A former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, Joseph Yamin, has said he felt insulted as a Ghanaian and believes all other persons who have objected to the compilation of the new voters' register will feel the same way at the words of President Akufo-Addo on the EC’s avowed decision.
Joseph Yamin, in an interview on UTV’s ‘Adekye Nsroma’ newspaper show, insisted President Akufo-Addo could have used a different word to express himself on the subject matter than to say that the EC’s compilation of new voters register "makes a lot of sense"; meaning any other person against the decision is ‘senseless’.
“ . . I know President Akufo-Addo’s motive of backing EC’s decision is to find something through the back doors of the state coffers through corruption means for his party followers or he [President Akufo-Addo] feels that due to his poor performance the only means to guarantee his chances of remaining in power is to manipulate the electoral system.
“Otherwise, he would want to take up and hold on to his ‘listening President title’ given him by his party members for making changes to some critical national issues” he added.
Listen to him in the video below
Background
Earlier this week, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo backed calls by a section of Ghanaians to allow the country’s Electoral Commission compile a new register.
The decision, according to the President, makes a lot of sense.
“We are getting ourselves ready for December 7. The Electoral Commission is going to compile a new register. It appears there is now an eight-year cycle for the EC to compile a register. They did so in 2012 and 2004. So with these last three including this one are all in the eight-year cycle. I think it makes a lot of sense. The national census itself is done on a ten-year basis.”
“So it makes sense that we keep up the EC to admit new people, take out all those who have died, etc. Their intention is to begin in April. We want everybody in Ghana who can vote to register. It’s important that we all exercise our civic duty to go and vote in December and choose the government that we want,” CNR quoted the President as saying.
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The listening President does not listen to non sseeence period. There is no amount of effort you will make to change the compilation of New credible voters register in Ghana now so please stop worrying your heart and go to register when EC opens on 18th April or loose members on voting. This is why I decree like the Jews said NEVER AGAIN TO NDC. NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU
Oh NDC, Do you think you and your fake groups are the only citizens Ghana that has mouth to talk? Some of us are also talking and asking Electoral commission to do what is best for this country. Nana Addo is not electoral commission please. By the way, Democracy is expensive and we must pay for the stress to re-register to save mother Ghana. And what does NDC has to loss if new register is compiled? Asem Beba Dabe. Paakow/Cape Coast
IS THE PRESIDENT THE EC BOSS? WISE UP GUYS!!
WHAT DO THE NDC THINK OF THEMSELVES. DO THE NDC THINK THEY ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE IN GHANA? WHAT ABOUT THE GREAT MASSES WHO BELIEVE IN BRINGING A NEW VOTER REGISTER. THE REST OF US ARE MORE THAN THE NDC OO SO THEY SHOULD NOT THINK THEY REPRESENT THE MASSES IN GHANA. GHANA IS GREATER THAN THEM IN THE NDC. THEY SHOULD GIVE US A BREAK
NDC members wanted to use the names of the dead to vote for their party. How were they going to do that? By "faking" letters claiming they were indisposed or travelled and permitted them to vote on their behalf. This is what they wanted to do but for the smartness of the EC.
look at this molato too didnt u hear your JM say the EC is independent and that no one can interfere in their operations? was jm controlling chalot osei as EC
What have you people hidden in the old Register? This is not the first time EC is compiling a register. So why the stiff opposition?
Galamsey NDC addict
gyimeie, is the voters register being compiled by the president? and since when did a statutory body take instructions from the opposition? non sense