Conspiracy To Oust DCE From Office Exposed

Members of the East Gonja District Assembly in the Northern Region of Ghana at its last ordinary meeting in December 2011 witnessed a serious drama as rumours of a plan to outs the DCE eventually manifested. The grand scheme designed by a few disgruntled members of the Assembly and aided by intra political opponents of the District Chief Executive (DCE) Alhassan Mumuni came to limelight when some Assembly members refused to fall prey to political motivated reasons to oust the DCE. In a letter read by the Presiding Member of the East Gonja District Assembly, Mr. Mohammed Jakpa which was addressed to the Electoral Commission and copied to the Northern Regional Minister Moses Bukari Mabengba seeking to pass a vote of no confidence on the DCE, accused the DCE over incompetence on pertinent issues including non-payment of ex-gratia to old members of the Assembly, non-distribution of motorbikes to Assembly members and his failure to organize the required number of meetings for the year ending 2011 among others. By these reasons, the writers quoted paragraph 17, sections 2 and 3 of Model Standing Orders of District Assemblies which gives Assembly members the power to pass vote of no confidence on District Chief Executives through the support of one–third of Assembly members. To meet the above requirements according to the Presiding Member, the originators of such letter smuggled names of some Assembly members who were not privy of such an act. Mr. Jakpa after reading the letter described the act as unacceptable, very criminal and such behavior goes contrary to the standing orders of the Assembly.