[ 2019-03-13 ]

President nominates chief executives for new local government assemblies
Accra, March 13, GNA – President Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo Addo, has nominated chief executives
for the six new Municipal and District Assemblies,
inaugurated on Tuesday, February 19.

This in line with Article 241 (1) of the 1992
Constitution and Section 20 (1) of the Local
Government Act, Act 936.

A statement signed by the Minister of Local
Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima
Mahama, and copied to the Ghana News Agency on
Wednesday, named them as: Mr Asare Danso for the
Birim South District in the Eastern Region; Mr
Alhassan Abdallah Iddi - North East Gonja District
of the Savanna Region; and Mr Godwin Edudzi Effah
- Keta Municipal of the Volta Region.

The rest are: Alhaji Mohammed Quaye for the
Ayawaso Central Municipal; Nii Adjei Tawiah -
Korley - Klottey Municipal; and Madam Mariama Amui
– Ablekuma Central Municipal; all in the
Greater Accra Region.

The statement urged the respective Regional
Ministers to liaise with their various Regional
Electoral Commission to initiate the confirmation
process for the nominees.

The nominees are required to win at least
two-thirds of the valid votes cast by the assembly
members.

Source - GNA

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