Minister Fired Over Wa NADMO Attacks
Alhaji Sulemana Alhassan the Upper West Regional Minister has been suspended and his deputy is to take over administrative affairs of the region, an official statement from the Office of the President issued Thursday afternoon noted.
The action following reports of political vigilantism in the region.
Amidu Ishaq, the deputy Regional Minister takes over from Alhassan pending investigations into attacks at the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO),Upper West regional office on Wednesday.
A statement signed by Eugene Arhin, Director of Communication at the Presidency said the president is committed to the application of the laws of the country without fear or favour, affection or ill-will and without recourse to the political, religious or ethnic affiliations of any citizen.
Alhassan’s suspension comes hours after some NADMO workers in the region had accused the him of shielding hooligans who attacked their office instead of allowing the police to arrest them.
They claimed the Minister demonstrated that he did not value their lives as he prevented the arrest of some angry party youth who stormed the organization’s office on Wednesday in an attempt to beat up all the staff.
The workers, led by the Regional NADMO Public Relations Officer, Erica Sieyi, addressing the press on Thuesday vowed that they will not return to work until the attackers are arrested.
The attack on the offices of NADMO led to the aide to the Regional Director being admitted at the Upper West Regional after he was beaten up.
The Regional NADMO Director, Isaac Seidu, who appears to be the main target of the attack, however, escaped unhurt.
Erica Sieyi, in her address, said, “our lives are not safe due to the attack yesterday [Wednesday] from a group of individuals.”
She recalled that “On the 31st January 2018, at about 4:55pm, a group of people numbering about 30, arrived at the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) forecourt in cars.
These angrily looking people besieged the regional office of NADMO seeking to beat up all NADMO staff… In an attempt to break into the Regional Director’s office, his aid prevented them for a short while, but they eventually overpowered him…The police were called to intervene in the situation. They came to arrest some of the individuals but the Regional Minister prevented their arrest.”
Source: thePublisher
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