Alhaji Abdallah Ahmed Abudallah, a former National Treasurer of the National Democratic Congress NDC) has called on the Local Government Ministry to do more to curb the growing monetization' associated with the confirmation of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCES).

Describing the situation as affront to democratic principles, he urged the government to also ensure that traditional authorities were actively involved in the selection and confirmation of the MMDCEs by the various assemblies.

In an interview with Sompa FM at Wenchi in the Bono Region, Alhaji Abdallah, also the Chief Executive Officer of the Progressive Modern Construction limited (PMC), said the current 'monetization that had characterised the MMDCEs confirmation breed corruption, inimical to growth and sustainable development.

Touching on political party funding, he said advocated reforms in the country's political landscape, allowing political parties to engage in profit making ventures.

Reforms in political party financing is required to allow especially the minor political parties to do something economically viable to fund their activities and operations, Alhaji Abdallah popularly known as "Alhaji PMC urged.

He however, added that such economic activities of those political parties could also be regulated too. "The political system now which demands voluntary contributions has outlived its usefulness", he stated, suggesting that system must therefore allowed the political parties to engage in viable economic activities like commercial farming and cash crop production to fund themselves.

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