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The youth at Akyem Tafo in the Eastern Region have embarked on a demonstration to protest government's decision to relocate their capital from Tafo to Kukurantumi.

The Youth Movement leadership told this paper in an interview after the demonstration that New Tafo is the business hub within the municipality and contributes significant revenue to the Assembly adding that the biggest market within the municipal assembly is situated in New Tafo Akim and believed changing the capital is not the best option.

The demonstrators expressed resentments over the government decision to relocate the capital.

The Tafo youth petitioned President Nana Akufo-Addo to intervene against plans to site the capital at Kukurantumi which is situated on the other side of the main Koforidua-Bunso road.

The youth also argued that making Tafo the capital will be a befitting way to honour the memory of late Member of Parliament (MP) Joseph Boakye Danquah.

They also complained that it would be inconvenient; especially their people would have to travel about kilometres to the new capital.

"We feel that, the government's development policy of promoting balanced development would be enhanced if Tafo is maintained as the new district capital” they concluded.