Africa-Press – Ghana. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primary election is holding a parliamentary primary today in the Ayawaso East constituency amid a high deployment of police officers.
The tightened security by the Ghana Police Service at the Nima Cluster of Schools, the venue, is aimed at maintaining public order and ensuring a peaceful, transparent electoral process.
The primary follows the death of Mr Mahama Naser Toure, a four-term NDC MP, after a period of illness.
A total of 1,039 delegates are expected to vote between two polling centres, A and B.
Center A has 544 registered voters, while Center B has 495.
Contesting are: Mohammed Ramme, the NDC Constituency Chairman; Amina Adam, widow of the deceased Member of Parliament; Baba Jamal Mohammed Ahmed, Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria; Yakubu Azindow; and Najib Mohammed.
Meanwhile, a poll by Global Info Analytics has tipped Amina Adam, widow of the deceased MP to win today’s primary.
