The nationwide voter registration exercise which began last Saturday is progressing in the Tafo-Pankrono Constituency in Ashanti following the resolution of initial challenges.
At “Centre 13A – Kwasi Oppong Store”, the special duty officer Nana Akwah told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that after the initial hitches with the equipment were resolved last Saturday, the registration exercise began in earnest and that 48 applicants were registered.
He said 100 applicants were registered on Sunday and by noon on Monday when GNA visited, 50 people had been registered whilst 36 others were in queue waiting patiently for their turn.
Agents of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) were present.
Nana Akwah said there had been no challenge neither of nationality nor age of applicants.
He commended the registration officer of the center, Mr Mohammed Salis, for his hard work and dedication to duty.
At the “Kwasi Oppong Store Centre B”, the registration officer, Mr Sinclair Amofa-Baafi, told the GNA that the exercise began at the centre at 0800 hours on Saturday when the equipment was successfully activated after initial challenges.
He said 82 applicants were registered on Saturday but the number went up to 100 on Sunday.
Mr Amofa- Baafi could however, not give the number of applicants registered on Monday when GNA visited at 1135 hours.
Agents of the NPP and NDC were present but there was no security officer.**
