Increase the number of offline machines to facilitate the registration process – Ofosu Ampofo at EC

General News of Sunday, July 7th, 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

2019-07-07

The National President of the National Democratic Opposition Congress (NDC), Samuel Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, instructed the Electoral Commission (EC) to increase the number of machines used for the registration exercise. to facilitate the registration process.

He made these remarks while speaking to the media as part of his surveillance tour in some constituencies in the central region.

His monitoring team included Maame Efua Sekyi-Addo, Deputy National Women's Organizer, Central Area President's Advocate, EKT Addo, Vice President of the Region, Mr. Aidoo Mensah, and some party leaders In the region.

The Ghana Electoral Commission began the limited registration exercise on June 17, 2019 to register all voters for the first time, but the process, which was supposed to be an online exercise, has has been disturbed by network problems, many of whom can not follow the process on time.

This forced the EC to register offline across the country.

While interacting with the media as part of his tour, the CND national president, who speaks openly, said the online system was a waste of time and money.

"The European commissioners refused to follow our advice," he said.

President Ofosu Ampofo has also asked the Electoral Commission to increase the number of machines used for offline registration, as the queues at the registration centers are still long.

He argued that even though the online system allows the applicant's data to be entered into the EC database during the registration and that the data entered with the offline system should be exported to the database at a later date, it will be prudent to increase the number of machines. reduce the stress and frustration created by EC.

In the various registration centers, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo encouraged voters, party agents and EC officials for the first time to remain resolute and to follow the process peacefully.

The president of the NDC, who began his follow-up exercise in the Greater Accra region, led his entourage on Saturday to visit all the registration centers in the districts of Awutu Senya East, Awutu Senya West, Gomoa East , West Gomoa, Ekumfi and Mfantseman. Eastern Region today Sunday, July 7, 2019.