According to the Electoral Commission (EC) the decision to suspend the compilation of a new voters’ register was as a result of the novel Coronavirus pandemic was borne out advice from health experts.
“Our outfit collaborated with health experts to decide on a more favourable date”, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, Director of Electoral Services told spoke on Kumasi FM’s morning show in an interview monitored by Ghanawish.com after an Inter-Party Advisory Committee meeting.
The compilation of a new voter register for the 2020 elections was scheduled to begin on April 18, this year. The commission had also expressed hope it will complete the exercise by May 30, 2020.“The health experts have asked us to prove Veronica buckets, hand sanitizers and soap to curb the spreading of the virus”, the EC Director of Elections told host, Nana Yaw Mensa Joel
“We had planned to do the registration on the 18th but because of the pandemic, we can’t do it on the 18th, so, we are observing what is happening around Ghana and the global issue…so, when it gets to a time that we think the situation is fertile for us to commence with the registration then we can do it,” Dr. Quaicoe explained.
The compilation of the controversial new voter register for the 2020 elections was scheduled to commence on April 18, this year with a budget of GHC390 million. The commission was hopeful to complete the exercise by May 30, this year
