Nii Kwatei Kodjo II, the Akwashon Mantse of the Ga State has attributed the unending chieftaincy dispute in the Ga State to unwillingness of ‘warring’ factions to allow the truth to prevail.
According to him, if the disputed parties would be honest and truthful to the history and succession plan of the Ga people, the State should not have travelled to a stage where people are making mockery of the Ga traditional system.
He said if laid down traditional procedures are followed, it would not only bring peace and development but will inure to the benefit of the people in the Ga State and the nation as a whole.
His worries were that since the demise of Nii Amugi II in 2004, the Ga state has been denied a unified front, as different factions continue to claim ascension to the throne.
Almost two decades after the demise of Nii Amugi II, the late King Tackie Tawiah, known in privet life as Joe Blankson, Nii Tackie Obli II and one Ayitey Canada have all laid claim to the Ga stool.
Briefing the media after a meeting with the Ga Dzasetse and his elders in Accra on Thursday, Nii Kwatei Kodjo II, the spokesperson for the Asere Akwashontse, said the Ga State is at a cross road, where it is only the truth that can set them free.
“We are having issues as a State because people are not speaking the truth. I am Akwashon and will never be Asrere Mantse and I should know that. So if there is vacancy in Asere for the Asere stool, I don’t have to go and fight for it.
“When you camouflage the truth, the end is chaos and this is what we are facing. Everybody is talking about truth, unity and love but we are not doing anything about it. If we are all to speak the truth, the Ga State would move forward,” Nii Kwatei Kodjo II said.
According to Nii Kwatei Kodjo II, truth is the blood that flows through the veins of every progressive society and that it is time persons who know the history of the Ga chieftaincy speak the truth to unite the people and end the more than a decade of turmoil in the State.
He noted that what the Ga state needs currently is unity, especially amongst the ‘warring’ factions, so that development can be envisaged.
“There is unity in strength so whatever we do we must do it in unity, honesty and above all truthfulness. Normally we preach all these, but do we actually go by them?
“The tongue and the teeth even sometimes quarrel, but they never separate. So it is up to us to understand that instead of the lip service we pay to unity, we must walk the talk. The truth and unity we need as a people to progress is long overdue,” he stated.
The future of the Ga State, he said, is destined for greatness if everyone endeavours to speak the truth and unite with a common purpose to push the state forward.
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