The Electoral Commission on
Friday, February 12, 2021, conducted elections for new regional representatives
to the Council of State.
The exercise, enshrined in
Paragraph (C) of Clause 2 of Article 89 of the 1992 constitution resulted in
102 candidates from 16 regions filing to contest the election which was held at
all regional capitals across the country.
There were interesting turnouts
in the results after polls were collated.
A high point of the exercise
included the 100 percent endorsement of the former Member of Parliament for
Ningo-Prampram, Enoch Teye Mensah, an NDC candidate who went against six other
candidates for the Greater Accra regional representation of the Council.
Former Member of Parliament for
Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak polled
zero votes after contesting against Abdul-Rashid Mohammed, Mahamoud Tahiru
Zunglana and Alhassan Andani, who is the immediate past Chief Executive Officer
of Stanbic Bank Ghana.
After the polls, Mahamoud Tahiru
Zunglana emerged winner with 23 votes while the former Stanbic boss polled
eight votes to come second.
Abdul Rashid-Mohammed had only
one vote.
There was a tie in the results from Western Region, and hence the elections will be re-run, while Bono East couldn’t take place due to an injunction.
Below is the list of elected persons to represent
Ghana’s 16 regions for the Council of State:
Function of the Council of State
Members of the Ghana Council of
State as according to the 1992 constitution have a mandate to advise the
president on national issues and governance.
Membership of the Council
consists of a former Chief Justice of Ghana, a former Chief of Defence Staff
and a former Inspector General of Police.
The president of the National
House of Chiefs is also part of the body together with the elected
representatives of each region of Ghana.
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