The Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Bossman Asare has indicated that the anomalies identified by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on the voter register have been addressed.
According to him, all the issues of transfers have also been corrected.
“All the issues the party NDC claimed they have identified, I can assure the good people of the country that all the problems have been addressed. All the transfer anomalies that the NDC says about 243,000 people,” he said.
Speaking on JoyNews’ The Probe on Sunday, September 15, Dr Bossman explained the reason the anomalies happened.
According to him, when generating the data on voters, the system added all the transfers made from 2020, 2023 and 2024 together.
He, however, stated that the Commission has segregated this anomaly.
Asked why the Commission has not presented the corrected register to the political parties to quash the concerns raised, he said that it is still being updated but the final register to be used for the elections would be given to the political parties.
The NDC has raised concerns about some irregularities in the voter’s register, declaring a nationwide demonstration against the EC on September 17 following its refusal to accept an independent audit of the register.
The calls became louder after the EC admitted that some of its district officers had transferred votes illegally without recourse to the law, an anomaly the Commission says it has corrected and penalized the officers involved.
The NDC’s National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, announced a nationwide demonstration on September 17 against the EC over its refusal to conduct a forensic audit of the register.
The party’s Presidential Candidate, John Dramani Mahama has also backed the call and charged members to go out in their numbers to EC offices for the protest.
But the EC is asking the NDC to engage in discussions to resolve any issues, rather than resorting to demonstrations, adding that demonstrations will only “cause tensions and suspicions that are unwarranted.”
“The EC believes that the best way to ascertain the credibility of the 2024 voter’s register is at the discussion table not on the streets. Taking to the streets will not ensure a credible register,” EC insisted.