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NOC delegates from the Assin South constituency attending Saturday's presidential primaries are unhappy with the GHS 10, which was awarded to them as a food and transportation allowance by party leaders in their constituency.
Adom News reporter, Alfred Amoh, reported that angry delegates, mostly farmers, said they would have done better to go on their farms than to participate in the polls.
They say the GHS10 was skinny.
"Assin South is an agricultural community and today, Saturday, we could have done more than GHS10 by selling our products on the market. We came out to support a particular candidate, so why do we have to waste money to come here and get this money for food and transportation, "said one angry delegate.
About 983 delegates from 105 sections are expected to vote in the constituency.
Constant progress
The current presidential primaries of the opposition, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Saturday, are progressing steadily.
Joy News correspondents across the country said delegates voted peacefully.
In eastern regionDr. Edward Omane Boamah, former Minister of Communications, was among the 700 delegates who voted in the New Juaben North constituency.
"The voting process has been peaceful since the beginning at 7 am," said East Asia correspondent Kofi Siaw.
Speaking to reporters after his vote, Dr. Omane Boamah was confident, his former boss, John Mahama, will be victorious, saying his victory would rejuvenate the party's base before the 2020 elections.
In the Kwesimintsim constituency in the Western RegionIna-Thalia Quansah reports that 577 delegates are expected to vote at 9 am 60 delegates voted.
"There was the problem of the names of some people appearing twice but they were told to keep for more instructions before they were allowed to vote," Ina-Thalia reports, Saturday.
Meanwhile, former President John Mahama voted in Bole, in the new Savanah region.
Photo: Voters line up in Wa, capital of the Upper West region.
Professor Joshua Alabi also voted in Krowor, in the Greater Accra Region. When he arrived at the polling station on Saturday morning, a search in the registry revealed that his name was missing. After waiting more than 20 minutes, EC officials contacted party officials who finally gave the go-ahead for his name to be registered before he was allowed to vote.
He told Joseph Opoku Gakpo, of Joy News, that, after what he can observe and who has been informed, the process has largely proceeded smoothly.
in the Northern RegionNDC regional president Alhaji Ibrahim Mobila said the level of enthusiasm shown by party delegates during the primary primaries of the flag bearer clearly showed his willingness to conquer power in 2020.
Alhaji Mobila made the remark when he visited the polling stations in the Tamale North constituency to monitor the exercise.
The Democratic National Congress, Ghana's largest opposition party, is expected to elect its flag bearer for 2020, as it tries to shorten its stay in the opposition since 2017.
And he is looking for one in seven candidates who they say will have the biggest influence on voters in the 2020 general election.
They are former President John Mahama, Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin, former Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Accra Professional Studies (UPSA), the Professor Joshua Alabi.
Mr. Sylvester Mensah, former CEO of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Mr. Goosie Tanoh, executive, and businessman Alhaji Nurideen Iddrisu.
The party uses the most comprehensive electoral process ever seen in a political party with nearly 280,000 delegates in the 275 constituencies that are expected to vote.
All branch leaders, district directors, regional directors, regional council of elders, MPs, former members of government and founding members will have their say in the party's most innovative primary in Ghana.
But all eyes will also be on the party's ability to solve this problem without lamentable snags and lately, without the participation of party militias.
After an activist was shot dead Monday in the Ashanti region, apparently by a member of the pro-NDC militia, "The Hawks," national resentment is palpable in the face of the destabilizing influence of party militias in a democratic state.
In response, the NDC pointed out that it relied entirely on a mistrustful police service, thus offering the heavily criticized security agency an opportunity for image recovery.
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