The four include 50 year old Municipal Chief Executive for Yendi, Issah Zakaria, who is a former school teacher. Philip Nanteen Laari, 59 and a former Northern Regional Commander of the Ghana Prisons Service has been mandated to be in charge of the volatile Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District whilst 40 year old Isaac Dramani, an HND holder in Accounting has been appointed to handle the affairs of the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District. Sulemana Issah, 48 years, and an HND Secretarial and Management holder has also been given the mandate to preside over the Karaga District Assembly.
All of them except, the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba DCE who has been appointed to succeed his predecessor Alhassan Abubakri Shakour who died in a fatal car accident were “kicked on their asses” in April this year by the President John Evans Atta Mills for allegedly committing one offence or the other which had since remained secret up till date.
Mr. Adam Welvis, Hajia Mavis Maliga Bawa and Alhaji Ibrahim Sandow of the Yendi Municipality, Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo and Karaga Districts respectively, who were appointed by the President were all fired few months later, following serious agitations and protest by some youth groups of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). But the Presidency had since denied that the three personalities were sacked because of the agitations and violent demonstrations embarked upon by the party’s youth.
But five months down the line, President Mills has appointed Philip N. Laari, Isaac Dramani, Sulemana Issah and Issah Zakaria to succeed their predecessors with a huge task given them to discharge their duties diligently but not to lord over the people.
The four appointees come from places with very similar development challenges such as security, chieftaincy, land and political disputes, bad road network, inadequate educational and health facilities among others.
These challenges have further worsened the poverty situation in the various households leading to high infant and maternal deaths, hunger, diseases and other crisis.
The Northern Regional Minister, Moses Bukari Mabengba who supervised the swearing in of the newly appointed M/DCEs charged them to go by the Local Government regulation Act 462 by exercising political and administrative authourity in the district and provide guidance, give direction and supervise all other administrative authourities in the district.
He also reminded them of their responsibility for the day-to-day performance of the executive and administrative functions of the Assembly, stressing the need for them to be responsible for the supervision of departments of the assembly and be the chief representatives of the Central Government in their Districts.
Mr. Mabengba advised the M/DCEs to respect their core staff, Members of Parliament, Chiefs and the people in their respective areas devoid of partisanship.
Meanwhile, Justice Lawrence Tetteh Mensah, a supervising high court judge administered the Oath of Secrecy and Allegiance to the appointees.
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