General News of Friday, 10 January 2020Source: theghanareport.comEC wants to hijack 2020 polls for NPP – Bernard MornahNational Chairman of (PNC, Bernard MornahNational Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah, has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of hatching plans to benefit the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2020 polls. Mr Mornah believes the EC is scheming to execute the plan using the proposed new voter roll to be compiled less than a year to the 2020 presidential and parliamentary polls. The EC requested and parliament approved about GH¢444 million for the compilation of a new voters’ register for the 2020 polls. The current register was compiled in 2012 and was used for the last two general and parliamentary polls in Ghana. In addition, he said the Coalition for Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) had given a positive review after the elections means a new voters register will not be necessary for the 2020 polls.

Source: GhanaWeb January 10, 2020 08:48 UTC