General News of Thursday, 28 March 2019Source: atinkaonline.comCompilation of new voters register a unilateral decision by EC – NDCElvis Afriyie Ankrah, Director of Elections for the National Democratic CongressDirector of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, says the decision to compile new voters register for the 2020 general elections is an autonomous decision by the Electoral Commission which was not discussed at the inter-party advisory committee meeting held Wednesday. The Electoral Commission Thursday announced that it will compile a new voters’ register for the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Ghana. After the IPAC meeting, EC boss Jean Mensah, stated that a limited registration of new voters prior to District Level Elections and a Referendum in May 2019, will also take place in all district offices of the Commission across the country. According to Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, the compilation of a new register ahead of the 2020 general election was not discussed at the meeting. It did not include a compilation of a new voter register for the 2020 general elections,” he said.

Source: GhanaWeb March 28, 2019 12:11 UTC