The Electoral Commission suggests 7,279,237 Ghanaians have been registered in the ongoing voters’ registration training considering that its graduation on June 30, 2020.
Talking at today’s edition of ‘Let the Citizens Know’ discussion board, the Deputy Chairperson of the Commission, Dr. Bossman Asare explained the Commission is anticipating to sign-up an further one million eligible voters by Saturday, July 18, 2020.
“What we have registered so considerably constitute about 48.5% of the 15 million the Fee expects to register by the to start with 7 days of August.
“With two additional registration days, that is yesterday and now we are possible to add an supplemental just one million to the 7.2 that we have registered.
“And so by tomorrow, July 18, the Commission expects that when we put all the things with each other we will likely hit about 8.2 or 8.3 million and when we do that, that will represent virtually 55% of our projected 15 million.”
Giving the regional split down, Dr. Bossman stated Higher Accra, Ashanti, Jap, and Central region have so considerably experienced the optimum quantity of applicants.
When 1, 524, 600 men and women have registered in the Increased Accra Region, 1, 319, 498 men and women have registered in the Ashanti Region with Eastern and Central pursuing with 694, 541 and 676, 484 voters respectively.
Contacting for calm and continues assistance, Dr. Bossman confident qualified voters of equal chance to get their name on the electoral roll in advance of the 2020 elections.
“The Commission’s resolve to guarantee that all competent Ghanaians sign up to vote in 2020 is even firmer than ahead of. The commission is assuring all unregistered voters that the registration crew will be at the registration centres in their communities for them to sign up,” he stated.