The youth, who say they are determined to carry out their threat, have created some tension. They are also advising the chiefs and people of the area, as well as tourists that their safety cannot be guaranteed if they decide to participate in the festival scheduled to come off this week.
Joy FM's Central Regional correspondent, Richard Kojo Nyarko, reports that the youth accuse Okatakyi Amenfi of denying them every opportunity to have a substantive chief for the Moree township as he refuses to recognize any chief proposed to him.
They also claimed the Omanhene had sidelined the people of Moree, striping them of their dignity.
Former President J.A. Kufuor is expected to be honoured by the chiefs and people of the Asebu traditional area for what they say is his contributions to peace and rapid development of the area.
But the Youth have vowed to stop the Omanhene of the traditional area from giving any award to the former President in the name of Asebuman.
Isaac Nketia, spokesperson of the youth, warned: “We are therefore cautioning the organisers of the so-called Apayem-Kese, they should not attempt organising any occasion at Moree beach; two, no entertainment should be organised by the organisers of Apayem-kese in Moree. We cannot further guarantee their safety if they failed to adhere to the above.”
The Omanhene of the Asebu traditional Area, Okatakyi Amenfi VII, has however expressed shock at the assertions of the youth.
He told Joy News that Moree was faced with a number of chieftaincy disputes, and disagreed with the youth’s attempt to draw in the entire traditional area in their chieftaincy issues.
He therefore asked the youth to desist from any acts that would raise tension and bring about violence in the area.
He also defended the need for his area to honour former President Kufuor.
“If President Kufuor and his party or government had refused to hand over the reign of administration to the next government [Ghana would not have been a peaceful state]. So that is the issue, the point is we need people who have the nation at heart and who can take the right decisions at the right time to save the nation from destruction.”
From: Ghana /Myjoyonline.com/Isaac Essel
http://edition.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201111/76451.php
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