Some residents of Nsawkaw in the Brong Ahafo Region poured onto the streets after the announcement that President John Dramani Mahama had sacked the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Tain, Mr. Jones Samuel Tawiah.
Though they admitted the DCE’s dismissal was long overdue, they expressed their happiness saying “it’s better late than never”. Some of the residents revealed that the almost eight years of Mr. Jones Samuel Tawiah’s reign has brought less development to the Tain District especially Nsawkaw, the district capital.
The residents accused the DCE of failing to complete the construction of the District Administration block which was started by the erstwhile NPP administration. Mr. Jones Samuel Tawiah was also accused of diverting development projects meant for the District capital to his hometown, Seikwa.
They could not fathom why the Fire station, Community Nurses Training College among others would be sent to Seikwa instead of Nsawkaw, the district capital. According to the residents of Nsawkaw, the sacking of Mr. Jones Samuel Tawiah should not be the end and that forensic audit must be conducted into the operations of his administration.
The Chronicle reported in March last year that the District Chief Executive of Tain, Mr. Samuel Jones Tawiah, was held hostage in his official residence several minutes by some irate youth of Nsawkaw, the district capital, an action which prevented the district from celebrating the Independence Day.
According to the report, the youth burnt lorry tyres on the road leading to the residence of the DCE protesting against his decision to send the celebration of the Independence Day to his hometown, Seikwa instead of Nsawkaw, the district capital.
According to the youth, they wouldn’t mind if the celebration was a national Farmers Day, which per government policy could be held in any part of the district, but Independence Day is always celebrated at the District Capital every year.
Canopies, which were raised at Nsawkaw for the occasion before the DCE’s sudden decision to move to Seikwa, were vandalized by the irate Nsawkaw Youth, notwithstanding the plea by some chiefs and elders of the town. Some students and pupils from the respective basic and Senior High schools within the districts were dejected after rehearsing for over a week to take part in the march past.
The Nsawkaw Police, with support from the Wenchi Divisional Police Command intervened to bring the situation under control, but the youth vowed to expel Mr. Samuel Jones Tawiah from the town, emphasizing that: “If Nsawkaw does not deserve the status of a district capital, go to your hometown, Seikwa, which qualifies to be a district capital.”
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