BVR Exercise Ends...Over 12million People Registered

The 40 day nationwide Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) exercise, on Saturday, May 5th, officially came to an end.

Reports indicate that there was low turnout in the fourth and perhaps the last phase of the exercise at various polling stations in the country.

Officials at the Electoral Commission (EC) say patronage was massive in general and the projected target of 12 million registered persons exceeded.

The BVR exercise, recorded isolated cases of violence and controversy, especially in the Greater Accra, Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions.

Also, within the first three phases, the EC detected over 8,000 double registrations with the Ashanti region as the highest spot for multiple registration followed by the Brong Ahafo region.

“As at Monday, 30th April, we had detected a total of 8,121 double registrations and these were done by 2,864 individuals which means that some of these individuals may have registered three times, four times and probably more...The figures cut across some of the regions, in Western region we had 225 individuals who have done multiple registrations, in the Central region we had 318 individuals who have done double registration, in Greater Accra 335, in the Volta region 326, in the Eastern region we had 254 people.

“In the Ashanti region we had 424 people who had done multiple registrations, in the Brong Ahafo 411 had done multiple registrations, in the Northern region 289, Upper East had 162 and the Upper West region had 120, that brings it to a total of 2,864 individuals who have done double or multiple registrations," the acting Director of Public Affairs at the EC, Christian Owusu Parry, told the media.

For now, it is unclear if the EC will extend the registration process since there were reports of shortage of materials and faulty equipment in some areas across the country.

Source: Peacefmonline.com/Ghana