Voting Progress - Accra

In the Klottey Korle and Dade Kotopon constituencies in Accra, voting is going on smoothly with the exception of delays in the delivery of voting materials to the Presby 2 Junior High School polling station at Osu in the Klottey Korle Constituency. As at 0850 hours, voting had still not begun at the Presby 2 Junior High School polling station, although long queues had been formed as early as 0400 hours.

Polling officials were still setting up and arranging materials for voting to begin as voting materials had just been delivered. Mr Ernest Ofori, Presiding Officer of the Presby 2 Junior High School polling station, told the Ghana News Agency that 844 registered voters were expected to cast their ballots. Other voters at the Osu Police Barracks and the Temporary Booth G-Maa polling stations also in the Klottey Korle constituency began casting their ballots on time.

Mr Samuel Davies, Presiding Officer at the Temporary Booth G-Maa polling station, told the GNA that as at 0800 hours 63 people had cast their ballots out of 947 registered voters.

Voting at the Olympia Cinema, Lante-Dzan We, Ataa-Gbee, Konney Truru and CDR Office polling stations also started on time with long queues already formed as early as 0200 hours.

Party agents from the New Patriotic Party, National Democratic Congress and the Convention People's Party were present at all the polling stations visited by the GNA in the two constituencies. Conspicuously missing were agents of the smaller parties at most of these polling station.

The Democratic Freedom Party, however, had an agent at the Olympia Cinema polling station. MORE TMA/REA