5,992 security personnel deployed in the eastern region | General news

Some 5,992 security personnel have been deployed to the 33 electoral districts of the Eastern Region ahead of Monday’s elections.

Staff must ensure the safety of the more than 1,634,166 eligible voters in the region, before tomorrow’s election.

They are made up of more than 3,000 men and officers from the Ghana Police Service and the rest of the security agencies combined, including Immigration, Fire, Customs and Prisons.

Police Sergeant Francis Gomado, a regional police public affairs NCO, who briefed the GNA, said that more than 8,091 sources of inflammation were identified in the region and that adequate measures had been taken to prevent any type of violence.

Meanwhile, the Eastern Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), Ms Faith Amedzake said that everything was ready for a credible poll on Monday, as the electoral materials and necessary logistics were ready in all electoral districts.

Ninety-three candidates, including 81 men and 12 women, would be on the parliamentary ballot to be voted on by voters to become Members of Parliament (MP) on the list of eight political parties from the 33 electoral districts of the region.

Parties include the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the Ghana Trade Union Movement (GUM), the Convention People’s Party (CPP), the Ghana Freedom Party (LPG), the National People’s Convention (PNC), the National Democratic Party (NDP) and the Progressive People’s Party (PPP).

The NPP and NDC are contesting the 33 seats, followed by GUM with eleven seats, CPP and LPG with three seats and the PNC, NDP and PPP with one seat each in Akropong, Afram Plains North and Fanteakwa North respectively, while seven are competing. as independent candidates in the constituencies of Akropong, Suhum, Kade, Fanteakwa Sur and Norte, Abuakwa Norte and Asene / Manso / Akroso.