Pilot Registration Exercise Almost Successful in all 16 Regions – EC
The EC says the registration exercise encountered major challenges in the Western Region
Jonas Danquah 
Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) says its pilot registration exercise was successfully conducted in various regional capitals across the country except in Western Region.
The commission in a statement said the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits developed a fault on the second day of operations in the region, which led to the suspension of the exercise.
“The exercise went on smoothly at all the designated centres, except in the Western Region where the BVR Kit developed a fault on the second day. This led to the suspension of the exercise in the Western region but afforded the Commission the opportunity to test its inbuilt processes of dealing with equipment breakdowns during the registration process.”
The EC said it will further investigate the situation in order to improve the commission’s responses to any such occurrences during the main registration exercise.
Despite the shortfalls at the Western Region, the EC has described the exercise as generally successful
“We are very satisfied with the exercise and will use the lessons learnt to improve upon the conduct of the upcoming Voter Registration Exercise.”
A total of 1,990 applicants were registered in the pilot exercise.
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