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25.09.2016 Politics

Only one woman picks nomination forms in Tema

By GNA
Only one woman picks nomination forms in Tema
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By Laudia Sawer, GNA
Tema, Sept 25, GNA - Barely one week into the filling of nomination for the December 7, elections, only one woman has picked a parliamentary nomination form to contest one of the three constituencies in the Tema Metropolis.

Miss Ebi Bright, Tema Central parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is the only woman among 13 prospective candidates who have picked the form since the Electoral Commission of Ghana opened nomination.

Nana Oduro Numapau, Tema Metropolitan Electoral Officer, disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency.

Nana Numapau said as at close of work on Thursday, his outfit had issued the forms to only one woman in the Metropolis.

He added that apart from having only one woman showing interest to represent the people in Parliament, no person with disability has picked the forms.

Out of the 13, the Tema East and Tema Central constituencies saw three persons each while Tema West has so far received seven of the forms.

He noted that the forms were mainly picked by the NDC, New Patriotic Party (NPP), Convention Peoples Party (CPP), and the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP).

Two independent candidates, one each for Tema East and Tema West, had also picked forms to contest the seats.

On the voter transfer exercise which was started a fortnight ago, he indicated that about 600 transfers has been successfully done to the three constituencies in the Tema Metropolis.

Nana Numapau said the applicants showed proof of relocating to the area adding that an average of 70 to 80 applications were handled daily.

GNA

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