{"id":62964,"date":"2014-11-07T13:11:21","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T13:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=62964"},"modified":"2014-11-07T13:11:21","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T13:11:21","slug":"accra-mayor-embarrassing-presidency-kyei-baffour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=62964","title":{"rendered":"Accra Mayor embarrassing the Presidency &#8211; Kyei Baffour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Local Governance analyst, George Kyei Baffour has said the manhandling of a commercial driver by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) boss, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, is an insult to the Mayor\u2019s high office.<\/p>\n<p>Kyei Baffour also said the Mayor\u2019s actions \u201cconstitutes an embarrassment to his appointing authority;\u201d the Presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Alfred Vanderpuije has come under intense public criticism on several occasions for some unilateral decisions he has taken on national issues, including the renaming of the Theodosia Okoh Hockey Pitch to John Evans Attah Mills Hockey Pitch.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;gxXKpk1jm58L1DW9FQRwmH8tjBfd17Fr&#8221;]A latest incident is a video of him <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/05\/ama-boss-manhandles-stubborn-trotro-driver-video\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>manhandling and causing the arrest of a commercial driver<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>for not participating in the National Clean up exercise and for honking at the cleaners on the street.<\/p>\n<p>He was heard in the video describing the driver\u2019s action as indiscipline, and caused his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to<strong> Citi News<\/strong>, Mr. Kyei Baffour chastised the Mayor for what he described as a needless act.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the National Sanitation Day had no legal obligation on Ghanaians, stressing, \u201cthe AMA Chief Executive has no business arresting anybody for not participating in a communal labour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said Oko Vanderpuije should have exercised some circumspection in dealing with the person, after all, the Local Government Minster had \u201cappealed to the conscience of the people\u201d to take part in the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that he continued to ensure that the driver was handcuffed was so dramatic. And the kind of words he used, calling him nonsense and things like that I believe it was an affront to his dignity and status as the mayor of Accra\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>George Kyei Baffour has therefore called on the Assembly to initiate moves to bring the Mayor to order, because it also \u201chas effects on the dignity of the Assembly\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that the man has the penchant for exercising arbitrary authority like the Theodosia Okoh Park, the High Street, the Sports Stadium and a host of things that he has done. I think that he ought to be careful and deal with issues in accordance with law\u201d Kyei Barfuor said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Eugenia Tenkorang\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Local Governance analyst, George Kyei Baffour has said the manhandling of a commercial driver by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) boss, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, is an insult to the Mayor\u2019s high office. Kyei Baffour also said the Mayor\u2019s actions \u201cconstitutes an embarrassment to his appointing authority;\u201d the Presidency. 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