{"id":144299,"date":"2015-08-18T10:47:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T10:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=144299"},"modified":"2015-08-18T17:43:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T17:43:25","slug":"evidence-shows-voters-register-is-flawed-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=144299","title":{"rendered":"Evidence shows voters register is \u2018flawed\u2019 &#8211; Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is convinced that the Electoral Commission must compile\u00a0a new and credible voters&#8217; register before the 2016 elections because the evidence available to the party shows the current register is flawed.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference organised by the party on Tuesday, Nana Addo said, that\u00a0should be the &#8220;first step in ensuring we have transparent elections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/npp-demands-new-voter-register.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-144318 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/npp-demands-new-voter-register.jpg\" alt=\"npp demands new voter register\" width=\"444\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/npp-demands-new-voter-register.jpg 444w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/npp-demands-new-voter-register-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to him, the party has had to make an official position on the matter because they care &#8220;deeply for our democracy,&#8221; and that their actions are to &#8220;ensure a peaceful Ghana.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttached to our message to the EC this morning was the documented evidence supporting our case for a new register. We are making this public statement because we believe we owe it as a duty to the Ghanaian people to let them know and understand why we are making this call to the EC,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Addo said the Convention People&#8217;s Party (CPP), the Progessive People&#8217;s Party (PPP) and some religious organisations have also raised concerns about the current register.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/npp-demands-new-voter-register-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-144317 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/npp-demands-new-voter-register-2.jpg\" alt=\"npp demands new voter register (2)\" width=\"444\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/npp-demands-new-voter-register-2.jpg 444w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/npp-demands-new-voter-register-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was speaking ahead of a presentation by the party&#8217;s vice presidential candidate, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia&#8217;s to prove his claims that the voters&#8217; register has been compromised.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bawumia said the party has\u00a0presented their case for a new voters&#8217; register to the\u00a0EC.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the 25% increase in the voters&#8217; register in 2008 and 2012 is abnormally high.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During the 2012 election cycle, the EC presented different figures for total number of registered voters,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, there is a\u00a0loop hole with the use of NHIS card by foreigners to register as voters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brong-Ahafo and Volta Region recorded high numbers during the special registration for NHIS cards,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Nana Boakye-Yiadom\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is convinced that the Electoral Commission must compile\u00a0a new and credible voters&#8217; register before the 2016 elections because the evidence available to the party shows the current register is flawed. At a press conference organised by the party on Tuesday, Nana Addo said, that\u00a0should be the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":120446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-144299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/120446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}