Traditional leaders must stop irrelevant petitions

Traditional leaders in the Greater Accra Region have been advised to desist from writing unnecessary petitions.

Mr Harry Attipoe, Registrar of the Greater Accra House of Chiefs, who gave the advice, said, “Too much letter and petition writing over petty issues was negatively affecting chieftaincy” in the Region.

Mr Attipoe said that it was only in the Greater Accra Region that some traditional leaders ‘sell their cultural problems’ to the world instead of amicably solving issues.

He gave the advice at the official induction of the Tema Traditional Council into the Greater Accra House of Chiefs.

Mr Attipoe pleaded with the chiefs to settle their customary issues amicably and uphold their status as the custodians of customs and traditions.

He urged the members of the Tema Traditional Council to make the Area famous just like is done in other traditional areas.

He also cautioned king makers and natives against using the old methods of destooling chiefs, saying, they should rather resort to the lawful procedures.

"Removing sandals of a chief and slaughtering a goat to destool a chief is a criminal act and people must desist from it," Mr Attipoe said.

Nii Adjei Kraku II, Tema Paramount Chief, called for unity and commitment from the members of the Traditional Council.

Nii Kraku advised them to always discuss issues within the Council instead of resorting to embarrassing each other in public.

Mr Richard Adjei Frimpong, a Tema High Court Judge, swore in Nii Kraku as the Tema Paramount Chief.

Thirteen members of the Traditional Council, including two traditional priests, also took the oath of secrecy, oath of membership of the traditional council, and the oath of allegiance.