By June 2025, at the latest, the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly would have had a new Chief Executive Officer, and already, one dominant name is being linked to the vacant job; Henry Osei Akoto.

It follows only a day after President , through his Executive Secretary, Dr.

Callistus Mahama, announced the revocation of appointments of all Metropolitan, Municipal, District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in a letter dated January 8, 2025.

In that letter, it stated that "In accordance with the powers vested in H.E.