NDC inundated with petitions over MMDCE appointments 

Offices of the National Chairman and General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are said to be flooded with countless petitions by party executives and sympathisers.

The petitions, fraught with complaints of side-lined party faithful, are emerging from across the 16 regions. An average of 30 petitions are reportedly being handled by the two party gurus.

The situation explains the seeming delay in the appointment of persons as Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to man the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies across the country.

A petitioner from the Ashanti region (name withheld) said the party scribe is handling several of such petitions.

According to him, the applicants, including Constituency Party Executives and 2024 parliamentary candidates, who applied for consideration as MMDCEs had to pay GHC1,500 as development levy while all other category of applicants paid GHC3,000.

The source said during the vetting the panel did not go beyond enquiring about the names of the applicants.

Meanwhile, Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, also known as General Mosquito, the National Chairman of the party, responding to concerns raised by the petitioners on Asempa FM recently, said he was overwhelmed by the issue of appointments, which had since kept him very busy.

Complaints are bound to come, following the decision to reduce the number of ministers to reduce cost of running government.

According to him, since applicants and political aspirants could not go directly to the President and the Chief of Staff, they deemed it appropriate to contact him, being the more exposed party executive.

He said in most cases people converge at his residence, party office and a small private office at Oyarefa, a situation which at times compels him to go to his hideout at Trasaaco.

“Even though Trasaaco is a gated community, political job seekers manage to locate me there”, he complained.

He assured that having finished with the appointment of ministers and the Council of State duly constituted, appointment of the MMDCEs would as well be over soon.

The NDC chairman, however, commended the President for appointing a number of party activists in positions of trust.

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