Politics – ADENTAN MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY

JOSEPH ODAI-BOYE RETAINED AS PRESIDING MEMBER OF AdMA

EdBondzie — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 17:26:26 +0000

The Adentan Municipal Assembly on Thursday, March 17, 2022 has voted to retain the out-going Presiding Member (PM) of the assembly, Hon. Joseph Odai-Boye to continue his work.

The membership of the Adentan Municipal Assembly is 20 and the regulation is that whoever emerges as the presiding member must get at least two-thirds (2/3) of the 20 votes and that works out to 14 votes.

At the end of voting contest, Hon. Odai-Boye met the two-thirds threshold polling15 votes representing 75% of the 19 votes cast, with his contender, Timothy Abolga Polling 4 votes.

EC official declares Hon. Odai-Boye as PM

The Municipal Chief Executive of Adentan Municipal Assembly in his introductory speech indicated that the assembly meets every two years to appoint a presiding member as the rules pertain.

In his acceptance speech at the swearing-in ceremony held at the assembly’s forecourt, Hon. Odai Boye assured the members of AdMA that he was willing to work with everybody and pledged his commitment to ensuring that the “Operation clean your frontage” initiative which was instituted by the NPP government was carried out and brought to the doorsteps of the people of Adentan.

“Everybody voted for me and I must be able to work with everybody,” added the retained Presiding member of AdMA, Hon. Odai-Boye.

According to him, it was time for the assembly to unite and push the Adentan municipality forward.

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Hon. Henry Quartey, who was the special guest at the ceremony, remarked that: “The people of Adentan have reposed confidence in us and for that matter, we have to make sure that we build the community.”

Hon. Henry Quartey one again expressed his gratitude to Adentan Municipal Assembly for accepting the President’s nominee, Hon. Daniel Alexander Nii Noi Adumuah as MCE for the Adentan constituency.

Hon. Joseph Odai-Boye thanked the members of AdMA for once again electing him as Presiding Member to serve the good people of Adentan.

The ceremony was graced by Her Lordship Linda Ammisah, Judge of the Magistrate Court of Adentan, Bridget Arthur NDC constituency executive member, Madam Georgina Poku, Patron for NPP constituency, and Adjoa Bonsompem, Women Organizer for NPP.

Figure 1Her Lordship Linda Amissah leads Hon. Odai-Boye in taking the oath of office

Hon. Henry Quartey

Assembly Members seated

Source: ISD ADENTAN

AdMA MARKS 65TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY

EdBondzie — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 16:11:28 +0000

The Adentan Municipal Assembly(AdMA) on Sunday, march 6, joined the rest of the nation to celebrate Ghana’s 65^th independence day anniversary with a call on residents to shun indiscipline behavior towards waste disposal and work together with the assembly in our quest to bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The event attracted 532 pupils from 10 Basic Schools, three Senior High Schools including the Sowa Din Cadet Corps, The Zoom Kids, Ogbojo and Adentan Market Women.

In his keynote address, the Municipal Chief Executive, Hon Daniel Alexander Nii-Noi Adumuah charged residents to support the Assembly to implement the ‘Operation Clean Your Frontage’ to keep the Municipality clean of filth.

According to him, the Assembly recognizes education as a key component of development and has therefore made conscious efforts to improve the educational sector in the municipality.

The Municipal Education Director, Madam Gifty Mussey, also encouraged both teaching and non-teaching staff for their efforts and dedication during the Covid 19 period. She thanked the MCE and the assembly for their support to the sector.

School children who excelled in the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination were given awards in compliment of their efforts to raise the flag of the municipality, while all participating schools and groups were honored by the Assembly.

Raymond Wilson a former student of Sowa Din 2 and now in Mawuli SHS was awarded for being the overall best student for 2020, JHS (Public School Category) whiles Akon-Mensah Theodora Lucia a former student of Archimedes International School JHS and now in Holy Child SHS was awarded overall best student for 2020, Private School Category(JHS).

