General News of Friday, 24 January 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comFishermen ‘fight’ EC over voter registration dateFile photoFisher folk in the four fishing regions have called on the Electoral Commission to change the date for the new voter registration as the fixed date, April 2020, will not favour them. According to them, most fisher folk travel to different countries for fishing from March to September and sticking to the stated registration date will disenfranchise a lot of them. “Many fisher folks are at sea in neighboring countries and hence cannot be back in time to engage in the new registration exercise. This means that should the EC and the government go ahead with their plan, many fisher folks would be disenfranchised because of no fault of theirs. “A call is made on the President to act in the interest of the fishermen whose operations contribute immensely to the economic and socio-political well-being of Ghana.”The fishermen are, however suggesting that the voter registration exercise be rescheduled it to November 2020.

Source: GhanaWeb January 24, 2020 10:52 UTC