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Two constituency executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Atebubu-Amantin constituency in the Bono East region have been beaten to pulp.

The pair, Mr. Nando Francis, the Constituency Secretary, and the Constituency Organizer, Mr. Yusif Alhassan were allegedly attacked and beaten mercilessly by some thugs at one of the polling stations.

Whilst Nando Francis fractured his left leg, Yusif Alhassan sustained bruises on his arms, face, and legs.

GhanaWeb sources reveal that the incident happened at the Presby Church polling station during day two of the on-going voters registration exercise.

The NDC Bono East Regional Organizer, Prince Opoku told GhanaWeb in an exclusive interview that the two executives who were part of the local monitory team were attacked by thugs suspected to be members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

He alleged that the act was targeted as the two executives did not in any way provoke the said persons.

“ An incident happened at the polling station and before we could say jack the thugs affiliated to the ruling government pounced on the two executives and beat them to pulp. As I speak they are at the Ejura Government Hospital receiving treatment.”

When this portal contacted the Atebubu Municipal Commander, Superintendent Bright Boafo Kwabena on the issue he declined to comment on the matter as he revealed that the issue has not been brought to his attention.

Meanwhile, independent checks by Ghanaweb reveal that the case has been reported at the Atebubu police station.

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

Nursing mothers who carry their babies to the voter registration centres without any form of protection, are exposing their children to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, chairman of the Afigya-Kwabre South constituency who made the observation, said it was sad to see nursing mothers in the queues wearing nose masks, but having their babies without any form of protection.

He said if care was not taken, more children would be infected by the virus after the exercise.

Odeneho Appiah, who was speaking to the Ghana News Agency at Kodie after touring some registration centres in the constituency, said it would be important for nursing mothers to either leave their children in the house and go to register or find appropriate protection for them at the registration centres.

He said children were more vulnerable and exposing them in overcrowded areas could be dangerous, especially, where people were refusing to observe social distancing in the registration centres.

Odeneho Appiah commended the Electoral Commission (EC) for instituting appropriate measures at the various registration centres to ensure the safety of registrants.

He, however, said it would be very helpful if the EC would give nursing mothers a priority in the registration centres to enable them to leave the centres early to avoid endangering their babies.

Odeneho Appiah also appealed to the people to adhere strictly to all the preventive protocols at the centres to stay safe after the registration exercise.

Voter registration is currently underway in 14 centres in Afigya-Kwabre South constituency in the first phase of the exercise being conducted by the EC to provide identity cards of voters in the upcoming December general elections.

Source: GNA

The Electoral Commission (EC) has denied the allegation that individuals who guarantee for 10 people will be disenfranchised.

The Commission in a press statement signed and issued by the Acting Director of Public Affairs, Mrs Sylvia Annor said persons who guarantee for more than 10 people are the ones who will be prosecuted as it was going to reflect in the system.

“However, any individual who guarantees for more than ten persons will be picked up by our system and prosecuted”, the statement emphasised.

The statement comes after an audio that was circulating on social media suggested that persons who guarantee for up to ten people “will not be verified on election day”.

A man who gave his name as Mckenzie in the audio was heard saying “When you guarantee for ten people, the system will not verify you on election day. Please take note, the system will not verify you on election day so, even within the NPP the information really credible is that they are guaranteeing for only eight people.”

But the EC in reaction has urged the public to disregard the information because it is not rooted in the Constitutional Instrument (C.I). which states that guarantors can guarantee for up to ten people.

“We call on the general public to be circumspect and disregard false information which is not rooted in our Laws and C.I.’s, the Commission urged.

There was a disagreement between the party in power, New Patriotic Party (NPP) and opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of whether or not the use of the existing voters’ ID Card should be allowed in the new registration.

There was a misunderstanding over two Polling Stations in Osabene Mile- 50, a Community on the borders of New Juaben South and Akuapem North in the Eastern Region.

Though the area is under Akuapem North Municipality, the two Polling stations -Osabene Mile-50 Day Spring International School 1 & 2 with polling station codes EO50105 and EO50106 respectively have been demarcated under New Juaben South Constituency by the Electoral Commission since 2016 staring contention.

Party agents were on Monday deployed by both Akuapem North and New Juaben South Constituencies to the feuding registration center claiming the polling stations fall under their political jurisdiction.

