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A TROJAN HORSE:
GHANA’S BLOATED VOTERS REGISTER: BY
FONAA-USA
The United States branch of
Friends of Nana Akufo-Addo (FONAA-USA)
unequivocally support the call by the 2016
presidential candidates of The New Patriotic
Party (NPP) for a new Voters Register. The
current Voters Register at best is
unrealistic and at worse unscientific with
all the material data available to the
general public.
The recent population and housing census by
the statistical commission of Ghana captured
the total number of Ghana’s to be 25
million. The census future indicated that
about 10 million (38.96%) of the population
were under the age of 14 years. Hence, 15
million citizens essentially
falls within 15 years and older. Considering
the fact that, a voter’s age
constitutionally should be 18 years and
over, it is illogical and highly
questionable to have a whopping 14 million
registered voters. Adjusting the figures to
take into account an annual population
growth rate of 2.19% and distributing it
equally across all age segment still expose
the credibility of the current Voters
Register.
The discrepancy between the combined total
of citizens who voted in the parliamentary
election versus the presidential, yet again
exposes the credibility of the present
Voters Register.
FONAA-USA is highly convinced that the
present register is bloated with ghost
voters, minors (under the age of 18 years)
as well as names of foreigners, particularly
citizens from neighboring countries. The
Ketu South and North constituencies which
borders Togo had nearly 135,000 voters for
NDC. We believe that, a free and fair
election in 2016 depends on credible voters
register. This will lead to a more
transparent election and helps to maintain
the peace and social stability of our
beloved country.
FONAA-USA calls on the Electoral Commission
of Ghana (EC) to heed to calls from the
teaming people of Ghana including -The
Christian Council, The Institute of Economic
Affairs (IEA), The Institute for Democratic
Governance (IDEG), IMANI-Ghana, Occupy
Ghana, The European Union, various political
parties and Nana Addo Danquah to see the
need to audit the present Voters register
before 2016 elections.
FONAA-USA calls on farmers, traders,
drivers, Muslim community, student groups,
teachers, labour unions as well as all
citizens both home and abroad to join in the
resolution to protect our peace, political
stability and national unity by calling on
the Electoral Commission to open a new
Voter’s register.
Finally, we use this opportunity to ask all
Ghanaians to vote for leadership that can
transform our economy, improve health care
and free education.
LONG LIVE NPP!!!! LONG LIVE GHANA!!!!
Communication Directorate-FONAA-USA
Website:fonaausagroup.com
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Basic Economics
Commentary, Jan 19, Ghanadot - Economics is not
just about goods and services that we enjoy as
consumers. It's more fundamentally about productivity --
that is, how the use of land, labor, capital and other
inputs that go into producing the volume of output
determines a nation's wealth. Decisions about how to use
those inputs may be more important than the resources
themselves. There are countries, such as Japan and
Switzerland, that have far greater wealth than countries
-- for example, Uruguay and Venezuela -- that are far
richer in natural resources.. .
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Continuous Decline In Crude Oil
Price To Impact Negatively On 2015 Budget
GBC, Jan 16, Ghanadot - The Minister of Finance,
Seth Tekper, says government is critically examining the
drop in crude oil prices on the international market in
order to make the necessary adjustment to the budget.........More
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African states must
overcome distrust for Boko Haram force to
work: U.N.
Reuters, Jan 16,
Ghanadot - The four African nations most threatened
by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram must put aside
mutual distrust and agree on a command structure and
strategy for a fledgling regional force if they want to
defeat the militants, a top U.N. official said..... . More
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Now is the time for
the Africa High Command
Commentary, Jan 18, Ghanadot - As the then head
of the Casablanca Group that existed before the AU,
Nkrumah had called for the formation of a continental
army to protect the new independent states on the
continent.
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