KMA decides on Osei Assibey Antwi as Kumasi mayor
Assembly members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) on Friday morning gave Mr Osei Assibey Antwi a massive endorsement as mayor of Kumasi.
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Graphic Online's Kumasi correspondent, Daniel Kenu who covered the elections said Mr Assibey Antwi won by 132 votes out of the 133 valid votes cast. There was one rejected ballot.
The total membership of the assembly is 146 and 133 turned up for the endorsement.
Some assembly members in separate media interviews prior to the voting said they will endorse Mr Osei Assibey since they were happy with his nomination.
Mr Assibey Antwi, 52 is a native of Kuwawu Wonoo in the Ashanti region.
He holds MBA in Marketing and is a certified Member of the Institute of Commercial Management.
He worked as an Assistant Inspector of Taxes responsible for Financial and Administrative at the then Internal Revenue Service (IRS) now part of the Ghana Revenue Authority.
He has knowledge in governance and leadership and understands the workings of Local Government Administration.
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He served as Ashanti Regional Vice Chairman of the NPP from 2000 to 2008 and attempted to go to Parliament in 2008 on the ticket of the Manhyia constituency but was unsuccessful at the parliamentary primary in 2007.
After learning under Dr Kwame Addo Kufuor, the then MP for Manhyia and assuming that the seat was to be handed over to him, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh (NAPO), the current Education Minister entered the race and won the primary to take over from, Dr Addo Kufuor.
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