OVER THREE THOUSAND FILE TO CONTEST D/A ELECTIONS I N ASHANTI

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A total of three thousand, 686 persons have filed their nominations to contest in the upcoming District Assemblies Elections in the Ashanti Region scheduled for March this year. 

There are one thousand and 58 electoral areas in the region. The Deputy Ashanti Regional Director of the Electoral Commission, Lawrence Sarpong who made this known to Ashanti Today in Kumasi, disclosed also that the candidates involve three thousand, 501 men and 185 women. 

According to Mr. Sarpong, 32 of the electoral areas have only one candidate each with no electoral area left without a candidate after close of nominations.

 He said the Kumasi Metropolis with 92 electoral areas has the highest number of candidates of 368 followed by the Amansie West district where 212 including eight women have filed to contest for the Assembly Member positions. 

Sekyere Afram Plains district and Asokore Mampong Municipality have the least number of candidates of 42 and 47 candidates respectively. 

The Asem Electoral Area in the Kumasi metropolis has the highest number of candidates of nine. 

For the Unit Committee elections, the Deputy Regional EC Director disclosed that for the one thousand and 58 Units up for contest, a total of eight thousand, 187 persons have filed to contest. 

These involve seven thousand, 436 men and 751 women.

 Twelve of the Units did not have any nomination after the close of nominations with a significant number of the Units having less than the five persons minimum number of candidates for the election. 

In those Units, Mr. Sarpong hinted that the Electoral Commission could re-open the nomination for interested qualified persons to apply.

 On its calendar towards of the Local Level Elections, Mr. Sarpong said the EC is on course with its preparations towards the exercise, saying that the next programme on the calendar is for the EC to provide the Notice of Poll to publicize the persons contesting for each of the Electoral Areas and the Units in the region with arrangement to organize platforms in each of the Electoral Areas for the candidates to interact with their electorate.

 Mr. Sarpong said also that the regional directorate of the EC has already started recruitment of the required personnel to conduct the elections. 

Their training is scheduled from the 18th of this month to the 1st of March.

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