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Things aren’t progressing smoothly in the Ashanti Region as far as the 2016 Voters’ Register Exhibition exercise is concerned.

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Bernard Antwi Boasiako, is worried about the snail pace at which officers from the Electoral Commission are working to get voters verified by their biometric verification devices (BVDs) in the region.

He has also blamed President Mahama and the Chairperson of the commission, Madam Charlotte Osei  for orchestrating the move to frustrate voters in the Ashanti Region during Register Exhibition exercise.  

According to Mr. Antwi Boasiako, several exhibition centres in the Ashanti Region have been poorly equipped to handle the crowd who are visiting officers from the commission to have their names verified.

In an earlier statement signed and copied to Peacefmonline.com by Eric Kofi Dzakpasu, Head of Communications for EC, he stated that over one million registered voters have so far been verified by the biometric verification devices (BVDs) from all exhibition centres across the country. 

He continued that reports from all 29,000 centres across the country show apart from the lower than expected response, the exercise is progressing smoothly.

He continued that the Commission has deployed adequate personnel and equipment to ensure that all registered voters spend as little time as possible at the various centres to check their details and get their fingerprints verified.