The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has insisted on the need for an independent audit of the 2024 voters’ register.
According to the Director of Elections and IT for the NDC, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, the Electoral Commission (EC) lacks the capacity to build a robust register for the 2024 elections.
He said this during a meeting with some civil society organisations and other stakeholders to present the party’s observations with the register.
“It’s not just a matter of fixing the errors but also the vulnerabilities inherent in the register,” he said on Monday, September 23, 2024.
The NDC said it has lost trust in the Commission because the EC does not have credibility and reliability as it stands.
Stolen BVD kits
Dr. Omane Boamah raised concerns about the theft of some Biometric Verification Devices (BVDs).
He questioned whether the missing devices were part of a move to rig the elections in any party’s favour.
“The Biometric Verification Devices kits that got stolen, could it be a product of that criminal enterprise, because those BVR laptops got stolen under CCTV surveillance?” he quizzed.
According to him, “the layers of security at the EC is beyond what you see.”
Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission has assured of its resolve to deliver free, fair and credible elections this year.
The NDC’s meeting with the CSOs was necessitated by what the party has described as “unproductive” engagement with the EC on the same issue.
The party on September 17, 2024 led the ‘Enough is Enough’ demonstration across the country, following which it presented a petition to the EC to address the concerns it has raised.
