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The people of Yendi in Tamale are awaiting the historic ceremony today to crown Yaa Naa Abubakari Mahama as King of Dagbon.
Nana President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo arrived in Tamale Thursday afternoon before the coronation on Friday.
Touching a crowd of ecstatic residents and dignitaries at Tamale Airport, the President responded with a firm fist. air, a wave and a broad smile.
Photo: The president was greeted by an ecstatic crowd holding placards to thank him for ensuring peace in the area.
The President may smile today because the peace between the Abudus and the Andanis, who have shed blood for 17 years as a result of a dispute between fierce leaders, has not been easy. .
The President will be the special guest of honor at the inauguration ceremony of the new Dagbon overlord.
Yaa Naa Abubakari Mahama was selected by Dagbon Kingmakers on Friday 18th January. 2019in Yendi after a difficult peace process led by the Committee of Eminent Leaders, led by Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
Coronation
As part of the coronation process, there would be a recitation of the Holy Quran in the esplanade of Gbewaa Palace in the morning before the event was transferred to Jubilee Park, at SHS Yendi.
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 died in March 2002.
The successful execution of the last funerary rites of Yaa Naa Mahamadu Abdulai and Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani, in the divisions of Chefferies Dagbon 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.
A trip that usually took about 40 minutes, took more than two and a half hours to convoke the president to get from the airport to the city, because of the mbadive crowd and vehicles mbad on the road.
Some people lined up the road to see the president and express his gratitude for his support of the Dagbon cause.
Some carried placards with inscriptions such as "Dagbon thanks you for giving us a Yaa Naa", "Peace at Finally, thanks to Nana Addo "and" Dagbon thanks you, Mr. President. "
The President was received at the airport by the Northern Regional ministerMr. Salifu Sa-eed, members of the Northern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) and regional PNP officials.
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.
Also present are members of the committee eminent leaders who developed the road map for peace in Dagbon. 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.
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