The NPP argued that the damning evidence they presented put the credibility of the voter’s register into question, and\u00a0demanded a new one.<\/p>\n However the EC has dismissed those claims, stating that the NPP failed to provide “any proof of the citizenship status of these persons and did not show any proof that they were not entitled to be registered in Ghana.”<\/p>\n It explained\u00a0that being a foreign national\u00a0“does not take away one\u2019s eligibility to be on the Ghanaian Register.”<\/p>\n “Ghana\u2019s Constitution permits dual nationality and admits the possibility of acquiring citizenship through many modes such as naturalization, adoption, and marriage. It would therefore be improper and unconstitutional to simply remove the names of persons on the register on the mere allegation that they appear on the register of another country without giving them the opportunity to provide proof of their citizenship of Ghana.”<\/p>\n The decision of the EC to maintain the current register has been criticized by the NPP and pressure group, Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA), who along with the NPP, were spearheading calls for \u00a0a new register.<\/p>\n NPP described the situation as disappointing while LMVCA are considering legal action against the EC.<\/p>\n The governing National Democratic Congress has described the NPP’s allegations as outrageous with the General Secretary of the party, Asiedu Nketiah calling them claims\u00a0\u201cfrom space.\u201d<\/p>\n He added that if the NPP were convinced their claims were true they should seek redress in court.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In defense of\u00a0its decision not\u00a0to\u00a0create a new voters’ register for this year’s general elections, the Electoral Commission (EC) has revealed that the New Patriotic Party failed to provide sufficient evidence to support its claims that\u00a0there were foreign\u00a0nationals on the current register. The\u00a0EC also added that the laws of Ghana allow people with dual\u00a0nationality to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"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":[2647,2648,58,10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2647","category-election","category-politics","category-slider-1","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179166","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=179166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=179166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=179166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=179166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"bawumia](\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bawumia-5.png\")