district elections – Adomonline.com https://www.adomonline.com Your comprehensive news portal Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:02:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.adomonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-Adomonline140-32x32.png district elections – Adomonline.com https://www.adomonline.com 32 32 District assembly elections underway https://www.adomonline.com/district-assembly-elections-underway/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:02:36 +0000 https://www.adomonline.com/?p=1733129 The Electoral Commission says all is set for the district assembly and unit committee elections scheduled for Today, December 17, 2019.

The District Level Elections is expected to take place across all 16 regions except for three electoral areas, Nkoranza North and South in the Bono East Region and Lower Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region.

Speaking in an interview on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, Tuesday, Mr Mike Boadu, Director of Training at the Electoral Commission stated voting materials have been moved to the various polling stations across Ghana.

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“The voting is expected to begin at 7 am and will end at 5 pm but voting will not take place in areas where candidates are unopposed and these people will be pronounced elected at the end of polls,” he said.

Meanwhile, he urged voters to comply with all directives they will be given at the polling stations.

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Also, persons with disabilities are expected not to join the long queues but must be allowed to vote when they arrive at the various centers.

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Section of Ghanaians divided over District Elections https://www.adomonline.com/section-of-ghanaians-divided-on-district-elections/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 06:37:53 +0000 https://www.adomonline.com/?p=1733105 A section of the citizenry are divided on whether to exercise their franchise in the upcoming District Level Elections or not.

To some, it is their constitutional right, while some also say they do not know enough about the candidates, with others maintaining that it is not worth it.

The Ghana News Agency picked various opinions from legible voters in the Tema West Constituency during an interview.

Mr Evans Atta Eduah, an Evangelist said it was his constitutional right to cast his ballot for his favourites to become Assembly members and Unit Committee Members.

He explained that that the election could development their commmunity as the assembly members and the committee members could be reached to help push development.

Mr Eduah said his constituency had no government hospital and believed that when they were voted into power, they would facilitate to bring that need in the community.

“Since we live in the same community with them, they can be consulted in times of security challenges, for instance, where committee members can be alerted when one finds people of suspicious characters and fish them out.”

Madam Agartha Duruye, a trader complained that she wanted to vote, but did not know the candidates and what they intended to bring in the community because they did not market themselves well.

Ms Victoria Bafloe, a teacher was contemplating voting or not, as that day would not be a holiday and he had to go to work.

Mrs Agnes Duah, a housewife said the electoral process had become partisan in that instead of focusing on the development of the Community, they would “enjoy” with their cronies after being voted into power.

Others also told GNA that they had not factored that into their plans, never voted in the district elections before and that it would be a waste of their time.

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