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Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) has said it will reschedule a date for the new voter registration exercise despite the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country.

To prevent the spread of the pandemic which has so far resulted in 132 confirmed cases, the government has placed a ban on all social gatherings.

Large gatherings of more than 25 people have been discouraged but the EC says plans are far advanced for a new date of the registration process.

Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr. Serebour Quaicoe told NEAT FM’s morning show, ‘Ghana Montie’.

According to him, despite the ban on public gathering, it will announce a new date for the registration in due course.

EC Suspends Registration Exercise

The Electoral Commission (EC) has suspended the compilation of the new voters’ register over the coronavirus outbreak.

The exercise was scheduled to commence on April 18, through to the end of May.

However, after a meeting with political parties Wednesday, Serebour Quiacoe, the Director of Electoral Services at the Commission said, “. . . because of the pandemic, we can’t do it on April 18.”

Addressing journalists after the meeting with the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC), he said the EC is looking to conduct the registration from the end of April but only subject to advise from health authorities.

 Listen to the interview below