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Minister asks kingmakers to set up
lists of royal genealogy
Gomoa Afransi C/R, Jan 6, GNA - Mr Sampson Kweku Boafo,
Minister of State at the Ministry of Culture and Chieftaincy
Affairs, has appealed to kingmakers to prepare a list of
royals who qualify to ascend thrones and skins.
He said such lists, when followed properly, would make it
easier to select and install chiefs and avoid
misunderstanding that often resulted in bloodshed,
destruction of property and waste of state resources.
Mr Boafo said this when he addressed a durbar of chiefs and
people of Gomoa Afransi to climax their Akwambo festival on
Saturday.
He said the list would prevent numerous chieftaincy disputes
and stop people who use money to influence kingmakers.
Mr Boafo, who is the MP for Subin in Kumasi, said chiefs in
the Ashanti Region had started preparing lists of royals and
appealed to other traditional areas to do the same.
On the forthcoming general elections, he appealed to people
who are 18 years and above to register when the voters'
registration exercise opens in March.
Mr Boafo said the government would resume work on the
tarring of the Afransi-Gomoa Ankamu road and appealed to the
chiefs and people of Gomoa Ajumako Traditional Area to
support government in its efforts to develop the country.
Nana Ato Arthur, Central Regional Minister on behalf of the
chiefs and the people thanked President J.A. Kufuor for the
creation of the Gomoa East District and expressed the hope
that the people would work together to ensure total
development of the area.
He said he was not happy about the number of chieftaincy and
land cases in the region.
He said the Regional Security Council had to send security
personnel last Thursday to avert bloodshed at Gomoa Mozano
and Gomoa Mprumem over of the celebration of the Peace
Crusade and Akwambo Festival respectively.
Ms Joyce Aidoo, District Chief Executive for Gomoa, appealed
to teachers, parents and other stakeholders in education to
find a lasting solution to the poor performance of basic
schools in the district.
She said no pupil from 14 schools in the district scored
between aggregates 6 and 36 to qualify for admission to
Senior High School in the Basic Education Certificate
Examination (BECE) last year.
She said the assembly had taken measures to help address the
problem and appealed to parents to provide the needs of
their children including uniforms, textbooks and others
items.
Nana Ogyedom Obrenu Kwesi Atta VI, Chief of Gomoa Afransi,
said the creation of the new district would facilitate the
development of the area since resources given by the
government could not reach all corners when it was not
divided.
He said the celebration of the Akwambo Festival was to
foster unity among the people to fight poverty, hunger and
disease that are the common enemies to mankind.
GNA
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