NPP urges the youth to participate in biometric registration exercise

The Youth Wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday appealed to the youth across the country to take active part in the upcoming biometric voters registration exercise slated for March 24-May 4.

Mr Emmanuel Attafuah-Danso, NPP Deputy National Youth Organizer in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said the youth, had a bigger stake in the present direction of the nation.

He said the youth needed to be vigorous in all issues that affected governance in the country, stressing that the NPP Youth Wing was fully aware of the fact that being a responsible and active citizen went far beyond the remits of participation in the electoral process.

Mr Attafuah-Danso said it was critical and vital on all and sundry, especially the youth, to ensure that they took interest in every process that would lead to the selection of national leaders and the electoral process.

He said available statistics indicated that the youth constituted an overwhelming proportion of the population while they were encumbered with the most challenges and constraints.

“Though these challenges and constraints are daunting, we believe that it should rather serve as the motivation to the youth to get involved in the selection of credible leaders,” he said.

The NPP Youth Wing therefore urged all youths, including students, to register when the exercise commences on Saturday, March 24.

The statement called for the protection of the sanctity of the process by aiding officials in identifying all possible flaws that could emanate in the compilation of the register within the law.**