By Michael Owusu Duodu
Duayaw-Nkwanta (Ahafo), April 23, GNA-The 37-member assembly has approved the President nominee, Mr Pius Sampson Opoku as the Tano North Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) in the Ahafo Region.
Mr Opoku polled 36 ‘yes’ votes representing 97.3 per cent in an election conducted and supervised by the Electoral Commission at Duayaw-Nkwanta, the Municipal capital.
He thanked the Assembly Members (AMs) for the trust and confidence reposed in him to lead the Assembly and expressed appreciation to President John Dramani Mahama for the opportunity given him to serve the nation.
He urged the AMs to bury their personal and political differences and allow the development of the municipality to override their personal ambitions.
Madam Charity Gardiner, the Ahafo Regional Minister also thanked the AMs for confirming the MCE, saying with his endorsement the stage was now set for the Assembly to hit the ground running and to execute the reset agenda of the government in the municipality.
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