According to the District Officer, John Mensah, the robbers made away with some computers and other gadgets.

[contextly_sidebar id=”AGZ4sZ2P3mmI9UJNOSf5vVbTulnQ8hVt”]He was however quick to point out that documents from the just ended registration exercise are intact.

“We just finished the exercise yesterday [Sunday] and this morning when we came to the office, we realized the office had been broken into and two system units, two monitors, two keyboards and a technician’s laptop had been taken away. The registration documents are however intact. We registered 6, 381 for the ten day period,”Mr. Mensah said.

Violence characterized registration process

Apart from this incident, the registration exercise was characterized by pockets of violence in some regions.

The Parliamentary Candidate for Juaboso in the Western RRegion, Martha Manu, and two others, were allegedly attacked by some four men while monitoring the registration exercise at a polling station in the region.

Extend registration period

While some are worried about pockets of violence that have characterized the exercise, some political party representatives and their agents have called for an extension of the exercise, arguing that a lot of people were disenfranchised due to the limited number of centers.

But the National Democratic Congress (NDC), is kicking against the move , saying persons who wish to be captured on the nation’s electoral roll could visit the district office of the Electoral Commission to do so later.

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By: Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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The sensitization is geared towards educating Ghanaians on their role ahead of this year’s polls.

The Director of CALID, Mohammed Awal, emphasized on the fact that citizens’ actions will ultimately determine if there would be peace or violence.

” Our aim is for us to agree on what each body will be doing as far as the upcoming elections are concerned. we appreciate the fact that when we are talking about peace, peace is about you and I, nobody will come from somewhere to bring peace and it is the little things that we do, before, during and after the elections that may bring about violence.”

He also explained that the sensitization would enable them learn from their actions in the past saying, “We are here to see what each group had in the past, the lessons, the challenges, successes and put these things together and see what we can carry forward into the 2016 elections. We hope to achieve a very peaceful, credible and a violent free elections in these areas and the entire north and the country as a whole.”

Mr. Awal admonished the youth to stay away from bad influence which may cause chaos during the election.

He urged religious leaders to preach peace and also called on the police to handle election related violence appropriately.

”If you are a youth leader, your role is to talk to your colleagues so that they understand that at the polling station, these are the responsibilities expected of you. if you have a concern, these are the processes that you have to follow to address the concern and not necessarily taking the law into your own hands to create mayhem in the system. Religious leaders must preach peace in their sermons.”

CALID  is operating in the Nanumba North and south districts, Yendi Municipality, Gusheigu and Binkpurugu Districts in the Northern Region. In each district, five communities are selected.

CALID in collaboration with the Initiative for Conflict Resolution is funded by Star Ghana.

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By: Mohammed Aminu/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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