Sub-chiefs kill ram to destool Daasebre Oti Boateng

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Abongo 10 years ago

Confused people

Confused people
Kwaku 10 years ago

Which animal can we also kill to destool John Mahama?Is it a dog,cat or lizard?Somebody should help us the man is just destroying the image of the highest seat in Ghana.

Which animal can we also kill to destool John Mahama?Is it a dog,cat or lizard?Somebody should help us the man is just destroying the image of the highest seat in Ghana.
BENYIWA DOE(Rat Poison) 10 years ago

The gun can do

The gun can do
OYOKOBA 10 years ago

The sub-chiefs must be punished for cruelty to animals.

You have run into conflict with your Omanhene. You have dully been destooled for insubordination, and instead of dealing with the issue and maybe going to apologize to ...
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The sub-chiefs must be punished for cruelty to animals.

You have run into conflict with your Omanhene. You have dully been destooled for insubordination, and instead of dealing with the issue and maybe going to apologize to be re-instituted, you have rather taken your anger and recalcitrance to peace loving goats, sheep and chicken. What role did they play to be subjected to such unusual and cruel punishment? Department of Social Welfare and the Humane Society must take this up.
asallamalleikum 10 years ago

What is the use of rams and chicken in your village? To worship them or to eat them?

What is the use of rams and chicken in your village? To worship them or to eat them?
ASEMPA NE YE 10 years ago

Chieftancy is all about backwardness, superstition, ritual murder, division,strife and inexplicable taboos.

Only idiots still practice this good for nothing institution

Chieftancy is all about backwardness, superstition, ritual murder, division,strife and inexplicable taboos.

Only idiots still practice this good for nothing institution
Nyametsease 10 years ago

Kwame Nkrumah could not complete his work-this chieftancy nonsense could have been eradicated long ago and now it is becoming more annoying.
Give them cutlass,rake and shovel as Nkrumah did to them.

Kwame Nkrumah could not complete his work-this chieftancy nonsense could have been eradicated long ago and now it is becoming more annoying.
Give them cutlass,rake and shovel as Nkrumah did to them.
Agonaba 10 years ago

Nkrumah himself was a Chief.

Nkrumah himself was a Chief.
Nicholas Kyeretwie-Chicago,USA 10 years ago

Yet Kuffour and his NPP folks created a ministry of chietancy just to create job for their boys and thereby create more confusion for Ghana.Now the same Kuffour is calling for a third house for Ghana so he can fill it with ho ...
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Yet Kuffour and his NPP folks created a ministry of chietancy just to create job for their boys and thereby create more confusion for Ghana.Now the same Kuffour is calling for a third house for Ghana so he can fill it with hos useless and confused chiefs and more power to finish selling off Ghana's remaining lands. Oti Boateng must go to save New Juaben.
Pito Brewer 10 years ago

So why did they slaughter only one ram? I would have thought they would slaugter ten, one per disgruntled chief. By the way, I wonder what happened to the mutton from the ram. They probably feasted on it. Chiefs are useless i ...
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So why did they slaughter only one ram? I would have thought they would slaugter ten, one per disgruntled chief. By the way, I wonder what happened to the mutton from the ram. They probably feasted on it. Chiefs are useless in contemporary Ghanaian society. Ha! Ha! Ha!
Yoofi 10 years ago

I support you 100%. Why should goats suffer because of the stupidity of human beings!

I support you 100%. Why should goats suffer because of the stupidity of human beings!
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

Those sub chiefs do not know their own tradition. Among the Asante people, the final arbiter is not the Regional House of Chiefs but the Asantehene. They have rather worsened their cases because the Asantehene will not take s ...
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Those sub chiefs do not know their own tradition. Among the Asante people, the final arbiter is not the Regional House of Chiefs but the Asantehene. They have rather worsened their cases because the Asantehene will not take such insubordination kindly.
Again Oti Boateng is a paramount Chief who reports directly to the Asantehene. A band of disgruntled sub chiefs cannot in any way slaughter ram and invoke the ancestors to destool him. If he is autocratic as they say, they should have reported him to the Asanteman council and for the Asantehene to take the final decision.
Mary Ama 10 years ago

Is the Eastern Region part of Asanti?

Is the Eastern Region part of Asanti?
Nana Bawuah 10 years ago

New Juaben and Asante-Juaben are one people. The New Juabenhene and Asante-Juabenhene are blood brothers, they have the same mother. Asante is bigger than Asante region it includes most of Bono-Ahafo region (formerly Western ...
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New Juaben and Asante-Juaben are one people. The New Juabenhene and Asante-Juabenhene are blood brothers, they have the same mother. Asante is bigger than Asante region it includes most of Bono-Ahafo region (formerly Western Asante region), places in Volta region like Worawora and many places in Eastern region like New Juaben as well as other places.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

Nana, thank you for your education. I lived at Asokore-Koforidua and I know what I am talking about. Daasebre Oti Boateng is from Old Juabeng but he became the paramount chief of New Juabeng because of blood relations.

