A youth group in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, wants their District Chief Executive, Kwasi Bonzoh sacked.
According to the group calling itself Concerned NPP Youth/ Concerned Polling Station Executives and Concerned Electoral Area Coordinators, President Akufo-Addo must with immediate effect, relieve their DCE from office to save the image of the ruling party.
The group is accusing Kwasi Bonzoh of receiving a whopping amount worth eight million Ghana Cedis from Ghana National Gas Company as property rate and business operating permit to the District Assembly, since assuming post in 2017.
They added that despite the said amount being paid to the assembly, Ellembelle cannot boast of any meaningful developmental projects.
“Ellembelle District is fortunate to have been surrounded by a good number of companies that pays property rate and business operating permit regularly to the District Assembly. Among these major companies are Quantum PLC, Adamus Resource LTD, ENI Ghana, and Ghana Gas Company Ltd.
“It is therefore expected that the District Assembly will have substantial funds to undertake a lot of IGF Projects in the District to enhance the party fortunes of winning the 2024 elections.
“It was recently established that Ghana Gas alone has paid close to 8 million Ghana Cedis as property rate and business operating permit to the District Assembly since 2017. It is also rumored that Quantum PLC, Adamus’s resource LTD, and ENI Ghana have also paid substantial amount on the same premises to the Assembly for the past six years.
“Despite all these internally Generated Funds very little has been seen as IGF projects in the district. The party can only boast of CODA projects and a few Common Fund Projects as an achievement,” they said in a petitioned.
According to them, what has exacerbated the situation is the recent details provided by Ghana Gas Company on actual payments made to the Ellembele district assembly after the accusations were levelled against Ghana Gas for not contributing to the development of the area.
“Moreover, our independent checks from the companies mentioned above suggest that a lot of monies have been paid to the District Assembly. The impending agitations from pressure groups, traditional authorities and the opposition parties are too immersed and affecting the image of the party in the district,” it added.
They claimed that Kwasi Bonzoh has become a “threat to Ellembelle and inimical to the survival of the party.”
To mention a few, the petition also alleged that DCE is involved in illegal galamsey which makes his actions contrary to the government’s commitment to fight the menace.
“We can authoritatively say that our DCE, Hon Kwasi Bonzoh is neck deep in the galamsey activities which have destroyed some water bodies in the district, something your government is trying so hard to fight. This is a public knowledge as some of the galamsey kingpins are living under his roof.
“One cannot fathom why as the head of the District Security Council and with all the political powers will allow galamsey activities to flourish day and night for months at a distance less than half Km from his office,” they accused.
On this note, “the Concerned NPP Youth/ Concerned Polling Station Executives and Concerned Electoral Area Coordinators, petition your good office to relieve the DCE of Ellembelle, Hon. Kwasi Bonzoh from office with immediate effect to save the image of the party and the district from further dwindling.”