The Member of Parliament for New Juaben South Dr. Mark Assibey Yeboah and officials of the EC in New Juaben South as well as Municipal Chief Executives for both Municipalities intervened over the impasse and resolved it to ensure that the registration exercise progressed smoothly.

Meanwhile, the Member of Parliament for New Juaben South Dr.Mark Assibey Yeboah says little over 100,000 qualified voters are expected to register in the Constituency.

He said the Constituency is the most populated in the region with close to 94,000 registrants after the recent limited registration exercise, therefore, projecting an increase of over 6,000 additional voters.

“We have about 91,000 on the roll and after the last limited registration we were inching towards 94,000 all things being equal we should see about 100,000 or more people register in New Juaben South. This is the most populous Constituency in Eastern Region “.

Dr. Assibey Yeboah said this in an interview with the media in Koforidua after monitoring the ongoing first phase of the registration exercise in the New Juaben South Constituency on Monday.

The Lawmaker was impressed with how the exercise was progressing and the enthusiasm of the electorates. He, however, urged the registration officers to speed up the registration process to ensure that the target of at least registering 100 qualified voters per day is met.

He urged constituents to turn out in their numbers to register adding that EC is strictly adhering to Covid-19 preventive protocols hence no need to fear contracting Coronavirus.

The Electoral Commission of Ghana on Tuesday commenced its month-long nationwide voter registration exercise for the December general elections.

The exercise is going on in 6788 clusters made up of five registration centres each across the country.

The exercise is being conducted in 5 phases, each phase spanning 6 days with additional days for mop-up.

Source: Kasapa FM

Prospective voters thronged various registration centres of the Electoral Commission in the Greater Accra during the early hours of Tuesday to register for their voter identification cards.

A visit by the Ghana News Agency to some centres at the Tema Central gathered that people had gone to the centres at dawn waiting for their turns when registration opened at 0700 hours.

People awaiting registration were seen wearing nose masks and carrying hand sanitizers. There were also handwashing facilities with sanitizers put in place in line with the COVID-19 prevention protocols, except that social distancing protocol was not strictly being followed.

At both the ICGC and Holy Child Roman Catholic, Pre-School registration centres some people were seated in their vehicles waiting anxiously for their turns.

Others who were not in the long queues at the centres had been given numbers as they waited patiently to get registered.

The exercise progressed peacefully as there was calm in the various centres with police presence.

Mr Emmanuel Amemonu, one of the prospective voters, said he needed the card for his banking transactions. Others who wanted to remain anonymous said it was time they voted for a change and without the ID card, they would not be able to do so come December 7.

Source: GNA

There was a low turnout in the first day of the registration of prospective voters in the Sissala East Municipality for the December elections.

A visit by the Ghana News Agency in Tumu to three centers showed a slow start of the process.

As at 0825 hrs the Tumu Traditional Council where the Tumu Secondary Technical polling station had been mounted, nine people had registered and given their cards.

At the GPRTU polling station, as at 0905 hrs, only 12 persons had registered while 13 persons had registered successfully as at 0940 hrs at the Central Ahmadiyya Mosque in the heart of Tumu.

The few people waiting to go through the process attributed the slow turnout to farming activities in the area.

They said “the exercise is proceeding smoothly even though registrants complained of the slow pace of the process” and expressed hope that by the close of the day, they would achieve daily target.

Others at the Ahmadiyya Central Mosque said the process was also slow with low attendance, a phenomenon the PNC Parliamentary candidate for Sissala East constituency, Mr Kingsley Kanton noted, “so far peaceful but slow and blamed it on the farming season where many people are sowing whilst others are looking for tractors to plough their fields”.

It was also observed that the COVID-19 protocols were duly observed, as veronica buckets and liquid soap were made available for persons to wash their hands before joining the social distancing queue.

The temperature of all persons were taken before having access to the registration centre.

Party agents of NDC, NPP and the PNC were also noticed.

Mr Charles Ohene-Bonsra, the Sissala East Municipal Director of the EC, said the process has started smoothly and expressed hope the Commission would achieve its target.

Source: GNA

Voters on Tuesday exhibited a high level of eagerness to be registered at the commencement of the nationwide voters registration exercise at designated registration centres at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region.

