{"id":254223,"date":"2016-10-03T06:01:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T06:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=254223"},"modified":"2016-10-03T06:01:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T06:01:12","slug":"presiding-member-hurdle-hurting-kmas-image-samuel-sarpong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/presiding-member-hurdle-hurting-kmas-image-samuel-sarpong\/","title":{"rendered":"Presiding Member hurdle hurting KMA’s image – Samuel Sarpong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Samuel Sarpong, has appealed to assembly members to bury their political and parochial interests and elect a Presiding Member come Tuesday October 4.<\/p>\n

According to him, the constant failure to elect a Presiding Member is impeding development in the metropolis, especially when there’s no\u00a0substantive MCE for the assembly.<\/p>\n

An attempt by the KMA to elect a presiding member last week was marred by violence. That was the eighth time they had failed to elect an Assembly Member.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Kumasi-based Radio Ghana, the former Ashanti Regional Minister, said the violence that has characterized the election of a Presiding Member in recent times is giving the assembly a bad image across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is happening in KMA is very sad\u2026I think Kumasi is getting a bad name so far as some of these issues are concerned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t disappoint us<\/strong><\/p>\n

He further charged the assembly members to ensure that they elect a Presiding Member at the next election on\u00a0Tuesday, since the previous candidates have now stepped down to allow new nominees.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe moment you are voted to be an assembly member, your main pre-occupation \u00a0is to make sure that your electoral area develops; and without a presiding member, it actually stampedes the progress of development. I understand they are going to have another election on Tuesday and I\u2019m appealing to them that this time round they shouldn\u2019t disappoint us, they should elect a presiding member,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Assemblyman, NDC serial caller trade blows at KMA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before last week’s election, an Assembly member of KMA, Abdullah Muaza, traded blows with a National Democratic Congress (NDC) serial caller.<\/p>\n

\"KMA<\/p>\n

Residents worried over KMA election brouhaha<\/strong><\/p>\n

Residents in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, are worried<\/strong><\/a><\/span> about\u00a0the assembly\u2019s failure to elect assembly members on\u00a0eight\u00a0different occasions.<\/p>\n

They described their current leaders as selfish, a situation that is hindering development in the area. Kumasi has been without a Metropolitan Chief Executive and Presiding Member for several months.<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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