Story: Mary Ankrah
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS of the Ga South Municipal Assembly boycotted the first meeting of the assembly at Weija to protest the removal of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Sheriff Nii Otto Dodoo, from office since September last year.
The meeting last Wednesday, therefore, suffered a setback when the assembly members stayed away from its meeting in support of the MCE.
The boycott was also a reaction by the assembly members to register their displeasure to the regional minister and the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development to find a replacement for the municipal assembly.
Some of the aggrieved members of the assembly explained to the Daily Graphic that since the removal of Mr Dodoo, he had not been reinstated or a replacement made for him to manage the affairs of the district, which has almost come to a standstill.
They said the boycott would continue until the government appointed an MCE for the district.
“The district is in dire need of an MCE and if we don’t hear anything about our MCE, we will not hold any meeting until he is reinstated or a new one is replaced,” they said.
According to the assemblyman for Weija, Mr Logosu Kwesi Mensah, the boycott would hasten the government’s decision to appoint an MCE for the district.
He contended that without an MCE, the district would not function as well as was expected He, therefore, urged the government to tell the members of the assembly why the former MCE was removed.
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