The National Democratic Congress (NDC) met with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other stakeholders on Monday, September 23, to present its demand for a forensic audit of the 2024 voters register.

The leadership of the NDC raised concerns about alleged discrepancies uncovered when the Electoral Commission (EC) furnished it with the provisional voters register during the exhibition exercise in August.

Among the alleged discrepancies the party said were found included over 243,000 illegal names on the list of transferred voters.

A meeting was convened at the EC’s headquarters to discuss measures to be taken to resolve the alleged discrepancies on Friday, September 6 but it ended inconclusively.

The National Chairman of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, subsequently declared a nationwide protest, which came off on Tuesday, September 17, to compel the EC to heed the forensic audit demands.

A petition was formally submitted to the EC at the end of the nationwide protest, which the Deputy Chairman in charge of operations assured would be scrutinised and attended to accordingly.

Director of Elections and IT for the NDC, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, reiterated the party’s demands, which include the following;

• Agree to Publish the Findings of the Forensic Audit
• Re-exhibit the Register after the Forensic Audit
• Review and Correct All Unauthorized Transfers
• Adopt a Revised Timeline for Electoral Activities without compromising the 7th December election date, and
• Institute Accountability and Integrity Measures to prevent future manipulation of the Voters Register.

Dr Omane Boamah further reiterated that the EC’s opposition to a forensic audit may mean that there are more discrepancies that the EC’s leadership is afraid may be exposed by thorough scrutiny.