The Director of IT and Elections for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Edward Omane Boamah has expressed the party’s resolve and fervent determination to ensure that its registration agents across the country vehemently resist what it perceives as deliberate attempt by the Electoral Commission of Ghana to diminish transparency in the ongoing voter registration exercise.
Dr. Boamah while bemoaning the Electoral Commission lack of cooperation in the ongoing limited voters registration exercise, further emphasized the imperative role the party’s agents play in activating the party’s sophisticated application systems to meticulously transmit all serial numbers of Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits deployed in their respective districts and electoral areas to the National Elections and IT Directorate of the party.
This directive, Dr Boamah stressed, will be executed with or without the approval of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, underscoring the party’s unwavering commitment to transparency and accountability.
“We wish to serve notice and notice is hereby served that NDC registration agents across the country will resist the EC’s clandestine attempts aimed at diminishing transparency in the voter registration exercise. We shall not falter! We shall not relent! We shall not tire!”
Dr Edward Omane Boamah, Director of IT and Elections
Doubts over EC’s Impartiality and Neutrality
Furthermore, the former Minister of Communications under the erstwhile Mahama’s administration expressed the party’s lack of trust in the country’s electoral process, particularly in relation to the impartiality and neutrality of the Electoral Commission of Ghana.
He accused the leadership of the Electoral Commission led by Madam Jean Mensah, the Commission’s Chairperson of being complicit in facilitating President Akufo-Addo’s perceived ploy to retain power by obstructing a smooth transition to the opposition party’s flagbearer, former President John Dramani Mahama.
The former Communications Minister under the erstwhile Mahama’s administration thus urged the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to opt for a peaceful transfer of power to the opposition National Democratic Congress in the upcoming 2024 general elections, in the event it loses political power.
Commenting on the electoral processes leading to the December 7 polls, the National Democratic Congress Director of IT and Elections strongly cautioned that the opposition party would not treat issues pertaining to the election as a normal business.
He underscored the party’s unalloyed commitment to scrutinize every single activity and program of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, particularly in the run out to the December 7 polls.
Drawing attention to unanswered queries regarding some stolen biometric equipment belonging to the Commission, Dr. Boamah demanded accountability from the Electoral Commission, emphasizing on the need for the Commission to respond to the 35 questions the party posed to the Commission following the loss of the equipment.
He reiterated the party’s demand for transparency and fairness, asserting that improved transparency in the country’s electoral processes and practices would not only benefits all stakeholders but also bolsters the credibility of the Electoral Commission of Ghana.
The National Democratic Congress Director of IT and Elections in conclusion called upon civil society organizations, chiefs, opinion leaders, and faith-based organizations to unite in demanding heightened transparency and fairness from the Electoral Commission of Ghana in the ongoing limited voters registration exercise and all activities leading to the upcoming general elections.
He emphasized that such a move would serve as an essential prerequisite for peaceful elections and transfer of power to consolidate Ghana’s democracy.
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