President Akufo-Addo has nominated four Metropolitan Chief Executives for Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi and Tamale, subject to approval by\u00a0the respective assemblies.<\/p>\n
This leaves the President with 212 more persons to be named for the various assemblies.<\/p>\n
They are Iddrisu Musah, also known as Musa Superior, who is headed for the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, a former Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the NPP for\u00a0Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Anthony K.K Sam, also a former Western Regional Secretary of the NPP for\u00a0Sekondi\/Takoradi, and Osei Assibey Antwi for the Kumasi Metrpolitan Assembly.<\/p>\n
The President has also appointed Charles Bissue, current Western Regional Secretary of the NPP, as presidential staffer.<\/p>\n
MMDCEs to be appointed by end of March\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The move follows the announcement by the Minister of Local Government, Hajia Alima, that the various assemblies will all have their chief executives by the end of March.<\/p>\n \u201cThe process is ongoing. We have finished the vetting at the regional level so we are now validating them at the national level. Definitely, by the end of this month [March]we would have appointed them,\u201d Hajia Mahama said.<\/p>\n She noted that, government had put in place measures to minimize the agitations that normally accompanied such appointments.<\/p>\n She explained that one of the measures was to\u00a0open invitation for applications at the district level, which preceded the screening and vetting.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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