Berekum, (B/R), Sept. 30, GNA – The 38-Member Berekum Municipal Assembly on Thursday confirmed the President’s Nominee as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) amid heavy downpour.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo re-nominated Mr. Kofi Adjei, the incumbent MCE for a second term and he secured 100 per cent votes in the election conducted and supervised by the Municipal Office of the Electoral Commission at Berekum in the Bono Region.
Earlier, the Assembly Members had agreed to confirm the President’s Nominee by a popular acclamation, but the EC insisted it required records on the elections.
Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister, Mr. Kwame Baffoe, the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mrs. Doris Asomah, the NPP Second Regional Vice Chairman and Mr. Kofi Boateng, the Bono Regional Secretary as well as Mr. Seth Asare Bediako, the Regional Communication Director witnessed the elections
Mad. Owusu-Banahene commended the assembly members for the unity of purpose they had exhibited and expressed the hope they would continue with such spirit to push the development of the Municipality to the next level.
Mr. Adjei on his part, thanked the assembly members for their cooperative spirit and pledged to work with all of them irrespective of their political differences for development to thrive in the area.
GNA