There is anger at the Akuapem North Municipality of Eastern Region, over the attempt to remove the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Barima Awuah Sarpong Aseidu-Larbi, through the machinations of the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei.
The deputy minister, who doubles as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Akuapem North Constituency, almost succeeded last week in having the MCE sacked from office for refusing to do her bidding until some powerful people stopped her incursions.
The ministry had written to the Akuapem North Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region, querying it over the stoppage of the Common Fund, which according to a petition by some assemblymen, is not being utilized in the Akuapem North Constituency, but diverted to Okaikwei North Constituency in Accra, to elicit votes.
The sacking of Mr Aseidu-Larbi was to be done with the help of the Minister of Local Government, Decentralization, and Rural Development, Martin Adjei Korsah, who had wanted to disguise the dismissal with an offer to MCE to voluntarily resign or be humiliated by way of a dismissal.