Delegates participating in the National Democratic Congress parliamentary primary in the Ayawaso East Constituency on Saturday, February 7, received 32-inch television sets from the campaign team of aspirant Baba Jamal Mohammed Ahmed as voting got underway.
Baba Jamal’s team also provided free boiled eggs to delegates, leading to jostling among some voters as they attempted to receive the food items.
The NDC is holding the primary to select a parliamentary candidate for the upcoming Ayawaso East by-election, following a successful vetting process that cleared five aspirants to contest the seat.
The candidates in the race are Mohammed Ramme, the NDC Constituency Chairman; Amina Adam, widow of the late Member of Parliament; Baba Jamal Mohammed Ahmed, Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria; Yakubu Azindow; and Najib Mohammed.
But Baba Jamal in an interview noted that he was just gifting the delegates and did not expect it to influence them in any way.
