One person has been arrested by the Kwesimintsim police at Whindo in the Kwesimintsim constituency after residents blocked the road in the area to Electoral Commission officials.
The blocking of the roads according to the angry residents was their way of registering their outrage over the bad road network which has been abandoned over the years.
The residents say, during every election year, all political parties find their way to the town to canvass for their votes but they do not have their development at heart. Residents say they have been given a lot of “empty promises” from politicians with respect to the construction of their roads.
Some voters in the Whindo township said they are not going to vote because they feel left out when it comes to developmental projects but are only remembered when politicians need their votes.
“Despite the many demonstrations we have held, they have still not fixed our roads. That is why we blocked the road today so that we do not participate in the election. The road is bad such that we spend a lot of time for a 30-minute journey. The DCE promised to asphalt the road but nothing has been done,” one of the angry residents fumed.
However, with the intervention of the police, the road has since been cleared for the officials of the Electoral Commission to move to their polling station. The incident delayed the early start of the polls at the center.
Meanwhile per reports, the voting processes across other centers in the region are proceeding smoothly.
Speaking to a correspondent in the region he said “We have visited some other polling stations and for these centers, we have visited, everything was smooth. So besides this incident at Kwesimintsim, we haven’t heard any other thing in the region. So I will say that things are peaceful with everything moving on”.
Over 17 million Ghanaians are exercising their franchise nationwide today to elect a president and their Members of Parliament.
Voting has started in the over 38,000 polling stations across the country as Ghana holds its 8th general elections in the Fourth Republic.
With many voters already in long queues, the polls have begun in earnest at most of the polling stations.
Per regulations from the Electoral Commission, voting starts at 7am and ends at 5pm, after which sorting and counting will be done at the various centers.
Reports across the country revealed that, majority of polling stations had received all relevant materials including ballot papers, ballot boxes among others to enable them to commence the voting process.
That notwithstanding, some polling stations are yet to commence the voting process. As at 8:00 am, reports gathered from the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency indicated that the constituency is yet to receive its ballot materials.
Some voters in the constituency are agitated of the delay and some threaten to boycott the elections if the delay continues.
