{"id":132164,"date":"2015-07-07T12:44:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T12:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=132164"},"modified":"2015-07-07T12:44:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T12:44:14","slug":"talensi-schools-closed-for-election-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=132164","title":{"rendered":"Talensi schools closed for election [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some schools in the Talensi Constituency in the Upper East Region have been closed for Tuesday&#8217;s elections in the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of the schools in the constituency are serving as polling centres for the election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/talensi-schools-closed-down-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-132166\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/talensi-schools-closed-down-1.jpg\" alt=\"talensi schools closed down (1)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/talensi-schools-closed-down-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/talensi-schools-closed-down-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Citi News<\/strong>\u2019 Frederick Awuni reported that \u201cat the Shia primary and Pusu Namongo primary schools, pupils were asked to go home by the authorities of the schoo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, voting is ongoing in all the 74 polling stations in the constituency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/talensi-schools-closed-down-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-132167\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/talensi-schools-closed-down-2.jpg\" alt=\"talensi schools closed down (2)\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/talensi-schools-closed-down-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/talensi-schools-closed-down-2-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In all 39,523 eligible voters are expected to cast their votes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of the candidates contesting the seat include, Joseph Toatoba, Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP), Dennis Atiah Tambil, Independent People\u2019s Party (IPP), James Mambora Doubil, New Vision Party (NVP), Benson Tongo Baba, National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Dr Wumbeogo Michael Namalteng, People\u2019s National Convention (PNC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/talensi-schools-closed-down-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-132171\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/talensi-schools-closed-down-7.jpg\" alt=\"talensi schools closed down (7)\" width=\"495\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/talensi-schools-closed-down-7.jpg 495w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/talensi-schools-closed-down-7-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rest are Yaro Bameezina Philip, Ghana Freedom Party (GFP),Isaac Kungarzore, United Progressive Party (UPP) and Wuni Thomas Pearson Duanab, New Patriotic Party (NPP).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/voting-in-talensi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-132155\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/voting-in-talensi-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"voting in talensi\" width=\"620\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/voting-in-talensi-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/voting-in-talensi-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/voting-in-talensi.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. 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