A former Deputy Information Minister in the erstwhile Mahama administration, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has said the just-ended Voters’ registration exercise was a waste of time and resources.
Speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Thursday, the NDC MP said the outcome of the exercise doesn’t justify the intent touted by the Electoral Commission.
“This has been one big waste of everybody’s time and resources that are scarce and that we could have used to do more useful things for this country.”
“The outcome of the registration exercise shows that the decision to compile the new register does not make any more sense now than it made when the idea was first mooted,” he said.
Felix Ofosu Kwaakye argued that nothing new was achieved by the commission in the just ended process.
He alleged that the EC’s decision to conduct the exercise was politically influenced.
“They were carrying out the wishes of the NPP which for some reason had been under the misguided belief that once they were in power they could manipulate the process and have a register that they can control. With the view to suppressing votes in NDC strongholds.”
“That for me bluntly speaking was the main driver of the decision to register. All the excuses and claims that were made have turned out to be untrue,” he said.
He stated that the fact that the same issues such as minors and foreigners being registered had reoccured shows that no measures were put in place to eradicate them.
“Whereas the EC claimed they were doing this to clean the register, they did not have a system that was going to ensure that. Essentially, we are placing more confidence in the word of mouth as opposed to an authentic document produced by established state institutions,” he noted.
Source: GhanaFeed.Com