Relatively large crowds of people had massed up to register as early as 0400 hours at some centres and eagerly waiting for officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) to arrive and set up their equipment and materials for the start of the exercise.

When the Ghana News Agency (GNA) arrived at the Dormaa Senior High School registration centre around 0650 hours officials of the EC were deliberating over appropriate places to site veronica buckets.

They were seen running up and down making arrangements to ensure strict observation of social and physical distancing and ensuring compliance with directives and protocols to check spread of the Coronavirus disease COVID-19.

More than 40 people many of whom public workers were anxiously waiting at the school’s uncompleted assembly hall for the start of the exercise.

Mr Lawrence Quao, the Registration Officer at the Centre, addressed the people before the start of the process, saying they were expected to wash their hands first and have their temperatures taken before seats spaced two metres apart were offered for them to wait patiently for registration.

He said a Ghana card or a passport was required for the registration but in cases where a person was without none of the two, then, a guarantor must have to guarantee for that person.

A voter, Mr Robert Anaa told the GNA in an interview after his registration, that the exercise was necessary for Ghana’s democratic development.

As at 0831 hours 10 people, six females and four males had registered with Ghana card at the Roman Catholic (RC) Lower Primary School centre.

Madam Blessing Twumasi, the Registration Officer at the Centre, said the exercise started on schedule and there had been no challenges and complaints.

Around 0840 hours Mr Enoch Okyere, the Registration Officer at RC Upper Primary Centre, said nine females had registered with Ghana card.

Raheema Usman-Ketu, the Registration Officer for the RC ‘B’ JHS, said that eight persons, a male and seven females had registered as at 0840 hours.

Mr Opoku Frederick, Registration Officer at the RC ‘B’ Primary, described the turnout as very impressive adding that as at 0851 hours, nine persons, all females had registered with Ghana card.

Source: GNA

The Electoral Commission has begun a month-long registration of Ghanaians for a new voter register.

A visit by GhanaWeb to the Tema Primary School showed that the turnout for the area has been overwhelming. At 12 noon, the center had registered over fifty people.

The process was moving slowly as a result of the use of only one BMV machine at the center. There was no adherence to social distancing due to the overwhelming number of turnouts.

Meanwhile, the exercise is being held in some 6788 clusters made up of five registration centers each across the country.

It will be conducted in 5 phases, each phase spanning 6 days with additional days for mop-up.

The commission assures it will maintain strict health protocols to protect registrants against the deadly covid -19 disease.

Over 44,000 registration officers have been recruited for the mass voter registration exercise.

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

Electoral Commission officials at the Akuse Park electoral registration centre in the Ketu South Municipality are struggling to control the scores of residents who have stormed the centre for registration.

According to Starr New Faisel Abdul-Iddrisu, the residents are jostling over positions in the queue.

The Ketu South Constituency has a total of 254 polling stations but only few are undertaking the exercise on Day 1 and phase 1 of the exercise. As results, residents out of anxiety are massing up at nearby centres to register.

At the Akusa Park, there is a Veronica bucket and health officials deployed to screen the applicants but adherence to the social distancing protocol is poor as the electoral officials struggle to control the enthusiastic crowd.

So far, only 8 people have been able to go through the process since the commencement of the exercise delayed.

There is no security presence at the Akusa Park registration centre, the situation is same at the Global Church and the Old Timber, except for the Old Timber market registration center where there was one police officer.

Ketu South has become topical in the build of the registration exercise after reports military deployment to the area. The area is seen as the stronghold of the opposition NDC.

(VIDEO): Voters Register: Applicants fight for space at Akusa Park in the Ketu South Municipality. #MorningStarr #EIBElectionHub pic.twitter.com/YSGZbCUgDk

— Starr103.5FM (@Starr1035Fm) June 30, 2020

Source: Starr FM

The Electoral Commission will today embark on a month-long nationwide voter registration exercise for the December general elections.

The exercise takes off today across the country after months of bickering and agitation by the opposition NDC and other CSOs.

The exercise will be held in some 6788 clusters made up of five registration centres each across the country.

It will be conducted in 5 phases, each phase spanning 6 days with additional days for mop up.

The commission assures it will maintain strict health protocols to protect registrants against the deadly COVID-19 disease.

