Christian Council Expresses Concern Over Biometric Exercise

Reverend Dr Fred Deegbe, General Secretary, Christian Council of Ghana (CCG), on Thursday expressed the Council's concern over the heightened tension characterising the on-going biometric voters' registration exercise. He said Ghanaians needed to go through the exercise calmly and eschew acts that would lead to violence and rancor.00  

 Speaking to newsmen in Accra, Rev. Deegbe called on the police, political parties, particularly National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) to step up efforts at curtailing incidence of violence occurring at registration centres.    

He said that the police should as a matter of urgency, investigate activities of "machomen" and "machowomen" at the centres and bring culprits to book to deter others from disturbing the registration process. The clergyman said political parties should stop protecting their members who cause mayhem at the centres, and rather hand them over to the appropriate authorities to be dealt with by law.    

Rev. Deegbe said: "Ghanaians are looking forward to a peaceful registration that will lead to peaceful elections on December 7". He called on the Electoral Commission (EC) and the National Commission on Civic Education to educate potential voters on the registration exercise.  

Rev. said "EC must be mindful of what they say to the people who are eagerly waiting to register their names. It should explain clearly and properly, the various clusters or registration centres where people could register their names to ease the tension among the Ghanaians."

GNA