{"id":144327,"date":"2015-08-18T11:18:56","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T11:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=144327"},"modified":"2015-08-18T12:18:15","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T12:18:15","slug":"about-80000-togolese-are-in-ghanas-voters-register-bawumia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=144327","title":{"rendered":"About 80,000 Togolese on Ghana&#8217;s voters&#8217; register \u2013 Bawumia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The New Patriotic Party\u2019s Vice Presidential Candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said they have uncovered evidence that shows that close to 80,000 Togolese have also registered as Ghanaians in the voters&#8217; register, evidence the party claims show that the register is &#8220;bloated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The NPP presented their said evidence to the Electoral Commission today and at a news conference, demanded that a new register be created.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bawumia.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-144338 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bawumia.png\" alt=\"bawumia\" width=\"664\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bawumia.png 664w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bawumia-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He explained that data available to them shows unusual increases in the voters register in several constituencies between 2008 and 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Bawumia said\u00a0the nation recorded a 25 percent increase in its voters register between 2008 and 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;An increase of the voters register by 25 percent between two elections is abnormally high and there are also several instances of this.\u00a0One cannot credibly explain for example how increases in the voters\u2019 register of magnitudes exceeding 40 percentcan take place. Where did the people come from?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bawumia-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-144349  aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bawumia-2.png\" alt=\"bawumia 2\" width=\"650\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bawumia-2.png 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bawumia-2-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said &#8220;what is interesting about the data is that quite a large number of the constituencies with unusual increases in the voters register are those that border neighboring countries. Take the Western region for example, where notwithstanding the oil find Sekondi and Takoradi saw a 5% decrease in registered voters while Suaman and Nzema East saw increases in the voters register by 23% and 27.7% respectively.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bawumia-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-144351  aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bawumia-3.png\" alt=\"bawumia 3\" width=\"650\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bawumia-3.png 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bawumia-3-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">NPP had tried to rally the various opposition parties to press for a new voters register.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By:\u00a0 Godwin A. 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