Birim Central Municipal Assembly Fails To Elect Presiding Member

The Birim Central Municipal Assembly (BCMA) on Wednesday, May 6, 2025, failed to elect a Presiding Member after one round of voting.

The contest was between the assembly member for the Nkwantanum electoral area, Hon. Michael Asare Sakyi, and the assembly member of the Akyem Aboabo electoral area, Hon. Emmanuel Appiah Kubi a.k.a Amokachi.

Neither of the two candidates was able to obtain eighteen (18) votes, constituting two-thirds of the 27 members who were supposed to vote.
Hon. Emmanuel and Michael polled thirteen (13) votes each, adding up to a total of twenty-six (26) members present and voting.

The electoral commission was prepared to conduct a second round of voting, but there was a little misunderstanding among the assembly members.

After a series of consultations, the Municipal Coordinating Director, Mr. Haruna Amadu Zure, said that in the absence of a solution urged the assembly members to move a motion for the meeting to be postponed.

The assembly members moved for the motion, and Mr. Haruna announced Thursday, 8th May, 2025, as the day for the assembly members to meet and elect the presiding member.

 

Report by: Gifty Frimpomaa