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Hon. Elizabeth Kaakie Mann has promised to emulate the work ethic of His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to propel the Ga East Municipal Assembly to its desired state after she was confirmed by a 100 percent vote of the General Assembly of the Ga East Muncipal Assembly on Friday at the Presbyterian Women's Centre, Abokobi.

It was a beautiful scene around 5pm at the Presbyterian Women's Centre, on Friday where Elizabeth Kaakie Mann was confirmed as Municipal Chief Executive for the Ga East Municipal Assembly by a unanimous vote by all 15 Assembly Members.

All 15 Assembly Members of the Municipality took their turn to endorse Kaakie Mann whose confirmation was one of the smoothest held till date.

In her acceptance speech, the newly confirmed MCE for Ga East expressed her gratitude to the President for her nomination and vowed to follow his guiding principles during her tenure as MCE

"My deepest appreciation goes to His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo for the honour to serve the good people of the Ga East Municipal Assembly. I promise to discharge my duties and responsibilities with utmost diligence and integrity" she mentioned

"Mr President, I note with pride how throughout the first four years in office, you toiled day and night to rebuild our nation and have set us back on to the path of development. I promise to abide by this same ethos and instill a sense of commitment and service to the people throughout my tenure in office to advance your development agenda in the Municipality" she added.

She also expressed her gratitude to the MP for Dome Kwabenya for the support she has given to women in the contintuency.

"I am deeply indebted to our Hon Member of Parliament, Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo who has throughout this process, offered her immense support to me to steer the affairs of the Assembly.
Throughout her tenure as Member of Parliament, she has championed efforts towards empowering the women of our constituency which culminated in Hon. Janet Tulasi Mensah being named as the first female Chief Executive of Ga East and now myself as Municipal Chief Executive in the second term of the New Patriotic Party Government"

"I deeply appreciate the vote of confidence our Assembly Members have reposed in me today to lead the Ga East Municipal Assembly. I promise to work hand in hand with the Assembly Members, technocrats and all stakeholders to come up with a common sense approach to ensure that these challenges are alleviated and that the Municipality moves on from strength to strength just as we are seeing with the impressive work our Regional Minister is doing in the Region under the 'Make Greater Accra Work' maxim.

Hon. Elizabeth Kaakie Mann becomes the 4th Chief Executive for the Ga East Municipal Assembly and the 2nd woman to hold the position following on from Hon. Kofi Allotey, Hon. John Kwao Sackey and Hon. Janet Tulasi Mensah