Confusion as meeting man receives slap at Wa Municipal Meeting MCE affirmation –

There was confusion on the Wa Municipal Meeting Corridor through the affirmation of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s nominee, Issahaku Tahiru Moomin, as Municipal Chief Govt (MCE) on Thursday.

The confusion got here after the counting of the ballots of which the nominee polled 29 as a substitute of the 30 votes required for his affirmation.

However, after cautious scrutiny of a vote that was rejected, the Electoral Fee (EC) made a U-turn and declared it as a legitimate vote rising the votes of the nominee to 30, thus, confirming him for one more four-year tenure on the Meeting.

Presiding Officer of the EC, Adam Iddrisu Thirdman, lifting the poll paper, stated: “A alternative had not been made about this specific poll, so it’s, subsequently, rejected poll. So one rejected poll.”

This led to chaos resulting in the arrest of two individuals by the police as one was alleged to have slapped one of many Meeting members.

Nonetheless, the Presiding Officer later indicated that “the sure votes had been 30, representing 66.7 %, the no votes had been 15, representing 33.3%, rejected ballots 0.

“And by this outcomes, the president’s nominee within the individual of Issahaku Moomin Tahiru is confirmed and declared because the honourable member for the meeting,” he introduced.

The Wa Municipal Electoral Officer, Bernard Alaglo, additional defined why the poll was not rejected.

“There was no mark made on the no column, if a mark was made on the no column on the identical time sure column, then it will have been an entire rejected poll,” he defined.

On his half, Mr Tahiru stated his doorways are opened to all “who really feel that my first tenure has not been a lot good for them, to come back in and I’m prepared to enhance upon what occurred within the earlier interval to convey everyone on board.”

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