The Electoral Commission (EC) has issued a warning to individuals and political party agents, cautioning against disruptions or disturbances during the ongoing Limited Voter Registration Exercise.
The warning comes after the Ghana Police Service arrested three individuals—Abass Abukari, George Vinor, and Abdul Karim—in Tepa, Ashanti Region, on Wednesday. They were apprehended for allegedly disrupting the registration process and causing disturbances.
The individuals responsible for the sabotage are currently in police custody, assisting the Ghana Police Service with their investigations.
Benjamin Bannor Bio, the Ashanti Regional EC boss, emphasized that security personnel have been deployed to the various registration centers and are prepared to deal with any individuals or groups attempting to disrupt the process.
“They will not even allow them to get closer to our centres as we indicated in Tepa and we will not leave any stone unturned to ensure that the right people are registered. I can assure you, we will not also permit anybody to try to adversely affect the smooth process of our registration exercise.”
“The commission issues a directive that we go offline. We will be using offline until the connectivity issue is restored.”
The Majority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo Markin, has voiced concerns about the ongoing network issues affecting the limited voter registration exercise in the Effutu constituency in the Central Region.
“The frustration and the delays must be addressed. So I am urging the Electoral Commission to ensure that they have a backup system. We are told that previously they used to have a system where even when the network was down, they had an offline system which was readily available for registration. So that when the system comes up, it picks immediately.
“I am told that the new system is a bit cumbersome. So if they can work at it and ensure that they have an effective offline system which will allow for registration when the network is down, because as of now, the frustrations are one too many,” he said.