Nana, thank you for your education. I lived at Asokore-Koforidua and I know what I am talking about. Daasebre Oti Boateng is from Old Juabeng but he became the paramount chief of New Juabeng because of blood relations.
Nana Bawuah 10 years ago

New Juaben and Old Juaben are the same people. Even the first Asantehene Osei Tutu Opsemso was from Kokofu. Just like in my family Adako-Jachie, Asaman, Bonkron and Nsuta are all one, it does not matter where you were born or ...
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New Juaben and Old Juaben are the same people. Even the first Asantehene Osei Tutu Opsemso was from Kokofu. Just like in my family Adako-Jachie, Asaman, Bonkron and Nsuta are all one, it does not matter where you were born or raised, a true member of our family qualifies to occupy the stool in any of these places. In Akan tradition is not were one was born or raised, but rather where his maternal ancestors hailed from or settled down.
OYOKOBA 10 years ago

Learn how to separate oranges from mangoes. You are confusing traditional council with regional council. Eastern Region is not part of Ashanti Region, however, traditionally, the New Juaben traditional council in the Eastern ...
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Learn how to separate oranges from mangoes. You are confusing traditional council with regional council. Eastern Region is not part of Ashanti Region, however, traditionally, the New Juaben traditional council in the Eastern region, is part of the Asanteman Traditional Council. Asanteman is not the same as Ashanti Region. What kind of education are we getting in Ghana lately? Hmmm.
Asuo-Amponsah(Oyiripebr3) 10 years ago

Of the very people who want to mess around with our one and only "Nyamekese",the Occupant of the Golden Stool! As the Sumankwaahene stated on radio the other day,all some us can say is that we wish them well in this 'devilish ...
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Of the very people who want to mess around with our one and only "Nyamekese",the Occupant of the Golden Stool! As the Sumankwaahene stated on radio the other day,all some us can say is that we wish them well in this 'devilish enterprise' they have embarked on!
Jane 10 years ago

Ama New Juaben is in Eastern Region but it's part of Great Asanteman and come under Asantehene. Dwaben in Asante and New Juaben are one not two and cannot be devided.

Ama New Juaben is in Eastern Region but it's part of Great Asanteman and come under Asantehene. Dwaben in Asante and New Juaben are one not two and cannot be devided.
Mame 10 years ago

That is why you need to learn history, New Juaben and her surrounding areas are all Ashantis, that is why a native royal of New Juaben can be a queen mother of Ashanti Juaben and vise versa, we are all one people from Ashanti ...
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That is why you need to learn history, New Juaben and her surrounding areas are all Ashantis, that is why a native royal of New Juaben can be a queen mother of Ashanti Juaben and vise versa, we are all one people from Ashanti .Ashantis are not only in Ashanti region, we have them in the western, eastern, central, Bono-Ahafo and northern part of volta region.Before there was no Bono-Ahafo it was Western Ashanti untill Dr. Nkrumah because of political reasons divided them and because they opposed him and wanted to secede he found it threatening and divided that part of Ghana, some to the western region others to the central region and created Bono - Ahafo out of the rest, so the remaining is now the Ashanti region.
Nana Bawuah 10 years ago

Its not true! Paramount stools in Asante are not the business of the Asantehene, only those stools, which were created or elevated by one of his precedessors to status of an Oman. For your information Asante is headed by Adak ...
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Its not true! Paramount stools in Asante are not the business of the Asantehene, only those stools, which were created or elevated by one of his precedessors to status of an Oman. For your information Asante is headed by Adako-Oyoko clan of which the Asante-Juabenhene (head of Oyoko clan) and Nsutahene (head of Adako clan) are the leaders. The Asantehene can never undermine the authority of an amantuo num state such as Juaben (i.e. Juabenhene.). He is not even the overall overlord in Kumasi. We owe allegiance to the Golden stool and not to the Asantehene, the Asantehene himself is only a servant to the stool. Asante is a union with checks and balances and not a master-servant institution. The only time Asantehene can be the final arbiter is when a case by a royal family is brought before him such as the Kumawu and Asumegya royal family did.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

Nana, the Asantehene is the Primus Inter Pares. I know very much about the authority of the Asantehene. Juabeng is the uncle of Asantehene but they all pledge allegiance to him. I mentioned that if those disgruntled chiefs ha ...
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Nana, the Asantehene is the Primus Inter Pares. I know very much about the authority of the Asantehene. Juabeng is the uncle of Asantehene but they all pledge allegiance to him. I mentioned that if those disgruntled chiefs have a case, they can APPEAL TO THE ASANTEMAN COUNCIL. The Asantehene still have a sway when it comes to settling disputes among chiefs. Despite the fact that the Asantehene cannot destool any of the chiefs of the Amantuo states, he has a big influence over them. By tradition as you have rightly pointed out, the Asantehene will not interfere with chieftancy issues under his jurisdiction unless such disputes tarnish the image of Asanteman. Nana, did you not recently read about Asantehene warning chiefs under his jurisdiction on land matters and galamsey? This tells of his authority. Anyway, I stand to be corrected because we are all learning. But nana, can those sub chiefs destoool a paramount chief? Educate me on that.
Nana Bawuah 10 years ago

