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04.04.2008 Politics

Voter ID replacement: 40,831 registered in W/R

04.04.2008 LISTEN
By GNA


Some 40,831 people registered for the replacement of their voters' identity cards in the Western Region during the lost voters' identity card replacement exercise.

Mr Steve Opoku-Mensah, Western Regional Director of the Electoral Commission, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview that the highest figure of 7,735 people was recorded in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis followed by the Wassa West District with 5,690 people.

The Shama District recorded the lowest figure of 1,376 people, Mr Opoku-Mensah said.

He said all the districts in the region recorded more than 1,000 people.

Mr Opoku-Mensah said the cards would be ready during the revision of voters' register in May.

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