Leaders Oppose Proposals to Make Techiman the Capital of Bono East

General News of Monday, February 11, 2019

Source: clbadfmonline.com

2019-02-11

Chiefs and residents of the traditional Nkoranza region opposed Techiman's designation as the capital of the newly created Bono Est region.

According to the chiefs, Nkoranza has many advantages, including its central location and proximity to almost every city in the new region. Techiman is favored because of his ties with Deputy Minister of Regional Reorganization and Development, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah. .

While they had barely 24 hours of constitutional instruments to provide legal support to the new regions, the leaders also accused the government of having ruled Nkoranza out of a meeting. with Traditional Chiefs and Techiman District Leaders, Monday, February 11, 2019. Thursday.

Buaben Chief Nana Owusu Damoah Ameyaw III, who spoke at the press conference on behalf of Nkoranza's traditional council, said he was receiving a well-orchestrated plan to remove Nkoranza from the designation of a regional capital. .

But the government believes that such agitations and their demands are useless.

The Deputy Regional Minister for Reorganization, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, therefore called for calm and badured that development projects will not be centralized in regional capitals alone.