Afrancho youth demand resignation of assemblyman

Afrancho (Ash), April 13, GNA - The youth of Afrancho in the Kwabre District on Wednesday went on a peaceful demonstration in the township to demand the immediate resignation of the assemblyman and the unit committee chairman for inefficiency and abuse of offices.

The youth, who chanted war songs and slogans, carried placards some of which read "Nobody can destool our chief, the assemblyman has set fire on Afrancho, DCE, save Afrancho from danger and we want peace, Manwerehene".

A resolution signed jointly by Mr Akwasi Sahene and Mr John Opoku, president and secretary respectively of the association was presented to Mr Ernest Opoku-Fofie, the District Chief Executive.

In the resolution, the youth accused the assemblyman, Mr Nicholas Owusu Afriyie and the Unit committee chairman, Mr Osei Tutu, of instigating chieftaincy disputes in the community and being behind the numerous land litigations in the area.

They said by their behaviour, the town is now experiencing disunity, thereby making it difficult to mobilise the people for self-help development projects. They claimed that for the past six months, the assemblyman and the unit committee chairman have not been able to organise the people to undertake any communal work on any project.

In view of this, the youth said they had decided to lead the community to initiate programmes to speed up development in the town and deal directly with the district assembly.

The District Chief Executive commended them for the peaceful manner in which the demonstration was carried out. He, however, reminded them that demonstrations and resolutions could not be used to remove the assemblyman and the unit committee chairman from office since they are elected representatives of the community and not appointees.

He advised them to use dialogue in resolving the impasse. Nana Asumadu Poku, chief of Afrancho, called on the youth to exercise restraint and adopt a more peaceful and approved means of resolving the problem.