General News of Thursday, 9 January 2020Source: Graphic.com.ghWe will compile credible register — ECEC Chairperson Jean MensaThe Electoral Commission (EC) has said its plan to have a new voters register for this year’s general election will go ahead as scheduled. However, a former independent presidential candidate, Mr Jacob Osei Yeboah, and the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) have declared their support for a new register and urged the EC to go ahead with the plan to compile the register, since it will eliminate the myriad of challenges associated with the current register. “We are convinced that after we have compiled a new voters register, everybody will appreciate the fact that we took a good decision,” he added. Strengthening his position, he said in 2016, the total budget for electoral activities was almost GH¢1.8 billion, although the EC did not compile a new register. He said the EC started talking about the new register in March 2019 and would continue talking to Ghanaians about it.

Source: GhanaWeb January 09, 2020 08:15 UTC