President Nana Akufo-Addo’s termination of the appointments of all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) was to ensure a uniformity of vision at the national and sub-national level.<\/p>\n
This is\u00a0according\u00a0to the Local Government Minister nominee, Hajia Alima Mahama, who explained that the change in government at the national level had to reflect at the assembly level.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”niA8EUoBSJP0Gr2ALnucwOzkGmSahMH4″]\u201cOnce there is a change in government, we have to ensure that it goes through national to sub-national level and that is what we have effected,\u201d she said on Eyewitness News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Regional Ministers have gone, the ministers at the national level have gone so the District Chief Executives also have to go, in line with the change. We cannot effect change at the national level and not effect change at the sub-national.\u201d<\/p>\n Hajia Alima explained that the government could not afford to have persons without the requisite locus “taking specific decision that are not in tandem with the policy outlook or framework of this government. That is why they have to hand over.\u201d<\/p>\n She further downplayed assertions that the removal of the MMDCEs would affect the running of local government nationwide.<\/p>\n According to her, \u201cif it is the day-to-day administration and the implementation of the activities that the district assembly has decided on, the staff are there, the offices are running as normal.\u201d<\/p>\n All MMDCEs are to hand over their relevant duties to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Coordinating Directors (MMDCDs).<\/p>\n