The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has stated that it will not accept pilots from the ruling NPP government to prevent Ghanaians living in Togo from voting in the 2024 general elections.
Speaking at a rally in Ziope in the Agotime Ziope Constituency, the National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia expressed that they will resist all attempts to prevent Ghanaians in Togo from voting, but will allow same Ghanaians who comes in from Europe to vote.
He questioned the intentions of the ROPAL Law passed by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). ROPAL is Law that allows Ghanaians abroad to vote in Ghana’s elections.
Asiedu Nketia said, “So the logic they want us to understand is that if you are a Ghanaian and you are living in America and you fly to Kotoka International Airport, they will allow you to go and vote but if you are Ghanaian living in Togo and you want to come and vote in your hometown that one you are a Togolese, you are a stranger so we must not allow you to vote. We shall not accept that discrimination”.
The NDC chairman called on the electorates to vote for the party to win the 2024 general elections and free them from oppressor.
“They [NPP] will find every reason to prevent you from voting and to prevent those who live in Togo from coming to their own country to vote.
“So, our compatriots in Agotime Ziope, we don’t need to come and convince you to vote for NDC because you suffer most when NPP is in power, and if you want to continue living under that suffering, it is up to you”, Hon. Nketia reiterated.