Over 44,000 registration officers have been recruited for the mass voter registration exercise beginning Tuesday, June 30, 2020.

The Chairperson of the Commission, Mrs Jean Adukwei Mensa who made this known said all the officials have been well trained to ensure that the exercise is without hitches.

At a press briefing Monday evening, the EC Chairperson said, “a major concern a number of citizens have raised with us has to do with the quality of our temporary officers. We have recruited, trained, and deployed over 44, 000 staff into the field. We are confident that the training provided them to operate efficiently and professionally. As part of the training, we have drummed home the importance of instilling in them the principles of integrity, fairness, and transparency in all their activities throughout the registration process”.

She said the registration officers have been made to sign an oath to bear true allegiance to the principles underlying the conduct of the registration exercise.

Additionally, 7,000 health personnel have also been deployed to assist with the sensitization and compliance of safety measures given the outbreak of the Coronavirus infections in the country.

Source: Starr FM

The National Youth Coordinator of the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP), Divine Nkrumah, has disclosed on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm that the Electoral Commission (EC) has encouraged Ghanaians to register their names for the voter card massively.

He said Ghanaians who want to kick the New Patriotic Party (NPP) out of office for their incompetent leadership must come out in their numbers and register.

That, he noted is the only was way to stop the NPP and the NDC from ruling again.

He also charged the government to put in measures to allow Ghanaians who stranded abroad to come back home so they will have the opportunity to register to vote in the 2020 presidential and parliamentary polls.

He added that the EC has engaged with the party on all fronts towards the compilation of the new register.

He said just the EC has engaged all political parties, the PPP has not been an exception.

The EC will from Tuesday, June 30, 2020 start the voter registration exercise.

The exercise will now end on Thursday, August 6, according to the EC.

Source: rainbowradioonline.com

Founder and leader of Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua Donkor has urged Ghanaians to join the voter registration exercise as it starts on Tuesday, June, 30 200.

The female politician argued the new register will ensure a credible, transparent, free and fair election.

The old register she suggested was fraught with irregularities and not fit to be used to organise the presidential and parliamentary elections.

Madam Akua Donkor told Kwabena Agyapong on Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm that foreigners should be entertained to register because voting is only for Ghanaian citizens.

All efforts must be employed to ensure only Ghanaians register for the voter card.

The politician said her party was prepared and in full support of the decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile the register.

She further advised against any form of violence at the registration centres, adding, “go the registration centre, join the line and register peacefully without engaging in any form of violence”.

Source: rainbowradioonline.com

The 1st National Vice -Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Awudu Sofo Azorka has appealed to the people of the Savannah Region especially members of his party to come out in their numbers to register when the registration exercise starts on Tuesday 30th June, 2020.

Speaking exclusively to Bole based Nkilgi FM in Damongo, Chief Azorka said the days of President Nana Akuffo -Addo are numbered and that registering to vote is the first step in kicking him out of the Flagstaff house.

He said Ghana needs John Mahama very urgently since the country is in a big mess under Nana Akufo-Addo.

He further appealed to the people in the region especially the teaming youth who are in the galamsey areas to move home during the registration exercise to register in their numbers to vote out the NPP government.

The1st National Vice- Chairman of NDC encourage his party folk to come home and register. He said;
“My brothers at the galamsey site should leave the galamsey work and come out and register. Every body every Ghanaian who knows the country is not moving well should come out and register and vote John Dramani Mahama”.

“We believe everybody will work for good leadership in this country. Those who want Nana Akufo-Addoto go should come out and register and should not put laziness in their work”; he added.

Chief Azorka was in Damongo on Sunday 28th June, 2020 for the 7th day funeral rites of the late former Damongo Constituency Chairman Alhaji Achintir Mprah Fuseini who passed on last week and is survived by 36 children and 109 grandchildren.

He described the late Chairman in a distribute as someone who he has worked with during his days as Northern Regional Chairman of the NDC and that the late Chairman as one of his hardworking Constituency Chairmen before the creation of the Savannah Region.

The 7th day funeral rites of the late Chairman had in attendance people from all walks of lives including the leadership of the NDC in the Savannah region led by the regional Chairman Alhaji Imoro Man Blessing, Constituency executives of the party, and members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in attendance.

