The Electoral Commission (EC) has deployed Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits and other logistics to its regional and district offices ahead of the voter registration scheduled to begin May 7, 2024.
Other logistics deployed for the exercise include Turbonet devices, Registration Forms 1A and 1C, and laminators. The Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa, who disclosed this in an exclusive interview with the Daily Graphic, said a total of 3,277 personnel had also been engaged for the 21-day exercise, which would end on May 27, 2024.
The exercise will be conducted in all 268 district offices of the EC, including Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi and Likpe (SALL) in the Guan Constituency in the Oti Region.
Context
The May 7 to May 27, 2024, registration is the EC’s regular voters’ registration exercise for the year ahead of the December 7 polls.
The EC, Mrs Mensa said, would open 775 registration centres in distant and riverine areas which are not close to the district offices, with registration mobile teams deployed to handle those communities.
Registration centres will also be opened in 25 public universities but no registration centres will be opened in senior high schools (SHS).
Personnel
Giving a breakdown of the personnel, Mrs Mensa said 496 supervisors, 831 registration officers, 831 data entry clerks, technicians and laminators would be involved. For the mobile registration teams, Mrs Mensa said 228 registration supervisors, 228 registration officers, 228 data entry clerks and 228 laminators had been engaged.
She said for the 25 public universities where registration would also take place, 25 registration officers, 25 data entry clerks and 25 laminators would be involved in the exercise.
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