4 Reasons NDC is Telling Agents to be Vigilant during Mop-up Exercise

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sent out a strong message urging wariness by their agents in places where the Electoral Commission intends to undertake their mop-up registration exercise across the country from August 1, 2024.

A directive from the Director of Elections and IT of the opposition party, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, urged their agents to exercise vigilance to ensure sanctity on the electoral roll.

According to him, the register is not fit for purpose.

“This call for heightened vigilance from the high echelons of our great party is necessary because the current voters register, which the EC states has 18,681,366 voters, is NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE! The voters register is sick!”

He also cited erroneous figures published by the Commission which are yet to be accounted for.

“NDC agents must also be vigilant because the EC is yet to report back to IPAC on the serious concerns regarding the EC’s figures that the NDC raised at the last IPAC meeting: yet the EC is proceeding to commence another registration exercise.”

Another point he raised had to do with some missing Biometric Voter Registration laptops of the EC.

“NDC agents must be extra vigilant because there are still stolen and un-retrieved Biometric Voter Registration laptops in the hands of criminals. Note that these Biometric Voter Registration laptops were stolen from the headquarters of the EC under CCTV surveillance.”

He added, “NDC agents must be vigilant because the gerrymandering NPP could not achieve with the vote transfer exercise, they seek to secure in this mop-up exercise. This also means marginally won or lost constituencies must take note and be vigilant.”

The Electoral Commission is set to undertake a mop-up registration exercise to afford persons who turned 18 years after the last registration exercise the opportunity to register and subsequently exercise their franchise.

It will begin on August 1 and end on August 3 at the District offices of the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana, 41 prison centres and 26 public universities.