Voting at the Rose of Sharon Preparatory School at
Sowutuom under the Anyaa-Sowutoum Constituency started around 0850
hours as voting materials arrived late.
Officials and security personnel sending the materials to the
centre could not locate the place on
time and they had to be met on the way by the polling officials at
the centre who directed them to the
station.
Meanwhile anxious voters some of whom arrived at the
centre as earlier as 2 am while others got there at 12
midnight and waited to cast their votes.
Mr Prince Adu-Quansah, the Presiding Officer, told the Ghana
News Agency (GNA) that the centre
had been divided into two polling stations because of the huge
number of voters which is around 1,700.
He expressed the hope that the process would move faster
because of the two separate stations.
There were party agents from the NPP, NDC and NDP who
expressed satisfaction with the smooth operations of voting process. There were two security officers
at the polling station to supervise the elections.
In a related development voting at the Crusade Academy at
A-Lang also under the Anyaa-Sowutuom Constituency started quite on
time as voting materials arrived at 0730 hours. The stations have
been divided into A and B.
Ms Abigail Apenteng, Presiding officer at the Crusade
Stations A, said they initially had problems in starting the
Biometric Verification Device (BVD) which earlier on refused to
pick or scan bar code but it was later fixed.
She said she arrived at the station at 0430 hours and met a
long queue of anxious voters some of
whom slept at the station.
At the centre were
representatives of the NDC, NPP, PPP, PNC and CPP who together
expressed satisfaction about the process.
Mr Atta Amponsah, Assistant Collector of CEPS, was at the
scene to ensure security and orderliness at the
station.
Sixteen out of 601 registered voters in the register had
voted as at 0806 hours at the Crusade Station A, while 15 out of
500 registered voters had voted at the Crusade Station B around the
same time.
Some of the voters who had the chance to vote early expressed
happiness and pride for casting their ballot as legitimate
Ghanaians.
