The Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) for Sekondi-Takoradi Assembly, Mr Abdul Mumin Issah has been suspended from office with immediate effect pending an inquiry into his encounter with the Police on February 3, 2022.
His suspension is on the instructions of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
“Without prejudice to the matter now before the court, government takes a very dim view of the comments made by the Metropolitan Chief Executive during exchanges with Police,” a statement signed by Dan Botwe Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development said.
“The comments by the Chief Executive run contrary to the government’s belief and work to ensure that our Security Agencies and indeed Public Agencies are resourced, empowered and accorded the respect to deliver on their mandates,” the statement added.
In the interim, the Western Regional Minister, Mr Kwabena Okeyere Darko-Mensah has been assigned additional supervisory authority over the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly.