Opinions of Friday, 14 August 2020Columnist: Sylvester Nuama-MensahGhana's new voter register and related matters: Need for post-registration verificationThere is always the need to minimise the risk of foreigners being on the voter registerThe issue of foreign nationals scheming to get their names onto Ghana's Voter Register illegally is a troubling one. Indeed, it is impossible for any country (developed or developing) to completely rid its voter register of illegal foreign registrants. Now, the argument whether or not Ghana's old voter register was actually bloated is neither here nor there in view of the need to ensure that our voter register does not contain a significant number of foreigners. Of course, in the case of a country's voter register, materiality is not the only consideration, albeit a key consideration. But culprits should also include any EC registration officer who allowed such violations to happen; in other words, any EC registration officer under whose watch such blatant violations occurred.

Source: GhanaWeb August 14, 2020 12:22 UTC