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Mampong Municipal Assembly Finally gets Presiding Member after three attempts

Mr. Daniel Oduro, the Assembly Member for the New Town Electoral Area has been elected as Presiding Member of the Mampong Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region after a third consecutive times after the Assembly's recent inauguration.

Date Created : 5/10/2024 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Daniel Akwasi Nuako/ ghanadistricts.com

This was after three previous elections failed to produce a clear winner as both contestants Mr. Agyei Tuffour Ebenezer, Assembly Member for Kofiase Atonaso Electoral Area and Mr. Piouse Godfred, Assembly Member for Woraso Electoral Area,

could not secure the two-thirds mandatory votes required for the declaration of a winner after first and second round.

It would be recalled that the Mampong Municipal Assembly had struggled on three previous occasions and was unsuccessful in getting a Presiding Member elected all candidates failed to meet the two-thirds majority marks as provided by the Standing Orders of the Assembly.

The Assembly had to reopen Nominations for fresh election following the failure of any of the two candidates to win the first three elections after the Assembly was inaugurated in February this year.

The latest contest saw the Assembly Member for Newtown win the first round of voting by 31 votes, as against 17 for Anthony Appiah, Member for Bosofuo.

In accordance with the law, just after the Mampong Municipal Electoral Officer, Kwabena Karikari, had signalled for a second round of voting, Mr. Appiah announced his withdrawal from the contest to back the Newtown Member and rallied his supporters to do the same.

Despite the withdrawal, another round of voting was conducted for the Assembly Members to vote either ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to approve or disapprove of the remaining candidate.

At the end of polls, 45 out of the 49 Assembly Members voted ‘Yes’ paving the way for the swearing in of Daniel Oduro as the Presiding Member of the Municipal Assembly.

The successful election this time round, followed the stepping down of Mr. Anthony Appiah, which paved way for Mr. Oduro to contest unopposed.

He was sworn into office by His Worship Funny Dennis Eyram, the Magistrate of Mampong District Court, the PM-elect, a teacher commended his contender for putting the interest of the Assembly first.

He was thankful to the Assembly Members and EC officials for a successful elections and pledged not to betray the trust reposed in him.

Mr. Oduro called for total unity among the assembly staff and assembly members to promote infrastructural Department of the Municipality.

The election was organised by Electoral Commission (EC) and observed by the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the area, Mr. Thomas Appiah, heads of department, traditional leaders and some party stalwarts.