Kwadwo Agyenim-Boateng re-elected to represent Bono Region as a Council of State member

Kwadwo Agyenim-Boateng, 73, the immediate past Council State Member for the Bono Region, has been re-elected to represent the Bono Region on the Council of State. He polled 15 out of the 24 votes cast to emerge the winner.

In all, five (5) persons contested for the position in the Bono Region.

24 delegates, comprising Assembly Members from Municipal and District Assemblies in the region formed the Electoral College.

Mr. Kwadwo Agyenim-Boateng who hails from Berekum in the Bono Region beat four others with 15 votes, Okokyiredom Sakyi Ako II, Drobomanhene who pulled 3 votes out of the 24 votes whiles George Adjei-Hene pulled 5 votes. Two of the contestants Adu Gyimah-Dominic and Boahen Kwaena had nothing.

Speaking to the press after he was declared the winner, Mr. Agyenim-Boateng promised to advise the President on challenges bedeviling the people of Bono Region.

The Council of State in Ghana is a small body of prominent citizens, analogous to the Council of Elders in the traditional political system, which advises the President on national issues.

The Council of State was established by Articles 89 to 92 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana: "There shall be a Council of State to counsel the President in the performance of his functions."^[1]

The Council of State should include a former Chief Justice of Ghana, a former Chief of the Defence Staff and a former Inspector General of Police, and the President of the National House of Chiefs. Each region of Ghana also has an elected representative. The President of Ghana also appoints eleven members. Members stay in office until the term of office of the president ends.

Nana Ama Asiedu/ Bono Region