Sam Pyne and Kennedy Kwasi Kankam were confirmed on Tuesday (5 October) as chief executives of the Kumasi Metropolitan and Asokore Mampong Municipal Assemblies respectively.
Kankam won a 100% Yes vote, with all 22 votes (15 elected members and seven government appointees) approving his nomination in an election conducted at the Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly hall.
Pyne polled 53 votes out of 58 valid votes cast, a day after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo appealed to Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly members to endorse him without any strings attached.
Before the election, assembly members had threatened that the nominee would be rejected over a government unpaid debt of GHC50million.
The nomination of Kankam, a former MP for Nhyiaeso, encountered fierce opposition from some residents and there were fears he might be rejected by the assembly.
In his acceptance speech, the former regional youth organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) said he would prioritise industrialisation and issues with unemployment within the municipality.
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