Assembly Members Criticise KMA Boss

The Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive Maxwell Jumah is being accused of campaigning against sitting members of the assembly. Some sitting Assembly Members told radio stations in the metropolis that Mr. Jumah was frustrating their re-election bids and supporting their rivals against them. But the KMA boss has denied the allegations, which he describes as part of a smear campaign by a section of the Assembly Members to cause disaffection against him.

He said in a statement that the only comment he has made on elections was an appeal to people with good academic and social backgrounds such as technocrats, lecturers and teachers to contest the poll.

Mr. Jumah said the decision to vote out or re-elect an incumbent member of the assembly rests with the electorate and not him. He noted that residents of the various electoral areas are the best judges of the output of their assembly members and, therefore, there was no way he could direct them on how to vote in the coming elections.