[ 2019-03-04 ]

Savanna Region: Residents protest the appointment of Samuel Yeyu Tika as Deputy
There is a wave of social media and radio protests
over the appointment of Mr Samuel Yeyu Tika as
Deputy Minister of the Savannah Region.

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Salaga South,
Hon Salifu Adam Braimah has been appointed as the
Minister and Mr Samuel Yeyu Tika as the Deputy
Minister-designate for the Savannah Region by
President Nana Akufo-Addo.

However, Samuel Tika who was the NPP parliamentary
candidate for the Daboya- Mankarigu Constituency
(North Gonja District) seem to be facing
opposition from many people.

He has been accused of not taking part in
activities leading to the referendum for the
Savanna Region with a prominent person from Daboya
saying they monitored him and realised he did not
even vote during the referendum.

Others have even accused Samuel Tika of inciting
his ethnic group (Tampulmas) against supporting
the Savanna Region and therefore wonder why he was
appointed as Deputy Minister for the same Savanna
Region he fought against.

After his name came up, someone wrote; He (Samuel
Tika) was against Savannah region, he is against
Savannah region and he will always be against
Savannah region because his key political
supporters made a press statement early yesterday
indicating they are still optimistic their plea to
be part of North East region will still be
heard”.

Another wrote; They (Tika and some Tampulmas)
nearly killed two of my team members when we were
campaigning for the Savanna Region. I’m a
Tampulma but he (Tika) is a disgrace to Tampulma
communities in North Gonja.

Another said the appointment of Tika will only
facilitate division and misunderstanding in the
Savanna Region especially in North Gonja. He said
everyone in the North Gonja District of the
Savanna Region know that Tika never supported
creation of Savannah region and that his side
called Nurudeen told elders of the Lingbinshi
community in North Gonja never to come out during
the day of Savannah region float at Lingbinshi
because they were working hard to be added to the
North East Region which never happened.

Many who are protesting have made it clear they
are not doing it because they are against the
appointment of a Tampulima from North Gonja but
they are only against the appointment of a
Tampulima who has decided to make the Gonja people
his enemies and refused to take part in the
collective journey of all ethnic groups on the
area towards Savannah Region.

Those against Samule Tika have argued that there
were a number of qualified Tampulimas who who
supported the Savanna region from day one and that
any of them could have been considered but not
Tika who worked against the Savanna Region.

Meanwhile, some people in Bole are protesting on
Bole Radio stations over the failure of Nana
Akufo- Addo to appoint one of two Bole NPP
personalities; Alhaji Dr Achanso or Madam Veronica
Alele Heming as Savanna Region Minister.

Over twenty people phoned into Nkilgi Fm to
express their indignation with one saying NPP has
not always been fair to Bole simply because former
President John Dramani Mahama hails from the
town.

Another caller of Nkilgi Fm said even though Bole
was more qualified than any Gonja town to be the
Savanna Region capital, the people in the area
kept quiet when Salaga was rioting and burning
things and therefore feel President Nana
Akufo-Addo has only rewarded hooliganism by
appointing the MP for Salaga South as Minister of
the Savanna Region.

Source - radiotamale

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