Akufo-Addo Suspends Secondi-Takoradi MCE
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has suspended the Municipal Chief Executive Officer for Sekondi-Takoradi, Adbul Mumin Issah.
This was contained in a letter signed by the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Dan Botwe.
“On the instructions of the President, the Metropolitan Chief Executive Sekondi-Takoradi Assembly, Mr. Abdul Mumin Issah has been suspend from office with immediate effect pending an inquiry into his encounter the Police on February 3, 2022.
“Without prejudice to the matter now before court, Government takes a very dim view of the comments made by the Metropolitan Chief Executive during his exchanges with the Police.
“The comments by the Chief Executive run contrary to the Government’s belief and work to ensure that our Security Agencies and indeed Public Agencies are resourced, empowered and accorded the respect to deliver on mandates,” the statement said in part.
While serving his suspension, the Minister for the Western Region, Kwabena Darko-Mensah, will act, the statement added.
“In the interim, the Hon. Western Regional Minister, Mr. Kwabena Darko-Mensah has been assigned additional supervisory authority ovi Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly,” it added.
