PRESTEA-HUNI VALLEY ASSEMBLY CONFIRMS DCE (PAGE 15)

The Prestea-Huni Valley District Assembly has confirmed Mr Robert Wisdom Cudjoe as the District Chief Executive.
A former teacher of Fiaseman Senior High School, he polled all the 40 votes of the members, representing 100 per cent.
Speaking after the confirmation, the Western Regional Minister, Mr Paul Evans Aidoo commended the Wassa Amenfi District Assembly for providing beautiful structures for its offices at Wassa Akropong, after just about three years of existence.
He, therefore called on the newly created districts to construct offices befitting their status and to facilitate their activities.
The Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly, however, failed to elect its presiding member after six rounds of voting.
As a result, the assembly could not confirm or reject the President’s nominee, Mrs Christina Kobina for the position of Municipal Chief Executive, since the presiding member had to preside over the confirmation of the chief executive as stipulated in the Standing Orders of the assembly.
GNA reports said that those who carried powder and perfume to celebrate her anticipated victory went home disappointed.
The election of the presiding member and the confirmation of the municipal chief executive have therefore been postponed.
Earlier, the assembly member for Dompim Electoral Area, Robert Mensah and the Assembly member for Benso Electoral Area, Gordon Opoku Boateng who contested for the position of presiding member initially, failed to obtain the two thirds votes of the 37 members of the assembly after three rounds of voting and were automatically disqualified, as required by the standing orders of the assembly.
In both the first and second rounds of voting, Mr Mensah polled 22, while Mr Opoku polled 15 votes. But in the third round, Mr Mensah had 23 votes with Mr Opoku Boateng getting 14.
Also, Messrs Alex Quarm and Moses Ackah who filed for fresh nominations did not obtain the two thirds of the 37 members required after three rounds of voting and the session had to be postponed.