Forty-eight members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) unanimously voted against a resolution passed by 46 others seeking the removal from office of Nana Akwasi Agyeman, Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE).
At a meeting held at the assembly’s hall, members supported a motion tabled by Mr. Gordon Kwaku Gyasi, a government appointee, setting aside the resolution passed on July 20th by a vote of 50 against two.
Mr. Anokye Frempong, assembly member for Asokore-Mampong, seconded the motion, saying at two consecutive meetings of the assembly convened by the Presiding Member, Nana Osei Owusu Banahene, to vote on the issue, the 46 assembly members who passed the resolution failed to turn up.
On July 20th, 50 out of the 52 assembly members present at a meeting adopted the resolution seeking to remove the MCE from office. This was after the Presiding Member had read the resolution in May calling for the removal of the MCE, saying they had no confidence in him. They also leveled various charges against the MCE. These included alleged misappropriation of funds, non-compliance with the guidelines on the Sub-Metropolitan, Area and Unit Committees, the absence of a budget for the assembly and low revenue generation due to lack of supervision.
