Ga-Dangme Youth brace-up

Even before the nation soaks up the real implications of the Dagbon disaster Network Herald investigative team seem to suggest that an excitable section of the Ga Dangme Youth is mobilising forces to enforce the annual ban on drumming and noise making.

They say they are determined to enforce the ban and are prepared to meet any opposition with war.

The group blames the recent violation by especially charismatic and pentecostal churches for what they describe as the calamities that have befallen the Ga Dangme state in recent years.

Nii Nortey-Duah leader from the Osu wing explained that the people of the state had been unable to unravel the mystery behind the five major disasters that engulfed them in recent years.

These are the May 9 stadium disaster that claimed the lives of over 100 persons, the death of a wulomo who could not perform his traditional rites two years ago, the floods that hit Accra and its surroundings three years ago, the death of a traditional priest who was forced by the previous government to celebrate the Homowo and the sudden death of the prosecutor.

As a first step, they are organizing themselves to demonstrate against Rev. Dr.Annor Yeboah General Overseer of the Christ Apostolic Church who is reported to have said that the traditional council “can go to hell”. They plan to evict the headquarters of the Church (CAC), from their current premises at Osu.

The youth claim that the current location of the church should serve as a cemetery for chiefs in the area and have therefore set out to find out “ who sold the land to Apostle Annor Yeboah and his congregation”.

A member of the Ga Youth Association told the Network Herald that the church’s location is supposed to be an extension of the Osu Cemetery for their Wulomei and Asafoatseme.

The youth have called on the authorities to revisit the issue to set the records straight although acting president of the Ga Traditional Council, Nii Adotey Obour insists he has no knowledge of the intended eviction.

As at the time of going to press a meeting had been scheduled between the youth and the Ga Tradition Council on one side and the Greater Accra regional minister Sheik I. C. Quaye to address the concerns of youth.

The impasse between churches and the Ga Traditional Council started during the previous administration some four years ago and continues to be a threat to peace in the country.