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The ban on social gathering is not applicable to us – EC

Dr. Serebour Quaicoe [Director of Electoral Services, EC]

Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, The Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC) has said that the Commission’s activities are exempted from the ban on public gatherings imposed on the country under EI(64).

Speaking in an interview, Dr. Quaicoe said: “Our understanding is that it [the ban] doesn’t cover our activities. It is our understanding that it does not affect our operations. So as it is now, we can still go ahead. So that is our understanding,”

President Akufo-Addo, on Sunday, March 15, 2020, in a national address banned all public gatherings including conferences, workshops, funerals, festivals, political rallies, church activities, and other related events as part of measures adopted by government to aid stop the spread of the novel Coronavirus in the country.

Ghana as at the ban, had recorded only six cases of COVID-19.The President in that broadcast gave an exemption that private burials were allowed however mourners present must not exceed 25.

Most public activities including that of religious bodies and government organisations were brought to a halt at the announcement of this restriction. The National Identification Authority which was organising its Ghana Card registration exercise at the time was compelled to suspend the exercise.

Election 2020: EC to start voter registration exercise in June

In a related development, the Electoral Commission says it will begin the voter registration exercise next month, June 2020. According to the commission, the exercise is expected to last for 38 days thus running till July 2020.

“The Commission has slated the registration exercise to begin from the last week of June to the end of July 2020. The exercise will start each day from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm. It will take place at all the 33,367 polling stations, which will serve as registration centres nationwide,” the Commission said in a statement.

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