Nkonya-Ahenkro, (V/R), Dec. 30, GNA- Four out of five
traditional areas in the newly inaugurated Biakoye District, namely,
Apesokubi, Worawora, Tapa, Bowiri and Nkonya Wurupong
Township, reportedly boycotted the District level elections held on
Wednesday, December 29. The elections were however held at Nkonya-Ahenkro, the capital
of the new district. But Ms Regina Ahmed, the Biakoye District Officer of the
Electoral Commission (EC), told the GNA by phone that, there was
a problem with ballot papers at Nkonya-Wurupong, which
accounted for the elections not taking place there, and that, it has
been postponed to Friday, December 31. She said except for Worawora and Kwamekrom, where the
elections were boycotted, the other traditional areas voted, even
though turn-out was low because the youths in those areas tried to
prevent people from voting. In a demonstration last Monday to protest their alleged sidelining
from the inauguration of the new Assembly, the people of the four
traditional areas served notice to boycott the elections, unless the
“proper thing was done”. In a Press statement signed by their representatives, the four
traditional areas complained that by not inviting them to the
inauguration, the organizers suggested that they were not part of the
new district and therefore called for a 93new Biakoye District” to be
created for the four traditional areas. The elections however went on peacefully in other areas.
Source: GhanaWeb
