Source: newsthemegh.com
John Dramani Mahama, a former president of Ghana, has claimed that the ongoing limited voter registration exercise poses some risk to data collection because of a weak telecom network.
The Electoral Commission’s Greater Accra Region headquarters were visited by the NDC flagbearer to monitor the procedure.
Day four of the exercise is currently underway, and we have been receiving reports from the various district offices, Mr. Mahama stated. He continued, “Today, I decided to walk around and observe for myself.
“I understand there are five districts here, and there’s a lot of congestion. People are coming from all over to register at one point”, Mr Mahama said.
“The second thing I have noticed and the complaint”, he pointed out, is that “the network is not strong, and, so, they are not able to use the instant online registration and, so, they are capturing some data offline. The danger is that sometimes there’s a repeat of somebody’s name, not of his or hers”, Mr Mahama said.
“I have spoken to many of the young people who have turned 18 years, and they don’t have Ghana cards. It means that if we had insisted on the Ghana card as the only means of registration, it means all these young people I have seen would not have been able to register.” Mahama added