The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is suspecting that the voters’ register released by the Electoral Commission (EC) has been tampered with, calling for an investigation by Parliament.
The Electoral Commission began the exhibition of voters’ register last week for electorates to crosscheck their details for errors to be corrected if any.
Prior to the exercise, the NDC had called for the voters’ register to be released to them to allow their agents make a comparison with what was given them and what the Commission was exhibiting.
But the full register was made available to the parties a day to the exercise, aside from the daily updates that were supplied to them during the voter registration exercise and the mop up that followed.
The exercise began on August 22 and ended on Tuesday, August 27 with a very low turnout.
In a post made by Dr. Edward Omane-Boamah, Director of Elections and IT for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Wednesday, August 28, 2024, he said “the register compiled by the EC is unfit for purpose.”
Dr. Omane Boamah has said that until parliament investigates the register, “it will remain incurable defective.”
This, he says, follows an audit conducted by the NDC after the full register was made available to them.
He has alleged that the Commission did not expect the NDC to conduct such audit to arrive at the errors in the document, asking that until the errors are corrected, the integrity of the 2024 election will be compromised.
“Without a forensic audit or parliamentary investigation of the voters register, the register remains incurably defective. The Electoral Commission of Ghana refused to release the voters’ register to the NDC on time ahead of the exhibition exercise.
“But with hard work, dedication, and patriotic zeal, the NDC across the country has proven that the register compiled by the EC is unfit for purpose. Without a forensic audit or thorough parliamentary investigation of the EC’s voters register, the register will remain incurably defective.
“Forget about adjudication!!! It’s obvious the register has deliberately been tampered with! They did not expect such thorough scrutiny that has unveiled the mountains of anomalies. The exhibition exercise has revealed avoidable problems, which, if not resolved, can jeopardize the outcome of the 2024 elections,” portions of his statement indicated.
