Government revokes appointment of 14 assembly members
The government has revoked the appointment of all its 14 appointees to the Assin-North Municipal Assembly.
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A statement from the Media Office of the Flagstaff House Communications Bureau and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said last Thursday.
The affected persons are: Musah Fuseini, Kofi Nii Ocansey, Nana Afranse IV, Osmanu Ibrahim, Agartha Yawson, Andrews K. Kwaning and Asumang Nkansah.
The rest include Martin Addo, Joseph Kofi Tawiah, James Amoah-Kuttin, Nana Kwaantwi Kuma II, Acquarius Odam Manarh, Seidu Adams and Mercy Obeng.
The statement said their removal was in accordance with Section 9 (6) of the Local Government Act 1993, Act 462.
It quoted Mr Akwesi Opong-Fosu as saying that subsequently, President John Dramani Mahama has appointed new persons to the assembly as ‘government appointees’. — GNA
