Ejisu Assembly Members give MCE one-week ultimatum to resign

Members of the Ejisu Municipal Assembly have given Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) Jerryne Asante a one-week ultimatum to resign or be removed from office by President John Dramani Mahama.

The demand follows the Assembly Members’ inability to convene an emergency meeting to consider a vote of no confidence in the MCE after the Electoral Commission (EC) was unavailable to supervise the process.

The meeting was also disrupted after the Assembly auditorium, the designated venue, was found locked.

According to the Assembly Members, Estate Officers informed them that the MCE’s personal aide had locked the facility and taken away the keys, preventing the meeting from taking place.

The Assembly Members said their planned vote of no confidence was prompted by what they described as major administrative lapses under the leadership of the MCE.

Following the aborted meeting, the Assembly Members addressed the media to express their dissatisfaction and demand action.

Speaking on behalf of the group, the Assembly Member for the Kwamo Electoral Area, George Kuntu Blankson, called on President Mahama to remove the MCE from office if she does not resign within the one-week period.

He maintained that the Assembly Members had lost confidence in the MCE’s leadership and insisted that decisive action was needed to address the situation.

“Since the election could not come on today, all the 28 elected assembly members have resolved that we are giving an ultimatum of one week, starting today, for the MCE, Jerryne Asante, in her own interest, submit a resignation letter and recuse herself from office ” he said.