By: Emmanuel Ballah
GBARNGA, BONG COUNTY – During the early morning hours of Monday, June 9, 2025, some aggrieved members of the incumbent Unity Party Youth Congress in Bong County, stormed the grounds of the Gbarnga Administrative Building, demanding the immediate resignation of the county’s Superintendent, Loleyah Hawa Norris.
Holding placards and chanting different political slogans, the protesters accused the superintendent of not offering them jobs as well as those of the opposition and failing to recognize and work with them.
They also accused Madam Norris of alleged corruption, misuse of county social development funds, conflict of interest, and receiving kickbacks from contractors among other claims.
The angry UP Youth Congress members believe that the superintendent is weaponizing the opposition to fight against the Unity party in the 2029 representative and presidential elections.
Their action has been greeted with widespread condemnation across the county. Some residents of Bong County perceive that Monday’s protest was engineered by hierarchies of the Unity Party in the county to orchestrate the removal of Superintendent Norris.
One person who has openly rebuked the protesters, is Bong County district #6 Representative Moimah Briggs-Mensah.
Speaking in a telephone interview with Radio Gbarnga, a local radio station based in Bong, Rep. Briggs-Mensah intimated that bulk of the protesters’ claims was baseless and unnecessary.
“What happened yesterday was just quite unnecessary and baseless,” Rep. Mensah lamented.
She stated that it was saddened to hear the protesters criticizing the superintendent for working with opposition lawmakers in the county; adding that as head of the county administration, Madam Norris is obliged to work with people from all spectrums of the political spheres and independent citizens of the county.
“Superintendent Loleyah Hawa is the Superintendent of the county, so she has to work with everyone,” she asserted. The Salala district representative furthered, “Madam Norris is not Superintendent for Unity Party. It is unfortunate that those who went to protest do not know that.”
On the allegations of corruption, conflict of interest, and misuse of county funds, Representative Mensah urged Superintendent Norriss to be open to investigation in order to exonerate herself.
The former Bong Legislative Caucus Chairperson urged the protesters to channel would be genuine grievances through their party leadership instead of blocking the main entrance of the local government seat to obstruct government functionaries.
