Out of the two hundred and seventy eight inmates in the Tarkwa prisons, fourteen have successfully been registered under the biometric registration exercise.
The registration process started at 8:00 am.
Mr. Edwin Opera, Deputy Electoral Officer in charge of Tarkwa Nsueam, revealed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday when he supervised the registration process for the inmates at the prisons premises.
He said the inmates registered were above 18 years and produced the required identity cards approved by the electoral commission.
Chief Superintendent Eric Amu Wistberg, Officer in Charge of the Tarkwa prisons, said though the electoral commission gave the inmates opportunity to register as voters, most of them were not able to produce the necessary identity cards.
He added that most inmates whose age ranged between 18 to 45 years in the prison were sentenced for stealing, adding that with Tarkwa and its neighboring towns being a mining community, many of the youth did not want to acquire riches by toiling.
Mr. Wistberg warned the youth to desist from such negative acts and rather concentrate on their education or trades to enable them become responsible adults in future.**
Source: GhanaWeb
