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President Akufo-Addo gets harbaded on arrival in Tamale
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo arrived Thursday afternoon in Tamale for a tumultuous welcome to Tamale Airport before the coronation of Yaa Naa-elected, Abukari Mahama, to Yendi tomorrow.
Radiant with a smile, the president raised his fist to respond to the applause of an enthusiastic crowd that had invaded the airport in vehicles and motorcycles since the morning to welcome him to the capital of the northern region .
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The crowd in ecstasy by hundreds, including supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), followed the president's convoy as he sang and praised his praise for his pivotal role in achieving peace for Dagbon who had escaped the people since the death of Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani 2002.
A trip that usually took about 40 minutes, took more than two and a half hours to the president's convoy to get from the airport to the city, because of the crowds and vehicles mbaded on the road.
Some people lined up the road to see the president and express his gratitude for his support of the Dagbon cause.
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Some of them carried placards with inscriptions such as "Dagbon thanks you for giving us a Yaa Naa", "Peace finally thanks to Nana Addo" and "Dagbon appreciates you, Mr. President."
The President was received at the airport by Northern Regional Minister Salifu Sa-eed, members of the North Regional Security Council (REGSEC) and regional NCP officials.
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Nana Akufo-Addo will be the special honorary guest of the inauguration ceremony of Naa Abukari Mahama as Dagbon's Overlord after her successful selection by Dagbon Kingmakers on Friday, January 18, 2019 in Yendi.
dignitaries
The event that would be held at Jubilee Park of Yendi High School will be chaired by the President of the National Chamber of Chiefs and Agbogbomefia of Asogli State in the Volta Region, Togbe Afede XIV.
Members of the Committee of Eminent Leaders who developed the road map for peace in Dagbon will also be present. The members of the committee, chaired by Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, are the supreme leaders of the traditional Mamprugu and Gonja regions in the Northern region, the Nayiri, respectively, and Yagbonwura, Tuntumba Boresa II.
Other guests expected in August include representatives of various chambers of chiefs, heads of institutions, religious leaders and leaders, government officials, members of Parliament and the general public.
Investiture
As part of the bagging process, there would be a recitation of the Holy Quran at the front of the Gbewaa Palace in the morning before the event is transferred to Jubilee Park of Yendi SHS.
Until his selection, Yo-Naa Abukari Mahama, about 70 years old, was the supreme chief of the Savelugu traditional region. He succeeds his nephew, the late Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani II, who died in March 2002.
Recall
The successful execution of the latest funerary rites of Yaa Naa Mahamadu Abdulai and Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani in the Dagbon Chieftaincy Division in December 2018 and January 2019 respectively, paved the way for the selection of the new Yaa Naa.
These processes were part of the recommendations of the Committee of Eminent Leaders contained in the roadmap document submitted to President Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House in Accra on November 21, 2018.
The Committee of Eminent Chiefs was created by former President John Agyekum Kufuor in 2002 with the aim of finding a lasting solution to the protracted dispute over the Dagbon chiefdom.
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