Less than one percent of persons whose names were deleted from the Voter's Register because they used NHIS cards to register, re-registered on the first day of the re-registration exercise, the Director of Communications of the Electoral Commission has revealed.
Erick Dzakpasu said the EC's data shows 550 persons re-registered across the country on Monday, July 18, the first day of the registration exercise. He disclosed this on Multi TV/Joy FM news analysis programme, Newsfile on Saturday.
A total of 56, 772 names of persons who registered with National Health Insurance cards in 2012 were deleted by the EC about a week ago in compliance with a Supreme Court order.
The highest court of the land also ordered that the affected persons be given the opportunity to reregister. In compliance with this directive, the EC set July 18 - August 7 for the re-registration exercise.
The Commission is expecting to re-register the over 56,000 persons within the 21 days in the district offices of the EC across the country.
Registrants are instantly issued with their voter ID cards after going through the processes.
The exercise is almost halfway through but most centres have recorded very low turnout.
Mr Dzakpasu said despite the low turnout recorded in the first six days of the exercise, the EC hopes to recapture majority of the names onto the register.
Host of Newsfile, Samson Lardy Anyenini, wondered whether a large number of the 56,000 would not left out if the 550 registrations were be the average daily registration.
National Organiser of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Kofi Adams, raised concerns about the citing of registration centres at district offices.
He said the situation is imposing financial burden on voters who have to travel long distances in order to register.
Communications Director of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Akomea shared Kofi Adams' view.
The former Member of Parliament for Okaikoi South said there was no sufficient information about the process to better inform the affected persons.
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