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<\/p>\nIrate supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Savelugu constituency of the Northern Region have rejected President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s plea that the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Savelugu\/Nantong Municipality, Hajia Ayishetu Seidu should be allowed to work in her office.<\/p>\n
A delegation from the Presidency today (Monday) visited the troubled Savelugu township to mediate the political standoff between some angry NPP supporters and the Municipal Executive (MCE), Hajia Ayishetu Seidu.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”vuxWsJ7c91mB1mDoyYKXpQcbsS78HT6l”]A Minister of State at the Presidency, Bryan Acheampong led the delegation which involved the Member of Parliament for Savelugu constituency, Hon. Abdul Samed Gunu.<\/p>\n
He expressed the President\u2019s dissatisfaction with the political stalemate there, hence the delegation\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n
Mr. Acheampong thereby pleaded with the protesters to back down on their incessant demonstrations and team up with the MCE to deliver her mandate.<\/p>\n
He reassured the youth of President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s promise to offer them lucrative jobs.<\/p>\n
The protesters remained defiant and pleaded with President Akufo-Addo to address their concerns.<\/p>\n
They renewed calls for Hajia Ayishetu Seidu\u2019s replacement against the backdrop that she is alien in the Savelugu constituency.<\/p>\n
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Background<\/strong><\/p>\n The Savelugu-Nantong Municipal Chief Executive, Hajia Ayishetu Seidu has been under siege since her confirmation.<\/p>\n Her challengers have vowed to resist any attempt to allow her work in the office and further served notice that any forceful imposition will be fiercely resisted.<\/p>\n They predicted that the NPP risks losing the Savelugu seat in the 2020 polls if Hajia Ayishetu Seidu is not replaced.<\/p>\n The MCE\u2019s security escort<\/strong><\/p>\n Hajia Ayishetu Seidu was finally inducted into office under heavy security. A joint task force from the Regional Security Council and the Municipal Security Committee escorted her to her\u00a0office.<\/p>\n The protesters defied the security escort and went ahead and locked up the main entrance to the Savelugu\/Nantong Municipal Assembly complex.<\/p>\n The armed security personnel dispatched there fired warning shots and brought the situation under control.<\/p>\n The situation has since created uneasy calm in the Savelugu Township where the protesters have so far organized three peaceful demonstrations against the MCE\u2019s nomination and subsequent confirmation.<\/p>\n Savelugu MP condemns standoff<\/strong><\/p>\n The Savelugu constituency Member of Parliament, Hon. Abdul Samed Gunu, however, insists that diplomacy is the panacea to the problems there.<\/p>\n He is afraid of losing the seat at the 2020 polls which the NPP won for the first time in 2016 if his constituents are oppressed.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Irate supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Savelugu constituency of the Northern Region have rejected President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s plea that the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Savelugu\/Nantong Municipality, Hajia Ayishetu Seidu should be allowed to work in her office. A delegation from the Presidency today (Monday) visited the troubled Savelugu township […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":329738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,10,11],"tags":[3,156,56,3278],"class_list":["post-329721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-slider-1","category-top-stories","tag-ghana-news","tag-nana-addo","tag-npp","tag-savelugu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=329721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=329721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=329721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=329721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}