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Asantehene urges elders of Dagbon to
live together
Kumasi, July 4, Ghanadot/GNA - Otumfuo Osei Tutu II,
Asantehene, has appealed to eminent chiefs and elders of
Dagbon Traditional Area to ensure that the people in the
area live together as brothers and sisters.
He said there was the need for a concerted effort to ensure
that lasting peace and unity prevail in the area.
The Asantehene was addressing the Committee of Eminent
Chiefs and Elders mediating in the Dagbon Chieftaincy
affairs at the Manhyia palace in Kumasi on Friday.
The meeting which was held behind closed doors centred on
the proposed programme for the funeral of the late Naa
Mohamadu Abudulai IV, Ya Na.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu, who is the Chairman of the Committee,
expressed concern about the drudgery that Committee members
had to go through in the face of numerous sittings and
adjournments saying, “it is a bit frustrating”.
Briefing newsmen on the outcome of the meeting, Mr. George
Osei-Antwi, Media Director at the Palace, said the Eminent
Chiefs congratulated the Asantehene for sacrificing his time
to find a lasting solution to the crisis.
He recalled that when the Committee met the two gates - the
Andanis and Abudus - the Eminent Chiefs made some
recommendation on how the funeral should be performed, but
the Abudu’s pleaded for time to enable them study it.
He said it was recommended by the Chiefs that the funeral
takes 10 to 14 days but after going through it, the Abudu’s
extended it to 19 days and when their programme was read at
the last meeting three days ago, the Committee adjourned its
sitting to Friday July 4.
He said the Andanis raised concerns with some customary and
traditional inaccuracies in the programme and after a
lengthy discussion, the Asantehene ruled that another date
be fixed for the chiefs to meet and decide if the guidelines
should be amended after which it would be presented to
government for approval.
GNA
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