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Asantehene Should Not Ban Funerals for Two Months

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  • Yaw Adjei 7 years ago

    It's unfathomable how an individual who claims to be a king, who claims to have the welfare and well being of his subjects at heart, can unilaterally and unwisely impose such inhumane and uncivilized imposition on the good pe ...
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  • Prof Lungu 7 years ago

    Yaw Adjei,
    We agree with your position.

    This is the 21st Century!

    Seem to us if that is going to be the case in a Unitary Ghana where citizens are the sovereign, all the cost to families, businesses, individuals, incl ...
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  • Nii Teiko 7 years ago

    It is primitive for the Asantehene to embark on this monkey sanction to punish people in the Asante Kooase region, especially who are paying huge mortuary cost. What is so annoying is that this stupid ban does not cover the " ...
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  • Bos 7 years ago

    IT IS UNWISE TO TALK FROM YOUR BELLY, THERE IS A REASON, IN FACT A GOOD ONE, CONCERNING THE BAN ON NOISE MAKING.
    IT IS BETTER TO ASK WHY FROM THE RIGHT SOURCE BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY STUPID SILLY ASSUMPTION BY INSULTING THE ELDE ...
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  • Kwame Osei- Boateng 7 years ago

    Isn't it surprising ? How many educated Ashantis have protested over this irrational decision ? I doff my hat to Yaw Adjei for his comment.If the former President J.A.Kuffuor and thousands of educated Ashantis cannot prot ...
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  • Frank Appiah 7 years ago

    Kwame,you have hit the nail right on its head.Ashanti is now a laughing stock indeed.Where our numerous lawyers,doctors,professors,scientists,engineers etc? We have made a mockery of higher education indeed.Thanks again,Kwame ...
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  • Nana Agyemang 7 years ago

    The Asantehene must be told that he is just the ceremonial king of Ashanti which is an integral part of the Republic of Ghana and has no constitutional powers to ban funerals in Ashanti.Ashanti is not an independent autocrati ...
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  • nana addo 7 years ago

    Typical Africans. Interested in merry making. Have you heard the traditionalists banning noise from factories or hydroelectric power dams.
    It is your unproductive and cacophonous noise in the name of hawking and other subsis ...
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  • kweku trouble 7 years ago

    It's interesting to see people discussing this issue in a civil way because it's happening in another region. People from other regions have consistently been insulting the Ga Traditional Council whenever there is the yearly ...
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  • ASIEDU NKETIA 7 years ago

    THIS IS SLAVERY. HOW CAN ONE SUPPRESS CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION BECAUSE OF ONE PERSON. CHRISTMAS IS FOR THE WHOLE LORD OF LORDS. LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER.

  • Kwame Poku 7 years ago

    Thank you,Joseph Annor! In fact,the Ghana Government must make it very explicit the role of traditional rulers in our democratic rule.I think some of our traditional rulers think they are still living in the 14th century.