The Nkwanta South constituency National Democratic Congress (NDC) primary has begun after a delay brought on by confusion over the voters’ register.
The five candidates challenged the credibility of the register for the polls as reports indicated there were three different versions of the register; one provided by the Electoral Commission (EC), another by the aspirants and one provided by the constituency.
Citi News’ Gratham Mckintosh reported that an intervention by the Deputy Volta Regional Minister, Francis Ganyaglo brought a resolution to the impasse after a crunch meeting and the candidates agreed to use the register presented by the EC.
The EC subsequently moved the polling materials to the poling stations and the polls started late Saturday morning.
Armed security officials have been deployed to the area to maintain calm among voters.
The five aspirants, including the incumbent MP, Gershon Bediame, are contesting in the pirmary in which over 18,000 card bearing members of the NDC are expected to vote at the 90 polling centres across the constituency.
The other aspirants are, Geoffrey Kini, Felix Anebor; a political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Narayana Osei Nyarko Charles; a banker and lawyer and one Solomon Bagme.
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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa/citifmonline.com/Ghana