SEKONDI GOES RED AS YOUTH DEMAND ENSTOOLMENT OF A CHIEF

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A group calling itself Concern Citizens of Sekondi, in the Western Region have embarked on a massive demonstration over a protracted chieftaincy dispute in the traditional area which has hampered the royal family from enstooling a chief for the town.

The demonstration is to mount pressure on city authorities and the king makers of the Sekondi Traditional area to enstool a substantive chief for Sekondi.

For close to fifteen years now the Sekondi Traditional area has been without chief since the demise of the then paramount chief, Nana Awuah Duku in May 17, 2003

As a result the group amidst brass band have been demonstrating across the principal streets of the community.

As part of the demonstration the group will petition the queen mother of the traditional area the Metropolitan Chief Executive, the house of chiefs and the Regional Minister.

Speaking with the, Secretary to the group, Samuel Kodwo Appah after the group had handed over their petition to the queen mother of Sekondi  said, the chieftaincy dispute and the delay in enstooling a chief has retarded development in Sekondi.

He observed Sekondi is lacking and lagging behind economic and social infrastructure, which he said has resulted in poor livelihood, noting the youth are jobless.
“Our youths are walking about aimlessly because all businesses have gone down and that is why we 
need a chief to manage the affairs of the town to revamp Sekondi”.

The Secretary said the group do not have any interest in any of the factions aspiring to be chosen as a chief but they are willing to rally behind anyone who emerges as the chief.

Nana Efuahema, Queen mother for Sekondi traditional area upon receipt of the petition stated the royal family is very much concerned about the situation and will do its utmost best to enstool a chief.

“The royal family has noticed the anger of the people of Sekondi and with what we have seem we are not going to sit on our ores we are going to see to it that the case which is currently pending at the Regional House of chief will be trailed with dispatch to pave way for us to enstool a chief for the Good people of Sekondi”.

The demonstrators, were however angry as they could not meet any political head in the region to receive their petition. They could not meet both the Western regional minister and his Deputy as well as the Mayor of the Sekondi Takoradi metropolis Anthony K.K Sam when the group stormed the assembly.


One of the members of the demonstrators who spoke with Skyy news Stephen Cudjoe described the action of the political head as gross disrespect to the good people of Sekondi.

“Our leaders do not have even an iota of respect for us the native of Sekondi and I want to inform them that Sekondi is not for them. We have been to the regional office and both the regional minister and the deputy were not around to receive our petition and the Chief Executive Officer of this metropolis too is not here to receive our petition…for their inform if they are  not going to receive our humble petition they will hear from us and it is not going to be good” he fumed


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