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In an interview with Citi News, NPP’s Director of Elections, Evans Nimako, responded that the concerns raised by the NDC are precisely the reason for conducting the voter exhibition exercise.
He explained that the exercise is designed to allow stakeholders to identify and correct any errors on the register before it is finalised, dismissing the NDC’s concerns as unnecessary.
Nimako stated, “So when there’s an exhibition, the exercise is simple. It is to enable stakeholders and assist the electoral commission to come out with a register that would be the final register for an election. So, at this phase, we are doing an exhibition, so if you go to the exhibition centre and your details are not correct, all that you do is ask for the exhibition officer to give you the appropriate forms, so you feel for the right corrections to be made to your details.”
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“It’s to enable you to go and check to make sure that your name and your details are in the register. If they are there and there are no questions to be made, yes, that’s the detail the EC must keep in the final register. So, when you hear people at this phase crying needlessly, it is really [surprising]."
The NDC’s Director of Elections, Dr. Omane Boamah, had accused the Electoral Commission of tampering with the register following the voter exhibition exercise.
He claimed that their review revealed issues such as missing names and unauthorized voter transfers, prompting a call for a forensic audit and a parliamentary probe.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) formally requested an urgent meeting with the Electoral Commission (EC) to address issues arising from the ongoing voter exhibition exercise.
According to the party, the meeting is to discuss some serious discrepancies discovered during the ongoing 2024 voter exhibition exercise.
In a letter signed by the party’s General Secretary, Fifi Kwetey, the NDC explained that these discrepancies emanate from analysis of the Provisional Voter Register (PVR) given to the party by the Commission, and registers being exhibited at the centres.