A member of Movement for Change (M4C), Mr. Solomon Owusu has alleged that the Electoral Commission (EC) has presented to Ghanaians a bloated register.
He noted that the recent limited registration exercise and the figures put out by the EC combined with the existing names on the register exceed the number of voters in Ghana.
Mr. Owusu said that per data provided by the Ghana Statistical Service and the figures put out by the EC, the register is bloated.
The Electoral Commission (EC) recorded 778,447 new voters in the recent limited registration exercise bringing the total number of valid voters on the register to over 18.6million.
The Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Jean Mensa disclosed this when she appeared before Parliament a few weeks ago to brief them on their activities. Mr. Owusu says, “The current register is bloated. First of all, the Statistical Service has released its data, informing us that the population of Ghana is 34 million.
This means that the population between zero and 17 years old is almost 45%. And so, if you deduct that figure out of the entire population and compare it to the number of people registered so far, it’s questionable. It means that people are not dying, and it’s strange. This shows that somebody wants to manipulate the electoral processes”.
Reacting to this on Plan B FM’s ‘Nkosuonsem’ show hosted by Obidehyie Kofi Sekyi on Wednesday, 7th August 2024, a communication team member of Movement for Change for Tema, Mr. Felix Kwasi Annan urged the EC Chairperson, Mr. Jean Mensa to do due diligence to conduct the elections very well so that there will be no chaos.
“Help Ghanaians to maintain their peace” he stated.
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