EC Must Be Probed For ‘Eyesore’ Voter ID Cards – UCC Lecturer

Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Jonathan Asante Otchere has called for investigations into the activities of the current Electoral Commission, Ghana(EC).

Speaking on 3FM’s Decision 2020, he said the shoddy work done on the Voter ID cards is an eyesore to say the least when compared to other national cards like the National Health Insurance and Ghana Cards.

“I am of the view that as much as they want to compile a register and if you look at what they have given us do you think this is value for money? The 2012 card was much solid and better compared to what we have now.

“I think the current EC must be probed because the quality of the print-out they have given us is an eyesore. And we need to complain about that. In this age and time you compile a registration card such as this? Look at the NIA card, look at the drivers’ license even [the National] Health Insurance [cards] and you look at the money they were given and woefully spent and you want to tell me these people should not be probed? This particular set or group of commissioners must be probed,” he stated.

Mr Otchere further expressed displeasure with registration insisting it was wrong to call for a new voters register in the first place.

“I have never been in favour of a compilation of a new register. When you look at the previous register and the new one, it is much ado about nothing. There is no significant difference. The numbers don’t even add up,” he said.

The EC announced it had registered some 16.63 million Ghanaians as of Friday, August 7.

Source: GhanaFeed.com