[ 2011-11-12 ]

Ga Chief Takes On Mills
President John Evans Atta Mills’s recent
participation in the Hogbetsotso festival hosted
by Awomefia Togbe Sri III, when the Anlo chief,
like King Tackie Tawiah III, has a pending case in
the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, has been
described as hypocritical.

Citing the hypocrisy on the part of the president
was the Gbese Mantse, Nii Okaidja III, during a
press conference at the International Press
Conference yesterday.

He pointed out that “there are matters pending
before the Volta Regional House of Chiefs against
Togbe Sri III, yet the president could gloss over
this when the matter has not been fully determined
by the Volta Regional House of Chiefs.”

One of the reasons President Mills used as basis
for his refusal to cooperate with King Tackie
Tawiah III was because, according to him, he had a
pending case at the Greater Accra Regional House
of Chiefs.

“The behavior of the president should tell
Ghanaians that he cannot be trusted and has direct
hatred for King Tackie Tawiah. The policy of the
NDC government is not to deal with non-gazetted
chiefs,” he said, asking, “Has there been any
change to this position trumpeted to deny King
Tackie Tawiah III of his legitimate rights?”

As concerned Gas, he said, they were disappointed
in the president and his government for the
continual maltreatment of King Tackie Tawiah III.
His open support for other chiefs like Togbe Sri
who had the same challenges as King Tackie Tawiah
III, he said, showed the level of hatred he had
for the Ga King.

The Gbese Mantse and concerned Gas asked whether
Togbe Sri had been registered and gazetted before
President Mills honoured the invitation to partake
in the festival, as the president had stated that
he would not associate with a chief who had not
been gazetted.

He bemoaned the denial of Gas of their Homowo
festival by the Mills/Mahama government for the
past three years, adding, “President Mills has
no respect for the Gas and our tradition by
allowing thugs to operate at our stool house and
the Ga Mantse Palace with impunity.”

The Gbese Mantse appealed to Ga youth who allowed
themselves to be used for negative activities to
shun the practice.

He warned that politicians who used such youth for
pittance would face the wrath of a reformed Ga
state where, as he put it, peace shall prevail.

He took a swipe at the recent visit by some
so-called chiefs in the company of the Mayor of
Accra to areas which suffered the recent floods.

The chief explained that an invitation had earlier
been extended to King Tackie Tawiah but because of
the short notice, he and other chiefs refused to
honour it.

He pointed out that the mayor was joined by the
George Adama Tackie group and they were paraded
“before the cameras to spite King Tackie Tawiah
III”.

Source - Daily Guide

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