Mixed voter turnout at assembly elections [Photos]

Voting to elect new assembly members is currently underway in polling centers across the country.

The exercise which was expected to commence at 7am had to be delayed in some areas due to some administrative constraints.

[contextly_sidebar id=”dfnwDAZ4YGnwqQleE4cfdGIXcUrsU3xX”]Reports from various parts of the country indicated high turn out in some areas while other places were experiencing very low turnout.

From the Volta Region, King Nobert Akpablie reported from the Aflao-Ga-RC polling station and other centres in the Ketu South district that turnout was low.

“As at 8 am, only 17 out of the expected 920 voters had cast their ballot at the Aflao-Ga-RC primary school,” he said.

Loretta Tima, Citi FM’s Ashanti regional correspondent said in the Asokore Mampong electoral area, voting was underway and security detail at the polling stations had also been satisfactory.

She however reported that people were going about their “normal business in Kumasi.”

In the Upper West region, Lattif Mahama reported that voting in 4 out the 137 polling stations in the Wa municipality delayed until 8am because electoral materials that were kept in the Upper West regional police headquarters had been destroyed after a heavy downpour on Monday evening.

The Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), Serebuor Kweku who confirmed the incident could however not confirm whether the affected polling stations would be given additional time to vote.

High Voter Turnout

Latif however reported that some other areas in the region saw an impressive turnout as most of the 19 polling stations he visited as at 9:30am had recorded over 100 voters.

Over 380, 000 people are expected to vote in 951 polling stations at the 293 electoral areas of the Upper West region.

Meanwhile reports reaching citifmonline.com indicate that voters at the African Faith Tabernacle Church in the Kwabenya electoral area in Accra, were disappointed as they could not cast their vote.

This was due to the absence of the polling officer for that centre.

A voter who had been waiting for almost an hour fumed,”for me if I leave I won’t come again!”

“In Ghana everything is poor,” another voter said.

A total of 18,885 candidates are contesting in the District Assembly Elections and 43,585; the Unit Committee elections.

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By: Pius Amihere Eduku/citifmonline.com/Ghana