{"id":313972,"date":"2017-04-26T07:43:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T07:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=313972"},"modified":"2017-04-26T07:43:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T07:43:41","slug":"nana-addo-to-name-mmdce-nominees-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/nana-addo-to-name-mmdce-nominees-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana Addo to name MMDCE nominees today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to announce his nominees for the remaining Metropolitan, Municipal\u00a0and District Chief Executive (MMDCEs) positions today [Wednesday].<\/p>\n<p>But the months leading up to this announcement has seen supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party protest against any speculated choice of a Chief Executive they claim they cannot work with.<\/p>\n<p>Just yesterday [Tuesday] at Atiwa in the Eastern Region, a group, calling itself the Concerned Youth of Atiwa, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/25\/well-resist-dce-appointee-from-atiwa-west-atiwa-east-youth\/\">demonstrated<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to\u00a0compel President Akufo-Addo to appoint a DCE from Atiwa East and not Atiwa West, to represent the Atiwa District in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313868\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313868\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-313868 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Atiwa-East-DCE-1024x556.jpg\" alt=\"atiwa-east-dce\" width=\"620\" height=\"337\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Concerned Youth of Atiwa making their concerns known<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313977\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313977\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-313977 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Zebilla-NPP-youth-vandanlize-party-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"zebilla-npp-youth-vandanlize-party-1\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protests in Zebilla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Again on Tuesday, NPP supporters in the Bawku West Constituency in the Upper East Region vandalised their party office and some departmental offices in the Zebilla district over the alleged appointment of a Chief Executive they did not favour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nana Addo must not bow to pressure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Commenting on these developments, a Local Governance Analyst, George Kyei-Baffour, advised the President to not bow to any pressure from his party supporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The party has played its role by submitting a basket of names to the President and they should understand that, of the basket of names that has been submitted to the President, only one person will be appointed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the President were to kowtow to pressures, then he may have to postpone the appointment of some of the people in some of the districts and that is going to create problems because the process will have to be reengineered and that is going to delay the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlready we are about three months behind schedule since the old MMDCEs had their appointments revoked. So we cannot afford to waste any more time because it will development at the local level,\u201d Mr. Kyei-Baffour said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NPP urges restraint<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The NPP itself has <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/25\/support-akufo-addos-mmdce-appointees-npp-members-urged\/\">urged its supporters<\/a><\/strong><\/span> not to use violence to oppose President Akufo-Addo&#8217;s choices of MMDCEs.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy General Secretary of the NPP, Nana Obiri Boahen said the supporters must respect the President\u2019s decision.amidst fears that some groups who are aggressively lobbying for their preferred choice of MMDCEs may resort to violent protests if the president appoints a person they do not support.<\/p>\n<p>His comments came amidst fears that some groups who are aggressively lobbying for their preferred choice of MMDCEs may resort to violent protests if the President appoints a person they do not support.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to announce his nominees for the remaining Metropolitan, Municipal\u00a0and District Chief Executive (MMDCEs) positions today [Wednesday]. But the months leading up to this announcement has seen supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party protest against any speculated choice of a Chief Executive they claim they cannot work with. Just yesterday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58,10,11],"tags":[3,1264,156,56],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nana Addo to name MMDCE nominees today - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/nana-addo-to-name-mmdce-nominees-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nana Addo to name MMDCE nominees today - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to announce his nominees for the remaining Metropolitan, Municipal\u00a0and District Chief Executive (MMDCEs) positions today [Wednesday]. But the months leading up to this announcement has seen supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party protest against any speculated choice of a Chief Executive they claim they cannot work with. Just yesterday [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/nana-addo-to-name-mmdce-nominees-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-26T07:43:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Atiwa-East-DCE-1024x556.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/nana-addo-to-name-mmdce-nominees-today\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/nana-addo-to-name-mmdce-nominees-today\/\",\"name\":\"Nana Addo to name MMDCE nominees today - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-26T07:43:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-26T07:43:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/nana-addo-to-name-mmdce-nominees-today\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/nana-addo-to-name-mmdce-nominees-today\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/nana-addo-to-name-mmdce-nominees-today\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nana Addo to name MMDCE nominees today\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\",\"name\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nana Addo to name MMDCE nominees today - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/nana-addo-to-name-mmdce-nominees-today\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nana Addo to name MMDCE nominees today - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to announce his nominees for the remaining Metropolitan, Municipal\u00a0and District Chief Executive (MMDCEs) positions today [Wednesday]. But the months leading up to this announcement has seen supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party protest against any speculated choice of a Chief Executive they claim they cannot work with. Just yesterday [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/nana-addo-to-name-mmdce-nominees-today\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2017-04-26T07:43:41+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Atiwa-East-DCE-1024x556.jpg"}],"author":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/nana-addo-to-name-mmdce-nominees-today\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/nana-addo-to-name-mmdce-nominees-today\/","name":"Nana Addo to name MMDCE nominees today - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-04-26T07:43:41+00:00","dateModified":"2017-04-26T07:43:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/nana-addo-to-name-mmdce-nominees-today\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/nana-addo-to-name-mmdce-nominees-today\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/nana-addo-to-name-mmdce-nominees-today\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nana Addo to name MMDCE nominees today"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1","name":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kojo Akoto Boateng"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313972"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}