Solve chieftaincy issues in Accra

 Dear Editor

I wish to use your platform to appeal to traditional authorities in the Great­er Accra region to address differences in their ranks before the commencement of this year’s Homowo cele­bration.

The Homowo festival has been one that brings people from all walks of life together and reunite families.

However, recent rancours among chiefs over who is the rightful occupants and who qualifies to perform certain rites have reduced the festi­val to a platform for chaos.

But just when it appears calm was returning to the sector, then another con­troversy dropped with a judgment for the Ga Mantse, Adama Latse.

With comments like King Latse returning to take the throne and others insisting the current Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II would remain as the chief, it cast a future of uncertainty around the whole process.

Sadly, other chiefs from some quarters are all wading into the controversy.

On the back of these, I wish to urge the Greater Ac­cra Regional House of Chiefs to find a way to address this perennial problem once and for all.

Sadly, when these trou­bles happen, it is the youth, some of which have nothing to do with royalty that suffer because they go to the fore­front when chaos break out.

That must not be the case this year. This year’s Homowo must be celebrated in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility. There must be no fights as a result of which chief wants to perform some specific roles.

Ben,

Adabraka