Dormaahene, Nana Agyemang Badu II, has charged the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Mahamdu Bawumia to choose his running mate from either Bono or Bono East Regions or risk losing support from other regions in the country.

The NPP flagbearer is yet to announce his running mate for the 2024 elections.

He made this suggestion when Dr. Bawumia called on the traditional leaders of the area.

According to him, “I have seen that you will soon choose your running mate, I do not see why one particular region wants to be given the Running Mate slot.”

Dormaahene added that most of the regions have competent people, for this reason, if care is not taken and the slot is only reserved for a particular region as rumoured, they risk losing votes from other regions.

He mentioned Member of Parliament (MP) for Techiman South Constituency, Bono East Region Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah and MP Sunyani West Constituency, and Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, and others as competent for the position of running mate.

By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
EC direct district officers to switch to offline mode

The Electoral Commission (EC) has directed its district officers to switch to offline mode from today.

This follows challenges the limited registration exercise, which started on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 has encountered.

The EC in a statement issued indicated that “The Commission wishes to inform all its stakeholders and the General Public that some challenges were experienced with the network this afternoon, affecting the Online mode of registration.”

Against this backdrop, “The Commission has directed its District Officers to switch to the Offline mode of registration beginning tomorrow, the 9th of May, 2024.”

This notwithstanding, the statement added that “The Commission apologises for…