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Ghana's democracy is high at the grassroot level, E/R Minister
By Abdul Salam Sule. Ghanadot


Accra, May 1, Ghanadot - Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, the Eastern Regional Minister has noted that, democracy in Ghana is best practised at the local level than the national level.


He said, at the local level, the people are directly involved in the decision making process and whatever decision they take affect them directly.


"That is why they sometimes agitate over some of the appointees as metropolitan, municipal and district chief executive and it is because they want the right people to lead them. But when a Minister is appointed you hardly hear some agitations from the general public", he noted.


He intimated that, it therefore behoves on the appointed MMDCE to work according the wishes of the people at the local level to promote development.


The Eastern Regional Minister said this at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region when the Assembly members confirmed the President nominee, Mr Alex Obeng Somuah as the Municipal Chief Executive for Kwahu West Assembly. Twenty eight (28) assembly members cast their votes to confirmed the President nominee and he recieved 100 per cent of the vote as all of them voted in his favour.


The Eastern Regional Minister however bemoans the low level development at the Kwahu West Municipality. He revealed that, the Kwahu West Municipal Assembly had been existing for the past five years but had nothing to show in terms of development.


This he said was irrespective of the common fund available to the assembly to execute developmental projects.


According him, the assembly has no official bungalow for the municipal chief executive and the coordinating director and had to rent apartment for them.


"After five years of no development to show, there should be a probe to unearthed what has prevented developments in this municipality", he suggested.
Mr Ofosu Ampofo has therefore urged the newly elected MCE to work towards developing the area to the status of a municipality.


In a related development, assembly members at Kwahu-Abetifi in the Kwahu East District had finally confirmed Mr Somuah Samuel as its District Chief Executive. This was after 20 out of 25 assembly members had voted in his favour.


It was however contrary to the first voting when he attained 14 out of the 25 votes cast and therefore disapproved him.

 

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