This follows the completion of the biometric payroll registration exercise in six regions and the expectation that a similar exercise in the remaining four regions will be completed in July this year.
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This follows the completion of the biometric payroll registration exercise in six regions and the expectation that a similar exercise in the remaining four regions will be completed in July this year
He said the EC was still compiling the registration figures nationwide and also cross checking to find out areas of multiple registration and accidental multiple registrations.
Mr. Safo Kantanka said this at the opening of a one-day workshop in Koforidua on Thursday, to educate political party executives on the in-built integrity of Ghana’s electoral process.
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The strategy, called the National Information Technology Agency Computer Emergency Response Team, (NITACERT) has been introduced to be a coordinating center for cyber security attacks.
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The Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, told Parliament in an in-camera session on Friday that the total number will shoot up after the biometric exercise takes place in Akuse. The area was exempted from the exercise as a result of legal issues over whether the EC had the mandate to bring Akuse under Greater Accra Region. The Supreme Court ruled that it should remain under the Eastern Region
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