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President Nana Akufo-Addo interacting with chiefs during a meeting with the House of Chiefs of the Upper West Region
President Akufo-Addo has urged bosses to speak out and help the government combat the evils of society, which include corruption, social and economic injustice, and illegal mining.
“As chiefs, you have a responsibility ordained in the days of our ancestors to help preserve the sanctity of our lands, the purity of our bodies of water, and the health of our environment,” he said.
President Akufo-Addo made the appeal during a meeting with the Upper West Region House of Chiefs in Wa as part of his two-day working visit to the Region.
The leadership will remain an indispensable part of the nation’s history, which is why the government has taken many steps to strengthen the institution, he said.
“The Government recognizes that in order to achieve the success of the ambitious program of social and economic transformation presented to the people of Ghana, we have much to do in terms of incorporating the traditional role of our bosses into the modern constitutional structure, according to which our country is governed. “, He said.
President Akufo-Addo said it was for that reason that the government fulfilled 100 percent of its commitment in 2016 to increase the monthly chiefs allocation and quarterly budget support to traditional councils and chiefs’ houses.
He said the government was also helping to codify the traditional roles and rules that had guided communities throughout the ages and the digitization of the National House of Chiefs records, particularly the records in the National Chiefs Registry.
The president, however, expressed concern about the disputes over leadership, which had been one of the main nightmares affecting the socio-economic development of the nation, and which sometimes resulted in conflicts of great magnitude that threatened the peace and stability of the nation.
That, he said, also caused destruction of property and loss of life, which caused the closure of educational and health institutions, as well as the separation of families, among other things.
To curb the effects, President Akufo-Addo said that the government, through the Ministry of Headquarters and Traditional Affairs, was willing to provide the funds to increase the number of sessions of the Judicial Commissions of the Chambers of Regional Chiefs to accelerate the adjudication of pending matters that continued to generate tension.
Land administration issues continued to be a major problem affecting the development of the economy mainly as a result of dishonesty in land transactions, the president said.
“As trustees of the land on behalf of the people, I beg you to help the government to simplify land administration in the country to achieve an efficient and well-functioning titling, boundary setting and property characteristics regime,” he said.
