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Source: rainbowradioonline.com

Okaikoi Central youth organizer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Oliver Ofori Baah, has justified comments by President Akufo-Addo saying the December 7 general polls must be a Ghanaian election and not a West African election.

He opined for far too long, we have allowed foreigners to register and vote in our general elections when it is supposed to be for only Ghanaians.

He believes after this registration exercise, Ghana will have a credible register fit for a transparent and fair election.

”I strongly believe that after this registration exercise, we will compile a credible register that is fit to organise a transparent election. We cannot allow foreigners to register and vote in our elections. It is only Ghanaians who are supposed to register and vote. It is our right and a constitutional provision.”

“Using your God-given and constitutional rights costs nothing, but staying home can come at a very steep price. The pandemic, notwithstanding, we have to strengthen Ghanaian democracy,” he added.

Describing the compilation of the voters’ register as one of the most important tasks in the effective functioning of any democracy, President Akufo-Addo noted that if an eligible citizen’s name is not on the register, that citizen cannot exercise the right to vote, and cannot, therefore, participate in the determination of the choice of the government of the day.

“It is, thus, vitally important that all eligible voters register, so, on the designated day of 7th December, they can vote to choose the President of the nation, and the Member of Parliament of their area. In effect, our vote, our thumb, is the expression of our individual sovereign power as a citizen, which we should cherish and guard at all times,” he said.

President Akufo-Addo reassured all eligible voters of their safety at the 33,327 polling stations across the country, explaining that the Electoral Commission has put in place the necessary, elaborate protocols for the process.

“All these protocols should be adhered to strictly. Additionally, I want to remind all Ghanaians that all the other protocols and restrictions, especially those dealing with large gatherings, must be adhered to and enforced at the polling stations at all times. So, let us all abide by them, and conduct ourselves in a manner befitting the image and status of Ghana,” he added.

The President continued, “If you do not register now, you cannot vote in December. Present your Ghana card or passport, which are the only two forms of valid identification. In the absence of any of these valid IDs, an applicant can submit one completed Identification Guarantee Form, endorsed by two registered voters, to be registered and issued with a voter ID card. By these procedures, all eligible voters will be registered. No disenfranchisement of voters is contemplated by them.”

To him, the NDC is only making false claims about the exercise because all their plots against the exercise have been prevented.

He asked Ghanaians to come out in their numbers and register and vote massively in the 2020 polls for the NPP.

President Akufo-Addo on Monday, June 29, 2020, underscored the need for Ghanaians to ensure that the country has a register fit for purpose for the conduct of the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections.

According to President Akufo-Addo, “we must all make sure that persons who do not meet the requirements, as set out clearly in the Constitution, do not find their names into the register. If you aid the registration of an ineligible person, and you are caught, you will face the full rigours of the law.”

He, thus, urged all eligible Ghanaians, i.e. that is Ghanaians of eighteen (18) years of age or above, and of sound mind, to go out and register, so that they can exercise their civic responsibilities on 7th December, 2020, to elect a government of their choice in a free, fair, peaceful and transparent election.

https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/Correspondence from Volta Region:

Paramount chief and President of the Aflao Traditional Council, Togbui Fiti V has called on Akufo-Addo to budget for an exercise to re-demarcate the border that exists between Ghana and Togo.

This, according to the chief will enable Ghanaians as a whole to have a deep insight into where exactly the land of Aflao extends.

Speaking to the media at his palace yesterday, June 29, 2020, the renowned traditional ruler stated that Aflao is big and therefore its indigenes should not be expected to be of a small number.

He further revealed to the pressmen that most of the residents in Aflao do not have water and therefore rely on or fetch water from neighboring towns which are in Togo.

He also stated that most of the foodstuff the people in Aflao eat are from Togo and therefore, the closure of the border has a big toll on the indigenes.

Togbui sounded a word of caution to the government saying that continues references to the people of the Volta Region as Togolese will result in something that no one wishes to see.

According to Togbui Fiti, there are more head potters which are popularly called “kayaye” in Aflao than Accra but they could not get any food packages from the government in this time that the Aflao border where they operate is closed. This he said was borne out of discrimination against people of the Volta Region.

Togbui Fiti, however, demanded the withdrawal of the soldiers from the town saying that the indigenes are hungry and angry as well and if they continue seeing guns that are been used to intimidate them, they will be forced to take the law into their own hands. The outcome the chief said will not be good.

Electoral Commission officials at the Akuse Park electoral registration centre in the Ketu South Municipality are struggling to control the scores of residents who have stormed the centre for registration.

According to Starr New Faisel Abdul-Iddrisu, the residents are jostling over positions in the queue.

The Ketu South Constituency has a total of 254 polling stations but only few are undertaking the exercise on Day 1 and phase 1 of the exercise. As results, residents out of anxiety are massing up at nearby centres to register.

At the Akusa Park, there is a Veronica bucket and health officials deployed to screen the applicants but adherence to the social distancing protocol is poor as the electoral officials struggle to control the enthusiastic crowd.

So far, only 8 people have been able to go through the process since the commencement of the exercise delayed.

There is no security presence at the Akusa Park registration centre, the situation is same at the Global Church and the Old Timber, except for the Old Timber market registration center where there was one police officer.

Ketu South has become topical in the build of the registration exercise after reports military deployment to the area. The area is seen as the stronghold of the opposition NDC.

Source: Daily Mail

An underworld of quack doctors and conmen have been exploiting the coronavirus pandemic and making money selling fake coronavirus cures.

Investigative reporter Anas Aremeyaw Anas goes undercover in Ghana, exposing a COVID-19 scam said to be worth thousands of dollars.

His investigative piece is expected to bring to light the corrupt dealings regarding the pandemic and how certain individuals are making money off the coronavirus with the excuse of selling potent cures.

In announcing the documentary, Anas in a post on Facebook said, “Are you ready? It’s coming, the corona quacks and thieves in Ghana. It would be served hot on BBC Africa Eye. All major stations in Ghana.”

Watch the full exposé below: