Voter registration: It's disgraceful to fail simple 1+1 calculations; be careful not to repeat 2020's mistake — Nana Akomea to EC

Nana Akomea has issued a caution to the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana, urging it to avoid simple arithmetic errors similar to those witnessed during the limited voters registration exercise and the 2020 general elections.

His remark follows EC's recent blunder in tabulating the number of new registrants.

The EC commenced the registration exercise on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 aiming to provide an opportunity for eligible voters who missed the last registration to register for the December 7 elections.

However, during the second and third days, errors were noted in the cumulative totals of registrants, which the EC later corrected and apologized.

“The Electoral Commission has corrected errors in the previously released daily voter registration numbers. The inaccuracies were in the cumulative totals for days two and three, though the regional numbers were correct. The Upper East’s day three’s total was mistakenly repeated for day four. These have been amended,” stated the EC.

Speaking on the "Kokrokoo" morning show on Peace FM, Nana Akomea, the Chief Executive of the InterCity State Transport Corporation, condemned these mistakes, describing them as reminiscent of issues of the 2020 elections.

"This EC arithmetic calculation that they can't do, I can hardly understand it. That 1 plus 1 that they can't get correct, is disgraceful and they should be careful about that.

“That 1 plus 1 that the Electoral Commission cannot get right is not good because I remember they repeated the same thing in the 2020 elections resulting in them announcing the election results about twice. It is not good," Akomea expressed.