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Govt to
withdraw more MMDCE nominees
BY Abdul Salam Sule,
Ghanadot
Accra, April 17, Ghanadot - Mr
Joseph Yile Chireh, the Minister for Local Government and
Rural Development has revealed that, the President is
considering petitions sent against some of the nominees for
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCE)
and would act accordingly.
He
said, the President would not hesitate to withdraw the
nominees of those appointed after the petitions against them
had been found to be true.
Mr Yile Chireh said this when he
explained to the press the recent
withdrawal of six DCE
nominees by the President.
Those withdrwan are Susana Keelson-Aikins, Agona West,
Alaxander Fiifi Ghartey, Efutu, Stephen Blay, Jomoro,
Benedict Fosu Adjie, Afigya-kwabre, Abdalla Sibri Nanyuni,
Bunkpurugu and Adam Mohammed Aminu, Karaga.
According to the Local Government Minister, there are more
petitions against some nominees yet to be
named and there is the likelihood that the President
would withdraw the nomination of some of them after
critically considering the merits of the petitions.
In a related development, barely a day after Mr Obeng Somuah
was nominated by the president as
the Municipal Chief Executive for the Kwahu West
Municipality, some supporters of the National Democratic
Congress (NDC) in the Nkawkaw constituency have staged a
demonstration to announce their disapproval.
According to the party supporters who besieged the streets
at Nkawkaw this morning with their red bands and placards,
Mr Obeng Somuah never contributed to the success of the
party in the area and was therefore not their choice.
In an interview with Ghanadot, Mr
Dallas Emmanuel, an activist of NDC in the aforementioned
constituency said, it was in the year 1995 that Mr Somuah
acted as the Secretary of the party and deserted the party
after it lost power in 2000.
"He just resurface after the party won the 2008 run-off
elections and all of us in the constituency doubt his
loyalty to the party", he revealed.
Mr Dallas has therefore called on the President to withdraw
the nomination of Mr Somuah, adding, they will advice
themselves in the year 2012 if the President failed to
respond to their call.
Ghanadot
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