The Nkwanta South District Chief Executive (DCE) nominee Alfred Wukanya has said he is worried the assembly members of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) are delaying the process to approve his nomination.

His supporters within the constituency on Wednesday March 30 locked up the party's office and staged protests over the delay.

The Nkwanta South district has been without a substantive chief executive since November 2014 following the murder of the then DCE, Peter Kojo Kenyeso.

According to the youth of the area, this is hampering development there and they have given government a two-week deadline to approve the nomination of Mr Alfred Wukanya as DCE.

Speaking to Class News, Mr Wukanya appealed to government to intervene.

“We were invited, 70 in number, we went to a vetting and on 30 January 2016, my name came out as the president’s nominee and I have been a faithful member of this party since its inception and worked, and it is known to almost everybody in the Nkwanta South district and the regional and the national executives,” Mr Wukanya stated.

“….I am sure if you get to the ground the people will tell you they were happy and glad because I have served the party faithfully. And even the youth are saying that it gives them encouragement because they know when they serve the party, if they are not recognised in their youthful ages, they will be recognised in their old age as in my case. Then all of a sudden the whole thing wants to turn sour.

“It is a surprise to me. As a faithful servant, I have to wait patiently and look up to the party leadership to resolve the issue.

“I don’t know exactly what is delaying the approval because on two or three occasions, days were fixed for the confirmation only to be postponed indefinitely ... so, I am not clear and cannot comprehend what exactly is happening,” he bemoaned.