Some constituency executive hopefuls of the governing New Patriotic Party in Yendi in the Northern Region, have warned against alleged attempts by some party bigwigs to control the election in some 37 newly created polling stations.
According to the group, nomination forms have not been made available to interested parties for the new polling stations.
They have also alleged the hoarding of the forms by some party members.
Addressing the press, the secretary for the concerned constituency executives hopefuls, Mohammed Kpermsin, called on the current executives of the party to be transparent with the process.
“It was unanimously agreed that the 110 polling stations that we have were not going to hold any elections, but maintained. With the remaining 37 polling stations, we have no idea when and where the forms will be issued.”
‘We are warning the committee that its failure to update us on what will happen to the outstanding 37 polling stations will incur our wrath.”
There have been disagreements in the NPP after some party members accused executives of giving preferential treatment in the distribution of the forms for the polling station elections in some constituencies.
In other parts of the country, party members are also protesting a decision by the executives to sell out the forms to them after some big-wigs in the NPP announced that they had paid for the forms.
The polling station elections have been scheduled for March 24-25, 2020. There has been malcontent in multiple constituencies over claims some party executives are hoarding nomination forms.
The confusion started in Manhyia North, where an executive had to seek refuge in a police station after being hounded by some supporters.
These tensions have prompted the National Executive Committee of the NPP to meet on the matter.
The NPP has said it will investigate the issues leading to the chaos in the distribution of forms in parts of the country.