WA MUNICIPAL, WA WEST CONFIRM PRESIDENT'S NOMINEES (PAGE 17)

The Wa Municipal and Wa West assemblies have confirmed the President’s nominees for the post of municipal and district chief executives.
They are Duogo Yakubu for Wa Municipality and Seidu Tingbani for the Wa West. They are all teachers.
Mr Yakubu polled 100 per cent of the votes as all the 25 assembly members present endorsed him.
While at Wechiau, the Wa West capital, Mr Tingbani had 20 votes with seven against, representing 74 per cent.
Addressing the two assemblies, the Upper West Regional Minister, Mr Mahmud Khalid, commended the assembly members for their maturity by endorsing the nominees.
He was happy that the assemblies placed the interest of their people first before any other thing.
He called for total political and administrative support to enable the chief executives execute projects in their areas for the benefit of the people.
Mr Khalid hoped that the assemblies would not rest on their laurels by working hard and continuing development projects.
For their part, the two chief executives thanked their assemblies for the confidence reposed in them and gave the assurance that they would work hard in honesty, transparency and accountability.
The elections were supervised by officials of the Electoral Commission.