Traditional rulers must provide development projects for their people
Three traditional rulers have asked occupants of stools and skins to eschew selfishness and rather think about the welfare of their people by providing them with laudable development projects and programmes.
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That, they explained, would bring about a long-lasting cordial relationship between the chiefs and the people who enstooled them.
Nana Kobina Nketsia V, the Omanhen of Essikado Traditional Area, Nana Etsin Kofi, the Chief of Aboadze Ahanta, both in the Western Region and Nana Akomea Ntrakwa III, the Chief of Jukwa Abrafo in the Central Region observed that some chiefs were only interested in satisfying their whims and caprices to the neglect of the people they were to serve.
Selfish tendencies
They made the call at the inauguration of a multi-million palace complex initiated by Nana Kofi Nyankum IV, the Divisional Chief of Prestea in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region.
They maintained that certain chiefs only sought their own interests and those of their immediate families.
In their brief remarks at the well-attended ceremony, they said such selfish tendencies tended to create disenchantment and disunity between them and the people who made them what they were, and added that some of them engaged in worthless things which did not benefit their people in any way.
‘‘Do the little that you can for your people and they will appreciate it instead of engaging in petty and worthless things which will in the end result in disaffection between you and the people,’’ they contended.
They, therefore, commended Nana Nyankum for his selfless initiative and commitment to the development of his traditional area, saying that ‘‘We should all learn lessons from the dynamism of the chief and what he has done and will want to do for his people in the future.’’
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Turbulent times
In his welcome speech, Nana Nyankum recounted the turbulent times he went through after being on the throne for 14 years, including a misunderstanding between him and his late family head.
‘‘Various personalities intervened and by God’s grace, I was brought back to continue my rule. On my return, the old palace was in bad shape so I made up my mind to put up a fitting palace for the stool and Presteaman,’’ he recalled.
He paid glowing tribute to his people, other individuals and corporate organisations that in diverse ways encouraged and supported him, resulting in the successful completion of the palace.
The Prestea Chief, who is also the Edumhene of the Ahanta Traditional Area, was installed on May 2, 1981, with about 11 communities under his jurisdiction.