Shama traditional council commends President Addo

Mildred Siabi-Mensah GNA

Aboadze, (WR) May 8 GNA - The Shama Traditional Council has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for nominating Mr Joseph Amoah, the Shama Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the District Chief Executive (DCE).

Members of the Council have also pledged to support the President's nominee to fast-track development of the Shama District.

Nana Kwamina Wianu II, Acting President of the Shama traditional council, who gave the commendation during a press conference said the President's nominee was the most suitable for the position.

"We fully respect the President's executive right to appoint nominees as Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) for the Assembly members' consideration", the chiefs indicated.

"The President's nominee Joseph Amoah is a competent and experienced person to work for all the communities in the district, which we also support", he pointed out.

He further said "We believe that the claim that the Member of Parliament for Shama, Mr Ato Panford and the DCE nominee are from the same town in the district had always not been the precedent for the President's nomination".

According to the Chief, the President's nomination was rather based on competence and procedures set in conformance with the Local Government Act, 2016 (936).

He therefore indicated that the chiefs and the elders of the traditional council had dissociated themselves from a demonstration organised by some few people of Shama against the President's nominee.

"We the chiefs and Elders wish to use this opportunity to advise the organisers of the demonstration and the demonstrators to desist from the unnecessary acts with immediate effect", he stressed.

He called on the police in Shama to ensure there was peace in the district before, during and after the DCE's confirmation.

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