A group calling itself the Concerned People
and Executives of the ruling National Democratic Congress within Tema
metropolis, says it will resist any attempt to reinstate dismissed Chief
Executive for the area, Kemps Ofosu-Ware.
A release issued on
Wednesday by Kingsley Dotse Mensah for and on behalf of some members of
the Assembly as well as some executives of the three constituencies in
the Tema Metropolitan Assembly, described as "poor", the quality of
leadership exhibited by the dismissed Mayor.
Kemps Ofosu-Ware is
among 33 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives relieved
of duty by president John Mahama after serving their four year mandate.
Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Akwasi Opong-Fosu
subsequently directed Regional Ministers to act in their stead pending
approval of newly nominated MMDCEs.
However, Greater Accra
Chairman of the ruling NDC, Joseph Ade Coker is unhappy at President
Mahama’s appointments of Municipal Chief Executives (MCEs) and District
Chief Executives (DCEs) in the capital.
"We believe that as a
regional party, we have to make some inputs regarding the nomination or
re-nomination of MCEs and DCEs in the region", Mr Ade Coker told Joy
News.
But Mr. Ade Coker's reaction has been deemed by some party
supporters in the region as a well-groomed plot by the leadership of the
party to get the outgoing mayor reappointed.
"The bad leadership
and personal character traits of Kempes Ofosu Ware simply served as a
catalyst for the National Democratic Congress not getting a single seat
in the metropolis, notable among which is the very seat he personally
contested and lost by 3 votes although the president who doesn’t stay
with the people here won in that same constituency by an overwhelming
2000+ margin".
They accused Mr. Kemps Ofosu-Ware of demonstrating
"lack of understanding or consideration to the myriad of problems
confronting the good people of Tema through his misplacement of
priorities on projects and programmers".
"A typical example of
this waste is a set of “Azonto” dancers he has personally erected with
hundreds of thousands of cedis around the TDC traffic light while our
mothers suffer from unbearable stench in our markets," the statement
claimed.
The statement therefore appealed to the president to
nominate a level headed replacement within the shortest time frame, to
bring some sanity and confidence to the now vacant office and government
in general"
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
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