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DAILY ANALYST Wednesday, 22nd September, 2021
Dan Botwe Defends MMDCEs
Dan Botwe, Minister for Local Government,
Story: Freeman
Koryekpor Awlesu
Outgoing Municipal
Chief Executive (MCE)
for Ketu South Municipal
Assembly in the
Volta Region, Mr Elliot
Edem Agbenorwu, has congratulated
the newly-nominated MCE
for the area, Mr Maxwell Koffie
Lugudor, and pledged support
to work with him to deliver on
his constitutional mandate to
succeed.
Following this development,
Mr Agbenorwu urged the 57
Assemblymen and women in all
the electoral areas in Ketu South
to vote massively to approve the
nomination of Mr Lugudor to help
continue to bring sustainable
development to the area.
Speaking in an interview
with Aflao-based Holy F.M 98.5
on Monday, September 20, 2021,
which was monitored by DAILY
Analyst, Mr Agbenorwu expressed
gratitude to the President, Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for
appointing him to head the Ketu
South Municipal Assembly in his
first term.
He was hopeful that although
President Akufo-Addo did not
re-appoint him as the MCE for
Ketu South, he believes that
"properly the President has another
place for him to serve under
his second term administration."
The outgoing MCE congratulated
those who, in diverse ways,
have supported him to contribute
to the socio-economic development
and growth in the electoral
areas within the municipality.
"The projects and programmes
l have completed or started in the
municipality are there for all to
see. More importantly, I have also
helped to improve lots of lives in
all the 39 electoral areas in the
municipality,” the outgoing Ketu
South MCE stressed.
"I want to use this opportunity
to thank all the chiefs, clergy,
assembly members, media, students,
fisher-folks, market-folks,
staff members of the Ketu South
Municipal Assembly and the
entire populace of the municipality
who have supported me
towards positive transformation
of the communities and the great
impact l have made by adding value
to humanity," Mr Agbenorwu
expressed.
According to him, he would
not have worked during his tenure
of office to the expectation
of the good people of Ketu South
had it not been for the support of
the good people of the thrity-nine
electoral areas within the Ketu
municipality and the entire staff
of Ketu South Municipal Assembly.
Mr Agbenorwu further urged
the chiefs and people of Ketu
South to rally behind the new
MCE nominee as it was done to
him to develop the area.
According to him, his successor
was a strong and courageous
figure who understands local
dynamics.
“My brother, Maxwell Koffie
Lugudor, has been nominated
as my successor I know him to
be a very strong and courageous
person who knows the dynamics
of local leadership to the top
echelon.
He noted that his prayers will
always be with him to succeed
in the interest of Ketu South municipality,
Voltarians, and Ghana
The Minister for Local
Government, Regional
Reorganisation
and Development,
Dan Botwe, has
defended President Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s choices
of Metropolitan, Municipal,
and District Chief Executives
(MMDCEs).
Mr. Botwe insists President
Akufo-Addo found them to be
competent and qualified for
the job.
The nomination of MMD-
CEs across the country has
been greeted with mixed
reactions, with many agitating
and accusing the President of
nominating the wrong people
for their districts.
Some are also saying they
Outgoing Ketu South MCE
lauds Maxwell Koffie Lugudor
…and calls for calm
through the vision of President
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo."
He stressed the need for the
chiefs, clergy, Assemblymen and
women and the entire populace
of the municipality to accord Mr
Lugudor the needed support to
succeed in office as was done to
him
Ṁr Agbenorwu called on his
supporters and the NPP members
to continue to remain calm since
President Akufo-Addo was the
final appointment authority and
he has appointed Mr Lugudor and
this should be supported by all
and sundry to maintain peace and
unity in the municipality.
President Akufo-Addo has
through the minister for local
government decentralisation and
rural development brought all
speculations to an end by naming
the metropolitan municipal and
district chief executives who will
help him in the second term of
his administration.
“Having served in the first
term of the administration I
know how passionate the president
is to see to the development
of mother Ghana therefore the
decision to re-nominate and to
drop appointees will always be
apt.
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Mr Elliot Edem Agbenorwu, Outgoing MCE for Ketu South
do not associate with nominated
persons and for that matter
calling for different persons to
be nominated.
But speaking on The Point
of View on Citi TV, on Monday,
September 20, 2021, Dan Botwe
said a lot of consideration went
into the nomination.
He also added that everyone
who couldn’t get nominated
will be contacted in due time.
“The most important thing
is that I had the opportunity
to sit through some of these interactions
and saw the calibre,
the quality of people who really
wanted to come and serve
at that level. I was very much
encouraged, and we have kept
their resumes, and they will be
contacted at the right time.”
Outgoing District Chief
Executive (DCE) for
Awutu Senya West
District Assembly in
the Central Region,
Mr Stephene Kwame Quaye, has
pledged to work in harmony with
the newly-nominated DCE for
the area, Mr Joseph Aidoo, for the
needed sustainable development
and growth.
Mr Aidoo was among the list
of the Metropolitan, Municipal
and District Chief Executives
(MMDCEs) officially announced
by the Local Government Minister
on Sunday, September 19, 2021.
According to the outgoing
DCE, he personally called Awutu
Senya West nominee around 6:30
a.m., on Monday, September 20,
2021, to officially congratulate
him and pledged his readiness to
support him in delivering on his
mandate.
“Even after the announcement
was made yesterday,
(Sunday September 19, 2021, I
have toured the constituency
to educate my supporters and
sympathisers to be calm and accept
the DCE nominee for Awutu
Senya West,” he said.
Speaking in an interview
with this news outlet on Monday,
September 20, 2021, via telephone
call, Mr Quaye asserted that "the
two of us pledged to work together
to improve the living conditions
of our people."
The DCE called on his supporters
and sympathisers to rally
The government released
President Akufo-Addo’s choice
of nominees for the various
MMDCEs on Sunday, September
19, 2021, after nearly nine
months of the new administration.
The Minister for Local
Government, Dan Botwe at the
minister’s press briefing after
the announcement indicated
that the list has been forwarded
to the various regional
ministers.
The regional ministers are
thus expected to contact the
Electoral Commission, which
will commence processes for
assembly elections on the various
nominees.—Citifmonline.
com
Stephen Kwame Quaye,
DCE for Awutu Senya West
District Assembly
'I’ll work with Awutu
Senya West DCE
nominee in harmony'
support for the newly-nominated
DCE, saying that it does not mean
he was sacked by President Nana
Addo Dankwa Addo-Addo but
rather his term of office has come
to an end.
He reaffirmed his commitment
to support the newly
nominated DCE to complete all
his ongoing social and infrastructure
intervention projects and
programmes in the area.
The Local Government Minister,
Dan Botwe, released the
list of MMDCEs during a press
conference in Accra on Sunday,
September 19.
He called for calm following
the announcement of the MMD-
CEs nominee list.
He said the MMDCEs position
was service to the nation; hence
persons whose preferred choices
were not selected should not
engage in disturbances.
“The whole idea is service to
the nation. So far as I am concerned,
and all well-meaning
Ghanaians know, this is aspiring
to serve our motherland. If [the]
opportunity has not been given
to you to serve, there cannot be
any reason for disturbances.
“If truly you wanted to serve,
then there is absolutely no basis
for you to involve in disorderly
conduct,” he said at a press conference
in Accra while announcing
the list.
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