President of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs and the Konor of Manya Krobo Traditional Council, Nene Sakite ll and the 5 divisional chiefs were missing at the annual Ngmayem festival launched at Odumase in the Eastern Region last Monday.
The upcoming Ngmayem festival has been targeted to be used to unite the chiefs, Manya Division, Piengua, Dom, Suisi, Akwenor Division and people of the Manya Krobo Traditional Area in the Eastern Region following worrying divisions among the people over the impasse with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
This was made clear by Nene Tetteyku Gbadaji, Asafoatse of Djebiam who represented the the Konor of Manya Krobo Traditional Area, Nene Sakite ll during the launch of the festival.
According to Nene Gbadaji, the traditional authority thought it wise to use the occasion to re-establish the bond that existed among the people before the impasse and put the present acrimony behind them.
He asserted that, “We are uniting because for some time now we have issues with the ECG here and by the time we celebrate the event, that light and metering, overbilling issues would be a thing of the past for us to unite to celebrate the festival.”
He was therefore particularly optimistic that the divisions that currently exist amongst the chiefs would also be ironed out prior to and during the occasion.
“Some efforts have been been put in place and gave the assurance that, ‘by the end of the festival, we shall do something about it’. He assured peace on Kroboland, and a united front”. He emphasized
Nene Tetteyku Gbadaji who represented Konor Nene Sakite ll said, the festival would be celebrated between October, 22 to 30, 2022 is on the theme “A time for Togetherness”
At thelaunch of the festival, Nene Tetteyku Gbadaji who is the chief of Asesewa, declared that the launch of the festival was intended to acknowledge Krobos heartfelt gratitude to God for His blessings through abundant rainfall and the peace granted the people.
He said, the event will also offer families the opportunity to reunite after years of separation and also for stocktaking.
The spokesman of the Manya Krobo Traditional Council, Nene Asada Ahor l, stressed on the need for unity, adding that peace and unity were important to ensure development.
He urged aggrieved members of the Manya Krobo area to feel free and approach the paramountcy with any issues for peaceful resolution.
The Municipal Coordinating Director for the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality, Selorm Tibu who also represented the MCE, Simon Kwaku Tetteh assured the planning committee of their continuous partnership with the traditional council.
He hoped for successful event and expressed the readiness of the Assembly to hold further consultations with the Manya Krobo Traditional Council to ensure that the festival comes off successfully in the month of October.
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