[ 2017-01-25 ]

Crush riots - Ashitey to Ga chiefs
The Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs knows
the causes of the chieftaincy disputes in the
region, hence must find permanent solutions to
them, Ishmael Ashitey, Greater Accra Regional
Minister-designate, has said.

His comment follows Tuesday’s clash between
rival factions of the Ga state at the Ga Mantse
Palace over chieftaincy disagreements. The clash
resulted in some residents of North Kaneshie in
Accra fleeing their homes and shops.

Three men sustained injuries, although the police
arrived at the scene on time to bring the
situation under control.

Speaking in relation to this matter in an
interview with Chief Jerry Forson, host of Ghana
Yensom, on Accra100.5FM on Wednesday January 25,
Mr Ashitey said: “The chiefs know where the
problem is but sometimes they overlook those
problems and don’t handle those things properly.
We have a Regional House of Chiefs and it is their
responsibility to settle the chieftaincy
disagreement.

“Chieftaincy is not like politics where you can
just wake up one morning and say you also want to
contest. You have to come from a particular house
or clan.

“If they had followed the processes of
installing a chief, most of these problems would
be resolved and so we (government) will dialogue
with them so that we all understand that we need
peace in Ghana, and to be able to get peace we
must do what is right.”

Source - classfmonline.com

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