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A 98-year-old woman has cast her vote at Abibiman School, Ablekuma Fan Milk 6 Voting Center in Anyaa Sowutuom constituency.
Christiana Atta said after casting her vote that she started voting from the Kwame Nkrumah era.
She said she decided to vote for development and employment to allow whoever becomes the leader to provide employment to youth as one of her gifts for generations to come.
“I want a leader who brings development to the country,” he added.
Abibiman School, Ablekuma Fan Milk has six polling stations, Polling Station 1 has 397 expected eligible voters, Polling Station 2 has 399, Polling Station 3 has 457, while Polling Station 4 has 459.
The rest are polling station 5 which has 406 eligible voters and polling station 6 has 405 eligible voters.
Ebenezer Odei, the voting officer for Station 5, told the GNA that the voting process is progressing smoothly.
By 9:19 a.m., 80 eligible voters had cast their ballots at polling station 5.
George Anim, the president of Center 2, told the GNA that there were no challenges at the start of the polls.
At polling station 3, Gayro Elizabeth, an 80-year-old voter, told the GNA that she decided to cast her vote for the sake of her grandchildren, as she was older and could die at any moment.
Six parliamentary candidates are contesting the 2020 general election in the Anyaa Sowutuom constituency.
They are: Dr. Dickson Adomako Kiss, New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Allotey Adotey Emmanuel, National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Madame Hannah Naana Cann, Ghana Trade Union Movement (GUM).
The rest are Madam Joyce Osei Owusu Larbie, People’s Party Convention (CPP), Mr. Samuel Afriyie Owusu, Ghana Labor Party (LPG), Mr. Akins Synper, People’s National Convention (PNC).
The voter population for the Anyaa Sowutuom constituency is 135,874.
The constituency, which in the central Ga municipality is the stronghold of the nuclear power plant with incumbent MP Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, has held the headquarters since 2005.
In 2012, the NPP had 51,196 votes representing 63.41%, while the NDC had 29,536 of the votes representing 36.59% in parliamentary elections.
