{"id":592180,"date":"2019-02-15T19:37:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T19:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">The youth at Salaga South constituency are angry following the citing of Damango as"},"modified":"2019-02-15T19:37:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T19:37:33","slug":"npp-office-at-salaga-burnt-down-over-siting-of-new-regional-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/15\/npp-office-at-salaga-burnt-down-over-siting-of-new-regional-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP office at Salaga burnt down over siting of new regional capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">The youth at Salaga South constituency are angry following the citing of Damango as the regional capital of the newly created Savanna region.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">The office of the governing New Patriotic Party in the\u00a0constituency was set ablaze Tuesday evening. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Salaga new capital\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/1550259453_405_804358661847_1517770374659.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">\u201cThe place is burning down, people are throwing stones and all manner of things,\u201d an eye witness told Joy News.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">The protesters, displeased by President, Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s announcement Tuesday, insist Salaga deserved\u00a0to be the regional capital.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F53kx3w-Y8A\" width=\"650\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">They argued the people of Salaga South showed faith in the New Patriotic Party by voting the party\u2019s parliamentary candidate, Salifu Adam Braimah as MP.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">They say the choice of Damongo which voted for an NDC candidate Adam\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">Mutawakilu,<\/span><\/span> does not reward the peoples\u2019 faith in the NPP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">The roofing, fridges, windows, satellite dish and computers are among the many things destroyed by the fire.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Salaga new capital\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/6549008473391_4660536255480.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">Although there is police presence \u201cthey cannot do anything\u201d. Attempts by firefighters at the scene to douse the flames have been thwarted by the angry youths.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">The eye witness said pick axes have been brought in by the irate youth to pull down the building.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">The security apparatus has been paralysed by the actions of the youth who are having a field day in venting their anger.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yb5jc27poys\" width=\"650\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10&appId=1559506714349564\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The youth at Salaga South constituency are angry following the citing of Damango as the regional capital of the newly created Savanna region. 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