Regional News of Saturday, 20 June 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comNPP Decides: Rains delay start of polls at Yendiplay videoA scene at the Polling stationCorrespondence from Northern Region:An over 2 hours early morning rains delayed the commencement of voting in Yendi Constituency in the Northern Region. The exercise to elect a New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate in some polling centres commenced after 10am. Speaking to some of the new patriotic party executives, they explained that the rains have not disrupted the voting processes in any way and that they are committed to their schedules. “Voting has started and delegates have defiled the rains to come out to vote" Shamsudeen Abdul Rahaman a communication Officer said. Yendi is one of the keenly contested constituencies in the Northern Region with three aspirants, namely Hajia Abibata Shani Mahama Zakaria, Mr. Faruk Mahama, and Alhaji Baba Dani.

Source: GhanaWeb June 20, 2020 13:07 UTC