MMDCES NOMINEES LIST OF
260: 38 WOMEN MADE IT
The
Minister of Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development, Mr Dan
Botwe, on Sunday afternoon, September 19, 2021, released the list of
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) nominees by
President Akufo-Addo.
The list contains 260 MMDCEs to head the 260 Metropolitan,
Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the 16 political administrative
regions of the country
Out of the number, 38 are women with the remaining 222 being men.
The Greater Accra region topped the list of regions with the
highest number of women MMDCEs. It had eight (8) women MMDCEs. It was followed
by the Eastern and Ashanti regions with five (5) and four (4) respectively.
Western North and Ahafo regions did not have any women on their
list.
Below
is the breakdown
|
Region |
Males |
Females |
Total |
|
Greater Accra |
21 |
8 |
29 |
|
Ashanti |
39 |
4 |
43 |
|
Central |
19 |
3 |
22 |
|
Eastern |
28 |
5 |
33 |
|
Volta |
17 |
1 |
18 |
|
Oti |
6 |
2 |
8 |
|
Western |
12 |
2 |
14 |
|
Western North |
9 |
0 |
9 |
|
Bono |
11 |
1 |
12 |
|
Bono East |
10 |
1 |
11 |
|
Northern |
15 |
1 |
16 |
|
North East |
4 |
2 |
6 |
|
Upper West |
8 |
3 |
11 |
|
Upper East |
12 |
3 |
15 |
|
Ahafo |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Savannah |
5 |
2 |
7 |