Chef Savelugu selected as new Yaa Naa

General News on Friday, January 18, 2019

Source: Starrfmonline.com

2019-01-18

The chief of Savelugu and head of the Andani royal family, Yoo Naa Abukari Mahama, was chosen as the new Ya Naa.

The new Yaa Naa is over 70 years old.

Below, IS the details of how the selection is made;

The former selection officers would meet with Gushie-Na in Sakpiegu, north of Yendi, and talk to him about the estate.

"The decision they reach would be communicated to the main division chiefs, which would not be in accordance with Yendi's wishes and the approval of these leaders, because it was essential that the new king not be involved in a civil war. "

"The Gushie-Na then went to Yendi, where he ceremoniously rode three times around the burial chamber, and then entered, to make a show of sorrow, and his action was considered the final statement that the previous reign was over and the regency was also in place – an end. "

From the burial chamber, the Gushie-Na surrendered to the royal court (yili bla), after a symbolic demonstration of the resistance of the royal bodyguard, the Gushie-Na seized three pieces of straw on the roof of the palace and gave one to the successful candidate. . Then the Gushie-Na left Yendi, the custom forbidding to spend the night in the city after indicating the identity of the new king. "

Subsequently, the new Ya-Na was taken to an elder, Zohe-Na, where he was officially kept as a "prisoner" for a week, during which time Kuga-Na led the state. After a few days at Mbadugu (the king's linguist), the Ya-Na was taken to court where Muslim prayers were said and tributes were paid by other chiefs and commoners, the king sitting on the skin of lion of a Yana / a ".