Nana Yaw Wiredu (Asokwa Mugabe) Elected Presiding Member for Asokwa Assembly

By:Isaac Amoah

The Assembly Member for the Ahinsan Estate Electoral Area in the Asokwa Municipality in the Ashanti Region, who is also one of the longest-serving assembly members in the country, Nana Yaw Wiredu, has been elected as the new presiding member (PM) for the municipality.

 

 

Nana Yaw Wiredu, popularly known as Asokwa Mugabe, was officially declared as PM by the Electoral Commission (EC) on Monday, 12th February 2024, during the inauguration of the new Assembly.

 

 

A Judge, taking Nana Yaw Wiredu through swearing in process as the newly elected Asokwa Presiding Member(PM).

The veteran assembly member, who doubles as a sanitation advocate and Nyamekromhene in the Eastern Region with a stool named Nana kwame Nnuro Agyepong ll, obtained 100 per cent after all the 19 assembly members had overwhelmingly endorsed his candidature as the new PM for Asokwa Assembly.

 

The highly elated Nana Yaw Wiredu expressed his profound gratitude to the members for the confidence reposed in him. He also thanked all the stakeholders in the Asokwa Municipality for their continuous support to the Assembly.

He promised to work hand in hand with the members, the municipal chief executive (MCE), as well as all key stakeholders, to help bring the needed development to the area.

He stressed the need for the members to maintain the peace and unity among them at all times.