First of all Juabenhene is not the uncle of the Asantehene. The Juabenhene is the elderly brother of the Asantehene. In the olden days among the Oyoko states, Juabenhene was considered their elder brother for the fact of bein ...
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First of all Juabenhene is not the uncle of the Asantehene. The Juabenhene is the elderly brother of the Asantehene. In the olden days among the Oyoko states, Juabenhene was considered their elder brother for the fact of being the biggest Oyoko state. The Nsutahene is the uncle to the Asantehene. Two wrongs still dont make a right! There is a lot wrong with chieftaincy nowadays. You see Asantehene his son the Akyempemhene acting as if he was the most powerful chief in Kumasi, which is total nonesense. You see the Aduabenhene (i.e. Adontenhene of Kumasi) an Amantuo num state being debarred from the Asanteman council. Didn`t you see, when Asantehene provoked the Mamponghene? The Mamponghene then wanted to break away from Asanteman and it needed the intervention of the Adansehene to prevent Asante to break up. The Golden Stool is a national stool and not a state stool.

Extract from an interview with the Asantehene from the new african magazine in 2009:

"Asantehene: The Golden Stool is superior and higher than me, I am only a servant and custodian of the Golden Stool, and all Asantes come under its spirit. "

To make it once again clear, the Asantehene can neither enstool nor destool anyone within amantuo num state. He can not claim any of their land nor does he have any jurisdiction over them, unless a case is brought before him.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

Thank you very much for your education. I have studied Ghana and Asante history for some time. I have always thought that Juaben was the uncle of Asante. I also know that Asantehene has got no dictatorial powers. The Asantema ...
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Thank you very much for your education. I have studied Ghana and Asante history for some time. I have always thought that Juaben was the uncle of Asante. I also know that Asantehene has got no dictatorial powers. The Asanteman council is a check on him. That is why there is no dispute when it comes to who should be the Asantehene. Can you tell me if Mampong is part of the Amantuo states because there is the statement that SE NSUTAFUO DIDI WIE A, NA MAMPONGFUO ASUM AGYE WON. Nana, call me right away at 770-674 1382.
Nana Bawuah 10 years ago

The Amantuo Num consist of Juaben/Bewkai, Asumegya/Kumawu, Aduaben, Mampong, Kumase/Kokofu and Nsuta.

Mampong was already a fully fledged kingdom before the creation of the Asante union. One of the reasons why Opoku Ware I ...
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The Amantuo Num consist of Juaben/Bewkai, Asumegya/Kumawu, Aduaben, Mampong, Kumase/Kokofu and Nsuta.

Mampong was already a fully fledged kingdom before the creation of the Asante union. One of the reasons why Opoku Ware I and his predecessors were so successful were Juaben, Mampong and Nsuta.

Mamponghene is the Nifa/Krontihene of Asante. Because he took over leadership position during the Denkyira war and sacrificed himself, Okomfo Anokye created the silver stool for the mampong state. In the whole of Asante Mamponghene is next to the Golden stool. However, as far as Asante royals are concerned which are only rulers of the Adako/Oyoko clan, Juabenhene and Nsutahene are next to the Golden stool.

The people of Kumase/Kokofu and Nsuta have one common ancestress called Nana Ikurru she gave birth to two females Yita and Ankyewaa Nyame. The Oyokos of Kokofu/Kumasi descend from Ankyewaa and the Nsuta-Adakos descend from Yita. Because one daugthers son of Ankyewaa became Kwamanhene (Kumasihene) the Asantehene or the Asante-Oyoko clan refer to Nsutahene (i.e. Adakos) as uncle. In fact, when Obiri Yeboa died Nsutahene was even asked to inherit his nephew by taking over the Kumasi/Kwaman stool. During the reign of Obiri Yeboa and Osei Tutu , Nana Abena Pokuaa of the Nsuta Adako royal family ruled as Kumasihemaa. It was after the death of Obiri Yeboa that due to a succession dispute she had to take the Kumasi stool and much of the regalia and flee to Ivory Coast were she founded the Asante-Adako (Baule) kingdom. Any Adako/Oyoko royal is eligible to occupy the Golden Stool, as I said its a national and not a state stool.

