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EC set for new voters register

The Electoral Commission (EC) is on track to compile a new voters’ register to replace the blemish-fraught roll. This came to light during the EC engagement with some civil society organisations (CSOs) at Alisa Hotel in Accra yesterday to justify the need for the compilation ahead of the 2020 general elections in December. The determination of the commission could not ...

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Banks collapse: Dr. Kwabena Duffour runs to court for ‘cover’ after BNI invitation

The founder of the UniBank, Dr. Kwabena Duffour, is seeking an interlocutory injunction from the court to restrain the Ghana Police Service over what he describes as “unlawful threats and harassment” following an invitation from the Crime Investigation Department (CID) last week. According to the embattled businessman cum politician, he was summoned with a letter from the Special Investigation team ...

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6.5 million Ghanaians registered under ‘Ghana Card’ roll-out – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has disclosed that as at Wednesday January 8, 2020, some 6.5 million Ghanaians had been registered under the National Identification Authority’s (NIA) ‘Ghana Card’ roll-out. According to him, 3.7 million cards have so far been issued since the registration exercise commenced in April 2019. “As at Wednesday 8th January 2020, some 6.5 million Ghanaians have been registered since ...

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Movement supports new voters’ register for 2020 election

The Concerned Voters Movement, a non-governmental organization has supported the decision of the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new voters’ register as enshrined in Article 45 of the 1992 Constitution. A Statement signed by Mr Razak Kojo Opoku, Founder and President of the Movement and copied to the Ghana News Agency said the arguments by the National Democratic Congress ...

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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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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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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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