The Electoral Commission has so far registered 4,445,346 voters in the ongoing nationwide registration exercise.
According to the EC, Phase One captured 2,225,826 voters while Phase Two captured 2,219,520.
Out of the total number of registrants, 62.34 per cent used the Ghana card as a breeder document to prove their eligibility whilst 1.9 per cent used their passports, 35.72 per cent used guarantors and 0.2 per cent (8,158) had their eligibility challenged, according to the latest figures from the election management body.
Twenty per cent of the registrants captured so far are from the Greater Accra Region followed by Ashanti Region (18.4%), Eastern Region (9.5%), Central Region (9.4%), and North-East Region (1.7%).
Below is the regional breakdown of the total number of registrants whose eligibility has been challenged:
Western – 324
Western-North – 328
Greater Accra – 1,391
Volta – 1,060
Oti – 421
Eastern – 627
Ashanti – 929
Bono – 239
Ahafo – 365
Bono-East – 426
Savanna – 196
Northern – 753
North-East – 93
Upper Easter – 147
Upper West – 113
The 4,445,346 registered so far represents 30% of the EC’s 15 million target.
Source: TheBBCghana.Com
