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<\/p>\nThe Okyehene, Osagyefo Amotia Ofori-Panin, is angry over the decision of two residents of the area to place an interlocutory injunction on the inauguration of the newly created\u00a0Abuakwa North Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n
“How dare you put an injunction on a government policy to make Akyem Kukurantumi the capital of Abuakwa North Municipal Assembly without petitioning the chiefs of the land. This action is a gross disrespect to the traditional council,” he said.<\/p>\n
Government could not inaugurate the Assembly last Thursday because two residents namely Agyei Boateng and Addo Sarpong had\u00a0secured an injunction from a Koforidua High Court to stop the ceremony arguing against the decision to make Akyem Kukukurantumi the Municipal Capital instead of\u00a0Akyem Tafo.<\/p>\n
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The plaintiffs contend that, Akyem Tafo is more qualified as a municipal capital than Kukurantumi considering the number of governance offices and infrastructure at Akyem Tafo.<\/p>\n
This action prevented the Minister of Defence Dominic Nitiwul who had been sent to represent the president from performing the inaugural ceremony.<\/p>\n
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Speaking\u00a0at the first State Council meeting for 2018 at Kyebi in the East Akim Municipality today [Saturday], March 17, 2018,\u00a0Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori-Panin said the action of the two to mar what he described as a welcoming government policy with a court action has dented the image of the\u00a0entire Abuakwa Traditional Council since the chiefs of Akyem Tafo (Osabarima Adusei Peasah iv) and Akyem Kukurantumi(Dasebre Boamah Darko), were not informed before the unfortunate thing happened.<\/p>\n
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“Who are those two who went to that extent to disgrace themselves, disgrace chiefs of Tafo and Kukurantumi, myself and even our president who is from Abuakwa. They have disrespected and disregarded our authority with impunity because they did not even see the need to inform the chiefs,” the Okyehene fumed.<\/p>\n
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Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori-Panin therefore charged Osabarima Adusei Peasah iv, Akyem Tafohene, to furnish the traditional council with information on the plaintiffs for the necessary steps to be taken.<\/p>\n