Assembly Members of the Yendi Municipality in the Northern Region, have rejected President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s Municipal Chief Executive nominee for the municipality.
The retained Municipal Chief Executive nominee, Alhaji Hamid Abubakari Zakaria, failed to get two thirds of the votes of the Assembly members during his confirmation today, September 24, 2021.
Only 21 assembly members voted in favour of Alhaji Hamid Abubakari Zakaria, out of the 41 votes cast.
Twenty Assembly Members voted against him while one person abstained. Despite the outcome of the election, the presidential nominee qualifies for a second chance in the next ten days.
Alhaji Hamid Abubakari Zakaria becomes the first presidential nominee to be rejected by the assembly in the region so
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