The Ashanti regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has disputed claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the Electoral Commission were pushed to admit bloating figures after they alerted them on it.
Speaking to the press, the Ashanti regional secretary of the NPP Sam Pyne said, “It is unfortunate and ridiculous when the NDC makes such allegations. When they talked about bloated figures it was the electoral commission that noticed the anomalies themselves and they discussed with the parties, and that was rectified.”
Regional Director of the EC, Benjamin Bannor Bio had confirmed that there were some anomalies with figures submitted to its headquarters from two districts in the Ashanti region. The NDC however, insisted that had they not being vigilant, the commission would have maintained the figures.
Sam Pyne on the other hand stressed the EC detected the anomalies and revealed he personally explained things to the NDC.
“The NDC regional secretary Kwame Zu personally called me and l explained everything to him on phone so am surprise they continue to see it as a big case,” he said.
Source: GhanaFeed.com