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May 21, 2025
Development of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies should not be reserved for the Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts Chief Executives (MMDCEs) neither should it be for the Members of Parliament (MPs).
According to the Member of Parliament for Chereponi Seidu Alhassan Alajor, they are lawmakers but their role is diverse, stating that as representatives of the people, it should not only be about lawmaking, but they must also contribute in whatever way they can to bring bout development to their constituents.
“I am here in Accra, my chief cannot come to Accra to knock at the doors of the Minister for Roads and Highways, we, as MPs are development agents in so many ways, I do not know other districts, but development should not be left with the MP alone”, he said in an interview.
He further noted that he works hand in hand with his District Chief Executive and did the same during the recess when he was on his thank you tour.
“So, we need to work together to bring the needed and desired development”.
When questioned on a situation where the MP is in opposition and the MMDCE is from the ruling government, he stated that whatever the case may be, it is imperative to work together in the interest of the people, adding, “I have witnessed times when we have opposition MPs in this constituency and the MP had projects he worked on during that time and the Assembly had their projects, when the Assembly was commissioning its projects the MP was invited”.
“It is a shared responsibility; it should not be the MP alone and should not be the DCE alone.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com