{"id":687162,"date":"2019-08-20T22:05:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T22:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>Residents of Senya Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region staged a demonstration \u00a0on Tuesday against the chief of the town, Nenyi Kwaku Issiw VI who they accuse of deliberately working to deprive the area of development"},"modified":"2019-08-20T22:05:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T22:05:06","slug":"senya-breku-residents-demonstrate-against-anti-development-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/20\/senya-breku-residents-demonstrate-against-anti-development-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Senya Breku residents demonstrate against &#8216;anti-development&#8217; chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Residents of Senya Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region staged a demonstration \u00a0on Tuesday against the chief of the town, Nenyi Kwaku Issiw VI who they accuse of deliberately working to deprive the area of development.<\/p>\n<p>The angry demonstrators who were wielding placards with various inscriptions such as \u201cNenyi Issiw, we will match you boot for boot, Nenyi Issiw wash your hands off the universities issues, Nenyi go back to the US\u201d among others, said the conduct of the chief is effecting economic activities in Senya Bereku.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNenyi Kwaku Issiw has done nothing to help\u00a0 Senya Bereku develope\u201d an angry demonstrator said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-543706\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Awutu-Senya-protest-3-1024x759.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"759\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> in an interview Tufuhene of Senya Bereku Ipi Kwao Bentum IV explained that the actions of the chief has brought division to the town.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that among other things that the chief refused to provide lands to private developers to build universities in the town.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Presby Church and Winners chapel had intentions of building\u00a0 universities here in Senya Bereku but this chief came in and made sure that the project did not happen,\u201d Tufuhene Ipi Kwao Bentum IV said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe even went to the extent of going to Winners Church to boast that he was the one who stopped the Presbyterian church from establishing a university in Senya,\u201d Tufuhene explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Residents demonstrate over poor roads at Pokuase Mayera\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R985lUGcPnI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ipi Kwao Bentum IV also said there was an ongoing legal battle over the chief\u2019s decision to block Winners Chapel from building a university in the area.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs we speak now\u00a0 tomorrow we are going to the Winneba High court where the case has been slated to be heard that he doesn\u2019t want Winners to establish a university in Senya Bereku,\u201d said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the Tufuhene, although they support the chieftaincy institution in the area, they do not supoort his actions which are undermining development.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe support his chieftaincy but we do not agree with him\u00a0 preventing developing\u00a0 from coming to the area\u201d the Tufuhene said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-543707\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Awutu-Senya-protest-1-1024x759.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"759\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Nenyi Kormitey III the Bemuhene of Senya Bereku also indicated that they they will not stop protesting until their demands are met.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf our demands are not met we will continue to protest\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_source\">\n<span>Source:<\/span><br \/>\nCalvis Tetteh | citinewsroom.com | Ghana\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Senya Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region staged a demonstration \u00a0on Tuesday against the chief of the town, Nenyi Kwaku Issiw VI who they accuse of deliberately working to deprive the area of development. 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