The nomination of Brong Ahafo Regional Minister-designate Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh will hold, despite opposition to his appointment by the Sunyani Traditional Council, Kwame Baffoe, the governing New Patriotic Party’s regional Youth Organiser has sworn.
On Thursday, 26 January, a day after President Akufo-Addo had named Mr Asomah-Cheremeh as Brong Ahafo Regional Minister-designate, the traditional body organised a press conference rejecting the decision, accusing the nominee of being disrespectful by once organising a press conference to lampoon traditional rulers in the area.
They added that he also ignored several invitations extended to him by the council over certain allegations and comments he had made about the chiefs.
But Mr Baffoe, speaking with Nana Ama Osei-Tutu on Accra News on Thursday, called the bluff of the chiefs, saying: “What Nananom at Sunyani have said, let me state clearly that we in the NPP have put up a wall around us; we are not listening to anything [they have said]. They must rather come out and apologise for the comments they have made.”
The young politician, also known as Abronye DCE, said the chiefs needed to bear in mind that Mr Asomah-Cheremeh had been nominated to be a Regional Minister, rather than “Sunyani Minister”, and questioned the council’s locus to kick against a nominee of the president given it is “one of the youngest traditional councils” in the country which only got established in 1996 after wrongfully seceding from the Odomase Traditional Council under the aegis of then-President Rawlings’ government.
According to him, Krontihene Nana Bofotia Boa Amponsem, the chief who addressed Thursday’s press conference, himself was a “government appointee” and “NDC card-bearing member” who got employed as a lecturer at the Sunyani Polytechnic because of his association with the erstwhile Mahama government while the Sunyanimanhene was made Lands Commission chairman by the former government.
“Are they the ones to tell us what to do? ...What we said earlier is what we will keep saying: Kwaku Asomah[-Cheremeh] will be regional minister today, tomorrow, every day. Whoever disagrees can go with the Sunyani Traditional Council and join another region. That is their own problem,” he stated.
Source: Classfmonline
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THESE BABIES WITH WITH BIG MOUTHS HAVE STARTED CREATING PROBLEMS FOR NANA ALREADY. WHEN SH*IT HITS THE FAN THEY WILL FOUND NOWHERE.
Call the bluuff of Sunyani Chief and his subjects, is the Sunyini palace the only traditional council in Brong Ahafo region, is he not same chief who promised to give the NDC 80% votes, what to his u. se.less promise, he can go to H.E.LL and burnnn the sea as well, Citizen of this country are tired of chiefs like Sunyani Hene, Dormaaa mentioned but few, We saw their hatred for the NPP during the electioneering campaign, whether they liked it or not,,Asomah Cheremeh, is going to be the regional minister, even Eric Opoku was allowed to be a regional minister, someone who perpetrated serious atrocities against the people of Sankore, and even hid a common murdereer in his house in Accra .we are going to chase all of u in no time
Sunyani Traditional Council should be careful not put aside their kingly sandals for Mahama sandals. The over-size Mahama sandals will only bring them the disrespect associated with it. A word to the wise is in the "NORTH".
it seems NPP have not learnt any lesson from NDC's defeat. Continue to sow the seeds of arrogance and you will perish at the electoral box. NPP should feel free to be arrogant wai
I have always said that it is unwise for chiefs to do open politics. Look at where it has landed all of us. What the chiefs are doing is bringing disrespect to the stool. They should bow their heads in shame. If a chief behave as a politician, he is treated as such. But if he behave as a chief with his neutrality intact then he is given the due respect. A word to the chiefs of Ghana
Is amazing, some people will never grow, the world has moved from we don't like him to can he do the job. If a man is capable to get the job done, you personal feeling does not count. Nananom, you made a mistake by supporting a party that didn't win. he also made a mistake from your side of the story. Would humbly advice, you let him do his work,most regions are not developing not because it can't be developed it can but the people end up sabotaging the work on the one who is bring them development. Lets all grow up and stop this behavior of We can't work with him,if this is your reason, then you people should through away your personal feelings and let this man do his work to develop BA for all of us. Thank you