Nominations for Council of State ends

The filling of nominations for the election of regional representatives to the Council of State closed Tuesday. The Electoral Commission (EC) has fixed February 6, 2013 for the election. Nominations were opened from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on January 21 and 22. The metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies in the 10 regions are expected to nominate two representatives each to constitute the Electoral College to elect one person to represent each region. Three prominent opinion leaders in the Upper East Region filed their nominations to contest and represent the region on the Council of State, reports Benjamin Xornam Glover from Bolgatanga. They are the Very Reverend Dr Jacob Ayeebo, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Tamale; Mr Clement Abavana and Naba Sigri Bewong, the Paramount Chief of the Sekoti Traditional Area and President of the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs. In an interview, the Deputy Upper East Regional Director of the EC, Mr Azu Bosco Anyigire, said five persons had picked nominations forms but as of 4 p.m. Tuesdayday, only three had completed the forms and submitted them to the offices of the EC.