Agnes Anamoo, who is looking for reconsideration as the Nabdam District Chief Executive (DCE) has been rejected by the Nabdam District Assembly members, as President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nominee.
According to the unfortunate event, the assembly members, who were constitutionally mandated to approve or disapprove her nomination on Thursday, September 30, 2021, disappointed her by failing to give her the accurate endorsement needed.
Out of the total number of 19 Assembly members who cast their votes, 12 voted in favor of the nominee’s approval, while the remaining 7 voted for her disapproval.
The nominee, however, required 13 votes of the 19 cast to meet the threshold – at least two-thirds of the total votes cast – for her confirmation.
However, according to the constitutional rules of assembly engagement, the members are to reconvene in the next 10 days for another election to decide her fate.
President Akufo-Addo will, however, be compelled to nominate a different person to replace her if the assembly rejects her in 3 different elections including the just-ended one.
Agnes Anamoo, who has served as DCE of the area since 2017, is among the few MMDCEs who have been retained by the president. The committee which vetted the MMDCE’s applicants, in its report recommending her to be retained, stated “Ms. Agnes Anamoo, performed creditably well as the DCE and nurtured the party. She has an in-depth knowledge of party issues and has considerable local government experience to continue to advance the party’s fortunes in Nabdam”.
Meanwhile, is unclear what could be the cause of the tremendous rejection witnessed during Madam Agnes September 30, 2021 unsuccessful endorsement. Even though, the governing party have started a blame game and hand pointing among themselves.
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