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Retired teacher elected Savannah Region Council of State representative
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The election of representatives from the Western and Bono East regions is still outstanding.
Whilst there is a court injunction on the Bono East one, that of Western Region is going for a run-off on Monday, February 15, 2021 because there was a tie in Friday s election.
Those elected will join the president’s 11 appointees to form the council to advise him for his second four-year tenure.
100 percent votes
Those elected Friday across the country included a former Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Enoch Teye Mensah for the Greater Accra Region; Biochemist and businessman, Mr Paa Kofi Ansong, for the Eastern Region; a 63-year-old farmer and businessman, Mr Yaw Basoa, for the Ahafo Region; a 65-year-old former Principal of the Bagabaga College of Education in the Sagnarigu municipality, Alhaji Adam Zakaria for the Savannah Region, and a traditional ruler and businessman, Nana Katakyie Kwasi Bumagama II, 63 for Western North.
The election of representatives from the Western and Bono East regions is still outstanding.
Whilst there is a court injunction on the Bono East one, that of Western Region is going for a run-off on Monday, February 15, 2021 because there was a tie in Friday s election.
Those elected will join the president’s 11 appointees to form the council to advise him for his second four-year tenure.
100 percent votes
Those elected Friday across the country included a former Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Enoch Teye Mensah for the Greater Accra Region; Biochemist and businessman, Mr Paa Kofi Ansong, for the Eastern Region; a 63-year-old farmer and businessman, Mr Yaw Basoa, for the Ahafo Region; a 65-year-old former Principal of the Bagabaga College of Education in the Sagnarigu municipality, Alhaji Adam Zakaria for the Savannah Region, and a traditional ruler and businessman, Nana Katakyie Kwasi Bumagama II, 63 for Western North.
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BY: Samuel Duodu
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A 65-year-old teacher and a former Principal of the Bagabaga College of Education in the Sagnarigu Municipality of the Northern Region, Alhaji Adam Zakaria has been elected as the Savannah region representative on the Council of State.
Alhaji Zakaria, a teacher by profession who retired on the rank of Director 2 of the Ghana Education Service (GES) had all the 14 members of the electoral college voting for him to represent the region on the Council of State today.
His two main contenders, Jawula Muhamadu Nurudeen, 71, a traditional ruler and farmer and Mohammed Adam Abdul, 46, a lecturer polled no vote in the contest while a third person, Mohammed Tohir, 42 and a regional director of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) withdrew from the poll.
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