PRAH ELECTED PRESIDING MEMBER OF KEEA (PAGE 22)

A FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD tutor of the Komenda Teacher Training College, Mr Andrew Prah, has been elected as the Presiding Member of the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Assembly.
Mr Prah, who is also the proprietor of the Oxford Preparatory School at Kissi, polled 36 votes as against 11 by his contestant, Mr Eben Obeng, also a teacher at Kissi.
Before the election, Mr Frank Appiah, who had served for two four-year terms, had tendered his resignation letter to the assembly.
In his acceptance speech, Mr Prah called for support from the members and gave the assurance that he would work diligently to ensure the success of the assembly.
The Municipal Chief Executive, Mr George Frank Asmah, said the assembly had by the end of August, this year, mobilised an amount of GH¢702,993.87 representing 78 per cent of its estimated revenue for the year.
He urged members of the assembly to help recruit credible revenue collectors who would be given commission, since most of the assembly’s revenue collectors had either retired of gone on transfer.
Mr Asmah said the twin-sister city relationship with the Gouda Municipality in The Netherlands and Ottawa in Canada were yielding good results.
He said the assembly was taking the necessary steps to check the declining rate of education in the municipality.