Abraham Boadi, the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) member for the Nhyiaeso Electoral Area and also a candidate for the KMA presiding member position, has stated he will step down if his campaign team tells him to do so. He told 3news.com after another attempt to elect a presiding member for the KMA hit a snag. … Read more
Ashanti Regional Minister John Alexander Ackon has expressed displeasure over the failed attempt of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to elect a Presiding Member on the sixth attempt. “Obviously, I am very disappointed. I have not the least expected this development because all the consultations and briefing I had indicated that there was headway towards … Read more
The first round of voting to elect a presiding member for the KMA has once again ended in a stalemate. Abraham Boadi also known as Oppoman pulled 69 votes with his closest competitor Michael Adusei gathering 50 votes. One vote was rejected. Voting begun around 11:30 am amidst heavy security at the TUC Hall in … Read more
Some Unit Committee Members from different Electoral Areas in the Kumasi metropolis have threatened to stage a massive protest against Assembly Members in the Ashanti regional capital if they fail to elect a Presiding Member by close of today, Tuesday, 4 October. The Unit Committee Members say the failure by the Assembly Members to elect … Read more
The greed of Assembly members of KMA has been blamed for the bloody fight that has characterised the election of a new presiding member. According to Yakubu Adams popularly known as Yakubu Tony Aidoo, a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti region, the assembly members are “corrupt and greedy”. The KMA … Read more
A Local Government expert says the bloody fight for a new presiding member in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly can only be attributed to partisan politics at play between the governing National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party. George Kyei Baffour hinted the situation may even escalate if the time comes for a new mayor … Read more
A government appointee to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has blamed the failure of the assembly to produce a Presiding Member (PM) after several rounds of voting on the entrenched position adopted by two candidates. Francis Dodovi says the two, Nana Adum-hene and Nana Kofi Senya are suspicious of each other and this has stalled … Read more
Tension is brewing in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) due to an attempt by 71 out of the 135 total members of the assembly to impose a Presiding Member (PM) on the House. The 71 members reportedly met at the KMA Common Hall on Friday without the knowledge of other members and elected Abraham Boadi … Read more