect the commission to offer a quality final register at the conclusion of the exhibition operation.

"Why would we fight the same people who are going to help us do the work? We all know the quantum of work to be done…So, they should understand it and once we give it to them, they and the voters and everybody will help to contribute and by the time we finish the eight-day exhibition, we will identify all the challenges and rectify them.”

“They should all expect that when everything is done we will give them the final register. So, we will do good work and give them the final register which will be a quality register,” he stated.

Sources: Lead News Online