NPP Extends The Sale Of Polling Station Application Forms
At a emergency press conference in Accra today being addressed by the National Chairman of the NPP, Mr Freddie Blay, the party the process of election of polling station executives commenced from Saturday, February 19, 2022 with the opening of nominations and closing on Monday, February 21, 2022.
Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu Greater 
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has stated that it is not happy about some issues confronting the processes of the ongoing Polling Station Executives and Electoral Area Coordinators Elections of the party.
At an emergency press conference in Accra on Monday, February 22, 2022, being addressed by the National Chairman of the NPP, Mr. Freddie Blay, the party the process of election of polling station executives commenced from Saturday, February 19, 2022, with the opening of nominations and closing on Monday, February 21, 2022.
According to the NPP, per an earlier released by the General Secretary of the party, the vetting of prospective aspirants will be from Tuesday, February 22, 2022, and ends on Thursday, February 24, 2022.
The party noted that after this will be the conduct of the Polling Station Election from Friday, February 25, 2022, and ends on Saturday, March 5, 2022.
According to Mr. Blay, the party has been monitoring this process keenly since it started.
Notwithstanding, he noted that all the adequate preparations to ensure a smooth process in this election, there have been reports of pockets of incidence happening in some of the constituencies.
He asserted that a few are Kade Constituency, Manhyia North, Become Freho, Ninmgo Prampram amongst others.
According to him, there are also videos of disturbances being circulated on social media platforms as a result of purported instances where party people have been denied access to buying polling station application forms.
He emphasized that it has made available, adequate nominations forms to the Polling Stations/ Electoral Area Elections Committees, which are the mandated Committees for the conduct of the Polling Stations and Electoral Areas Elections in the 38,622 Polling Stations across the country.
"The National Leadership of the Party, is per this press conference, directing all Polling Stations/ Electoral Area Elections Committees to make available the application forms to all eligible party members who wish to partake in this polling station elections.
"It is also assuring all eligible members that the party will take steps to ensure that application forms are made available to themWith immediate effect, he noted that the party has also dispatched officers to reported areas of disturbances for fact-finding and investigations, and where necessary, disciplinary sanctions will be applied," he noted
Further to this, Mr. Blay noted that it is also reported that some leading personalities have procured application forms for aspiring polling station executives.
He advised that any such matters relating to financial support in this process must be channeled through the National Party Secretariat for uniformity, fairness, and accountability.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the Press, on this note, the National Party has decided to extend the sale of the Polling Station Application Forms by one day, that is, tomorrow, Tuesday, February 22, 2022.
"It is also by this press conference directing all Polling Station and Electoral Area Elections Committees to comply with the new extension," Mr. Blay stated.
