Gbarnga County - The National Elections Commission local office in Bong County has reported the registration of 166,618 persons in Bong County. As of February 1- 25, the NEC lower Bong County office in Totota reported 61,669 registrants while the upper Bong office in Gbarnga recorded 75,149. In line with the LIGIS 2008 report, the National Elections Commission has set a target to register two hundred and ten thousand eligible voters in Bong county. The NEC added 26 new voters’ registration centers to the existing 155 centers in the county before the start of the voter registration, increasing the number to 181 centers in Bong County. In 2011, the National Elections Commission registered more than one hundred fifty thousand eligible voters in Bong County.

Source: Front Page Africa March 01, 2017 02:51 UTC