A former Minister for Food and Agriculture, Alhaji Mohammed Limuna Muniru has described the late Damongo Constituency Chairman of NDC Alhaji Fushieni as very hardworking who has left a very big vacuum in the Constituency and the region as a whole.

Alhaji Muniru recounted how he in the company of former President John Dramani Mahama paid a courtesy call on the late Chairman some two weeks ago only to hear about the unfortunate passing on of the chairman.

Former President Mahama therefore through Alhaji Limuna Muniru presented a total sum of Ghc2,500 to the family during the funeral rites.

Source: nkilgifmonline.com

Seasoned journalist, Kwesi Pratt is unconvinced about the reasons given by EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa, to support the compilation of a new voters’ register.

The Electoral Commission has argued there are some defects in the current register which render it invalid for the 2020 general elections.

The Commission has therefore scheduled Tuesday, June 30, 2020 to begin a mass registration exercise aimed at compiling a new voters’ register.

The exercise which demands participants to use only the Ghana card and passport to register their names, according to the EC, will help expunge all unqualified names from the register.

To expound on the significance of the new register, Madam Jean Mensa reportedly revealed that there are 1 million ghost names and names of unqualified people in the current register which needs to be cleared.

Addressing the issue on ‘Kokrokoo’ on Peace FM, Mr. Pratt questioned the logic of the EC Chairperson to compile a new register when she has just disclosed the number of people that should be deleted from the register.

According to him, if Madam Jean Mensa knows there are 1 million ineligible names in the current register, then why the need to conduct a new voters’ registration exercise.

“So, she knows the 1 million people on the register; just take them off. If you know 1 million names in the register, how does that become reason for compiling a new voters’ register because all you have to do is to take the names off and we have a clean register,” he stressed.

Source: Peace FM

Seasoned journalist, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has said the decision by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to abandon one of the reliefs in their legal case at the Supreme Court regarding the EC’s mass registration exercise doesn’t mean the Commission can compile a new voters register.

The Electoral Commission (EC) has slated the registration exercise for Tuesday, June 30, 2020, despite oppositions.

The exercise is scheduled to last for 38 days.

Prior to the announcement of the date of the registration exercise, the NDC rank and file had challenged the Commission’s constitutional mandate to hold the mass registration exercise and compile a new voters register, at the Supreme Court.

The party also seeks declaration on the constitutionality of the EC to exclude the voters ID card as part of the identification requirements for the exercise.

The NDC, however, dropped their case on whether or not the EC should conduct the exercise but their petition on the exclusion of the voters’ ID card still holds before the law court.

Some political critics believe the NDC’s decision to go for their relief on the voters ID card while they drop their case on the registration exercise supports the EC’s decision to compile a new voters’ register.

But Kwesi Pratt thinks differently as he told host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’ that the NDC’s petition at the Supreme Court can invalidate the EC’s new voters registration exercise, albeit it is the Supreme Court ruling that will determine the outcome.

“If the Supreme Court rules that the old registration form is a valid document for entering onto a register, it means that you’re not compiling a new register. You’ll be reviewing the register,” he said.

Source: Peace FM

One Bismark Agbelengor has rendered unqualified apologies to two lecturers of the Koforidua Technical University for “wrongly” including their names in a petition sent to the Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa.

The petition was sent by about 101 lecturers, calling on Mre Mensa to reconsider the decision to compile a new register for the December 7, 2020, presidential and parliamentary elections.

The two lecturers are Professor Smile Dzisi and Dr Benjamin Kwofie.

The apologies followed a letter sent to the Vice Chancellor of the Koforidua Technical University, by Dr. Kwofie who denied knowledge of the group, Concerned University Lecturers, Ghana.

Dr Kwofie also denied knowledge of the content of the letter sent to Mrs Mensa.

Dr Kwofie had in his letter asked the VC to probe the matter and write to the Chair of the Commission, “disassociating the institution and its innocent members from such an action”.

And in an apology letter to Dr Kwofie, Mr Agbelengor, who admitted “wrongly” adding the names of the lecturers to the list.

“I recognize that my failure to seek your prior approval was a grievous omission even though it was completely unintended,” he wrote.

Source: Daily Guide Network

Some two lecturers of the Koforidua Technical University have received letters of apology from one Bismark Agbelengor for “wrongly” including their names in a petition sent to the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) by about 101 lecturers, calling on Jean Mensa to reconsider the decision to compile a new register for the December 7 elections.

