{"id":253579,"date":"2016-09-30T06:26:14","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T06:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=253579"},"modified":"2016-09-30T06:26:14","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T06:26:14","slug":"kma-presiding-member-election-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/kma-presiding-member-election-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"KMA Presiding Member election postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just when the people of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region thought they would finally elect a Presiding Member today [Friday], the election has been postponed to Tuesday.<\/p>\n

This is because there is currently no Judge in Kumasi to swear the Presiding Member into office after the elections. All the judges are in Accra for a programme.<\/p>\n

The Assembly has been without a Metropolitan Chief Executive and Presiding Member for several months and efforts to elect a new one on several occasions had ended in a deadlock.<\/p>\n

A few days ago, one of the main contenders agreed to step down from the race to allow for an easy election of a winner.<\/p>\n

KMA fails to elect Presiding Member after 8th try<\/strong><\/p>\n

KMA last week failed to elect a Presiding Member for the assembly after eight elections<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Assemblyman, NDC serial caller trade blows at KMA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier on Tuesday, an Assembly member of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Abdullah Muaza, traded blows with a National Democratic Congress (NDC) serial caller, during proceedings to elect a Presiding Member for the assembly.<\/p>\n

\"KMA<\/p>\n

Residents worried over KMA election brouhaha<\/strong><\/p>\n

Residents in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, are worried<\/strong><\/a><\/span> about\u00a0the assembly\u2019s failure to elect assembly members on\u00a0eight\u00a0different occasions.<\/p>\n

They describe their current leaders as selfish, a situation that is hindering development in the area. Kumasi has been without a Metropolitan Chief Executive and Presiding Member for several months.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Duke Mensah Opoku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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