Akufo-Addo votes at Kyebi
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday cast his ballot in his hometown, Kyebi, in the Eastern Region.
President Akufo-Addo voted at the Abuakwa South Constituency a few hours after polls opened.
This is a constituency he had led in the past as a three-term lawmaker.
First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo and Abuakwa South MP Samuel Atta Akyea.
President Akufo-Addo and his close contender, former President John Dramani Mahama, are both seeking second terms.
Is the third time the two are going head to head, with former President Mahama winning the first in 2012.
President Akufo-Addo staged a comeback in 2016 and won.
I just cast my ballot at the Rock of Ages Polling Station in Kyebi, in the Eastern Region, together with my beautiful…
Posted by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday, December 7, 2020
Ghanaians are voting to elect a president and 275 parliamentarians for the next for years.
There are 12 presidential aspirants with more than 1000 parliamentary candidates.
The twelve include the flagbearer of the NPP – Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, Presidential Candidate of the NDC – John Dramani Mahama, Brigitte Akosua Dzogbenuku – flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Hassan Ayariga of the All People’s Congress (APC), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), David Asibi Ayindenaba Apasera of the People’s National Convention (PNC), among others.
Five of the 17 nominees who submitted their nomination forms with the hope of contesting in the polls were disqualified by the EC.
The five included two independent presidential nominees – Kofi Koranteng and Marricke Kofi Gane, and three political party-sponsored nominees; Akwasi Addae Odike of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Kwasi Busumbru of the People’s Action Party (PAP), and Nana Agyenim Boateng of the United Front Party (UFP).
A total of 17,027,971 voters are expected to cast their ballot in 38,622 polling stations across the 16 regions of the country.