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After consultations with several influential figures in the country, the leadership of the Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) has called on former President John Agyekum Kufour, to discuss with him, the need for a new credible voters’ register.

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor in a meeting with the group, called on the Electoral Commission to be accountable to Ghanaians by compiling a new and credible Voters’ register for the 2016 general elections.

Speaking to leaders of pressure group, Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) who paid a courtesy call on him at his residence to seek his support for a new voters' register, Kufuor said: "I am with you entirely, completely that the Electoral Commission should not plead excuses like cleaning the voters' register.”

Let My Vote Count Alliance has been agitating for a new register because they believe the current register is bloated with names of at least 76,000 foreigners.

According to Kufuor, the Electoral Commission cannot be independent from accounting to the people of Ghana.

“I have seen what faulty elections can do to otherwise peaceful people. So the Electoral Commission should listen,” he said.

Since the NPP began this campaign for a new voters' register, some leading voices have weighed into the matter. The Ghana Catholics Bishop Conference says it favours a new register if evidence presented by the NPP is found to be true.