MEMBERS of the Karaga District Assembly have finally endorsed Mr Sulemana Husein as the new District Chief Executive for the area.
He polled 32 out of the 34 votes cast, representing 94 per cent of the total votes. A week ago, Mr Husein, 48, a teacher by profession, failed to get the nod from the assembly members when he got 24 out of the 34 votes cast, representing 58 per cent.
A few months ago, the President withdrew the appointments of the former Karaga DCE Alhaji Abdulai Sandow and two other DCEs, Hajia Mavis Bawa of the Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo District Assembly and Mr Mahama Walvis of the Yendi Municipal Assembly.
The election was supervised by the Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mr Sylvester Kanyi.
In his acceptance speech, the new DCE expressed gratitude to the assembly members and the President for the confidence reposed in him and assured them that he would not let them down.
According to him, his administration would focus on areas such as education, health, agriculture and infrastructure development.
“The reversal of the fallen standards in education will be my preoccupation; therefore, all necessary support will be given to achieve this objective” Mr Husein observed.
He explained that the Youth in Agriculture Programme would be strengthened to prevent the youth from being idle, which contributed to the various misunderstandings in the district.
The Regional Minister, Mr Moses Mabengba, for his part, advised the members to iron out their differences for the accelerated development of the area.
He pointed out that issues of conflict and divisive tendencies adversely affected socio-economic development of any society, hence concrete steps must be taken to nip them in the bud.
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