Voting Progress - Accra

Voting in the Ayawaso Wuoguon and the Dade Kotopon Constituencies began successfully in the morning.

At the various polling stations voters could be seen in queues patiently waiting for their turn to cast their ballots. At the Emmanuel Eye Clinic polling station in the Ayawaso West Wuoguon constituency, Mr. Peter Ananti Tetteh Jnr., Presiding Officer, said as at 0900 hours, over 200 had voted and that, everything else was going well.

Mr. Charles Lartey, Presiding Officer at the Airport Police Barracks polling station in the Dade Kotopon constituency said over 190 people had voted as at 0930 hours. He said the polling had encountered no problem so far.

Some of the voters told the GNA that they had started queuing as early as 0400 hours in order to vote early and make way for church service.

"If things could continue like this everywhere, we are certainly going to have a peaceful election day", said Hamid Inusah who waited for his turn at the Emmanuel Eye Clinic polling station.