Voter Registration Ends In West Gonja

The nationwide new biometric voter registration which opened on the 24th of March 2012 to 4^th May 2012 has ended successfully in the North and West Gonja Districts of the Northern Region.

Twenty Seven (27) registration centres were opened for the first round. The districts have a total of 105 registration centres. 

Figures gathered from office of the Electoral Commission indicates that, a total of Thirteen Thousand, two hundred and ninety - five (13,295), eleven thousand, one hundred and fifty – five (11,155), eight thousand, two hundred and forty - two (8,242) and eight thousand, eight hundred and fifty – two (8, 852) people registered at the end of the first, second, third and four phases of the exercise respectively. 

This brings to a total of forty one thousand, five hundred and forty - four (41, 544) people who registered in the two districts.

Out of this number, twenty thousand, four hundred and eighty - two (20, 482) people registered in North Gonja and twenty one thousand and sixty – two (21,062) people registered in West Gonja.

Challenges encountered at the various polling stations were not different. This ranged from faulty machines to slow entry of data by personnel, inaccurate data provided by eligible voters and inadequate registration materials in the last phase.

The exercise was slow during the first three days of phase one but progressed steadily afterwards.

According to the district electoral officer, fifty – five (55) challenge forms were completed.

Generally, the exercise has gone on smoothly and peacefully in the district.

BY REGINA ATULE