Politics of Saturday, 11 January 2020Source: Kasapafmonline.comOpposition parties hit streets of Tamale over new voters registerThe demonstration is in opposition to plans by the EC to compile a new voter rollMembers of the Inter-Party Resistance against the New Voter Register (IPRAN) have flooded the streets of Tamale Saturday morning to demonstrate against the compilation of new voters register for election 2020. The protestors will pass the Police runabout – Prisons Canteen – PK Gombila – Choggu runabout – Central Market – Aboaboo Traffic before reconvening at the Police Park. The Electoral Commission (EC) has stressed the need for the compilation of new voters register for the upcoming general election adding that the exercise is not a waste of resources. The EC in its quest to compile a new voters’ register said it is committed to judiciously spending the about GH¢400 million it was granted by Parliament to be spent on the process. But the opposition parties have stated they will do whatever is within their power to resist the new voters’ register.

Source: GhanaWeb January 11, 2020 10:07 UTC