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Elections are yet to start at the Baba Yara Sports stadium where the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is holding its regional delegates conference.<\/p>\n
The Election Committee held a series of meeting with stakeholders to address outstanding concerns regarding the electoral album to be used for the elections.<\/p>\n
There were concerns by some members of TESCON and the NPP Council of Elders in the region over the omission of names in their list.<\/p>\n
The Electoral Commission has set up its materials and has divided the polling stations to speed up the voting process.<\/p>\n
There is heavy security in and around the stadium, with the movement of attendees being restricted.<\/p>\n
Director of Communications of the NPP, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, believes the party will come out of this contest more united.<\/p>\n
The contest in the Ashanti Region was originally scheduled for Friday, but was rescheduled with a change in venue from the Regional Coordinating Council to the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.<\/p>\n
The election will witness a contest featuring incumbent Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, Asare Bediako, Kwabena Owusu Aduomi and Kofi Adum Barwuah.<\/p>\n
Also in Accra, there are 32 aspirants contesting for executive positions. Elections there began after midday.<\/p>\n
Amongst the 10 portfolios up for grabs, the first vice chairman position is the only portfolio with an unopposed candidate.<\/p>\n
In Accra, incumbent Chairman Divine Otoo Agorhom is coming up against Alfred Tiase Boye, a former Acting Greater Accra Regional Chairman.<\/p>\n
In the Eastern Regional Elections of the NPP,\u00a0 the register to be used by delegates for the elections arrived at the venue late due to some discrepancies.<\/p>\n
The elections which was supposed to start at 8am and end at 3pm according to the Electoral Commission got delayed, pushing the process to start at 1:30 pm.<\/p>\n
The NPP is today, Saturday, May 28, 2022, conducting internal polls in seven regions to elect regional executives.<\/p>\n
The regions are Greater Accra, Eastern, Upper West, Volta, Oti, Western and Ashanti.<\/p>\n
The elections were earlier held across seven regions [Northern, North East, Ahafo, Bono, East, Western North, Upper East] on Friday, May 27, 2022.<\/p>\n
In those polls, five incumbent regional chairmen retained their seats, while incumbents in the Bono East and Western North regions lost their seats.<\/p>\n
Elections for the Bono Region come off tomorrow, Sunday, May 29, 2022, while that of the Central Region has been suspended indefinitely.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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