He described the petition as “flamboyantly outrageous and totally without basis,” but expressed intent to abide by due process in the matter.

The MCE, in a Facebook post, said he remained focused on overseeing the development of the Tamale metropolis.

I have just received a petition by some Assemblymen of TaMA to impeach me as the Metropolitan Chief Executive of Tamale.

It is limbless, flamboyantly outrageous and totally without bases.

I am focused on fixing the problems of my city and people.

As a law abiding fellow, I will subject myself to laws of the land.

The Tamale Metropolitan Assembly has 60 Assembly members including 18 government appointees, and two MPs for Tamale South and Tamale Central.

Thus, the 31 members, can form a quorum to pass a vote of no confidence against the MCE.

The aggrieved Assembly Members in a letter to the Presiding Member, copied to the Coordinating Director and sighted by citifmonline.com, notified them of their resolution to pass a vote of no confidence against the MCE, explaining that they have lost confidence in him, hence the need for a general assembly meeting to initiate his removal from office.

The Assembly Members claim the MCE has been awarding contracts without due process, thus their moves to impeach him.

They further accused him of taking critical decisions without prior approval of the Assembly, and lying or withholding information from the Assembly members, and by extension from the people of Tamale.

They also alleged that he mismanages the Assembly’s meager resources, by appointing two personal assistants to himself, paying each of them Ghc1, 400 a month.

He is also accused of constituting and paying a 61-member non-functional Task-force which cost the Assembly GHc 9,150 a month.

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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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The player added his voice to the debate which was one of the main talking points of the recent football retreat organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Accra last weekend. The program was a forum to bring together current and former football administrators and former footballers to discuss the state and development of the local game and propose ways of improvement.

Akonnor, explained though, that the development of a philosophy must be accompanied by the establishment of a technical directorate to help with the teaching of the style to children.

“The idea of a playing style is a very laudable one and it was mentioned by the Technical Committee during this retreat. Of course, we will bring in coaches who will have their personal notions on the game but what is most important is that we should have a philosophy.

The technical directorate will help in passing this on from the U-17 through the U20s, and the Black Meteors. This will ensure that when a player gets to the senior level, he has been taught enough about our style and he will be able to play.”

After Ghana’s poor run in the World Cup in Brazil, there has been calls for the development of the local game i.e. the Premier League and the lower leagues so that more talent can feed the Black Stars in future tournaments.

By: Nathan Quao/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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