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General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia says there is no law in Ghana that debars Ghanaians living overseas to return home to register and vote in the upcoming November 7 polls.

According to him, his party’s ‘new’ strategy to appeal to its sympathisers from neighbouring West African countries to come home and register when the Electoral Commission (EC) begins the process of limited registration, is within the confines of the law.

Last week, during the investiture of the newly elected President of Benin, Mr Patrice Talon, the NDC Chief Scribe, who was among the entourage of the Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, urged members of the ruling party in Benin to disregard the ‘noises’ from some political parties calling for a new voters register.

To him, the current register was the best the country had ever produced.

He was addressing sections of the Ghanaian community in Cotonou.

Some have questioned Mr Asiedu Nketiah's conduct.

But speaking in an interview with Akwasi Aboagye, he dismissed suggestions of having flouted any law.

“What is wrong if we bring Ghanaians living outside the country to come and register so they can vote? The law allows that. Even the NPP wanted some Ghanaians living in foreign countries to vote in their country of residence.

"...so if we [NDC] want the people back home to vote, what is wrong about that?” he questioned on NEAT FM’s morning show Ghana Montie