Kintampo District Assembly to review stand on DCE

Sunyani, (Brong Ahafo) 1 March, '99 --

Some members of the Kintampo District Assembly have called for an emergency meeting to review members' position on the nomination of Mr Kwasi Gyasi-Manu as District Chief Executive. In a resolution signed by 43 of the 69-member assembly after a meeting at Kintampo on Friday, the members explained that their rejection of Mr Gyasi-Manu's nomination in October, last year, was done out of ignorance. They said after Mr Gyasi-Manu's nomination by the president on October 12, 1998, balloting followed two days later without giving Mr Gyasi-Manu the opportunity to interact with members. This and other factors resulted in his disapproval by members. They said the absence of a DCE for the district for sometime now has adversely affected development programmes of the area and the people are now prepared to review their earlier position on Mr Gyasi-Manu's nomination.