Mr Kwadwo Sarfo Kantanka, Deputy Electoral Commissioner in charge of operations, has assured the general public of the Commission’s preparedness to produce credible voter register for the December general elections.

He, therefore, appealed to all political parties and stakeholders to collaborate with the Electoral Commission (EC) to make the upcoming biometric registration exercise incident free.

Mr Sarfo Kantanka said this at the Eastern Regional Dialogue on biometric voter registration for political parties’ representatives and staff of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), in Koforidua on Wednesday.

He said the EC had given the necessary training to its field staff and was expecting to gain a good voter register.

Mr Sarfo Kantanka urged the various political parties to be very vigilant during the exercise to ensure that foreigners and minors did not take part in the exercise.

“If we all contribute our quota to the exercise, Ghana would have the best register for this year’s general election”.

Mr Sarfo Kantanka cautioned that the EC would not entertain any person, group of persons and individuals who would try to disrupt the exercise adding that the EC would not hesitate to hand over such persons to the security agencies for the necessary action to be taken against them.

Mr Sarfo Kantanka also cautioned political parties not to “bus” their supporters from one area to another to register but rather allow each and every one to register at where he or she resides.

He allayed fears of double registration and said any such malpractice would be detected during and after the exercise.

Alhaji Oman Bodinga, the Eastern Regional first Vice-Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), expressed the party’s confidence in the EC as far as the biometric registration is concerned based on the pilot exercise so far conducted.

He said if the whole exercise was conducted in that same manner, there was no way anybody could doubt the credibility of the voter register.

The Eastern Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Anthony Gyampoh, urged the EC to ensure that all the necessary logistics were provided to the registration centers to make the exercise smooth.**