VIDEO: Odododiodoo Youth Protest Alleged Removal Of Adjei Sowah As Accra Mayor

A section of the youth in Odododiodoo, one of three constituencies under the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in the Greater Accra Region, on Saturday protested against the purported removal of the mayor of Accra from office.

Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah, according to reliable sources in government, will be replaced by Elizabeth Sackey, a former Deputy minister of the Greater Accra Region, in the much-awaited metropolitan, municipal, and district chief executives announcement on Sunday 19 September 2021.

 

Speaking to Asaase News, the youth said Sowah is well known to them and has done a lot to merit reappointment.

“The mayor was vetted and has been approved to continue but we’re seeing something different and it’s creating problem to the grassroot. We’re calling on the president that what the committee said he should follow it. The woman in question doesn’t come from any of the constituencies under AMA,” one of the protestors told Asaase News’ Wilberforce Asare.

 

 

Fit for the job

“The Accra Metropolitan Assembly arguable is a pulsating heart of the Greater Accra Region and for that matter, it deserves a mastermind who can fix its daily conundrums and deservedly, Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah fits the bill perfectly in my estimation.

“Our effusion about who becomes Mayor of Accra may be coming late in the day but it is important to note that whoever the appointing authority nominates is vested not only with role carved by the local government act that sets it up but also for the politics of it. Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so we need to take a thousand stitches today to save nine tomorrow.

“We have resolved in our thinking and humbly opine that Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah, the current Mayor of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly would best fit the portfolio and can serve the President’s vision of Accra and that of the people.

“Our resolve herein is based on the successes Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah has chalked in supporting the President’s agenda and vision for the Accra Metropolitan Assembly.

“As a true grassroot and a loyalist of the Danquah Busia Dombo tradition, Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah delivered Greater Accra against all odds by winning 21 seats as Regional Secretary in the 2016 elections. A portfolio he had held for two terms running. His appointment and having received a 100% confirmation on 24th March, 2017 didn’t come as a fluke.

 

 

“Adjei Sowah has always prioritized sanitation which has long been an issue in Accra, at the nexus of public safety, public health, the informal economy (which employs about 75 percent of Accra’s residents), and emissions contributing to climate change. He’s constantly emphasized inclusivity and equity which remains as his core of work.

“He has been aligned to Accra’s development and budget framework to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that has helped to maintain principles amid this COVID-19 pandemic. Under his tenure, Accra has committed to publishing a Voluntary Local Review (VLR) to report on the progress towards equity and sustainability which is first of a kind,” a press statement issued by the youth read in part.

 

 

 

Announcement on Sunday

The much-anticipated list of President Akufo-Addo’s appointees for the offices of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) will be made public Sunday 19 September 2021 at the Information Minister’s press briefing, Asaase Radio can confirm.

The Local Government Minister, Dan Botwe, will take his turn at the briefing to put out the official list he received from the President this week.

 

 

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