PRESIDENT CUTS SOD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SPORTS COMPLEX AT BORTEYMAN TOWARDS THE 2023 ALL AFRICAN GAMES

MIS — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:41:38 +0000

PRESIDENT CUTS SOD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SPORTS COMPLEX AT BORTEYMAN TOWARDS THE 2023 ALL AFRICAN GAMES

The President of the Republic, His Excellency Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo- Addo has cut the sod for the construction of a Sports Infrastructure for the hosting of the 13^th African Games at Borteyman. The ceremony was held on the 31^st of August 2021.

The Minister for Youth and Sports, Mr Mustapha Ussif in his welcome address thanked all stakeholders present for their support and for being part of the ceremony. He further gave a brief history of the African Games which started in Congo Brazzaville in July 1965 with over 2500 athletes from 30 countries.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo- Addo, announced that Ghana has been nominated to host the 13^th edition of the African Games in 2023 and expressed hope that Ghana will organise the best ever African Games in history.

He further stated that hosting the 13^th African Game will afford Ghana the opportunity to address some challenges in the sports sector by providing human resource to run and manage sports in Ghana, most importantly it will provide state of the art modern sports facility that will support the development of sports in the country.

In addition his Excellency said that the Borteyman community will be equipped with international standards to allow other recognised sports activity to be also take place.

Present at the ceremony were the Greater Accra Regional Minister Mr Henry Quartey, Municipal Chief Executive for Adentan Mr. Alexander Nii Adumuah and Member of Parliament for the Adentan Constituency, Mohammed Adamu Ramadan.

ADENTAN INAUGURATES NEW ASSEMBLY MEMBERS

admin — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:19:50 +0000

The Adentan Municipal Assembly has inaugurated the newly elected Assembly Members, Government Appointees, and Unit Committee Members for the Adentan Assembly at the Resurrection Methodist Church in Adentan.

A total of 12 Elected Assembly members, six Government Appointees, and 60 Unit Committee members were sworn into office by the Magistrate of the Adentan court, Her Worship, Linda Amissah through the administration of the oath of office and secrecy.

The President, Representative the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charles Owiredu congratulated Members and charged them to take advantage of mechanism and other innovative systems developed by the Local Government and Rural Development Ministry to improve upon Internally Generated Funds (IGF). This he said can be achieved if street naming and property addressing is pursued vigorously by working hand-in-hand with the National Digital Property Addressing System and the Ghana Post System.

He reminded them to stick to their core mandate as Assembly Members and work within the remits of the law as provided in the Local Governance Act, (ACT 936) of 2016 with Amendment (ACT 940).

He further mentioned that the District Assembly concept was non-partisan and urged members to remain cautious in the discharge of their duties.

Good governance, he added entails active participation of the citizens in their Assembly to ensure the delivery of quality services, improved infrastructure, and good leadership.

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Adentan Municipal Assembly, Hon. Daniel Alexander Nii-Noi Adumuah stressed the need for members to work together and tap from the rich experiences of old Assembly Members to ensure that, together they build a strong Assembly for the people.

He advised members to develop a culture of selflessness, loyalty, and dedication to contribute to the development of the Municipality and Ghana as a whole.

He added that certain decisions that members may be taking may not necessarily be in the interest of all, therefore, a need to called for members to be bold and always consider the interest of the larger group in all circumstances.

He commended previous members for their hard work and stressed on the need for the newly inaugurated to focus on infrastructure development, revenue mobilization, health care, agriculture, and sanitation to improve the lives of people within the Adentan Municipality.

In a related development after the inauguration by the President’s representative, Hon Joseph Odai Boye, the Assembly Member for the Adjiriganor electoral area was elected Presiding Member for the new Assembly with a vote of 15 (Yes) to 4 (Nos) cast by Members at the first meeting of the first session of the fourth of Assembly of the Adentan Municipal Assembly. He was duly sworn into office by Her Worship Linda Amissah, the District Magistrate.

In an interview with the Adentan News, Joseph Odai Boye indicated his readiness to bring all on board to make sure the developmental agenda of the Assembly is fully implemented.

He stated that the current Assembly’s focus will be on strengthening the revenue collection base and making sure that revenue leakages are curbed or minimized.

‘Decentralization is about bringing governance to the doorsteps of the people, therefore, listening to the plea of the people and doing their will is our mandate’ he added.

He finally assured that, by the end of his tenure of office, all projects budgeted for should be implemented.

Source; ISD/ PR, Adentan

By Sonia Amade