The Centre for Ethical Governance and Administration (CEGA) has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana to suspend the compilation of the new Voters Register in the outbreak of the Coronavirus in the country.
Ghana has so far recorded six cases of Covid 19.
The EC is set to roll out registration for the compilation of a new voter register on Saturday, April 18 2020.
In a statement dated Monday, 16 March 2020, the CEGA said it has received information that: “some of the vendors and equipment contracted by the Electoral Commission are coming from Europe, where the Coronavirus infection has been declared a pandemic, in this regard the Electoral Commission is being called upon not to take any steps that will jeopardise the life of any single Ghanaian in the pursuit of their entrenched position in re-registering Ghanaians into the new but needless Voters Register.”
The Centre also noted that “Some Ghanaians living outside Ghana would have preferred travelling to their various polling stations in Ghana to be registered” however, with the “current pandemic nature of the Coronavirus infections almost all flights have been cancelled denying these Ghanaians the opportunity to register and fulfill their civic responsibility of voting .
“It will also be medically unsafe for Ghanaians abroad seeking to be registered to come to Ghana. This means that the intended Registration Exercise will exclude many Ghanaians living outside and even those within the country will not find it safe to join long queues which will result in body direct contact to register.”
It also emphasised measures announced by government to control the spread of the Coronavirus infection and called on the “Electoral Commissioner to cancel the impending registration exercise and the National Identification Authority to immediately freeze all registration activities until it is medically safe and serves the public good.
CEGA continued that: “the President, government officials and individuals who travelled to Norway and other European countries recently should immediately stop all public engagements and proceed on a self-quarantine in the public interest.”
It further continued that: “it has noted with despair and anguish that, soon upon arrival in Ghana, the entire government machinery including most of the officials who returned recently from Norway moved to Kumasi to celebrate the National Independence Day on 6th March 2020.
CEGA also called on the Ministry of Health “to expand their contact tracking to Kumasi in a bid to properly contain the virus" and on “all Political Parties" to take the necessary steps to prevent any crowd activities to protect their members from being infected with the virus and for all media houses to “take steps to make sure all their workers are protected and equipment such as microphones used by staff and the public are absolutely safe for use at all times.”
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Very soon Jean Mensah and Bossman Asare and thier accomplices who want chaos and anarchy to occur in Ghana will see themselves hit by the Chinese virus. It it unthinkable why insist on new register at all cost. Their stubbornness gives away, it makes it clear for anyone that they have a hidden agenda.
Jean Mensah you do not have any passions for the people of Ghana at all. So you have good parents and a good husband who advise you at all ?You are a very wicked woman paaapa upon the Covid 19 you still want people to write their names ???
No voter compilation No election 2030
Natural disaster will strip EC/NPP evil plan naked to compile a new voters register when it is not necessary at this moment,main aim is to rig 2020 in favour of super corrupt npp and Nana's government,their end will soon come
Stomach direction and sponsored group. Are you still thinking of the impossible. I will advise all those opposed to the new register to stay away from registering so that on election day they demand their names from the old one and vote. Why will one man in the name of power drunk cause unrest in Ghana and unpatriotic followers are singing chorus. Allah save Ghana from these greedy folks.
So these 1diots are still pre-occupied with their opposition to the compilation of a new register, even in times like these? These so-called CSOs and their surrogates, including IMANI and the leader of the House of Chefs are not relenting in their efforts to carry out the NDC agenda.
if the NEW REGISTER REGISTRATION DID NOT COME ON, THEN THE MAIN ELECTIONS WILL NOT COME ON NEITHER.
We have fuuulls in paaaaaa oo! In a series times like this when countries are locking down others are thinking about registering to vote for ***barred word***. Amazing!
I am not sure whether you will even be alive when the electoral commission starts the registration in this conoravirus times. Gimifo!
THE MESSAGE IS SIMPLE. THE EC WILL POSTPONE THE VOTING DATE FROM DEC TO FEBRUARY 7.THIS MEANS THAT THE COMPILATION WILL CARRY OUT IN OCT, 18 TH 2020.