Saturday 23rd June, 2018
The ruling New Patriotic Party is preparing
both legal and administrative grounds for the election of MMDCEs by 2021 as
part of the government’s pled
Wa, June 23, GNA – A former assembly member
for the Banwon Electoral Area in Lambussie District has backed the proposal to
elect Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) but is
advising that the move should be non-partisan.
The ruling New Patriotic Party is preparing
both legal and administrative grounds for the election of MMDCEs by 2021 as
part of the government’s pledge to deepening Ghana’s decentralization process.
The ex-assembly member, David Mwinfor Deriba,
has urged state actors to institute adequate structures for the smooth conduct
of the polls without any shred of partisan politics that could defeat the
intended purpose.
In a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency
on Friday, he said it should be in conformity with the current local government
elections.
He added that if the voting of MMDCES took a
partisan dimension, it would amount to “doing the same thing” like the present
system where the appointment of Chief Executives was fraught with partisan politics.
Hajia Alima Mahama, the Minister of Local
Government and Rural Development, has stepped up the consultation and
sensitization process since the beginning of this year to fire up support for
“Yes” vote in a referendum expected to be held in 2019.
This is in fulfilment of a campaign promise
made by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the 2016 elections.
GNA