The exercise which began on Thursday, April 28 and ended on Sunday, May 8 was to afford people who have turned 18 years and those who were unable to register the last the exercise was conducted to register and vote in the November 7 presidential and parliamentary elections.

Speaking on 'News @10' on TV3, Prof Asante backed the call for extension of the registration exercise.

“The whole idea is, we do not want to disenfranchise anybody even though a lot of Ghanaians wait till the last minute. It is also true that especially in the universities, the way things were done wasn’t such that it allowed majority of the people the opportunity to register. I would be happy if the EC would consider giving an extension,” he said.

Prof Asante however added that areas which had genuine difficulties in registering should be extended; not the entire exercise.

“Information is that people were able to register at quite a lot of places. My concern has to do with the university campuses. I think the EC should be critical in terms of areas to extend the time. They should look at areas where concerns have been expressed,” he indicated.

Earlier, the University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) accused the EC of essentially disenfranchising students eligible to vote with their handling of the limited voters registration exercise on university campuses nationwide and called on the Commission to extend the number days for the exercise on university campuses avert “a tragedy against our democracy.”