General News of Monday, 17 August 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comVoters registration: Fact-checking NDC’s claim of lives lost only under Akufo-Addo’s regimeFile photo [Voter regisitration exercise]Claim: No lives ever lost during voter registrations except under Akufo-Addo – NDCVerdict: FALSEExplanationThe National Democratic Congress (NDC) has claimed it is only under the Akufo-Addo presidency that lives have been lost in a voter registration exercise. The NDC said it, “rejects Akufo-Addo’s claims that he was not aware of the incidents of violence and voter suppression around the country”. For the most part, the Electoral Commission (EC) in the just-ended 2020 voter registration exercise recorded incidents of violence in some of its registration centres that resulted in the loss of lives and property. A case in point was in 2008 where a limited registration exercise witnessed attacks on journalists and registrants by some party supporters. The publication posted by ‘IRIN’ showed Independent observers and civil society groups indicating Ghana’s 2008 voter registration was marred by violence and irregularities in some centres.

Source: GhanaWeb August 17, 2020 12:33 UTC