Members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) have overwhelmingly voted to confirm Mr. Osei Assibey Antwi as the new Mayor of Kumasi.
He polled 132 votes of the 133 valid votes cast to secure a 99.2% confirmation from the jubilant Assembly Members.
The election, which was supervised by the Ashanti regional officials of the Electoral Commission, was smoothly held at the True Vine Hotel at Ahodwo.
This brings to an end months of long wait for the hot KMA seat to be occupied after the resignation of the former Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr. Kojo Bonsu.
High ranking political and traditional authorities in the Kumasi metropolis, including the Ashanti Regional Minister, Hon. Simmon Osei Prempeh, graced the confirmation process to ensure victory for Mr. Asseby Antwi, who was a former deputy regional minister.
Mr. Asseby Antwi becomes the first nominee of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the metropolitan assembly to be confirmed. It is now widely expected that the nominees for Accra, Tamale and Takoradi will receive similar endorsement from their Assembly Members.
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