The proverb you mentioned came about, that anytime there was a misunderstanding between Mampong and Nsuta it resulted in war in which Mampong was always defeated. So one day Mamponghene told his men, when Nsutas come give them what ever they want (i.e. food). Its only when Nsuta is full (satisfied) that there will be peace in Mampong.

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princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

A couple months back there was a trial in the Fuckarewe courts{where the fuck are we}. A man was being tried for fornicating with a sheep in a Chief's farm, since that's still illegal there an' all. Anyway, the key witness wa ...
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A couple months back there was a trial in the Fuckarewe courts{where the fuck are we}. A man was being tried for fornicating with a sheep in a Chief's farm, since that's still illegal there an' all. Anyway, the key witness was an old fella who was walking
along the highway by the farm where the sheep was raised. The prosecutor asked the witness what he saw: "Well, I was walking' along, and saw this sheep just'a eating' grass. And then this fella walks up from behind the
sheep, real quiet-like." "And then what?" asked the prosecutor. "Then he unbuckled his belt, and pulled the sheep close." "And what happened after that?" "Well," said the witness, "they sorta shook for a couple of minutes.Then, afterwards, the sheep turned around... an' licked him!" Just then one of the jurors leaned over to the jury member next to him and said, "You know... a good sheep'll do that because the Chief trained him"

Many of our waters are polluted in the gold mining areas ruled by chiefs,why don't they slaughter Sheep to get rid of the illegal miners and the Chinese who are polluting the area?
G.K. Berko 10 years ago

Oyokoba, you may be a vegetarian or a strong advocate of Animal rights, which is fine with me. But for the sake of intellectual discourse, why do you think the Chiefs would take their frustration on some poor sheep? Remembe ...
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Oyokoba, you may be a vegetarian or a strong advocate of Animal rights, which is fine with me. But for the sake of intellectual discourse, why do you think the Chiefs would take their frustration on some poor sheep? Remember, it is a long-standing custom to perform such a ritual for that supposed function among Akans.

You make it sound like the Chiefs simply decided to vent their anger on the sheep. Anyway, I agree with you that not only the ritual of sacrificing Animals to spiritually appease our Ancestors ought to be abandoned, but also other unnecessary killing of Animals and People as well.

What gets to me on the question of life preservation is the duplicity of how we allow, with little to no compunction, fellow Humans to be fatally victimized and then turn around to scream bloody murder in defense of Animals.

I have seen how passionately Animal Rights Advocates have been vilifying others for slaughtering Animals for food, but have heard little from them when it comes to how innocent folks, even children are abandoned to die or even killed under the guise of some War.

We are quick to justify Wars that leave almost nothing in its way of destruction, no life to spare. But we tend to act as some saintly patrons of Animal life security and sanctity.

We seem to impute to Animals certain divine right to exist at par with Humans and yet act to undermine the same right to life of Humans. The usual argument is that Animals cannot talk to express their views or assert their rights, and therefore deserve to be protected. Well, many Humans have at various times in our History, including today, been in similar situation where their speech have been suppressed, their rights confiscated with different excuses.

Often it is the case of those who claim to be more enlightened justifying their egregious acts of pure barbarity on others thought of as inferior. Even we lie to fabricate excuses for such acts, we would get away with them because we are considered more refined, advanced, etc. So, where do we draw the line?

Are we Humans supposed to mete equal rights to Animals? Or, we would be justified in subjecting them to certain fatality on the strength of what we would be killing them for? How important should that reason for the slaughter be?

For those Judaic-Christian believers, could someone educate us as to whether Animals are still offered for Sacrifices in Jewish practices of today? I know Christians claim that the intervention of Jesus permanently deactivated any justification for such Animal sacrifice. Let us learn what most benefits us all.

Long Live Ghana!!!
princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

George Papadopalous was a very, very rich and successful, internationally known Greek ship owner.
One day, as Barbara Walters was interviewing him about his life and times, the following occurred:

[this is taking place as ...
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George Papadopalous was a very, very rich and successful, internationally known Greek ship owner.
One day, as Barbara Walters was interviewing him about his life and times, the following occurred:

[this is taking place as they wander over his beautiful estate,located (where else?) in Greece.....]

"You see, Barbara," he tells her, "This is where it all began. This is the very land upon which I was born, and where I grew up. Over there (pointing towards a humble hut) is where I was born,where my father was born, and his father, yadayada, blah, blah........"

He goes on: "Yes, these hills are where I grew up! Why, just over there, you see that little hill, with the gnarled old fig tree?"

"Oh, yes," she exclaims, "How pretty. How idylic.""Well," he says, "Just under that fig tree is where I had my first sexual experience. And, you see that bush on the other little hill over to the left? That
is where her mother stood and watched!"

This, of course tends to put Barbara off just a tad, but she pushes bravely on: "Oh?"
she says, "And what did her mother say?"

