For the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly which is one of the biggest administrative areas in the country, nine individuals have filed to be considered for the role. The rest are the incumbent Mayor of Kumasi, Osei Assibey Antwi, the Chief Executive Officer for Public Sector Reforms, Thomas Kusi Boafo, a former Secretary of the Otumfuor, Kofi Owusu Boateng and one Kwabena Manu. In all, three out of the nine persons vetted will be presented to the President who will then make a final pick for the Mayor of Kumasi. In the lead to make the top three are incumbent Osei Assibey Antwi, Kennedy Kankam and Sam Pyne. The Ashanti Region as a whole has some 250 individuals vying for the Chief Executive positions of the various MMDAs.
