Nana Efua Ahema, Queen Mother of Sekondi Traditional area, has in an exclusive interview told Skyy News that the Paramountcy will soon get a substantive chief.
The Paramountcy of the Sekondi Traditional Area become vacant after the demise Nana Awuah Duku in 2003. All attempts by kingmakers to get a new Chief has resulted in misunderstanding among the rank and file as to the rightful heir to the throne. This development has resulted in a slow-paced chieftaincy litigation, which many believe would be difficult for the kingmakers to install a new Chief in the not too distant future.
Speaking on the delay programme on Skyy Power FM and monitored by the Kwesimintsim Observer, the Queen Mother equally expressed her worries about vacancy of the paramountcy and, wished Sekondi had a traditional leader.
“I get worried when people attack me of not doing anything. But the issue is in court, which will be dealt with to pave way for the installation of a new chief,” she said.
Meanwhile, Nana Barima Kojo Asare, the Chief of Fijai has been appointed as the Acting Chief of Sekondi Traditional Area, a decision the Queen Mother believes is better than having a Chief at all.
“Though things are not normal, to get an acting chief is better than none, and the people should be reassured that Sekondi will get a new chief,” she told our Reporter.
she revealed also on the show that they have now been served by the court, and the House of Chiefs has given them a lawyer to help them, indicating that the issue would be resolved to pave way for the installation of a new Chief.
Many have attributed the decline of economic activities and the slow pace of development in the area to the vacant seat of the Paramountcy. Nana Efua Hema agreed with that assertion, and believed that with a substantive Chief the people can lobby authorities for development.
“I am aware of happenings here in Sekondi, the youth especially who says Sekondi is dead because there is no chief which they may be right, I will urge them to believe in me and my elders, as we find a lasting solution to the problem. They will get their Chief,” the Queen Mother assured.