"Baaaaaa,Baaaaa"
Asuo-Amponsah(Oyiripebr3) 10 years ago

These insuborinate "Ahenfo Twetwepua" will have the guts to carry out such an impious act within the confines of Manhyia Palace and risk suffering the same ignominy that was visted upon the erstwhile Adansi Omanhene,Nana Kwan ...
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These insuborinate "Ahenfo Twetwepua" will have the guts to carry out such an impious act within the confines of Manhyia Palace and risk suffering the same ignominy that was visted upon the erstwhile Adansi Omanhene,Nana Kwantwi Barima by the lte Otumuo Opoku Ware II. It is about time some of these famiy Elders and no-name village Chiefs focused all their efforts on improving the living conditions of their people!
Kwame 10 years ago

You have already killed the Yaa Naa . What is left for you to kill is Bawumia. His skull will make a palm wine drinking cup. After all your kings drink out of the skulls of human beings. Savages Akans

You have already killed the Yaa Naa . What is left for you to kill is Bawumia. His skull will make a palm wine drinking cup. After all your kings drink out of the skulls of human beings. Savages Akans
GHANAMAN 10 years ago

You would need to sacrifice a Big Osono (eleplant).

You would need to sacrifice a Big Osono (eleplant).
NKRUMAH 10 years ago

We really need your head to des tool the president. Your head is surely not that precious. We can do with it.

We really need your head to des tool the president. Your head is surely not that precious. We can do with it.
MenayeAFUAforiwa 10 years ago

In the customs of the Northern Region,it's a Dog. But in Ghana as a whole it is through an IMPEACHMENTS
-by the Parliament. And which party has majority of members in that good-for-nothing house,-the NDC. So it means that Ma ...
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In the customs of the Northern Region,it's a Dog. But in Ghana as a whole it is through an IMPEACHMENTS
-by the Parliament. And which party has majority of members in that good-for-nothing house,-the NDC. So it means that Mahama man and his group of Northern Peoples Nepotists will stay on for the next three more years enjoying free perks of poor mother Ghana.
NANA NANAA NANA 10 years ago

Aah! 'Abetwa y3 abufu'. How can a bunch of destooled powerless sub-chiefs organise to slaughter innocent sheep goat,cow and chicken to destool a gazetted sitting paramount chief? Daasebre, never forgive them even if they come ...
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Aah! 'Abetwa y3 abufu'. How can a bunch of destooled powerless sub-chiefs organise to slaughter innocent sheep goat,cow and chicken to destool a gazetted sitting paramount chief? Daasebre, never forgive them even if they come to you feet to plea for their insubordination and recalcitrant behaviour. Be very hard on them. Use your powers to exit them from town.(TWARE WON ASUO) The ancestral spirits of the land are not invoked for(nothing)amidst shedding blood of innocent animals. Nana, I'm coming down to my village and hope to grasp you some special schnapps from Duty free shop to pour libation to invoke the same ancestral spirits to summon the sub-chiefs one by one to answer questions in the ancestry home for defying your traditional orders. They must be punished for animal cruelty, period!!
CONCERN GHANAIN 10 years ago

KILL YOUR FATHER TO DESTOOL PRESIDENT MAHAMA, COTTAGE HUMAN BEING LIKE YOU.

KILL YOUR FATHER TO DESTOOL PRESIDENT MAHAMA, COTTAGE HUMAN BEING LIKE YOU.
WILLIAM 10 years ago

Kwaku, after consulting 'prophet' owusu bempah' you are advised to look for a cannibal anywhere in the world and offer your bitter body!!!

Kwaku, after consulting 'prophet' owusu bempah' you are advised to look for a cannibal anywhere in the world and offer your bitter body!!!
LARYEAH 10 years ago

YOU CAN SLAUGHTER DOG, LIZARD OR CAT TO DE-TROKOSIZED AN EWE.

YOU CAN SLAUGHTER DOG, LIZARD OR CAT TO DE-TROKOSIZED AN EWE.
Yen Pe Saa 10 years ago

When "The centre cannot hold" these are some of the things that will happen.

When "The centre cannot hold" these are some of the things that will happen.
Nana Yaw 10 years ago

This is long over due, this man should go and go now, why is he the only person that can make New Juaben best, he has not done anything for Koforidua town. He is too contravenes, no one like him.

This is long over due, this man should go and go now, why is he the only person that can make New Juaben best, he has not done anything for Koforidua town. He is too contravenes, no one like him.
ghanaba kwame 10 years ago

blame akuffo addo for all this troubles in our land

blame akuffo addo for all this troubles in our land
GAO 10 years ago

nana addo the cause

nana addo the cause
pala 10 years ago

as at the time the paramount chief distooled them, he was not distooled. but as at the time they were performing their rituals to distool him they had already been distooled so they have no authority at the time.

as at the time the paramount chief distooled them, he was not distooled. but as at the time they were performing their rituals to distool him they had already been distooled so they have no authority at the time.
Nicholas Kyeretwie-Chicago,USA 10 years ago

Confusion over confusion.Oti Boateng and his stooges have done more harm than good to my beloved Suhyen.This man must go before he does more harm to New-Juaben.

