{"id":257540,"date":"2016-10-12T15:45:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T15:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=257540"},"modified":"2016-10-12T15:45:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T15:45:35","slug":"sack-our-mce-or-lose-our-vote-ashiaman-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/sack-our-mce-or-lose-our-vote-ashiaman-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sack our MCE or lose our vote &#8211; Ashiaman drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Commercial Drivers and Residents of Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region, are demanding the immediate removal of their Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Ibrahim Baidoo.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, the\u00a0MCE has failed to bring the needed development to\u00a0the area. Some of the drivers who spoke to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0have indicated that they are unhappy about his continuous stay in office.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;1v2wOLXrKtORECvwTMXgJeEyyvDtBHsK&#8221;]Some of them have thus called on President John Dramani Mahama to sack the MCE for reasons ranging from alleged\u00a0mismanagement of funds and developmental neglect.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Ashiaman being a stronghold of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), some of the residents\u00a0have vowed\u00a0to vote against President Mahama if he does not heed their calls.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, one of the residents said, &#8220;can you imagine assembly rented a building to the national investment bank; 10.5 billion old currency and we don\u2019t know what the money was used for; so we are calling on President Mahama to sack him or else we will vote against him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the residents acknowledged the government&#8217;s hand in some developmental projects in the area; \u00a0but insisted that the MCE be sacked to prove government&#8217;s\u00a0commitment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Mahama, we know that he has helped we the drivers \u00a0in Ashiaman because he constructed a highway; but the Ashiaman-Lebanon and other roads are so bad, so we are calling on President Mahama to remove the MCE. If not, we will vote against him,\u201d a driver stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe MCE is not working. He is chopping the money just like that. Come and see our roads \u2013 potholes. The President has to know this; we are paying tax for it,\u201d another incensed resident said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Commercial Drivers and Residents of Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region, are demanding the immediate removal of their Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Ibrahim Baidoo. According to them, the\u00a0MCE has failed to bring the needed development to\u00a0the area. 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