{"id":117665,"date":"2026-03-03T11:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=117665"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:10:22","slug":"come-and-cast-your-vote-boakye-agyarko-urges-voters-to-participate-before-ayawaso-east-polls-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=117665","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Come and cast your vote\u2019 \u2013 Boakye Agyarko urges voters to participate before Ayawaso East polls close"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Energy Minister and NPP Chairman-aspirant Boakye Kyeremanteng Agyarko has made a direct appeal to residents of the Ayawaso East Constituency to come out and vote, warning that low turnout risks undermining the democratic gains Ghana has built over decades.<\/p>\n

Agyarko, speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing by-election on Tuesday, set aside partisan considerations to make a broader civic appeal \u2014 urging all registered voters, regardless of political affiliation, to make time to exercise their franchise before polls close at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Ayawaso East by-election was triggered by the death of sitting MP Naser Toure Mahama, who passed away on January 4 after a brief illness. Five candidates are contesting the seat, with NDC\u2019s Baba Jamal widely tipped as the frontrunner based on pre-election polling.<\/p>\n

\u201cCome and cast your vote, and then you would have exercised your civic responsibility to the development of this country,\u201d he said, adding that every vote cast was a step towards consolidating democratic progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy plea is come out, spare the time. It is worth it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

His appeal comes against the backdrop of visibly low turnout at several of the 113 polling centres across the constituency, where 49,966 registered voters are expected to cast their ballots. <\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, Agyarko had himself explained the low numbers, noting that by-elections in Ghana are historically under-patronised and that the perception of a foregone conclusion in NDC strongholds tends to further suppress participation.<\/p>\n

Polls close at 5 p.m., with results expected later in the evening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Agyarko, speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing by-election on Tuesday, set aside partisan considerations to make a broader civic appeal \u2014 urging all registered voters, regardless of political affiliation, to make time to exercise their franchise before polls close at 5 p.m.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5363,1131,2006,10,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ayawaso-east","category-boakye-agyarko","category-hp-news-7","category-politics","category-popular"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}