Sack Ashaiman MCE Because He Is Making Akufo-Addo Led NPP Government Unpopular
They blamed their woes and misfortunes on the current MCE, saying that the MCE has failed to deliver his core responsibilities, saying that the MCE has failed to live up to expectation, hence their called on President Akufo Addo to kick him out and bring a more formidable candidate who understands development.”
Freeman Koryekpor 
Thousands of residents,commuters,traders, motorists,students everybody including the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashaiman municipality of the Greater Accra have vented their anger at the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Albert Alfred Okyere, calling for his removal in office for making the government of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo unattractive and unpopular.
They blamed their woes and misfortunes on the current MCE, saying that the MCE has failed to deliver his core responsibilities, saying that the MCE has failed to live up to expectation, hence their called on President Akufo Addo to kick him out and bring a more formidable candidate who understands development.”
They accused the MCE of sleeping on his duty post, making the government unpopular in the country.
Following this development, the residents of Ashaiman are thus calling on the President to appoint a new face to lead the Ashaiman municipality as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) since the community did not see much development in the last six years.
The Ashaiman is estimated to host over 25,000 people.
The town has had its share of negative publicity largely due to increasing reports of criminal activities.
Nonetheless, the town continues to see a boom in commercial activities and population growth.
Despite significant growth in business activities, residents believe the needed infrastructural development is lacking.
Several roads in the municipality have deteriorated with poor drainage systems.
One is usually met with an unbearable stench right after the Ashaiman overpass from Klagon.
Congested streets in the central business district with usually non-functioning traffic and streetlights have persisted for months.
Several appeals by residents to get them working have fallen on deaf ears as the Ashaiman Municipal Assembly looks on unconcerned.
Drivers, traders, and commercial motor riders seem to have a field day in the central business area.
While brisk trading activities continue to take place in the middle of the main road within the central business area, the Assembly in order to raise more revenue has converted one side of the three-lane road into an on-street parking lot while some recalcitrant people have also converted portions of the same road into a mini station in the full glare of the Assembly.
Some residents who interacted with Soireenews.com complained about the many challenges bedevilling one of the fastest-growing communities in the Greater Accra Region.
They expressed disappointment about the slow rate at which Ashaiman is developing under the watch of the current MCE.
“Ashaiman is growing, but unfortunately there’s no corresponding development to complement the growth. The Municipal Chief Executive has failed us by not implementing enough developmental projects since his assumption of office in 2017.”
He lamented that several appeals to get the Assembly to fix the few streetlights in the town have all fell on deaf ears.
“Come to Ashaiman and see how dark our streets are. We have made several appeals but to no avail. Even streetlights that the former MCE under NDC Ibrahim Baidoo mounted have still not been powered,” they noted
Residents also gave a poor rating of the Assembly’s performance over the last four years, saying they are looking forward to a new Municipal Chief Executive to lead the assembly.
They lamented that ever since the incumbent Chief Executive, Albert Boakye Okyere took office, little has been seen in terms of development, and it is about time the President kicks him out and replace him with a new one.
“This MCE has really disappointed us. We all had high hopes of him especially when he performed creditably during his first term as MCE under President Kufuor in 2008, but he has not been helpful at all in this full term of his under President Akufo Addo. He must be sacked and replaced with a more vibrant Chief Executive. ”
The attack meted out by the residents to the current MCE for his poor performance was supported by the Member of Parliament for the Ashaiman constituency, Mr. Ernest Henry Norgbey.
In an interview with journalists during his tour of various ongoing developmental projects within the Ashaiman municipality, the NDC MP condemned the ruling New Patriotic Party for the woes and misfortunes of the people under his jurisdiction.
The MP, Ernest Henry Norgbey explained that the poor road network in Ashaiman is a result of neglect by the ruling NPP government.
The politician added that steps taken to address this misfortune and build decent roads for the Ashaiman constituency have proven futile.
"The roads in Ashaiman are in a very terrible shape and the residents, commuters, motorists, everybody is complaining about the roads of Ashaiman. It's just unfortunate that the NPP government is paying deaf ears to our plight.
"We have been asking series of questions about our roads and the reason why the government is not attending to them but all these questions we ask are falling on deaf ears," the MP said during a media engagement.
Ernest Norgbey also lamented the large numbers of residents in Ashaiman and the need for facilities that could satisfy the growing number of the constituency's population.
He further added that Ashaiman only sees development during the regimes of the NDC and yet, a majority of the residents cast their votes for the NPP.
"Ashaiman is a cosmopolitan community and all kinds of people live there and so the numbers are huge. We need the facilities. The facilities are not coming. It is only when NDC is in power that we see something about our roads.
"This government, even though they had about 41 to 45000 voters in Ashaiman, they still refuse to construct our roads and our roads in a very deplorable shape. Everybody is complaining about the roads in Ashaiman," he added.
Some angry residents of Ashaiman on Monday, June 12, 2023, in a viral video were seen shouting and hooting at the DCE, Albert Okyere in a protest against the poor nature of their roads.
With countless promises from the government and some started road construction projects in Ashaiman, residents continue to bare bear the frustration that comes with using the dilapidated roads to ply their businesses.
