The President of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, has given indications that his administration will ensure that prison inmates exercise their franchise come the 2012 elections.
According to the President, the move is in conformity with a ruling given by the Supreme Court, which stipulated that inmates have the right to vote.
�The Supreme Court in a recent ruling stated that inmates have the right to vote during elections and I want to assure them that our government would abide by the Supreme Court ruling and therefore enable the Electoral Commission to put in place the necessary machinery and structures to enable inmates to exercise their God given rights," President Mills said.
President Mills disclosed the NDC government's resolve to allow prisoners to vote when he commissioned the Ankaful Maximum Prison in the Central regional capital of Cape Coast on Tuesday.
The President also indicated that he hopes he will not be commissioning too many prisons and prayed for fewer persons to occupy the prisons.
He said: �It is also my hope and prayer that this edifice would never be full, it would be half full, one-quarter full or one-eighth full, which would be an indication that we are finding a way of getting people to avoid entering the prisons. �
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