[ 2016-11-16 ]

NPP, Krobo marchers clash
Some members of the main opposition New Patriotic
Party (NPP) on Tuesday clashed with demonstrators
in Odumase Krobo who are demanding an apology from
Abuakwa South MP Samuel Atta Akyea for saying that
a university meant for the Eastern Region should
have been located at Akyem rather than the Krobo
area.

The clashes were sparked when supporters of the
NPP prevented the demonstrators from entering the
palace of the Paramount Chief of Manya Krobo, Nene
Sackitey, with whom they were meeting over a
planned courtesy call by the flag bearer of their
party, Nana Akufo-Addo

The demonstrators had also gone to the palace to
present a petition to the chief over their
grievances.

The police had to intervene to forestall mayhem.
The petition of the demonstrators co-signed by
Evans Srenyame Tetteh and Ebenezer Kwasi Kpabitey,
convener and organiser, respectively read: "Your
Highness, you will recall that somewhere in
February 2016 this year, the Parliament of Ghana
passed the Eastern region University bill into
Law. The said bill sited the main campus of the
proposed university at Somanya with satellite
campuses in other parts of the country. Atta Akyea
(MP, Abuakwa South) launched a scathing attack on
this noble idea. He went further to state that:
‘Krobos do not deserve a university’.

"This did not go down well with us as a group and
to all Krobos in general. We have since called on
him and the leadership of NPP to apologise to us
but to no avail. As Nana Addo visits Krobo land
today, we appeal to your Royal Highness to seek
this apology on behalf of Krobo land.

"We want to use the medium to remind Nana
Akufo-Addo and his NPP that Krobos are not aliens
in Eastern region and will thus not tolerate such
irresponsible statements in the future. We are
today marching peacefully in protest to Nana and
his NPP's irresponsibility but we may react
differently if they fail to apologise to all
Krobos in general."

Source - Classfmonline

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