REGSEC places ban on District Assembly election in Kassena Nankana East

Bolgatanga (U/E), Dec. 30, GNA - The Upper East Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has placed a ban on the District Assembly Election in the Akurugu Daboo Electoral Area in the Kassena-Nankana East District followin= g a controversy over a change of name of the area.

The Akurugu Daboo Electoral Area was changed to Atosale/Azaasi Electoral Area by the Electoral Commission (EC) during the recent creation of new electoral areas but this did not go down well with the Navrongo Traditional Council and it had to petition the EC. According to the Navrongo Traditional Council, it was not consulted before the name was changed from Akurugu Daboo to Atosale Electoral Area an= d that was taken as disrespect to the Traditional Council.

As a result, people in that electoral area who turned up in their numbers to vote on Thursday were disappointed when they discovered that officials of the EC were not present to carry out the exercise. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency, Mr Emmanuel Andema, Kassena Nankana District Chief Executive, indicated that the REGSEC placed the ban on election in the area to prevent conflict which was likely to occur because of the disagreement if the election was allowed to go on.

Meanwhile the Chief and people of Kandiga and the affected community said they were not happy about the latest development. The Chief of Kandiga Naba Henry Abawine Amenga-Etego II called for the relevant stakeholders especially the EC and others to intervene to solve th= e problem.