[ 2017-05-12 ]

Yaw Danso

Troubled Bosome Freho gets DCE
The dust has finally settled as all thirty members
of the Bosome Freho District Assembly on Thursday
gave an overwhelming endorsement to the DCE
nominee, Yaw Danso.

The former constituency organiser of the ruling
New Patriotic Party had his nomination vehemently
opposed by a section of party executives, who
protested that the nominee lacked the educational
qualification to head the district.

Section 20 of the Local Government Act 936, Act
2016, stipulates “There shall be a district
chief executive for each district appointed by the
President with the prior approval of not less than
two-thirds majority of the members of the district
assembly present and voting at the meeting.”

Bosome Freho was among seven district assemblies
in the Ashanti region which were outstanding in
approving the President’s nominees for the local
assemblies.

Amidst tight security, the exercise was supervised
by some government officials led by the Ashanti
regional minister, Simon Osei Mensah and his
Deputy, Elizabeth Agyemang.

Other regional executives of the ruling party also
canvassed the thirty assembly members to vote and
approve the nominee, Yaw Danso.

At the end of the polls which lasted only 30
minutes, 28 assembly members representing 93.3
percent voted for the nominee, while two opposed.


Ashanti regional director of the Electoral
Commission, Lawrence Sarpong, declared Yaw Danso
duly elected as the chief executive for Bosome
Freho District Assembly.

In his victory speech, Mr. Danso promised to
uplift the image of the district whilst working in
line with the President’s vision to
industrialize the local economy.

“Our district is lagging behind, we are going to
work together to improve the situation,” he
assured the assembly members.

Bosome Freho district is one of the deprived
districts in the Ashanti region: Infrastructural
challenges include poor road network and unstable
electricity supply.

Youth unemployment is also major challenge that
needs to be addressed by the DCE.

Source - 3news.com

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