Ignore calls for the dismissal of the North West Minister – Chiefs' Appeal to the President

General News of Saturday, July 6, 2019

Source: Graphic.com.gh

2019-07-06

Adonenhene from the traditional Sefwi Bekwai area, Nana Marfo Panin, said the call by some people to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to sack the regional minister of the Northwest region, Mr. Kingsley Aboagye-Gyedu, was not in the hands. interest of the population of the new region.

He therefore urged the President to keep Mr. Aboagye-Gyedu in his "good work".

According to Nana Marfo, some propagandists have been in the media asking the president to relieve the regional minister of his position.

The plot began with a letter written on June 11, 2019 by a non-identifiable group to the Department of Local Government and Rural Development, according to which the regional minister was working with the Speaker of the House of Chiefs of the Western Region. and Sefwi Wiawso's supreme leader, Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II. change the agreed site for Regional Coordinating Board (RCC) offices.

At a press conference organized by the region's six traditional councils in Bibiani, Mr Adontenhene said the regional minister had done nothing wrong to deserve to be sacked.

He called for the calm of the people as traditional authorities sought to resolve disputes that could slow progress in the region.

Nana Marfo also called on people to dedicate their time and energy to the best way to give the government the support needed to develop the region.

Unfounded allegations

Nana Marfo said that it was diastatic that people engage in activities likely to cause fear, hatred, division and introduce more partisan politics in the region's chiefdom institution. .

On behalf of the chiefs, he offered an unqualified apology to Ogyeahoho Gyebi.

He urged the perpetrators of the charges against the regional minister and Omanhene to preach peace and help young people to support the development of the region.

Adontenhene said that the inhabitants of the region had lived in peace during all this time and that it was impossible for the leaders to be insensitive to a non-combatant destroying the fortunes of the region.

He urged residents of the region to be cautious in their statements.

Nana Marfo congratulated the government for the creation of the region, which, he said, would contribute to the development of the region.

Present were some traditional chiefs from the six traditional regions of Anhwiaso, Sefwi Bekwai, Chirano, Suaman and Enchi.