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General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has said that there is no way the Electoral Commission will go ahead with the compilation of a new voters' register.

According to him, they are going to resist the compilation with all their strength as a political party and a group.

Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' program, he explained that they stand by their position and that the Electoral Commission cannot decide to take a unilateral decision and then do things on their own.

He says the Electoral Commission has been going around and deliberately lying to Ghanaians about the compilation of a new voters' register.

"We will still drum home our concern to Ghanaians for them to understand why we are still against the compilation of a voters' register," he added.

Recounting their demonstration in Kumasi yesterday(Wednesday), he noted that they are overwhelmed by the massive support they received in the Ashanti Regional capital, which is the 'world bank' of the ruling NPP. 

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it will begin compiling a new voters' register for the December 2020 elections in April.

The commission added it hopes to end the exercise by the end of May.

The Director of Electoral Services, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe made this known in a radio interview on Monday [January 20, 2020].

“We want to start by mid-April and by the end of May we would have finished,” he said.

While some 13 political parties led by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have thrown their weight behind the EC for the new BVMS and compilation of the new register, the Inter-Party Resistance Against the New Voters Register made up of six political parties led by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has kicked against it.

Meanwhile, the EC says the procurement of the new BVMS and compiling of a new register will save the country GH₵173.07 million, compared to upgrading the current system.

Listen to interview below