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President Kufuor Unhappy with Builsa
Traditional Council
Sandema (U/E), Sept 14, Ghanadot/GNA - President John
Agyekum Kufuor has expressed displeasure at the failure by
elders of the Builsa Traditional Council to formally inform
him of the death of the Paramount Chief of the Traditional
Area, Naab Ayieta Azantilow.
The President said the late chief was a national figure and
the state should have been involved in the funeral of such a
man.
"The late Sandem-Naab was more than qualified to have a
state burial but nobody informed me about his death," he
said during his recent visit to flood areas in the region.
President Kufuor said he expected the elders to show some
respect to the presidency.
He said he was not in the area to discuss chieftaincy issues
but he could not hide the feelings within him because while
alive the late chief treated him as though he was one of his
biological sons.
"I must be frank with you. I thought perhaps I wasn't wanted
here but I have to bring relief to the good people of Ghana.
I would expect the princes and elders to make amends
immediately."
President Kufuor advised members of the Sandema royal family
to bury the hatchet and exercise fairness for the family to
be united once again.
Responding to requests made by the regent of the traditional
area on the need to speed up work on the main road linking
Sandema and Navrongo, President Kufuor said he was unhappy
with the progress of work and assured the people that
engineers would be detailed to redesign the road to ensure
that it could withstand greater volumes of water to prevent
similar occurrences in future.
President Kufuor visited some schools the district assembly
had turned into refugee camps temporarily to house the
displaced people. At the Sandema Preparatory School, the
refugees were sharing the classrooms with the pupils.
GNA
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