General News of Friday, 26 August 2016Source: Myjoyonline.comEC accuses parties of busing registrants to centresFile photoThe Electoral Commission is accusing political parties of busing people to the various district offices across the country to have them registered under the continuous voter's registration process. The Commission is seeking to extend the deadline to tomorrow or Sunday to have prospective voters finally registered for the elections 2016. Hundreds have besieged the various district offices of the Electoral Commission in a desperate attempt to register before the deadline later Friday. "Once we are here we want to exercise our franchise," one of the frustrated registrants at the EC office in Accra said. Ayuba however chastised the political parties for making life difficult for the Electoral Commission by busing the registrants to the place.
Source: GhanaWeb August 26, 2016 18:22 UTC