The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is today organising its parliamentary primaries in constituencies it has no sitting Members of Parliament.
The New Patriotic Party has the majority in parliament with 169 seats but the first phase of its parliamentary primaries will focus on some 100 constituencies where the NDC holds sway.
Deputy General Secretary of the party, Nana Obiri Boahene in an interview with Citi FM said measures have been put in place to ensure successful elections.
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“So far I am reliably informed that more than 100 orphan constituencies are ready. No individual can go there to misbehave. That is why I am saying we are ready. Some constituencies have more than 100, 200 and even more than 400 delegates, depending on the size of the constituency,†he said.
Contests in Chereponi, Krachi West, Afadzato South, Kpando, Anlo and Hohoe will not hold due to what the party refers to as “compelling reasons.â€
Security for polls
About 2,000 police personnel will be deployed during today's parliamentary primaries.
The Director-General of Police Operations, COP George Alex Mensah, who disclosed this to the Ghanaian Times in Accra, said the Police will deploy adequate personnel and logistics, to ensure successful primaries.
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He said the police will be solely in charge of security at the polling stations, and no party security and other sister security agencies will be involved in ensuring law and order.
COP Mensah said no unregistered and registered motorcycles would be allowed a hundred meters to the polling centres, and only registered delegates and party officials would be allowed at the centres.
He said regional, divisional and district police commanders have also been directed to collaborate with the NPP executives in ensuring smooth elections.