The two are Professor Smile Dzisi and Dr Benjamin Kwofie.

The latter had written to the Vice Chancellor of the Koforidua Technical University, denying knowledge of the group, Concerned University Lecturers, Ghana, and the content of the letter sent to Mrs Mensa.

Dr Kwofie asked the VC to investigate the matter and write to the Chair of the Commission, “disassociating the institution and its innocent members from such an action”.

Mr Agbelengor, who admitted adding the names of the lecturers to the list, rendered an apology for his action.

“I recognize that my failure to seek your prior approval was a grievous omission even though it was completely unintended.

“I regret, very deeply, any harm that may have been caused to your personal and professional being by this omission on my part.

“For this reason, I apologise unreservedly for the error.”

Source: 3 News

The Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has charged members of the party to reject the call to participate in the Electoral Commission’s (EC) mass voters registration exercise scheduled to begin on June 30, 2020.

Mr Ofosu-Ampofo said the party was against the compilation of the new voters’ register because the atmosphere in the country was not conducive for the exercise.

“We say no to the new register and even if Parliament passes the legislation we will not accept it. We are not just against it because they will not accept the old voter card but because the whole atmosphere in the country is not conducive,” he said.

The NDC National Chairman was addressing a gathering of party members and executives at the NDC headquarters in Adabraka in Accra on Wednesday.

The gathering was to mark the 28th anniversary of the formation the NDC which contested its first national elections in 1992.

The flag-raising ceremony had in attendance former President and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama who hoisted the NDC flag at the ceremony.

Source: Peace FM

The Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has charged members of the party to reject the call to participate in the Electoral Commission’s (EC) mass voters registration exercise scheduled to begin on June 30, 2020.

Mr Ofosu-Ampofo said the party was against the compilation of the new voters register because the atmosphere in the country was not conducive for the exercise.

“We say no to the new register and even if Parliament passes the legislation we will not accept it. We are not just against it because they will not accept the old voter card but because the whole atmosphere in the country is not conducive,” he said.

The NDC National Chairman was addressing a gathering of party members and executives at the NDC headquarters in Adabraka in Accra on Wednesday.

The gathering was to mark the 28th anniversary of the formation the NDC which contested its first national elections in 1992.

Source: Graphic.com.gh 

The decision by the Electoral Commission of Ghana to compile a new voter roll ahead of the December General Elections has met varied forms of opposition, the Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of policy think tank group IMANI Africa is one of such persons who does not side with the commission on its venture.

Taking to Twitter, Mr Cudjoe has subtly asked Ghanaians to stay away from the mass registration about to be conducted by the EC, citing the growing number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country.

Making reference to the death of Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza, who is reported to have died of COVID-19 after disregarding the threats of the virus, Mr Cudjoe describing President Akufo-Addo as wiser said the president understanding the threat of the virus has asked Ghanaians to avoid mass gatherings.

Revealing his fears about the COVID-19 pandemic, Franklin Cudjoe advised Ghanaians to keep safe from temptations that will lead to the contraction of the virus including mass gatherings like a registration exercise

Read his full post below

Burundi’s President disregarded the threat of Covid. He just died of it. Ghana’s President is wiser. He has seen the escalating numbers, daily infection rates of almost 300 with over 10,000 infections.

Our wiser President has advised us to avoid opportunities for all mass gatherings. He says churches should do 100 people, socially distanced at a time. You are on your own when you join some mass exercise. Be safe.

I hear many of you say, you have stopped following the covid numbers. Ei. Not even when the numbers are now over 10k with almost 300 people infected daily? Still, be extra safe. The President has advised us to avoid opportunities for all mass gatherings.

He says churches should do 100 people, socially distanced at a time. You are on your own when you join some mass exercise. Be safe.

Over 10,000 cases now? It could be more actually. Daily rates of infection almost 300. Folks, I am very scared. You should. Keep extra safe from all temptations, including mass registrations.

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

The Electoral Commission has scheduled the 2020 Voters Registration exercise to commence on Tuesday, June 30, 2020.

The Deputy Chairman in charge of Corporate Services, Dr Bossman E. Asare made this known to all political parties in a letter.

“I bring you warm greetings from the Electoral Commission and trust that this letter finds you well.”

