Koforidua, Dec 19, – The Senior Minister, Mr. Yaw Osafo-Marfo,
has cautioned Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs)
and Members of Parliament (MPs) not to engage in turf struggle.
They should rather forge stronger
relationship, underpinned by a shared responsibility to bring development and
make things better for the people.
He was addressing a day’s seminar
on leadership and good governance held in Koforidua for MMDCEs and MPs.
The programme, organized by the
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, was under the theme “Enhancing leadership
for good governance”.
Mr. Osafo-Maafo said there needed
to be good understanding between them to ensure smooth development of the
constituencies, districts, municipalities and metropolitan areas.
He reminded them to provide the
right leadership and accept to work with passion to tackle the socio-economic
challenges of the people.
Mr. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu,
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, indicated that the current structure of the
local government system required consultation and participation in governance.
He noted that conflicts between
MPs and the MMDCEs were often caused by a misunderstanding of the roles they
performed.
He called for mutual respect and
cooperation towards the building of structures for effective governance at the
local level.
Mr. Alban Sumani Bagbin, Second
Deputy Speaker of Parliament, said there was evidence to show that MMDCEs, who
undermined their MPs suffered the same fate when they became MPs.
He advised MPs and MMDCEs to be
truthful to each other to build trust of the people in politicians.
GNA
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