Ashaiman MCE nominee confirmed

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Mr. Albert Boakye Okyere

The Assembly Members in Ashaiman have confirmed President’s nominee for the Municipal Chief Executive position Mr. Albert Boakye Okyere.

All the 25 Assembly Members who were present voted yes to confirm the nominee.

The voting, which took place at the Assembly’s Hall was witnessed by several big wigs of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) including the Greater Accra Regional Minister Hon. Ishmael Ashittey, Greater Accra Regional NPP Women Organizer Joyce Zempare and Greater Accra NPP Communications Officer Mr. Yusif Fofana.

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Other dignitaries present were Regional NADMO Coordinator Archibald Cobbinah, former MP for Ashaiman Lawyer Alfred Kwame Agbesi, MP for Ashaiman Hon. Ernest Norgbey, MP for Tema Central Hon. Kofi Brako as well as Traditional Rulers and NPP supporters.

Prior to the voting, the Presiding Member of the Assembly Hon. Abdulai Braimah Bukari urged the assembly members to vote massively for the nominee.

According to him, the nominee is a genuine and honest person who has the development of the municipality at heart.

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On his part, the Greater Accra Regional Minister Hon. Ishmael Ashittey who described the nominee as very hard working and honest person indicated that he had known the nominee before 1992, when Ghana returned to democratic

rule.

He said the nominee was a constituency organizer in Tema and rose through the ranks to become the 2nd Vice Chairman for the Greater Accra Region until his nomination as MCE for Ashaiman.

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Hon. Ishmael Ashittey also urged the assembly members to endorse the nominee and pledged to open his doors to them.

Speaking to the gathering after his confirmation, Mr Albert Boakye Okyere commended the assembly members for the confidence reposed in him and voting massively to endorse him.

Okyere who was very elated promised to re-brand Ashaiman and position it to attract the needed investments.

He explained that the level of indiscipline on the part of some residents in the area which has made people outside Ashaiman having bad impression about the area will be a thing of the past.

The newly elected MCE promised to run a transparent administration and called on the staff of the assembly to support him.

He cautioned that staff against laziness and lateness to work saying such behavior would not be tolerated.

The Member of Parliament for Ashaiman Hon. Ernest Norgbey commended the assembly members for approving the nominee at the first round.

He said the overwhelming endorsement of the nominee clearly shows the confidence the assembly members had reposed in him.

“This is the first time we have witnessed such an overwhelming endorsement of MCE in Ashaiman. During our time the confirmation went for about two or three rounds before the MCE nominees were confirmed. There was nothing like 100% endorsement as we have all witnessed today,” he stated.

The legislator who pledged his full support to the MCE urged him to eschew partisan politics

Story By: Michael Creg Afful

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