Voters register not bloated for 2016 - EC to Nana Akufo-Addo

The Electoral Commission (EC) has dismissed claims by the flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, that the voters register is bloated and must be changed before the 2016 general election.

Nana Akufo-Addo said the register was bloated and must be replaced for the smooth conduct of the next elections.

Addressing party supporters in the UK, he said the NPP had set up an electoral reform committee to work with the EC to avert some of the anomalies that marred the 2012 elections.

“The present voters register that we have in Ghana is bloated and anomalous and there is an urgent need to make sure we get a new voters register before the next election,” Nana Akufo-Addo said.

But in an interview on Starr FM yesterday, Mr Christian Owusu Parry, the Director of Public Affairs at the EC, said the voters register was not in any way bloated but very healthy for the 2016 elections.

“We disagree with any assertion that the register as we have it at the moment is bloated. It is not in any way bloated,” he said.

“If anybody suggests that the register as we have it is bloated, then I am surprised because it is not supported by the statistical figures that we have,” he added.

Credit: Starr FM