Confusion over confusion.Oti Boateng and his stooges have done more harm than good to my beloved Suhyen.This man must go before he does more harm to New-Juaben.
pala 10 years ago

nana doctor emerutus Oti Boateng is the best. he is just been envied. and i am suprised you are also enving him.

nana doctor emerutus Oti Boateng is the best. he is just been envied. and i am suprised you are also enving him.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

Nich, the chief of Suhyen has a case against Daasebre Oti Boateng. But you have to know that your town chief reports to Asantehene. If he has a problem, he should report to the Asantehene. Do you remember that the chief of pe ...
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Nich, the chief of Suhyen has a case against Daasebre Oti Boateng. But you have to know that your town chief reports to Asantehene. If he has a problem, he should report to the Asantehene. Do you remember that the chief of people of Suhyen planed to attack Daasebre during the Batakese festival? Can you explain how? How do you expect the Paramount chief to like him?
VAVIOTO 10 years ago

THOSE MENTIONING NANA ADDO'S NAME IN THIS MATTERS ARE FOOLS. THEY SHOULD LEAVE NANA'S NAME OUT OF THIS MATTER. YOU PEOPLE SHOULD BE SERIOUS AND NOT TO TOY WITH NANA'S NAME JUST LIKE THAT.

NANA IS A POTENTIAL LEADER AND IF ...
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THOSE MENTIONING NANA ADDO'S NAME IN THIS MATTERS ARE FOOLS. THEY SHOULD LEAVE NANA'S NAME OUT OF THIS MATTER. YOU PEOPLE SHOULD BE SERIOUS AND NOT TO TOY WITH NANA'S NAME JUST LIKE THAT.

NANA IS A POTENTIAL LEADER AND IF YOU ARE SUPPORTING ANOTHER POLITICAL PARTY LIKE SUPPORTING A FOOTBALL CLUB WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT THE ONE WHO CAN DEVELOP THIS COUNTRY FOR OUR BETTERMENT THEN, I AM SORRY GHANAIANS ARE DOOMED. THE WHITES DO NOT PLAY POLITICS FOOLISHLY LIKE WHAT WE ARE DOING IN GHANA AND OF COURSE AFRICA. THEY LOOK AT THINGS OBJECTIVELY TO ENSURE THAT THE NATION IS DEVELOPED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL.
Yoofi 10 years ago

To kill a goat for goat soup or the chop-bar is perfectly acceptable.

But to harm a goat for such a silly reason is pure animal rights abuse.

These 10 sub-cheifs should be arrested for animal cruelty

Meanwhile where ...
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To kill a goat for goat soup or the chop-bar is perfectly acceptable.

But to harm a goat for such a silly reason is pure animal rights abuse.

These 10 sub-cheifs should be arrested for animal cruelty

Meanwhile where is the carcass?
Troot Tella 10 years ago

Until we step back and stop these ritualistic voodoo nonsense, how do we as a country expect God to fully bless us. Seriously.

Until we step back and stop these ritualistic voodoo nonsense, how do we as a country expect God to fully bless us. Seriously.
Iwan 10 years ago

Dr Oti should not descend into the gutter with those who have no cloths on. NO PRESS conference please.

Dr Oti should not descend into the gutter with those who have no cloths on. NO PRESS conference please.
Mensah 10 years ago

In this day and agae, when the internet, ipads, twitter, facebook, watsup, inflation, economy, etc are being mentioned all over the place, these primitive idiots still engage in these "nkurasesem". No wonder they are so triba ...
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In this day and agae, when the internet, ipads, twitter, facebook, watsup, inflation, economy, etc are being mentioned all over the place, these primitive idiots still engage in these "nkurasesem". No wonder they are so tribalistic in everything they do.
Sicura 10 years ago

Please, don't disgrace your own culture so lightly. The Internet, iPad, Twitter,Facebook..... are just tools. You don.t replace culture by tools. Africans are always prone to discarding their own values and culture in their q ...
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Please, don't disgrace your own culture so lightly. The Internet, iPad, Twitter,Facebook..... are just tools. You don.t replace culture by tools. Africans are always prone to discarding their own values and culture in their quest for an elusive solution to their problems. The Indians, Chinese, Koreans, Japanese use the above mentioned tools more than Africans, and yet, they have not turned their backs to their culture and values. Do you know, for instance, that the formidable development of South Korea was based on Confucianism? I bet you don't. When you call your fellow countrymen primitives, what do you expect non Africans to call Africans including yourself? They don't consider you as a better person than the rest. Think twice before you post comments on the internet for the whole wide world to read.
BE BOLD 10 years ago

We live to see whether Mensah has the brains to interpret and understand your intelligent comments.

