The Electoral Commission (EC) announced on Wednesday that the Bimbilla bye-election would now take place on Thursday, March 14 thus bringing it forward by two days. A statement signed by Mr Kwadwo Sarfo-Kantanka, Deputy Chairman in charge of Operations, said the date set for the filing of nominations remained the same.

Nomination of candidates shall take place at the office of the District Electoral Officer, Bimbilla, on Wednesday, February 27th and Thursday, February 28th, 2002 between the hours of 0900 and 1200 and 1400 and 1700 hours.

The EC said nomination forms could be obtained from the Returning Officer at the Office of the District Electoral Officer, Bimbilla or the Regional Director, Office of the Electoral Commission, Tamale.

Mr Sarfo-Kantanka told the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday that EC issued a Writ of Election to the Returning Officer of the Bimbilla Constituency after it received a notification from the Clerk of Parliament informing it of a vacancy in the House following the resignation of Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Member of Parliament for the area.