Ejura committee’s failure to advocate elimination of Regional Minister stunning

The Govt Director of the Human Rights and Governance Centre, Martin Kpebu, believes the committee that investigated the disturbances at Ejura was not brave sufficient to advocate the elimination of the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, from workplace.

Following his scrutiny of the Ejura committee report, he stated the destiny of Mr. Osei Mensah was the elephant within the room after he oversaw the deployment of troopers to a protest, resulting in the loss of life of two individuals and the wounding of 4 others.

“It’s stunning that although the committee had the braveness to say that the District Police Commander must be transferred, when it got here to the Regional Minister, the committee was silent.”

“They need to have simply gathered the braveness to say the plain and the plain is that Mr. Osei Mensah needs to be sacked,” Mr. Kpebu stated.

Past the committee, he stated Mr. Osei Mensah ought to resign “or the President sacks him.”

Mr. Kpebu additional lamented the absence of a resignation tradition in Ghana and reminded the general public {that a} former Head of State, Normal Joseph Ankrah resigned in 1969 over a corruption scandal.

“Possibly we should always repeat it extra typically for individuals to grasp that Normal Ankrah, President of Ghana, resigned over an allegation [of corruption].”

“If a Head of State might depart on an allegation, I don’t know why instantly we’ve sunk so low… we’ve thrown governance to the canines,” Mr. Kpebu stated.

Mr. Osei Mensah has already downplayed requires him to resign, saying his actions have been backed by legislation.

This name has persistently come from the Ejura Sekyedumase MP, Mohammed Bawah Braimah, who additionally wished the commanding officer of the army contingent punished.

The Ejura committee had really useful the elimination of the MCE for the world, although he was not nominated to proceed in that place.

It additionally really useful the speedy switch of the District Police commander of Ejura, DSP Philip Kojo Hammond, over his dealing with of the scenario.

The army institution was additionally cited by the committee for the inappropriate use of power and known as for sanctions.

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