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Accra, Oct 02, GNA – Dr John Gartchie Gatsi, a professor of Finance, says external auditing of the voters’ register after registration of new voters is a procedure in line with global best practices.

He said external audit forms a key part of rebuilding electoral integrity using cross-verification methods in the international Elections Management space.

Speaking at the maiden edition of the Financial Forum public lecture series held on the theme, “Ghana’s Pain Point”, he said, “examples are Kenya, conducted by KPMG in 2017; Mexico, Ernst & Young in 2006 and 2012; Zimbabwe, PWC in 2018; and in Tunisia by UNDP in 2011 which all led to the finding of data integrity issues.

“I, therefore, encourage the Electoral Commission and Political Parties to prioritise the integrity and credibility of the Voters Register by conducting the audit so that the time factor is not used to blackmail the process,” said

Prof Gatsi, also the Dean of the School of Business, University of Cape Coast (UCC), advised the EC to consider third-party validation or external audit as a priority especially when it is partly funded by the international community.

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