Efforts to prevent electoral violence:  36 hotspots identified nationwide …National Peace Council intensifies public awareness campaign in affected areas - Ghanaian Times

At least 36 critical hotspots have been identified across the country by the National Peace Council (NPC) as places where electoral violence could erupt during the December polls.

Out of the number, the council has, so far, selected 26 of them, where engagements would be held with parliamentary candidates and electorates on political tolerance and solicit their inputs on how to resolve tensions.

Our reporter in an interview with Mr Frank Wilson Bodzah The NPC Deputy Director in charge of Conflict Management and Resolution, Frank Wilson Bodza, who disclosed this to The Ghanaian Times in Accra yesterday, withheld the names of the hotspots for security reasons.

In an exclusive interview on efforts by the Council to promote peace in the upcoming elections, he said, public awareness campaigns were being held in all hotspots.