The concerned assembly members of Ellembelle District in the Western region have accused the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the area, Kwasi Bonzoh of misappropriation of the resources belonging to the assembly.
Ellembelle district assembly has 53 elected and appointed assembly members and out of this figure, 22 elected assembly members are calling on the Auditor General to investigate the DCE properly.
The concerned assembly members disclosed this at a press conference held at Nkroful over the weekend.
Addressing the press, the spokesperson for this group, Paul Kodwo Kwaw, the assembly member of Kikam electoral area expressed disappointment in the DCE for allegedly mismanaging the resources of the assembly. "We, the concerned assembly members of the Ellembelle District Assembly, wish to express our deepest concern and disappointment over the management of Ellembelle District Assembly's finances, lack of transparency in the management of Ellembelle District Assembly Rubber Plantation, lack of transparency and accountability of the Ellembelle District Improvement Project (DRIP) machines, lack of leadership to protect our water bodies and farmlands from illegal mining in our district, abuse of office and disregard the Standing Orders and Local Government Act, 2016 (Act 936) which regulates how the Assembly is managed, and disregard of the financial regulations enacted by Parliament led by Kwasi Bonzoh the DCE of Ellembelle district assembly who is currently using logistics and revenue of Ellembelle for his personal political ambition under the guides of so-called community engagement where vehicles with his political posters follow him to the communities he has so far visited," he told the media. "...