{"id":3457,"date":"2025-04-11T15:34:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/?p=3457"},"modified":"2025-04-22T15:43:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T15:43:04","slug":"government-appointed-assembly-members-sworn-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/index.php\/government-appointed-assembly-members-sworn-in\/","title":{"rendered":"GOVERNMENT APPOINTED ASSEMBLY MEMBERS SWORN-IN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3458 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/appointed-members-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/appointed-members-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/appointed-members-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/appointed-members-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/appointed-members.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/>Government Appointed Assembly Members of the Wenchi Municipal Assembly appointed by the President of the Republic His Excellency John Dramani Mahama through the Minister of Local Government Chieftaincy &amp; Religious Affairs (MLGCRA).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Government Appointees were sworn in by the High Court Judge Wenchi Her Ladyship Justice Mariam Sinare and assisted by the Supervising High Court Judge Sunyani Justice Matey Teye Gabriel. The Special Meeting of the General Assembly was presided over by the Municipal Coordinating Director and Secretary\/Clerk of the General Assembly Mr Jimah Yakubu.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">In all, 13 Nominees representing 30% of the President&#8217;s Government Appointees were sworn in. The nomination was in fulfillment of the Local Government Act 2016 (Act 936). The President appoints these members in consultation with Stakeholders within the Municipality. The Appointed Members should not exceed 30% of the total membership of the Assembly as established by Law. The Nominees adds up to the already existing 29 elected Members Assembly totaling 42 including the Member of Parliament as by Law established.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the presence and supervision of the Regional Minister Hon Lawyer Joseph Addae Akwaboah and entourage.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em><strong>Source: Information Services Department (ISD)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3436\" src=\"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/assembly-members2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/assembly-members2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/assembly-members2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/assembly-members2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3448\" src=\"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/chief-justices-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/chief-justices-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/chief-justices-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/chief-justices-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/chief-justices-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3459\" src=\"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/appointed-members-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/appointed-members-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/appointed-members-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/appointed-members-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/appointed-members-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government Appointed Assembly Members of the Wenchi Municipal Assembly appointed by the President of the Republic His Excellency John Dramani Mahama through the Minister of Local Government Chieftaincy &amp; Religious Affairs (MLGCRA). The Government Appointees were sworn in by the High Court Judge Wenchi Her Ladyship Justice Mariam Sinare and assisted by the Supervising High [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news","category-news-news","post-with-thumbnail","post-with-thumbnail-icon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3460,"href":"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3457\/revisions\/3460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}