[ 2012-05-02 ]

Revisit registration rules – Affotey Agbo
Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Laryea
Afotey-Agbo is asking the Electoral Commission to
take urgent steps to address the issue of rampant
break down of gadgets at registration centres.

The Regional Minister believes such a move will
reduce long queues at biometric registration
centres across the country.

According to him, the situation where large
numbers of qualified voters queue for long hours
with some keeping vigils at registration centres
was unacceptable.

Speaking at a regional parade in Tema to mark May
Day, the Regional Minister noted that the
Electoral Commission’s performance in the past
shows that it has the ability to ensure an
incident-free exercise.

The Regional May Day parade, organised by the
Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC), was on the
theme “The Role of Workers in Securing Peaceful
and Fair Elections”.

Dorcas Amuquandoh, Greater Accra Regional
Secretary of the TUC reaffirmed the commitment of
organised labour to help deepen democracy as it
was a prerequisite for economic growth, but added
they would not hesitate to raise their collective
voice to make their demands known.

“What the labour movement is demanding this year
however is peace as Ghana goes to the polls in
December”, she said.

Labour consultant, Austin Gamey, later in an
interview with Joy News Television said conditions
of workers have improved remarkably but urged
employers to concentrate more on improving safety
and health at the work place.

Source - Joy News

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