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The Electoral Commission of Ghana has allayed fears that the 2010 Census figures, which are yet to be released, will affect the biometric voter registration exercise starting March 24. The Danquah Institute in a statement emphasised the need for the release of the census figures saying the statistics will serve as a useful weapon to deal with voter registration fraud such as registration of minors and foreigners. However, the Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Djan, has told Citi News the census figures will only be helpful during the demarcation of new constituencies. �It will not affect the registration,� Dr. Afari-Djan categorically stated. �It could affect constituency demarcation, but not the registration.� He added: �If we don�t get the census figures it will be very difficult to do constituency demarcation, but for registration it has nothing to do with census figures.