President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday dismissed Mr Gabriel Barima, District Chief Executive of the Ahafo Ano District of the Ashanti Region .
President Mahama has subsequently directed the Ashanti Regional Minister to assume direct responsibility of the District until a substantive DCE was appointed.
This is contained in a press release signed by Dr Raymond Atuguba and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra.
Mr Barima who suddenly became ?popular? for allegedly responding angrily to a health worker who shouted (tweaa) while he was addressing a health workers? durbar was initially pardoned after he had apologized and demonstrated remorse.
He however made a U-turn by granting an interview to a radio station, where he allegedly among other things said he did not regret for being called tweaa in public, thereby appealing to tourists to visit him at Mankranso to know the tweaa DCE.
Such statements among other unprintable statements incurred the displeasure of government subsequently leading to his dismissal.
?The President, John Dramani Mahama acting on the powers conferred on him by section 20(4) of the Local Government Act 462 has dismissed Mr Gabriel Barima as the District Chief Executive of the Ahafo Ano South District with immediate effect,? the statement added. GNA