We live to see whether Mensah has the brains to interpret and understand your intelligent comments.
BE BOLD 10 years ago

The article presents an opportunity to express hatred and, jealousy and insecurities. For someone who cannot even distinguish between the Akyems and the Ashantis, only the betrayal of stupidity and primitivism reigns. There i ...
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The article presents an opportunity to express hatred and, jealousy and insecurities. For someone who cannot even distinguish between the Akyems and the Ashantis, only the betrayal of stupidity and primitivism reigns. There is no need to remind such a bankruptcy that the entire country, including you is full of primitive people as demonstrated by the story. I am BOLD to say that. Are you?
Nana Esi 10 years ago

When you call your fellow countrymen primitives, what do you expect non Africans to call Africans including yourself? They don't consider you as a better person than the rest. Think twice before you post comments on the inter ...
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When you call your fellow countrymen primitives, what do you expect non Africans to call Africans including yourself? They don't consider you as a better person than the rest. Think twice before you post comments on the internet for the whole wide world to read. The Ashantis are part of your country and yourself. By destroying them in public you destroy a part of yourself. Have you thought about that?
G.K. Berko 10 years ago

Mensah, not only Ashantis perform this kind of rituals under discussion here. In fact, the Chiefs who performed the said ritual are not even Ashantis. They are Akyem. So, unless you are just taking this opportunity to simply ...
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Mensah, not only Ashantis perform this kind of rituals under discussion here. In fact, the Chiefs who performed the said ritual are not even Ashantis. They are Akyem. So, unless you are just taking this opportunity to simply insult and attack Ashantis, possibly out of your misguided bigotry, there is no basis for your comment about Ashantis. You should be ashamed of yourself if it is out of sheer bigotry you chose to insult Ashantis. And you know what, the way your comment came out does not show much of your being more enlightened than the Ashantis you insulted.

If slaughtering Animals for some spiritual invocation is "nkurasesem" to you, it is perfectly understandable to criticize it. But, please, do not single out only Ashantis for such attacks.

Meanwhile, would you explain further to us why you think such an act is "nkurasesem"? Could you suggest any act that can replace the function of that ritual, in case you even know what the ritual was purported to do, something that would satisfy you as being "apremansem" or "anibue"?

As much as I would like to see such acts of rituals discontinued and replaced with something more humane and only symbolic, I strongly take exception to how you seem to suggest that the whole tribe of Ashantis are primitive.

By the way, for the sake of discourse, how do you view the use of mice and other rodents in the Labs of so-called advanced Countries for experiments and testing of Drugs?

Long Live Ghana!!!
Mame 10 years ago

Kwasia, ayigbeni you have the guts to insult us? What? Who are you at all in our country? and what makes you more enlightened than Ashantis? Why are you living in our towns and villages? Why are you not living in your backwar ...
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Kwasia, ayigbeni you have the guts to insult us? What? Who are you at all in our country? and what makes you more enlightened than Ashantis? Why are you living in our towns and villages? Why are you not living in your backward region? when you live in Accra you think you are in heaven so you can insult any how, after all you live in gettos in Accra and any where in Ghana and do you call that classy? I will never live any where in the volta region because a can't live in a thatched and rafia roofing homes, how many Akans do you see living in your area? and how many of you live out side your region? And you have the audacity to call us primitive? Do you understand the word? I now understand a friend from the northern Togo that the Ayigbes live in a kind of world which let them see themselves as above every body but they are nothing, if not what your eyes are decieving you how on earth will you coming from the poorest part of this part of the world call somebody you had been their labourers and housemaids before primitive.Ewiasi asei.
NANA KWAME 10 years ago

DO YOU STILL BELIEVE RITUALS AMEN

DO YOU STILL BELIEVE RITUALS AMEN
Onipa Bone 10 years ago

...... said Daasebre Oti Boateng was autocratic and punished dissenting views.

Is that not the basis of chieftaincy? Like the moslem who insists on his religious rights in Europe and America but will let the females drive ...
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...... said Daasebre Oti Boateng was autocratic and punished dissenting views.

Is that not the basis of chieftaincy? Like the moslem who insists on his religious rights in Europe and America but will let the females drive and go out with a chaperon in those societies!
Kana 10 years ago

Oh Africa are really moving forward or stilling moving aback?Why on earth do yopu have to kill an animal to distool to bring your concerns out.It is about time we wise up and quit these unnecesary acts which has not helped us ...
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Oh Africa are really moving forward or stilling moving aback?Why on earth do yopu have to kill an animal to distool to bring your concerns out.It is about time we wise up and quit these unnecesary acts which has not helped us develope but continue to draw us aback.Gone are those ignorant years when a human being had to be even killed to accompany a dead chief.Just sit back an think through most of these acts under the guise of tradition.Oh mother Ghana.
MENSAH 10 years ago

