Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw Owusu
Thursday, 29 October 2015
Some members of the Awutu Senya
East Municipal Assembly (ASEMA) have vowed to resist what they claimed to be an
attempt by the MCE to force them to approve the assembly’s budget.
According to the members, Nuhu
Adams, who is the MCE, is employing every available tactics to get the assembly
to approve the budget in spite of the alleged flagrant disregard for due
process.
“In the first place, we require
at least 14 days’ notice for a meeting to introduce the budget to the house to
be arranged. But we only received the letter yesterday requesting us to meet on
the budget tomorrow,” one of the aggrieved members told DAILY GUIDE.
He said the letter was
deliberately backdated to reflect the assembly’s commitment to the standing
orders, adding, “they want us to approve a budget that we may not have any
knowledge about.”
The assemblyman also said that
the assembly was yet to elect a Presiding Member after failing to elect one
recently, adding that the alacrity with which the MCE wanted the budget approved
was alarming.
“These are issues going on
nationwide. The government is bent on getting all the assemblies to approve
their budgets and would not consider how they are passed. They will eventually
be used by the NDC for their 2016 campaign,” he disclosed.
The assemblyman further alleged
that Nuhu Adams was staying in office illegally since he was never approved by
the assembly after the president’s nomination.
“For four clear years, he has
been in office illegally. He was first appointed by President Mills and after
the president’s unfortunate passing, he was asked to act by President Mahama,”
he claimed, adding, “all that we know is that he has never been confirmed by
the assembly as required by law.”
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