General News of Thursday, 7 October 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Ernest Arthur fails to get an endorsement on the second occasion• The nominee has been unable to secure two-thirds of the votes• Although the regional minister begged members, her plea fell on deaf earsPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) position of Cape Coast, Ernest Arthur, has been rejected again by the assembly members. He failed to poll a two-thirds majority of the required votes provided in the constitution to be confirmed. Mr. Arthur polled 40 ‘Yes’ votes out of 65 assembly members who took part in the exercise. Earlier, some members of the New Patriotic Party petitioned the president not to reappoint him. They accused him of poor performance, poor human relations and the use of abusive language.
