AMA Endorses Alfred Asiedu As PM

Assembly Members of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, (AMA) at its special meeting last Tuesday, overwhelmingly endorsed  Alfred Asiedu Adjei as Presiding Member (PM) for the Assembly.
The newly elected PM, who is the Assembly Member for the Avenor Electoral Area secured 52 votes, representing 96% of the 54 votes cast by Assembly Members present during the meeting.

He thanked the assembly members for the confidence reposed in him and promised to work hand in glove with them to ensure that the Mayor’s vision of making Accra a smart, sustainable and resilient city is achieved.
He further promised to work hard towards ensuring that the assembly members were given whatever was due them in time so they could also work towards developing their various electoral areas.
The Chief Executive Officer, (CEO), of the AMA,  Mohammed Adjei Sowah in his address indicated that there was no assembly without Assembly Members hence the need to fill the seat of PM after the former PM,  Thomas Mustapha Ashong term of office ended some months ago.
The elections which was conducted by the officials of the Electoral Commission was done in a peaceful manner and the elected PM was immediately sworn into office by a circuit court Judge Her ladyship Abena Opoku Adjin- Doku.
The 40 year old newly elected Presiding Member, is a social worker with Absolute Community Network, a non-governmental organization that caters for vulnerable women in deprived communities.