voters register opened

The West Gonja District Direcorate of the Electoral Commission of Ghana have opened the voters register to give people who have attained the votting age of 18 years and those who for some reasons could not register during the last registration to register to enable them exercise their franchice in the upcoming elections in December.

According to Mr. Issah Nantogmah the District Electoral Officer, 10 registration centers have been opened district wide.The registration officials would be rotating from one electoral area to another based on a scheduled time table. The exercise according to him is expected to cover all the 20 electoral areas and the 93 polling stations within the two weeks period.

A visit to some of the polling stations revealled that the process had been peaceful. As at the seconday of the exercise, 39 people were registered at the Damongo Police Station registration centre, 156 at Ngbaripe, 115 at canteen and 58 at Laribanga.

INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT ORGANIZES FORUM FOR POLITICAL PARTIES

INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT ORGANIZES
FORUM FOR POLITICAL PARTIES

By Alhassan Mesuna, Damongo

The West Gonja District Directorate of Information Services Department have organized one day sensitization forum on coverage of political activities for political parties in the West Gonja District of the Northern Region.

In a welcome address, the West Gonja District Information Officer, Mr. Alhassan Mesuna stated that the tongue is a powerful tool that can be used to sooth or inflame passions. He then advised leaders of political parties to wisely choose their words to promote unity and peace in the district.

He explained that, the Information Services Department has a role to promote issues that border on national unity and social cohesion and that his outfit have resolved to liaise with all stake holders in the district to ensure peaceful, violent free elections in December this year.

On his part, the Deputy District Co-ordinating Director of West Gonja District Mr. Patrick Aparik advised the political parties to conduct their campaigns based on issues and avoid attacking personalities which he said is a recipe for conflicts. He observed that the aim of every political party is to bring development and that it would be out of place to promote conflict in their campaign messages in an attempt to capture political power.

The purpose of the forum was to sensitise political parties in the district on the role of Information Services Department to ensure violent free elections in December, 2008.

Participants were drawn from all the political parties, security agencies, the Electoral Commission and the media.