“This letter comes to inform you that the 2020 Voters Registration Exercise has been scheduled to commence on Tuesday, the 30th of June 2020. The registration will be held at all Registration Centres and District Offices of the Electoral Commission throughout the country,” the letter stated.

Source: Graphic.com.gh

Nana Boakye, National Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has appealed to members and supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) not to participate in the new voters’ register by Electoral Commission (EC).

The registration exercise will begin in the last week of June 2020.

The EC piloted the exercise on 2nd and 3rd June to test their machines and also assess the process in order to prevent any mishaps during the main exercise.

Although the EC has justified its decision to conduct the exercise aimed at compiling a new voters’ register, the NDC has raised red flag over the exercise.

The opposition party has dragged the EC to the Supreme Court praying the court to direct the Commission to act according to the constitution because, to the party, the Commission’s decision for a new voters’ register contravenes its constitutional mandate.

The NDC has also accused the EC of trying to rig the 2020 elections.

Speaking to host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM’s ”Kokrokoo”, Nana Boakye, popularly called Nana B asked the opposition party to stop fighting so hard against the EC and just abstain from the exercise.

”I want the Electoral Commission to commence the process but I plead with the NDC members and supporters not to register their names. Don’t write your names. I have started mobilizing our youth. We’re going to register in our millions. And if you think you are a man with strong muscles, just come to the polling station where the youth are registering their names and cause commotion, and you will taste the wrath of the security forces. It’s a legitimate exercise. It’s by law and they don’t break any laws,” he said.

Listen to his submissions below:

Source: Peace FM

‘Nobody will die in this country’, Charles Owusu rubbishes the seditious comments by PNC National Chairman Bernard Mornah and other politicians.

The Head of the Monitoring Unit of the Forestry Commission, Charles Owusu, says neither the Electoral Commission’s registration exercise or general elections is a do or die affair for any person to lose his or her life for a candidate.

According to him, elections are an opportunity for Ghanaian eligible electorates to exercise their voting rights not for them to pick up arms for war.

”Nobody will die in this country. Just because of a registration, people should die; never! It’s a joke. Nobody should pay attention to it. There are laws in this country. No person can take the laws into their hands and do anything in this countr,” he charged.

Inflammatory Comments/CID Arrest

Charles Owusu’s comment comes on the heels of inflammatory remarks by Bernard Mornah and Major Osahene Boakye Gyan (rtd) who have been invited by the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service.

Bernard Mornah is said to have threatened the Electoral Commission saying ”people who are already Ghanaians and already registered are going to be taken out of the register, don’t you think confusion will come at the registration and if confusion come there, you think the EC staff will be safe, we will beat each other there, we will kill each other there if that is what the EC want to lead this nation to”.

Major Osahene Boakye Gyan (rtd), on the other hand, challenged the EC’s decision to use only the Ghana card and passport for the new voters’ registration exercise, and cautioned by pointing out that most electoral disputes in Africa have resulted in civil wars and Ghana is not immune to it, and further warned that “should the EC continue to toe the line of their paymasters, it will certainly spell doom for this country.”

“… it is political motivation that led to the dismissal of Madam Jean Mensah as the EC Chairperson by the current administration. They want to beef up the numbers so they can win simply because they don’t have confidence in their winning numbers, otherwise, they won’t tamper with it…But more importantly…post-independence Africa, all crises and civil wars have been on the back of disputed electoral results. What they are doing now, they are driving us into a civil war and if they want it, they will get it,” he screamed.

Why Should People Die?

Speaking on Peace FM’s ”Kokrokoo”, Mr Owusu who is also an aide to the Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, rebuked these political figures and warned others to refrain from making comments that seek to beat ”war drums” in the country.

”Sometimes, what is sad is when a person who has had the opportunity to lead this nation in various capacities, whether serving as a Minister, Chief Executive or any leader wishes doom for this country, forgetting that it is through this nation that they became prominent. In fact, what happens when we conclude the voting process? Someone will become President and so what? What really happens that is so extraordinary that a person must die before somebody becomes President in this country? We can’t preside over anything, you can’t rule over nothing apart from people. We are here because of others…So, if you are going to rule over people, then why should the people die before you become a ruler?” he questioned.

Source: Peace FM