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EC to stick to ‘no-verification-no-vote’ policy for 2020 elections

The Electoral Commission (EC) will use the no-verification-no-vote policy for the 2020 elections. As part of efforts to upgrade its Biometric Voter Management System (BVMS), the EC plans to do away with the manual verification of voters, according to the Commission’s Director of Elections, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, who spoke on Eyewitness News. “We want to eliminate the possibility of depending ...

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Kilo’s kwijtraken door anders te eten: dit zijn de vier opties

Deze maand wil bijna iedereen wat afvallen, maar hoe? Vetarm eten? Minder koolhydraten? Is vasten de weg of moet je je leefstijl aanpassen? Voedingsdeskundige Jaap Seidell en arts Tamara de Weijer geven commentaar op deze vier mogelijkheden. Een koolhydraatarm dieet Eens in de zoveel tijd keert de hype over ‘low carb’ terug, onder nieuwe namen als Atkins (1972), Montignac (1996), ...

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NDC, Mahama run to churches, pastors to stop EC’s new voter roll – Reports

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its flag bearer, Mr John Dramani Mahama, have turned to the head pastors of The Church of Pentecost to intervene in the decision of the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new voter register a few months into the elections. The party’s National Chairman, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, while reiterating the NDC’s opposition ...

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Watch: The road trip in Kumasi that requires a mask

Video Archive Listen to the Article A young man with a pollution mask stands by the Atonsu-Lake road waiting for his customers. It doesn’t take long for them to arrive one after the other, offering 50p for one mask as the passengers brace for one hell of a journey. “We have reduced the price so everyone can buy,” he said. ...

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13 political parties back EC’s move for new voters’ register

Thirteen political parties say the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to compile a new voters’ register ahead of the 2020 elections is necessary. The parties which include the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), National Democratic Party (NDP), People’s National Convention (PNC), Convention People’s Party (CPP) among others, believe the EC has made a solid case for a ...

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Ghanaians to use National ID cards as voter identification soon – Bawumia

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said that the introduction of the National Identification Card will soon erase all arguments about the use of voters’ register for elections in the country. According to him, the card will automatically replace the voters’ ID since the Electoral Commission (EC) will extract details of all those who have turned eighteen and above and ...

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