?Mr. Henry Ekow Manly-Spain, a leading contender for the Greater Accra Regional Chairmanship race of National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Tuesday August 12 toured some electoral registration centres in Tema and Accra to supervise the ongoing Limited Voter Registration Exercise.
The day?s tour which started on August 12?Tuesday?is aimed at encouraging people in the region who have attained the age of 18 years to eschew apathy and rush to the Electoral Commission (EC) registration centres to register.
Mr. Henry Ekow Manly-Spain, a leading contender for the Greater Accra Regional NDC Chairmanship race in a press briefing after a tour to some registration centres in Tema and Accra said the registration is the only means that would allow people to exercise their franchise in subsequent elections as patriotic citizens.
He called on supporters of the NDC to bury their differences and form a united front by going round their various communities to spread the message to enable people to register.
Manly-Spain advised polling station agents who resist the registration of some eligible voters to desist from the act.
He called on the registration officers to make clear the registration rules to polling agents.
He said the EC is the only body that is mandated to received challenge forms and query the eligibility of those who wish to register.
Mr. Manly-Spain also appealed to the Electoral Commission (EC) to extend the duration of the exercise to enable more people register.
Among the constituencies his delegation toured includes Tema East, Tema Central, Tema West, Ashiaman, Odododiodio, Ablekuman South and West.
In Tema East Ashiboe registration Centre, the officer in charge of the station, Ms. Enyonam Nyagimah told the paper that 192 people have so far registered since the beginning of the exercise.
However, break down of machines and printers seem to be the major problems confronting the various registration exercise in the centres he visited.
Some of the Polling Agents the paper spoke to said there are no challenges except low turn-up.
Other dignitaries who toured with Mr. Manly-Spain are Mr. Wisdom Dodoo, Mr. Solomon Arthur, Nii Ayitey Dodoo and Mr. Issac Aye.
