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By Martin Opoku / Eugene Daniel Ohemeng, RNG
Sunyani, July 6, GNA – Future Voters
waiting for long queues to be registered in the Sunyani municipality Friday
appealed to the Electoral Commission (EC) to extend the term of office
Limited electoral registration exercise in progress.
According to them, the number of potential candidates
voters wishing to be registered increased, although the exercise officially
ends on Sunday, July 7, 2019.
They attributed this increase to the
arrival of high school students aged 18 and over and now back
the house on vacation.
When the Ghana News Agency visited the
Sunyani Municipal EC Registration Center at 2:30 pm there was a
long queue of many potential voters who seemed so frustrated because
some of them had been there for three business days but had not had the opportunity
to be registered.
In an interview with the GNA, MS Priscilla
Osei, an apprentice hairdresser, said, "I have been here for three days and
"have still not been registered because of the large number of people."
She begged the EC to extend the
duration of the registration in order to give any qualified voter the opportunity to
to be registered.
Mr. Yaw Badu-Amaniampong, City Councilor
The EC, stressed the need for the Commission to extend the
duration due to the increase in the number of people wishing to be
registered.
He said that initially the Center could register
a little over 200 people a day but since Monday, July 1, 2019, more than 350
people were registered daily.
Mr. Badu-Amaniampong stated that the Center could
register this number daily because of the capacity and competence of the
team of registration agents.
He said the agents of the two main political parties
new parties, the new patriotic party and the National Democratic Congress have been
cooperate with them adding that the Center had no challenge except
the question of increasing numbers.
GNA
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