Angry Former MMDCEs Under Nana Addo Issue One Week Ultimatum To Storm Jubilee House Over Non-Payment Of Their Salary Arrears
According to the former MMDCEs they will be forced to storm the Jubilee House, the seat of the government on Tuesday September 12, 2023 if the government of President Akufo-Addo didn't pay their salary arrears within the next week.
Freeman Koryekpor 
ABOUT 134 immediate past Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) who served under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s first term have given a one-week ultimatum to the government of President Akufo-Addo to pay their salary arrears to them.
According to them, they will be forced to storm the Jubilee House, the seat of the government on Tuesday September 12, 2023 if the government of President Akufo-Addo didn't pay their salary arrears within the next week.
They told Soireenews.com that all the affected former MMDCEs will wear red armbands and attire in the respective placed of abode from next week as a sign of protest unless their demands are met.
They stated their action has informed by the government’s refusal to pay our salary differentials and other essential benefits due us over the years we served as the appointees of the government,” adding “Other appointees were paid since 2021.”
The aggrieved former appointees stressed that their action is not to ridicule the current government, but to draw its attention to the issue, which should have been resolved long ago, by paying what is due them.
In this regard, the Coalition of the immediate past Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) are putting pressure on their leadership to organize demonstration to demand from the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to pay their salary arrears.
According to the information available to this news outlet, the leadership has a hectic time controlling their anger and agitation.
The immediate pas MMDCEs have given the leadership up to the 15th of this month to ensure that they receive what is legitimately due them but anything short of this, they will proceed with their planned demonstration and picketing.
In all these the leadership is calling upon them to remain calm.
The leadership pledges to consult the Chief of Staff and the Minister of Local Government for the resolution of this matter.
It has emerged that, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives have not been paid since their appointment.
The situation, according to reports, is making life unbearable for the appointees. Majority of them work in the rural areas.
Some distraught MMDCEs who confirmed this to Soireenews.com alleged that they are yet to get their appointment letters which stipulate their salary and other conditions of service.
The MMDCEs claim they cannot complain to the Local Government and Rural Development Ministry for fear of being victimised or haunted out of office.
However, they maintained that assurance from the sector Minister, Dan Botwe of payment has not yielded any positive result.
According to reports, the Local Government Minister has blamed the delay in payment on Parliament’s delay in passing the Emoluments Bill.
A local government experts described the situation as very worrying.
They noted that the situation, if not resolved, will breed corruption and affect output among the MMDCEs in their quest to seek bread and butter.
They said delay in payment of salaries is a status quo and government is to blame for the payment of double salaries to appointees.
They charged the government to resolve all outstanding issues and pay the MMDCEs to enable them discharge their duties effectively.
