{"id":6706,"date":"2022-05-20T19:44:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T19:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kumbacitycouncil.com\/?p=6706"},"modified":"2024-07-02T15:19:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T15:19:02","slug":"swearing-in-city-mayor-and-deputies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kumbacitycouncil.com\/?p=6706","title":{"rendered":"SWEARING IN &#8211; CITY MAYOR AND DEPUTIES"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6706\" class=\"elementor elementor-6706\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-135e91de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"135e91de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7b800c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b7b800c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center;line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;,sans-serif\">SWEARING OF <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );font-size: 14pt;, sans-serif\">CITY MAYOR AND DEPUTIES<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );font-size: 22px\"><\/span><\/p><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9512929 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9512929\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/kumbacitycouncil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Picture2-300x213.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-6707\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kumbacitycouncil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Picture2-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kumbacitycouncil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Picture2-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/kumbacitycouncil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Picture2.jpg 568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f46f35e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f46f35e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the year 2020 and on the 22<sup>nd<\/sup> day of October, the session of the Kumba City Council to elect the City Mayor and the Deputy City Mayors held at 2p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Convened by the Senior Divisional Officer for Meme following the cancellation of the election results of the maiden session by the Supreme Court, the session which was to begin at 10:00 a.m. finally began at 2p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The session had as agenda.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arrival and installation of Councilors<\/li>\n<li>Arrival and installation of Party Dignitaries<\/li>\n<li>Arrival and installation of Representative of State \u2013 SDO<\/li>\n<li>Refrain of the National Anthem<\/li>\n<li>Opening prayer<\/li>\n<li>Roll Call<\/li>\n<li>Opening statement by SDO\/ Meme<\/li>\n<li>Putting in place of Bureau (Eldest and Youngest Councilors).<\/li>\n<li>Statement by Eldest Councilor<\/li>\n<li>Election of City Mayor (uninominal Ballot)<\/li>\n<li>Election of Deputy Mayors (List Ballot)<\/li>\n<li>Closing Remarks by Eldest Councilor<\/li>\n<li>End of Session<\/li>\n<li>Refrain of the National Anthem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After the singing of the refrain of the National Anthem, the roll call revealed that, out of Seventy-Five (75) Councilors who make up the Electoral College, seventy-three (73) were effectively present while Two (02) were represented by proxies.<\/p>\n<p>However, comments were raised as to the validity of the proxy of Mr. Njika Joseph the Chairperson admitted the proxy. The bureau having been put in place consisted of.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> ESEME AKWO MOSES <\/strong>aged Seventy-Three (73) from Kumba I Council and <strong>MISS TABI MARIE CLAIRE <\/strong>aged Thirty-Five (35) from Kumba III Council.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Senior Divisional Officer for Meme, <strong>MR. NTOU\u2019OU NDONG CHAMBERLIN<\/strong> in his opening remarks stated the reasons why he convened the session; explaining that, following the cancellation of the results of the maiden session by the Supreme Court, on the 24<sup>th <\/sup>of September 2020, him, as the Representative of State had to convene the electorate within Thirty (30) days following the judgment. It is within this context, that, he has convened them for re \u2013 run elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thereafter, the chairperson took the floor and spelled out the modalities of the elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As concerns the elections of City Mayor, there were Two (02) nominations.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> NTEMOYOK MEWANU GREGORY<\/strong> and<\/li>\n<li><strong> NGOH NKELLE VICTOR<\/strong> who nominated himself and later challenged the eligibility status of MR. NTEMOYOK MEWANU GREGORY for being convicted. The Chairman rejected MR. NGOH NKELLE\u2019s claims that MR. NTEMOYOK MEWANU GREGORY was not legible for the elections on grounds that, the house is not competent to decide on Court Judgments. MR. NGOH NKELLE then withdrew his candidature and the elections proceeded. After vote casts, MR. NTEMOYOK MEWANU GREGORY had Sixty-Four (64) votes as against Eleven (11) void votes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>NTEMOYOK MEWANU GREGORY was therefore declared winner.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For the position of Deputy City Mayors, just one (01) list was nominated. The list consisting of MME. BALIKE ESUKA EPSE EBANJA VICTORINE from Kumba III Council and MR. SAKO UMANA MCMILAND from Kumba II Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After the elections the list had Seventy-Five (75) on Seventy-Five (75) votes.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, the Executive of the Kumba City Council is composed thus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CITY MAYOR: MR. NTEMOYOK MEWANU GREGORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(KUMBA I COUNCIL)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> DEPUTY CITY MAYOR: MRS. BALIKE ESUKA epse EBANJA VICTORINE <\/strong><strong>(KUMBA III COUNCIL)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2<sup>nd<\/sup> DEPUTY CITY MAYOR: MR. SAKO UMANA MCMILAND<\/strong><strong> (KUMBA II COUNCIL)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DONE IN KUMBA THIS 22<sup>ND<\/sup> DAY OF OCTOBER, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>_____________________\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ______________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miss Tabi Marie Claire\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mr. Eseme Akwo Moses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Secretary 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