Lawra constituents appeal to President Mahama to appoint MCE

The people of Lawra Constituency have appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to appoint a Chief Executive for the Lawra Municipality without further delay to propel the development of the municipality.

They said the development of the municipality had faced a major setback following the prolonged absence of a substantive Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) after the demise of the former MCE, Alhaji Adams Muazu.

The late Alhaji Muazu died in June 2025 following a protracted illness shortly after he was sworn into office in April 2025, but the Municipality is yet to get a replacement, which had heightened frustration among many constituents.

Mr Justice Gaanu, the Presiding Member (PM) of the Lawra Municipal Assembly, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview that ongoing projects, including roads, schools, and health facilities had stalled due to the absence of a substantive MCE for the area.

“Truly speaking, nothing is going on in the municipality. Projects initiated by the previous administration have come to a halt.

If we had a substantive MCE, some of these pressing issues would have been addressed”, he said.

Mr Gaanu mentioned projects such as a newly commissioned school in the Eremon, which is without furniture and other learning materials, making it unusable, but said an MCE could have lobbied for the resources needed to operationalise that school.

The PM indicated that though the Upper West Regional Minister, Charles Lwanga Puozuing, had been acting as the MCE for the area, his unavailability in the municipality had negatively affected decision-making at the municipal level.

Some concerned constituents of the municipality had resorted to the use of social media including Facebook to express their frustrations and to appeal for the immediate filling of the leadership void in the municipality.

Mr Peter Sorinye, a constituent, said: “Lawra Municipality deserves proactive leadership. We cannot afford to be left behind while other municipalities are making progress.”

“The absence of an MCE has created a leadership vacuum that is affecting development and service delivery,” he added.

He called on the government to fast-track the appointment of a competent and dedicated MCE to ensure continuity of development projects in the municipality.

Some constituents observed that the Lawra Municipality was already lagging in terms of development even with the leadership of an MCE and questioned what the fate of the municipality would be without the leadership of an MCE for months.

Also, Mr Faabelangne Banuoku, a concerned constituent, expressed frustration about the leadership void in the Lawra Municipality and questioned what had delayed the appointment of a replacement for the late Alhaji Muazu.

He called on both the constituency and regional executives of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and national level decision-makers to ensure the Lawra Municipality had its fair share of the national cake including a substantive MCE.

Source: GNA