The town's parliamentary candidate shall have one direct seat to the Parliament of Ghana.

Tafo is also due to its history of a regional headquarters of Ashanti-King, the Tafohene.

An important Cocoa Research Institute was opened in June 1938[3] at Tafo.

Now it only has about 200 employees who perform essentially research and monitoring activities in the area of cocoa cultivation.

Tafo Hospital, a major hospital in Tafo, is the health care institution of the local population and plays a major role in the overall well-being of the Town's population.