Hundreds on Saturday morning poured on the streets of Tamale to protest the decision of the Electoral Commission to compile a new voters register for the 2020 general elections.
Led by eight political parties who have indicated their opposition for the EC’s plan, the demonstrators marched through the principal streets of Tamale.
The demonstrators were made up of supporters of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Convention People’s Party (CPP), People’s National Convention (PNC), Egle Party, All Progressive Party (APC), Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Clad in red, they carried placards some of which read “drop the new voters register, Nana bring back GN bank not register,” among others.
They marched through the principal streets singing and chanting.
Dubbed “Tikusagi” which means “we won’t agree”, the Tamale protest is the first in a series of demonstrations that the group has planned to protest the introduction of a new register.
Leaders of the various political parties who took turns to address the protesters “described the decision by the EC to compile a new register as a deliberate attempt to create disaffection in the country”.
The Member of Parliament for Tamale South and Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu stated that the NDC will not accept any new voters register for the upcoming elections unless the old register that made President Akufo-Addo to win the 2016 elections.
“We don’t want any new voters register, we want the register that made President Akufo-Addo to win the 2016 elections, the register that was used for the referendum and the district level elections” he said.
The leader of the APC, Mr Hassan Ayariga also admonished Ghanaians to stand up against the compilation of a new register in the interest of the nation.
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