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The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana is at the end of the registration, capture over 90,000 prospective voters in all the 42 registration centres in the Jomoro voters' register.

The projection included names of old voters who were captured in the old voters register since 1992 and those who have just turned 18 and above as well as adults who have never voted before.

The Jomoro Municipal Electoral Officer, Mr Samuel Mensah disclosed this to newsmen at the on-going nation-wide voter registration exercise at Half-Assini in the Western Region.

According to the Electoral Officer, 21 registration centres would be catered for between June 30 and July 05, 2020, with additional centres being captured from July 06 to August 06.

Mr Mensah told reporters that the exercise went on smoothly without any hitches or violence and congratulated the 250 registration officers at the various centres in the Municipality for their comportment and professionalism during Day one of the exercise and encouraged them to carry on with the yeoman’s job.

Touching on COVID-19 safety protocols, Mr Mensah said items such as Veronica buckets, liquid soaps, tissue papers, sanitizers and thermometer guns have been made available at all the 42 registration centres.

The Electoral Officer said the E.C. had engaged the services of Nurses to screen the registrants.

He also lauded the efforts of security personnel who have been deployed to maintain peace at the registration centres for being up to the task.