Some of the same sub-chiefs,who supported NANA OTI-BOATENG,have turned their back towards him,to support the rightful person,to the throne.
They made a whole lots of mistakes in backing the reigning king.
I think,they shoul ...
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Some of the same sub-chiefs,who supported NANA OTI-BOATENG,have turned their back towards him,to support the rightful person,to the throne.
They made a whole lots of mistakes in backing the reigning king.
I think,they should have known,their support for NANA OTI-BOATENG,would also trigger some future problems,before doing so.
NANA TOPEN,IS THE RIGHTFUL PERSON TO HAVE ENTAILED HIS UNCLE'S(NANA KWAKU-BOATENG #II)LEGACY,BUT SOME OF THESE SUB-CHIEFS DIDN'T AGREE TO THAT.
That was the whole problem,unfortunately.
NANA TOPEN,AND HIS UNCLE NANA KWAKU(ALL OF LONDON,ENGLAND) HAVE BEEN MY PERSONAL/FAMILY FRIENDS FROM OUR INFANCY.I therefore know a lot about that dispute.
In the bible:
Saul,the first king of Israel,suffered the same feat,Nana Oti-Boateng,is on the verge of encountering.God commanded Samuel to enthrone David,whilst Saul,was still the King of Israel,because what he did,did not please God.
What NANA OTI-BOATEND has been doing do not please,the township of KOFORIDUA,EASTERN REGION,AS WELL AS OTHER NEW JUABENG TOWNS AND CHIEFS.
Hence,the whole pandemonium.
I PRAY THAT EVERYTHING SETTLES DOWN PEACEFULLY,THOUGH,SO PEACE AND TRANQUILLITY MIGHT PREVAIL IN MY CITY.
KYEI KORMI 10 years ago

hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. destoolment galore!!!!!!!. very interesting.

hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. destoolment galore!!!!!!!. very interesting.
princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

Traveling sales walks to a house in the country and asks little boy where his mother is?

He say's: out back fucking them Ram,

the salesman responds: You shouldn't things like that about your mother!

And the salesman ...
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Traveling sales walks to a house in the country and asks little boy where his mother is?

He say's: out back fucking them Ram,

the salesman responds: You shouldn't things like that about your mother!

And the salesman walks to the back yard and sure enough here was the boy's mother down on her hands and knee's being mounted by this Ram. Well the salesman wasn't going to interupt her so he walk around to the front of the house and seen the little boy again and ask him doesn't it bother you that your mom is being fucked by a ram? And the boy responded Naaaaaaaa!

THE SUB CHIEFS WANT RAM TO EAT THAT'S WHY THEY SLAUGHTERED THE RAM.
WHY DONT THEY KILL A CHICKEN,GRASS CUTTER OR DUCKS.
TRADITIONS IS WHAT OUR NATION BACKWARDS.
A WHITE MAN WILL DIG A TUNNEL THROUGH A MOUNTAIN,THE BLACK MAN WILL WORSHIP IT.
Naijaman 10 years ago

Killing of Animals to Destool a Chief? These stupid chiefs and their stupid culture has no place in modern Ghana.

Killing of Animals to Destool a Chief? These stupid chiefs and their stupid culture has no place in modern Ghana.
Koforidua Flowers (fr) 10 years ago

Daasebre Oti Boateng must endorse UNITY within his ranks.Always Nana is trying to force other sub chiefs to accept what is mainy best to him.Nana is having certain peculiarities that is tantamount to progress in the the New J ...
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Daasebre Oti Boateng must endorse UNITY within his ranks.Always Nana is trying to force other sub chiefs to accept what is mainy best to him.Nana is having certain peculiarities that is tantamount to progress in the the New Juaben area.Daasebre is not assisting in anyway in developing the area and therefore,New Juaben traditional area is being under rated as its seat of administration KOFORIDUA stood some years back.Why is Nana being so difficult and adamant to his people.Helping to construct a Palace does not mean you have to ride over your sub-division, after all the palace is built on the land of our ancesters.Nana MUST go
Quartey 10 years ago

Isn't it time for Chiefs to be voted to serve say 8 years. After all who is not royal in Ghana. I have never heard anyone in Ghana who isn't royal. We all have to wet out beaks of the gold, diamonds and land proceeds these cr ...
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Isn't it time for Chiefs to be voted to serve say 8 years. After all who is not royal in Ghana. I have never heard anyone in Ghana who isn't royal. We all have to wet out beaks of the gold, diamonds and land proceeds these crooks who serve as chiefs take advantage off.
nunana 10 years ago

Can this be done in Asanteman ??? Daasebre should discipline them.
Renegade sub-chiefs....

Can this be done in Asanteman ??? Daasebre should discipline them.
Renegade sub-chiefs....

Sub-chiefs kill ram to destool Daasebre Oti Boateng

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