Ghana Card set to Resume Operations in the Eastern Region as Akuffo Addo eases restrictions

Discussions on the Electoral Commission’s intended decision to compile a new voter’s register for the 2020 general elections have dominated national discourse in recent times.


The controversial registration exercises by the Electoral Commission (EC) and the National Identification Authority (NIA) will soon resume following the lifting of ban on public and social gatherings by the President, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo.


Despite the spike in Ghana’s Covid-19 case count, President Akufo- Addo has eased restrictions public and social gatherings.


Nana Akufo-Addo in his 10th televised address to the nation on Sunday May 31, 2020 urged such bodies to adhere to safety protocols during their activities.


“…Statutory bodies such as the Electoral Commission, the National Commission for Civic Education, and the National Identification Authority, whose activities were exempted from the outset from these restrictions, must conduct their activities in accordance with social distancing and the necessary hygiene and safety protocols”, he said.


President Akufo-Addo, on March 15, 2020, banned all public gatherings including conferences, workshops, funerals, festivals, political rallies, church activities, and other related events as part of measures to stop the spread of coronavirus in the country.
The National Identification Authority which was organizing its Ghana Card registration exercise at the time was compelled to suspend the exercise.


The NIA which was registering residents in the Eastern Region, the only region left for them to complete their nationwide registration exercise, is expected under this new presidential directive to complete that task by mid-June.


Meanwhile, the long awaited voter’s registration exercise by the Electoral Commission has been set to begin at the last week of June and to be completed by July.


The Commission made this revelation to the political parties during their Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting held in Accra at their headquarters last week.


The EC has said that it will use data from the NIA to compile the register.

Source: Kingdom Fm


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