Assembly members of the Yendi Municipal Assembly have rejected President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s Municipal Chief Executive nominee for the area, Alhaji Ahmed Yussuf Abubakar.
The assembly members, at an election to approve or reject the nominee, did not give the nominee the adequate number of votes to get him approved.
Of the 41 assembly members who voted, only 21 voted in favour of the nominee, while the remaining 20 rejected his nomination.
Nominees are expected to get at least two-thirds of the total votes cast to be confirmed.
Alhaji Ahmed Yussuf Abubakar was nominated by President Akufo-Addo despite the recommendation of Zakaria Abubakari Saddiq to the president by the vetting committee.
Meanwhile, the Northern Regional Minister, Shani Alhassan Shaibu, has described the failure to confirm the nominee as an unfortunate development, saying he never expected it.
He pleaded to the assembly members that the man has been in office, and they should have overwhelmingly given him their votes.
The failed MCE nominee described the development as unfortunate, saying he would re-strategize ahead of another election.
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