Ghana’s ruling party, the National Democratic Congress is unhappy with what it says are attempts by officers of the Electoral Commission in Elubo in the Western Region to disenfranchise prospective voters. The voters who are said to have recently turned 18 were present to take part in the ongoing voter's registration exercise but were turned away by electoral officers because they could not speak English or any of the local Ghanaian dialects. But an NDC activist in the area Amaru Mpunse insists they are Ghanaians and must be given the chance to register. “When they come, she (electoral officer) interrogates them; they don’t understand English but they can speak their Fante and their Ewe and we have people in Elubo who stay in Elubo who don’t speak English, don’t speak Twi. But she denies all those people and turns them away. “We feel that it is not right for her to deny Ghanaians simply because they live across the border,” he lamented. He explained that there are many non-resident Ghanaians who live in neigbouring Ivory Coast but from time-to-time come to Ghana. Such persons, he reckoned, may not be able to speak English but are citizens of Ghana and should not be denied their voting rights. His defence of the prospective voters come in the wake of allegations by the opposition NPP that the government was plotting to disrupt the voter’s registration process by including unqualified persons. But the Electoral officer at Elubo in charge of the registration process said the voters were turned away because they were not Ghanaians. “When we asked them where they came from they usually said they come from Mali and Niger, so this tells us that they are not from Ghana” Joseph Kwasi told Joy News’ Kweku Obeng Adjei on Tuesday. Asked if they attempted to arrest the ‘intruders’, Mr. Kwasi said their duty was only to deny them registration and not to arrest. Meanwhile, the voters registration exercise which is in its fifth day appears to be suffering from low patronage. Regional correspondents told Joy News, there is low interest in the exercise. Story by Nathan Gadugah/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana