Chairman of the party, Nii Allotey Brew-Hammond, said he is “elated” by the suggestion because it will afford Ghanaians outside the country the opportunity to vote.
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“We are elated that it is being considered so that Ghanaians outside the country can vote as the law says they should,” he said on Accra-based Class FM.
“I’m happy President Nana Akufo-Addo has seen it fit for the Electoral Commission to implement it,” he said.
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President Akufo-Addo, on a two-day visit to Togo, said it was time Ghanaians living outside the country are allowed to vote.
Speaking to the Ghanaian community there, he said: “There are many countries in West Africa and around the world that do allow their citizens overseas to vote. I cannot understand why in Ghana we do not allow that to happen.”
