Pastor installed as chief: Gomoa Ajumako Omanhen calls for end to lingering disputes

The Omanhen of the Gomoa Ajumako Traditional Area and President of the Gomoa Ajumako Traditional Council, Obrimpong Nyanful Krampah XI, has bemoaned the increasing and lingering chieftaincy disputes in the Gomoa and Ajumako areas and called for an end to them.

He said the litigations, which were over land, stool, misunderstanding among chiefs, families and personal issues, which had lasted for years, had denied the area of development.

Obrimpong Krampah explained that the chiefs of Gomoa Ajumako had been denied much-needed developmental projects, stating, “We cannot allow such practices to keep us outside the doors of opportunities, especially in this digital age of development.”

He stated these during the installation of the Founder of the Enriching Life Ministry International Church at Kasoa, as the Chief of Arbitration (Nkabomhen) of Gomoa Abrekum in the Gomoa Ajumako Traditional Area, Central Region, with the stool name Adontsenhen Nana Kwaku Nkrumah Dankwah.

Commendation

Known in private life as Reverend Obed Danquah, the Nkabomhen was described as a man of integrity, affable, loyal, dedicated and a beacon of unity between Christianity and tradition.

Rev. Danquah is the Founder, Technical Director and the Acting Head of the Morgan International Community School located at Gomoa Manso in the Central Region.

He is also the Founder of the Entrepreneurship Training Institute in Accra, as well as the CEO of Morgan Farms at Gomoa Manso.

Speaking at the well-attended ceremony, Obrimpong Nyanful Krampah XI commended the minister of the Gospel for his boldness and in-depth knowledge, both in theology and tradition.

He said Christianity and traditional religion played significant roles in the modernisation and development of the nation and should be allowed to coexist.

Obrimpong Krampah intimated that he envisaged a time when a traditional chief would one day be anointed and called to become a reverend minister, which would become a great opportunity for the youth to understand that all Ghanaians are indeed one people.

He said scripture remained the foundation that reformed and redeemed Africans, and also the tool that shapes the country’s cultural identity and guides its people to see Christ more clearly. 

Advice

He, therefore, appealed to the youth to desist from acts that had in the past created division and animosity between religious and ethnic groups, put the past behind them and join hands to bring progress and development to the country.

Obrimpong Krampah urged the youth to take advantage of the numerous government policies and make them useful for their future endeavours.

In his acceptance speech, the Adontsehen commended the President of the Gomoa Ajumako Traditional Council for the trust reposed in him and gave an assurance of his commitment to work towards achieving progress for the people of the area.

He further appealed to the chiefs, queen mothers and the youth of the area to desist from any form of disunity, litigation and conflict among themselves to attract development.

“The cost of litigation, even though it may be financial, could also be invisible, especially when lives are lost in the process,” he lamented.