President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed all Metropolitan and Municipal District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to monitor the on-going Voter’s Registration exercise in their respective districts to ensure a smooth running of the exercise.
The directive was contained in a statement issued and signed by the Chief of Staff Akosua Frema Osei-Opare.
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana began the compilation of a new Voter’s Register for the 7 December polls across the country on Tuesday, 30 June 2020.
The exercise is supposed to be done in phases.
Each phase is expected to span six days.
According to the statement: “You are required to submit weekly reports on your constituency (ies), in your districts to your respective Regional Ministers to forward electronically to the office of the Chief of Staff.”
It also gave the following deadlines for the receipt of reports from all MMDCEs: “Week One-7 July 2020, Week Two-14 July 2020, Week Three-21 July 2020, WeeK Four-28 July 2020, Week Five- 7 August 2020.”
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IT IS SAD TO SEE EVERYBODY SITTING AT THE FENCE TO GIVE ORDERS TO EC. EVERYBODY EXPECTS EC TO DO EVERYTHING FOR THEM. WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ASSEMBLYMEN? THIS IS THE TIME FOR THEM TO SHOW LEADERSHIP. I BELIEVE THERE IS CREDIT IN THE VIEW THAT ASSEMBLYMEN SHOULD NOT BE ELECTED ON PARTISAN POLITICS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN TIMES LIKE THIS IN THE COMMUNITY. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY ASSEMBLYMEN ARE NOT PLAYING SUCH ROLES. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD GIVE DIRECTIVES ABOUT HOW THE ASSEMBLIES SHOULD FACILITATE THE REGISTRATION. THIS REGISTRATION WOULD HAVE BECOME THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY IF IF IT HAD NOT BEEN THE COVID-19. SO THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR EMPTYY HEADS TO SIT AT THE FENCE TO CRITICIZE AND GIVE ORDERS TO EC. THE PANDEMIC REQUIRES FROM ALL TO COLLABORATE WITH ONE ANOTHER TO MANAGE THE CORONA VIRUS. ALL HANDS ON DECK. WE NEED THINKERS AT THIS TIME TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS AND NOT DESTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. IN PLACES WHERE SUCH LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN PROVIDED THE REGISTRATION HAS BEEN SMOOTH AND BEAUTIFUL. EXAMPLES NORTH SUNTRESO IN BANTAMA CONSTITUENCY AND OTHERS IN THE VOLTA REGION AND THE NORTHERN REGION DID SO WELL AS SHOWN ON TV AND ***barred word***. JOURNALIST SHOULD KEEP SHOWING THE ORDERLY ORGANIZED PLACES TO PROVIDE FOR OTHERS AN EXAMPLE TO EMULATE. UNFORTUNATELY THE MEDIA ALWAYS SHOW THE DISORDERED PLACES LIKE KASOA AND SOME OTHERS IN ACCRA. DEAR DOCTORS, LAWYERS, POLITICIANS, ASOFO, EDUCATORS, NCCE, CHIEFS AND ALL, PLEASE GET UP TO HELP. WE MUST ORGANIZE THE PEOPLE AT THE POLLING STATIONS TO REGISTER THEM. DON'T SIT DOWN TO CRITICIZE EC. IT IS THE DUTY OF EC TO COME TO OUR COMMUNITIES TO REGISTER OUR PEOPLE. IT IS OUR DUTY TO ORGANIZE OURSELVES TO CONTROL THE QUES. EVERY COMMUNITY SHOULD GET INVOLVED TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE TO ORGANIZE THEMSELVES AS OTHERS HAVE SUCCEEDED TO DO.