By Bertha Badu-Agyei/Benjamin Akoto, GNA
Kyebi (E/R), Dec. 17, GNA – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his wife, Rebecca, joined voters in the Kyebi Newtown Electoral area, to cast their ballots in the District Level Elections.
The first couple voted at the Rock of Ages Academy Polling Station, 10 minutes after voting started.
On arrival, President Akufo-Addo and the First Lady, were taken through the validation process by the election officials before they were issued with the ballot papers.
Five candidates – Kofi Darko, Wilson Acheampong Peasah, Diana Biama, Kwasi Agyepong and Kwasi Addai, are in the race to represent the electoral area in the Abuakwa South Municipal Assembly.
Mr. Samuel Atta Akyea, Minister of Works and Housing and Member of Parliament (MP) for Kyebi South, who accompanied the President, also voted at the polling station.
More than 57,030 candidates are contesting the nationwide assembly and unit committee elections.
Of the figure, 18,510 are vying to become assembly members, while 38,520 want to be in the Unit Committees.
There are a total of 6,272 electoral areas and each electoral area would be represented by one assembly member.
For the Unit Committees, there will be five for every electoral area.
However, elections would not be held in the Nkoranza North, Nkoranza South and the Lower Manya Krobo Districts, where the terms of the representatives will expire in 2022.
By Monday, December 16, all the electoral materials had been distributed to the 31,851 designated polling stations across the nation.
A joint security force of 48, 000 officers and other ranks had been deployed to provide security across the nation, while Coalition of Domestic Election Observers has deployed 1,100 persons to observe and monitor the polls.
Additionally, all the polling officials have received training and the Electoral Commission has said it expected them to exhibit a high level of integrity and fairness as they complied with the tenets of the Electoral Laws.
The contestants of the District Assembly Elections comprise 17, 601 males and 909 females.
At the Unit Committee level, 3,751 females are racing with 34,769 males.
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