Ghana’s Electoral Commission boss, Jean Mensa, has been summoned by Parliament to brief the house next week on her plans for the 2020 elections.
The majority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu disclosed the coming of the electoral commission boss to the House during the business statement for next week.
The announcement follow demands by the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, and other MPs who demanded the commission to appear before the house with a brief on arrangements for the December 7 polls.
Responding to the minority’s concerns, the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs said the commission has been summoned to brief Parliament next week.
Meanwhile, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says about 93% of potential voters in the Upper East and Upper West regions will be ineligible to vote if the electoral commission insists on its controversial voter registration methods.
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However, the Director of Elections of the NDC Elvis Afriyie Ankrah says it will be undemocratic to resort to such a means to disenfranchise Ghanaians from voting.
Addressing the media in Accra Thursday, Mr Afriyie-Ankrah said “Only about 6.5 million people have access to the NIA card. The NIA could not dispute our claim that only 5.17 percent and 6.36 percent of the registrable population in the Upper West and Upper East regions, respectively, have been issued Ghana cards, as we speak.
“So, Upper West, Upper East, Northern, Savannah, North-East, you look at the figures, 86 percent, 84 percent, 85 percent and Upper East and Upper West 5.17 percent and Upper East 6.36 percent. So, the rest of the ninety-something percent, what is going to happen to them? Are they not Ghanaians? Do they not deserve to be treated rightly, fairly, and justly as anybody else? Do they have to go through the hustle of trying to find people to guarantee for them with all its delays and frustrations?”.
