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Earlier the regional executive announced that the primary will be held tomorrow (Saturday, July 9, 2016).

But the regional secretary of the party Donatus Akamugre said they had to postpone the primary because of delays in receiving electoral materials from Accra.

“We have gone biometric the number of biometric college members have increased tremendously. We realised that the materials were not ready and the scheduled time for the materials to arrive in the region is up”

He further explained that to prevent any misunderstanding during and after the election, they saw the need to postpone it and put all things in place.

“So we realised if the materials come in late and then we try to struggle to get it to the ground and it’s not properly distributed and then people have not been given proper information on it, people will have problems with it. The party deem it necessary to rather postpone the election to July 16”

The primary in the constituency was earlier postponed after some members of the party demanded the disqualification of the incumbent MP Abuga Pele because he is standing trial over a GYEEDA scandal.

The Chief Executive Officer of , Philip Assibit and Abuga Pele are currently facing trial for their alleged role in the GYEEDA scandal. Pele has been charged with intentionally misapplying public property, willfully causing financial loss to the state and abetment of crime. Assibit is facing charges of defrauding by false pretence and also causing loss to public property.

But the party’s regional secretariat indicated that Pele has been cleared to conduct its parliamentary primary since the issues raised have been resolved by the National Executive of the party.

Abuga Pele will be competing with Rudolf Nsowine Amega-Etego and Mr. Jonathan Nyaaba on July 16. The regional secretary of the party Donatus Akamugre said they have informed all the contestants of the latest development.

“The aspirants have received the news it hasn’t gone down well with them. We all know that it involves money, obviously nobody would have wished that we extend the time, but it is better we took this decision because we do not want the election to come on for anybody to say that the election is improper. It is better for us to waste time and get the appropriate materials for all to accept the results”.

He expressed optimism that the electoral materials will “begin arriving in the region today”.