GHANA- Friday, August 7, 2020/– President Akufo-Addo has relieved the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Amansie South District in the Ashanti Region, William Asante Bediako and Akuapim North Municipal Chief Executive, Dennis Aboagye of their positions.
The President’s decision was made public in a statement by the local government ministry, announcing the nominating new persons to take over their positions. The statement was signed by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development.
The DCE for Amansie South was in the news recently defending the activities of illegal miners within his district. Speaking at a ceremony to commission a toilet facility at Manso Tontokrom, Mr Bediako expressed his disagreement with activities being undertaken to curb illegal mining usually known as galamsey.
“Why would I not support “galamsey”? Had it not been for “galamsey”, we would not have had a storey building at Manso; had it not been “galamsey” and hardworking nature of the people of Manso, a young person from Manso would not have been able to purchase a car worth one billion Cedis,” he is alleged to have said in the video.
“If some elite like us are jealous of galamsey activities, I, Bediako, is of the opinion that galamsey is the profession of the people of Manso, and that is our source of livelihood,” the Chronicle newspaper reported Mr Bediako as saying.
However the reason for the dismissal of Mr Dennis Aboagye, Akuapim North MCE is unclear.
Meanwhile, the President has announced Abdul Mumin Issah, to succeed the late Mayor of Sekondi-Takoradi, Anthony K. K. Sam who passed on as a result of COVID-19 at the University of Ghana Medical Centre on Friday, 12th June 2020 after contracting COVID-19.
The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama had announced earlier this week that the District Assembly Common Fund to assembly members to undertake developmental projects in their respective areas.
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