The Atiwa District is one of the seventeen Districts in the Eastern Region and located in the North-Western part of the Eastern Region. The District was carved out of the East Akim Municipal by Legislative Instrument (L.I) 1784 of 20th February 2004 in pursuance of the Government’s Decentralization policy. Kwabeng is the District Capital.
The District shares boundaries with five (5) Districts as follows; To the North by Kwahu West Municipal, To the South by East Akim Municipal, To the West by Birim Central Municipal, To the East by Fanteakwa and To the South West by Kwaebibirim. Other major towns in the District are Anyinam, Sekyere New Jejeti, Abomosu, Kadewaso, Akropong, and Asaman-Tamfoe.
The Medical Director of the Koforidua Regional Hospital has denied reports that two people died from riots that broke out during the by-election at Atiwa.
Eleven young men who allegedly attempted to vandalize the vehicle of Ms. Anita Dosoo, the National Women’s Organizer, National Democratic Congress (NDC), at Abomosu have sustained various degrees of injuries when they got hit by the vehicle in the process.
The Electoral Commission has declared the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) the winner of Tuesday’s by-election held at Atiwa in the Eastern Region.
