 |
| Mr. John Kofi Adomako, the Municipal Coordinating Director, Lower Manya Krobo |
The
relationship between Assembly Members of the Lower Manya Krobo on one side and
the Coordinating Director of the assembly, Mr. John Kofi Adomako, as well as
the Municipal Finance Officer, Jonathan Obeng Yeboah has turned sour with the
former calling for the immediate transfer of the two senior officers.
The
assembly, as a house, has since passed a resolution and issued a seven day
ultimatum after which they will oust the two officials by other means available
to them.
At a
general meeting held on Thursday March 19, 2015, members unanimously voted in
favour of the motion to have Mr. Adomako transferred without delay from the
municipality.
All forty
(40) members present at the meeting out of a total membership of 45 supported
the motion and directed the Presiding Member, Dr. Peace Mamle Tetteh to take
immediate steps to convey the decision of the house to the appropriate
authorities for speedy implementation latest Wednesday April 1, 2015 to avoid
confrontation.
Out
of the forty (40) present, 35 representing more than two-thirds majority of the
house also threw their weight behind the decision for the Finance Officer, Mr.
Yeboah to be transferred within the same period.
The
honourable members are accusing Mr. Adomako of presiding over corrupt practices
at the assembly and using official working hours as well as state resources to
transact his personal businesses to the detriment of the assembly. He is hardly
at post during working hours and will not co-operate with the house to
prosecute the developmental agenda of the assembly even on the few days he shows
up at work, they added.
The
assembly members are also up in arms against Yeboah for not presenting what
they called trial balance, a quarterly report that shows the financial status
of the municipal assembly. They said, he has never attended the Finance and
Administration Sub-committee meeting, a committee he is supposed to serve as secretary
by virtue of his position and would not give any reason neither will he furnish
them with the relevant official documents needed for the committee to transact
its businesses.
Speaking
in an interview, Evans Tamatey, one of the assembly members said, “We want the
two officials out; it is a popular decision of the house and this we will
pursue to the latter. Their stay will not help the development agenda of the
municipality.”
When
contacted, Mr. Adomako who is presently indisposed indicated that he was yet to
be notified officially but added that the assembly members were aggrieved partly
because he raised concerns about their arbitrary increment in sitting allowance
from GHC 30.00 to GHC 100.00. He however, denied using office hours and
resources for his private business.
The
Presiding Member of the Assembly, Dr. Peace Mamle Tetteh and Mr. Yeboah were
not readily available for their comments.
On
his part the Municipal Chief Executive, (MCE) Hon. Frederinck Jacob Acolatse
said though he has reservations about the decision taken by the house which was
without recourse to due process such as cautioning the officers or dragging
them before the disciplinary committee, it is his wish that the Regional
Coordinating Councils transfers the officers in the interest of peace.
Commenting
on the performance of Mr. Adomako, the MCE said “He is good and has the
experience except that he is slow with his work”. He added that Mr. Yeboah, on
the other hand could be facing those challenges as adduced by the assembly members
partly because of the lack of a centralized data storage system at the
assembly. “The assembly is therefore taking steps to acquire more computers to
get the system automated to facilitate the storage and sharing of data”, he emphasized.
.JPG)
.JPG)
