Central Regional Minister, Mrs. Justina Marigold Assan has urged the various Municipal, Metropolitan and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to, as matter of urgency, fix up their streetlights which are not working.
Mrs. Assan indicated that "it so pathetic when some people sit on radio and bitterly insult me when street lights within the municipalities are not working; find it so demeaning".
She stressed; "It is as if the people don't really know what the various MMDCES supposed to do for them".
Speaking at the Regional Coordinating Council meeting with the various Heads of departments in the Region, Mrs. Marigold Assan entreated the MMDCES to educate the populace on their responsibilities.
"MMDCES, I think you are losing or are missing out on something you need to do. I therefore plead with you to start engaging your community members, do townhall meetings, start getting closer to them. Let them know why you are there and what you can do to support them."
The Minister was also disappointed about the alarming rate of the teenage pregnancies in the Region and urged the MMDCES to organize programmes to sensitize teenagers on the effects of early pregnancies.
She further appealed to the President of the Central Regional House of Chiefs, Odeefo Amoakwa Buadu VI to help the Regional Coordinating Council in resolving the chieftaincy disputes in the Region to ensure peace.
Source: Sally Ngissah/Peace News
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Well said madam. However as the regional minister overseeing the works of MMDCEs in your region, you have a responsibility of ensuring that they meet the needs and aspirations of their people. If you fail to do that the people will use a cane that will not discriminate when it's their turn to decide who should be their representatives in government i.e. President, regional minister, MMDCEs, etc. In any case monies will have to be spent in getting these streets lights fixed. Have your assemblies received their share of the district assemblies common fund up to date? Again we all know that every Ghanaian who uses electricity from the national grid pays street lightening levy as part of the bill. You should be interested in knowing where these monies go to. Those in the rural areas who have access to electricity also pay this levy as part of their bills. However in some of these rural areas there is no single street light in the village/s.