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Bongo fails to elect Presiding Member after two rounds of elections

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Newly inaugurated Assembly Members in the Bongo District of the Upper East region have failed to elect a Presiding member after two rounds of elections.

None of the contestants, a former presiding Member Mr. Duke Anaba and Mr. Christopher Akasake, was able to obtain the two thirds of the required votes of the house.The general assembly is supposed to vote two thirds in favor of a candidate before the results can be accepted.  

Mr. Anaba secured 34 votes, whilst his contender Mr. Akasake had 20 votes with one rejected vote in the first round of the elections. The second round saw an additional vote to Mr. Akasake and the contender retaining his previous votes.

The elections were conducted and supervised by officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) at Bongo District.

The Bongo Assembly has a record of protracted presiding member elections because of strong representations by NDC and NPP in the contest so this outcome did not come as a surprise to many and not even the presence of the Deputy Upper East Regional Minister, Hon. Frank Fuseini Adongo could save the situation.

District Chief Executive for Bongo, Hon. Peter Ayinbisa who appeared disturbed about the situation admonished the Assembly Members to bury their difference and arrive at a compromise for the Presiding Member to be elected.

The Assembly inaugurated is made up of thirty eight (38) elected members representing 70% of members and sixteen (16) government appointees representing 30% of the House in addition to the District Chief Executive and the Hon. Member of Parliament, in accordance with article 242 of the Constitution and Section 5, sub-sections 1-3 of the Local Government Act of 2016, Act 936″.

Source: A1Radioonline.com|101.1MHZ|Ghana

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