The campaign team of Baba Jamal Mohammed Ahmed, one of the aspirants in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primary in the Ayawaso East Constituency, distributed 32-inch television sets to delegates participating in the exercise.
In addition, boiled eggs were shared among delegates.
This led to brief moments of jostling as some voters attempted to access the food items.
The NDC is holding the primary to select a parliamentary candidate for the upcoming Ayawaso East by-election. Five aspirants were successfully vetted and cleared to contest.
They are Mohammed Ramme, the NDC Constituency Chairman; Amina Adam, widow of the late Member of Parliament; Baba Jamal Mohammed Ahmed, Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria; Yakubu Azindow; and Najib Mohammed.
Responding to the situation, Baba Jamal explained that the items were given as goodwill gifts and emphasised that he did not intend for them to influence the voting decisions of delegates.
“Sharing the TVs is only a gift, but allowing that gift to influence your votes is what is wrong,” he told journalists.
