Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur has expressed government\u2019s satisfaction with the ongoing limited registration exercise.<\/p>\n
The Electoral Commission on Monday, began a nationwide process across 6,000 centres, to register Ghanaians who turned 18 after the 2012 general elections and adults who could not register during the previous registration exercises.<\/p>\n
However, following reports of low turnout at some centres, the Vice President has called on persons who have not registered to endeavour to do so.<\/p>\n
According to Mr. Amissah Arthur, \u201cas many people as possible need to be registered, because a credible election requires the full participation of all the citizens\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want a 100 percent participation in the next election\u201d<\/p>\n
The Vice President believes that \u201cthe young people are the people least interested [in the registration process] and should be encouraged\u00a0 by their friends and family to participate in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said that there was a lot of interest from the public, while noting that the participation of the various political parties was encouraging.<\/p>\n
The Vice President made the comments during a visit to some registration centres in Sekondi-Takoradi, on the second day of his working visit to the Western Region.<\/p>\n
The voter registration process was originally scheduled to begin on July 27 but was suspended after the National Youth Organiser of the Peoples National Convention (PNC), Abu Ramadan, secured an injunction against the exercise.<\/p>\n
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By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n
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