By Tachie Menson
Dormaa-Ahenkro (Bono), Jan. 31, GNA – Many media practitioners did not receive accreditation cards for coverage and were not allowed to take pictures in the Presidential Primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), underway at the Dormaa Central constituency of the Bono region.
Mr Francis Owiredu, the Dormaa Central Municipal Elections Officer told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that all the media practitioners were expected to obtain accreditation cards from the NPP’s headquarters in Accra for the coverage of the elections.
Meanwhile, the elections in the constituency had been characterized by long queues, amid heavy police presence.
During a visit to the St John’s International School at Dormaa-Ahenkro, the venue of the event, the GNA noticed expectant delegates of the party in queues, waiting patiently to cast their ballot.
About 744 delegates of the party were expected to participate in the Presidential Primary to elect a flagbearer of the party for the Election 2028 amid police presence.
They are deciding on Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President, Abetifi Member of Parliament (MP) and former Food and Agriculture Minister Dr Bryan Acheampong and Bosomtwe MP and former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum to lead the NPP in the Election 2028.
Other presidential hopefuls include the former NPP General Secretary Kwabena Agyepong and Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, former MP for Assin Central.
GNA
Edited by Dennis Peprah/ Christabel Addo