The National Democratic Congress (NDC) party functionaries have accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of buying votes saying they are giving out between 20 cedis and 200 cedis to voters.
The Member of Parliament for sefwi Bodi in the Western North Region, Sampson Ahi who is the constituency monitoring the election alleged that there was "blatant" sharing of money to buy votes at the Assin Bereku Presby school park by NPP members and described it as "unfortunate".
He accused the governing NPP of sharing money and asking the people to vote for them.
In the meantime, the NDC has been under fire for allegedly giving voters cutlasses, weed killers, and insecticides.
Sampson Ahi, a member of parliament for Bodi who identified himself as a lead prompter, claimed responsibility for allocating funds, which he claimed came from his own resources, to people to ease their travel to vote.
He said that if they hadn't made it easier for party members to travel, many of them wouldn't have shown up to vote.
That, he claimed, was distinct from vote buying.
When the Graphic Online team approached the group of three men in Akonfudi who were reportedly splitting money, they swiftly dispersed.
The NPP was aware of the large sums of money that the NDC was sharing in Bereku and Akonfudi, according to the Central Regional Secretary of the NPP.
He added that the NPP was not sharing funds and that this practise was alarming.
On the Assin Bereku Presby school grounds, where party officials from the two parties battled accusations, there was almost complete chaos.
However, several of the locals acknowledged that they had been money-sharing.
Others claimed to have heard about the money being distributed but not to have received any.
Nana Aboagye Ayim, an Assin Bereku local, claimed to have heard about the money-sharing but claimed not to have received any. "No one can influence my vote. I'm going to vote for growth," he said.
Election materials have arrived at all polling places before 5 a.m. this morning, according to Gladys Pinkrah, the Central Regional Director of the Electoral Commission.
According to Mrs. Pinkrah, the EC anticipated that between 70 and 80 percent of the 41,618 registered voters would cast ballots.
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