Kumbungu NDC primaries postponed to Sunday
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential and Parliamentary Primary in the Kumbungu Constituency in the Northern Region has been postponed to Sunday, November 22, 2015.
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This follows the suspension of the elections in the constituency due to allegations of a bloated voters register for the election in the area.
The NDC Northern Regional Director of Elections, Mr. Rashid Tanko Computer who disclosed this to Graphic Online said the elections for Kumbungu would be held tomorrow (Sunday).
According to him, the issue raised over the voters register has been amicably resolved by the regional secretariat of the party for the elections to be held on Sunday.
The Graphic Online earlier in the day reported that voting was yet to take place in the Kumbungu constituency following the emergence of a new registered after an earlier one decided to be used for the elections.
As of the time of filing this report around 11.35am, all the five contestants were said to have been summoned to the party's Regional Secretariat in Tamale to resolve the dispute over the voters register for the election in the constituency.
According to sources close to the party in Kumbungu, the aspirants agreed on a certified voter register with a total of 14,207 voters but just less than 24 hours to voting today, the register was changed which is said to contain a total of 14,739 voters which has been the subject of dispute.
This latest development did not go down well with some of the aspirants which the matter was sent to the regional secretariat for amicable settlement.
The Kumbungu Constituency is being contested by Ras Mubarak, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Youth Authority, Amadu Abdul-Kahad, Imoro Yakubu Kakpagu, Abdallah Baba Ibrahim and Dr. Hamza Adam.