Ghanaians are expected to elect their Assembly Members and Unit Committee members across the country today, December 17, 2019.
The exercise will begin from 7am and end at 5pm.
This will happen simultaneously across the country with 57,030 candidates contesting this year’s elections.
The Electoral Commission says it has already deployed some 58,000 biometric verification devices, 159,000 trained electoral officers as well as the voter registers for all polling stations across the country for the elections.
The Director of Electoral Services, Dr. Serebour Quarcoo in a Citi News interview said they expect a record voter turnout in the election.
Meanwhile, local election observer group, CODEO, is encouraging the electorate to actively participate in the exercise.
Acting Co-Chair, Sheikh Armiyawo Shaibu says this is necessary to ensure quality in local governance.
CODEO has about 1,000 election observers sent out to observe the electoral process.
About 48,000 security personnel making up the National Elections Security Task Force (NESTF) has also been deployed to ensure safety at polling stations and collation centres across the country.
The personnel are from the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Prisons Service, Ghana Immigration Service, Ghana National Fire Service, and the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority.
Source:Fiilafmonline/CitiNews
