Asante United Front appeals to Minister

Asante United Front (AUF), a pressure group dedicated to protecting the interest of Asanteman, has appealed to the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development to resolve differences among members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA).

An open letter signed by Nana Asare Bediako, the Front's Public Relations Officer, to the Minister and copied to the GNA, said one conflict after another had taken the better part of the KMA's work to the disadvantage of the good people of the Metropolis.

The Front said many thought that the change of government was going to end the many disturbing conflicts at the KMA, but regrettably that had not happened rather they had assumed more serious dimensions.

It cited the election of the Presiding Member as a typical case and, said the refusal of the candidate with the least votes to pull out after the first round of voting made it impossible for anyone to be elected.

The Front asked the assembly members to realise that at the end of the day, their actions and inactions would form a good part of the evaluation of the performance of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government in the Metropolis.

"If out of sheer selfishness and greed, honourable assembly members make themselves the obstacles to the development of the Metropolis, posterity will not forgive them".

The Front said the attempt to link the election of the Presiding Member to the issue of privatisation of public toilets in the Metropolis by the assembly members to say the least was a big shame, adding that the assembly members could not demonstrate such indifference at the poor running of the public toilets.

"We would like to appeal strongly to all honourable members to approach the election in a most objective manner to give the people the best." The Front suggested that should all attempts fail, the assembly should be dissolved and an Interim Management Committee (IMC) put in place to develop the Metropolis.