{"id":175179,"date":"2015-12-17T22:48:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T22:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=175179"},"modified":"2015-12-18T11:09:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T11:09:37","slug":"47-year-old-consultant-confirmed-sekondi-takoradis-1st-female-mce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=175179","title":{"rendered":"47-year old consultant confirmed Sekondi-Takoradi&#8217;s 1st female MCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Charlotte Otuwa Odoom,\u00a0 a 47 year old consultant and an educationist, has been confirmed as Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) in the Western Region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Out of the 70 Assembly Members present, 68 voted &#8220;yes&#8221; for the President&#8217;s nominee representing 97 per cent with two voting no.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Charlotte Otuwa Odoom becomes the first female MCE for Sekondi-Takoradi replacing the immediate past MCE Captain Anthony Cudjoe (Rtd).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MCE-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-175362 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MCE-2.jpg\" alt=\"MCE 2\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MCE-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MCE-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She worked for the Assembly for many years as a Finance Officer during the PNDC\/NDC era. She also contested the NDC&#8217;s parliamentary primary ahead of the 2012 elections but did not win the slot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thursday&#8217;s\u00a0voting was supervised by Stephen Opoku Mensah,the Western Regional Director of the Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Madam Odoom expressed gratitude to the Assembly members for the confidence reposed in her and promised to work with all the members to accelerate the development of the metropolis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Western Regional Minister, Paul Evans Aidoo, urged the newly elected MCE to respect members of the assembly and everyone she would be working with.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_175363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175363\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MCE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-175363 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MCE.jpg\" alt=\"STMA Assembly members\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MCE.jpg 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MCE-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-175363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">STMA Assembly members<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The number that voted for you indicated that the Assembly members are ready to work with you so be reminded that the Assembly members can make and unmake you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Obrempong Yaw Ampofo\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte Otuwa Odoom,\u00a0 a 47 year old consultant and an educationist, has been confirmed as Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) in the Western Region. Out of the 70 Assembly Members present, 68 voted &#8220;yes&#8221; for the President&#8217;s nominee representing 97 per cent with two voting no. 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