The Deputy Commissioner in-charge of Operations at the The Electoral Commission(EC) of Ghana, Mr Samuel Tettey, has stated that from Tuesday, 3rd October to Thursday, 2nd November voters in the Guan District of the Oti Region are required to go to the District Office of the Commission at Likpe Mate to collect their new Voter ID Cards.
According to him, it has started replacing the ID Cards for voters in the Guan District.
Speaking at a Press conference in Accra on Tuesday, October 17,2023 following the completion of the limited voter exercise, Mr Samuel Tettey said, between 3rd and 9th November, 2023 voters in the Guan District will be required to collect their replaced Voter ID Cards at the Exhibition centres.
After the exhibition exercise, Mr Tettey said the uncollected Voter ID Cards will be sent to the District Office and voters are expected to go back to the District Office to collect them.
He explained that the exercise has become necessary because in 2020, voters in the Guan District registered in the Jasikan District and with the creation of the Guan District, their Voter ID Cards bearing the Jasikan District Code have to be changed to reflect the Code of the Guan District.
“Voters in the Guan District are therefore entreated to go to the District Office and the exhibition centres during the Exhibition period with their old Voter ID Cards and collect the replaced ones/ new ones,” He said.
Mr Tettey explained that the name, age, sex, ID Number of the applicant on the replaced/ new Voters ID Card remains the same except the Code of the District, Electoral area and the Polling Station.
Again, he said application for transfer of votes for both aspiring candidates and voters started from the 3rd to 9th October, 2023 at the District Offices of the Commission.
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He noted that 105,863 voters applied to transfer their votes to their new residence.
Mr Tettey said in the EC’s bid to ensure that voters who have misplaced their Voter ID Cards are not overburdened, voters no longer have to travel long distances to the Bank to pay for the replacement of lost Voter ID Cards.
He noted that Applicants who lost their voter ID cards and want a replacement are to pay ¢10 through the short code 222 1067#.
“Applicants are required to show proof of payment at the District office before being taken through the process for the replacement. Applicants shall be issued with a new (Reprinted) Voter ID Cards bearing the same details as provided at the time of registration or in other words same as the lost one,” he said.
He added that,”Replacement of lost Voter ID Cards is currently ongoing at the District Offices of the Commission. This exercise started on Tuesday, 3rd October, 2023 and voters who have lost their Voters ID Card should take this opportunity to visit any District Office of the Commission.”
Meanwhile, he said all applicants requesting for replacement shall be biometrically verified before their Voter ID Card is reprinted for them.
“As stated earlier, the Commission is very much satisfied with the outcome of the registration exercise,” he added.
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