Low turnout at district level elections at New Juaben

Koforidua, Sept. 26, GNA - Turnout of voters in the District Assembly and Unit Committee elections in the New Juaben Municipality was low, when the Ghana News Agency visited some of the polling centres in the Municipality.

According to the polling officials at the Pope John Secondary School "A" polling station as at 1345 hours, only 17 people had cast their votes out of 672 registered voters, while at the "B" polling station, only 20 voters had cast their votes out of 664. Two males were contesting at each of the polling stations. At Kantudu Temporal Boot, 89 voters had cast their voted as at 1100 hours and at the AME Zion Primary School polling station, only 37 people had cast their votes as at 1115 hours, while at the SCCE Electoral Area, 86 votes were cast as at 1130 hours. The Water West Office station at Kantudu Electoral Area recorded 98 votes as at 1140 hours.

At Anlo Town Down South polling station, out of 901 registered voters, only 180 people cast their votes as at 1145 hours and at Anlo Town South B, only 150 had cast their votes as at 1150 hours, while at the Kru Town polling station, out of 780 voters, only 150 cast their votes as at 1205 hours.