Director of Elections and Research for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Evans Nimako, has commended the Electoral Commission (EC) for its management of the ongoing limited voter registration process.

During an interview on Eyewitness News on Citi FM, Nimako expressed his support for the EC's decision to restrict the registration centers to its district offices.

He argued that expanding the number of centers would only escalate the expenses associated with monitoring the exercise for political parties and other interested parties.

“When you sit back and do the assessment, you may conclude that if the EC opens up more registration centres, it helps but the more centres you have, the more cost you will incur as a party because you will have to put together your agents to observe this process. Either way, you will incur some amount of cost and some burden,” he said.

“The New Patriotic Party put forward the argument that in 2019, additional registration centres were created by the EC for purposes of registration aside from the district offices and so it was our position we stick with the district offices.

“The unfortunate thing is that our colleagues in the NDC have elected themselves not to participate in [Inter Party Advisory Committee] IPAC discussions and the other political parties that participate are labelled as mushroom parties created by the NPP but they are today able to join forces and sue the EC.”

Nimako also refuted claims that the NPP is luring registrants with monetary incentives, masking them as transportation allowances. He emphasized that the party's primary commitment is to facilitate the registration of all eligible individuals, ensuring their right to vote is upheld.

“The New Patriotic Party is ready to facilitate the registration process for our members who are due [to vote] because the law says once you are eighteen years and above and of sound mind and your name is not already in the register, the EC must ensure that you get your name registered,” he said.