NPP Primaries Confusion: Voting In Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira Cancelled Over Polling Centre Disagreement

NPP Primaries Confusion: Voting In Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira Cancelled Over Polling Centre Disagreement

  • The Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira NPP primary has been cancelled over a disagreement
  • The Western Regional NPP Secretary, Okatekyire Afrifa Amankwah, said the polls had been postponed indefinitely
  • The voting was scheduled at Gwira-Bamiako, but the Municipal Security Council advised that the election should be held at a neutral centre

The Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira New Patriotic Party primary has been cancelled over a disagreement over the polling centre to use.

The voting was scheduled at Gwira-Bamiako, but the Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) advised that the election should be held at a neutral centre in Ellembelle.

Voting in Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira cancelled
The exercise has been called off after two different centres were set. Source: Getty Images
Source: Getty Images

The advice came in the wake of demonstrations over the underdevelopment of the area.

The Western Regional NPP Executives were bent on conducting it at Gwira-Bamiako.

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But Citi News reported that the exercise had been called off after two different centres were set up at Gwira-Bamianko and Axim.

The Western Regional NPP Secretary, Okatekyire Afrifa Amankwah, said the polls had been postponed indefinitely.

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Delali Adogla-Bessa (Current Affairs Editor) Delali Adogla-Bessa is a Current Affairs Editor with YEN.com.gh. Delali previously worked as a freelance journalist in Ghana and has over seven years of experience in media, primarily with Citi FM, Equal Times, Ubuntu Times. Delali also volunteers with the Ghana Institute of Language Literacy and Bible Translation, where he documents efforts to preserve local languages. He graduated from the University of Ghana in 2014 with a BA in Information Studies. Email: delali.adogla-bessa@yen.com.gh.