Eight to contest Council of State membership

Eight persons have filed their nominations to contest the Volta Region seat on the Council of State to be held on Tuesday February 27, according to the Regional Directorate of the Electoral Commission.

They are Very Reverend Professor Noah Komla Dzobo, former Moderator of the Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) Church, Ghana, Nana Obrimpong Kanya the second, Bejamsehene in the Kete- Krachi District and Nana Aburam Akpandja the fourth, Paramount Chief of the Buem Traditional Area.

The others are Frederick Collingwood Okyere-Henaku, a retired educationist, Nana Kwaku Boateng the second, Tapahene in the Jasikan district, and Nene Adartey Wletu the fifth, of Kpetoe.

The rest are Nana Ogyeabour Akompi Finam the second Kadjebihene and Togbe Avudzega Soga the first.

Mr Innocent Akoto Deputy Regional Director of the EC told the Ghana News Agency on Thursday that the Volta Regional representative on the Council of State would be elected by a simple majority of a 24 member electoral college comprising two representatives each from the twelve District Assemblies in the region.