The Dzekley Stool Father for Battor Paramountcy, Zikpitor Korsi Hottor has called on Togbuiga Batamia Dzekley VII, to let peace prevail at Battor.

According to him, “The continuous exhibition of disrespect and disregard to custom and tradition by our Paramount Chief could force the kingmakers to come to the end of the road with him. We don’t want to get there.”

Since 2013, Togbuiga Batamia Dzekley VII, the Battor Paramount Chief, the Zikpitor Hottor alleged, has locked up their ancestral stool room, thus, depriving the chiefs and people of Battor access to perform their annual rituals as part of the demands of their custom and tradition.

The ancestral stool room has been locked for seven years now, but to ensure that peace was built between the Paramount Chief and his kingmakers and community for the stool room to be accessed for rituals to be carried out, the North Tongu District Security Committee (DISEC), under the authority of the Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, convened a meeting at the North Tongu District Assembly last Wednesday.

There was a heavy presence of armed police personnel at the venue for the peace meeting, and so high was the hope of the youth that their Paramount Chief would attend the meeting to smoke the peace-pipe with the kingmakers.

However, after hours of waiting with no sight of their Paramount Chief, the youth grew angry and demonstrated on the principal roads of Battor to register their disappointment at Togbuiga Dzekley VII.

The kingmakers and sub-chiefs, too, were unhappy that their Paramount Chief failed to honour the invitation of the Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs to let peace prevail in Battor.

Addressing the media after their disappointment, Zikpitor Korsi Hottor said: “I am so sad that my Paramount Chief is being the best to divide us after we all threw our support for him to become our head in 2003.

“I worked hard for him to be where he is today because our area had a protracted chieftaincy issue. All attempts, including petitioning the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, where he is the Vice President, and the National House of Chiefs, to impress on our son to avail himself to let peace prevail in the Battor Traditional Area have not yielded any result.

“Togbuiga Dzekley VII has surrounded himself with people we consider to be aliens to the stool so he considers us, his own people, as enemies to the stool. It is very sad and disappointing that this matter has to travel this far.”

In the midst of the alleged division the Paramount Chief has created in Battor state, Zikpitor Hottor accused the former of the area’s lack of developments.

“He has not been cooperating with the government, assembly and people who matter to bring developments to us. It is sad to know that we don’t have a common public toilet facility in the community because he is not ready to release lands to the assembly to carry out projects for us. Togbuiga Dzekley VII should not be the best person to divide the people of Battor state after all that this state had had to go through.

“He should attend to the peaceful calls of the kingmakers because people are getting agitated in Battor.

“We want to reconcile with him and so all the peaceful steps we have been taking, but we will have to go the wrong way if he doesn’t get to recognise us and continues to violate our customary practices, laws and usage, which we have tolerated for all these years.

“De-stooling him is not actually our interest. We want to make sure that the unhealthy environment that is not inuring to the area’s benefit is ceased for peace and reconciliation. If unfortunately, we will have to go the wrong way, that’ll be a sad development because we are not ready to sacrifice our tradition, custom and usage for his benefit. If he refuses, ultimately, we will go the full hob of the law to get the right thing done.”

When the media called Togbuiga Dzekley VII on the telephone on the matter, he said: “My lawyers have advised me to remain silent on this matter. So, I’m sorry.”

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The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the government will give a befitting funeral to the late former president Jerry John Rawlings.

President Akufo-Addo made this known in a statement to commiserate with the family of Mr. Rawlings’

President Akufo-Addo said the government will work closely with family on it.

“Government will work closely with the family of President Rawlings on the arrangements for a fitting State Funeral for the late President, and will keep the nation informed accordingly.”

Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia have suspended all campaign activities following the demise of former president Jerry John Rawlings.

“In honour of the memory of the former president Rawlings, together the Vice President and I have suspended all our political campaigns” for the next seven days, President Akufo-Addo announced in a statement.

President Akufo-Addo declared seven days of mourning for the late former President.

He also announced that flags should fly at half-mast beginning Friday, November 13, 2020.

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The former president understands passed on, today, November 12, 2020, after a brief illness.

According to richness.com, the former President had been on admission at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for about a week for an undisclosed ailment. He was 73.

It will be recalled that Mr Rawlings recently lost and buried his mother last month.

Jerry John Rawlings was born in Accra on 22nd June 1947, to a Ghanaian mother from Dzelukope, near Keta, in the Volta Region, and a Scottish father.

Background of Rawlings

Jerry John Rawlings was born in Accra on 22nd June 1947, to a Ghanaian mother from Dzelukope, near Keta, in the Volta Region, and a Scottish father.

He was educated at Achimota School where he obtained his General Certificate of Education ‘O’ Level in 1966.

He enlisted as a Flight Cadet in the Ghana Air Force in August 1967, and was subsequently selected for officer cadet training at the Ghana Military Academy and Training School, Teshie, in Accra.

In March 1968, he was posted to Takoradi in the Western Region to continue his course.

He passed out in January 1969, as a commissioned Pilot Officer. He won the coveted “Speed Bird Trophy” as the best cadet in flying and airmanship.

He earned the rank of Flight-Lieutenant in April 1978. He was an efficient officer with a close rapport with his men.

During his service with the Ghana Air Force, he witnessed the deterioration of discipline and morale, reflecting the corruption of the regime of the Supreme Military Council (SMC) at that time.

As promotion brought him into contact with the privileged classes and their social values, his awareness of the injustices in society was sharpened.

He was thus regarded with some unease by the SMC. He read widely and discussed social and political ideas with a growing circle of like-minded friends and colleagues.

On May 28, 1979, Flt.-Lt. Rawlings, together with six others, appeared before a General Court Martial in Accra, charged with leading a mutiny of junior officers and men of the Ghana Armed Forces on 15th May, 1979. There was strong public reaction, especially after his statement had been read in court, explaining the social injustices that had prompted him to act.

The ranks of the Armed Forces, in particular, expressed deep sympathy with his stated aims. When he was scheduled for another court appearance on 4th June, 1979, Flt.-Lt. Rawlings was sprung from custody. With the support of both military and civilians, he led a revolt, which decisively ousted the Supreme Military Council from office and brought the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) into being.

The AFRC, under the chairmanship of Flt.Lt. Rawlings carried out a “house-cleaning exercise” aimed at purging the Armed Forces and society at large of corruption and graft as well as restoring a sense of moral responsibility and the principles of accountability and probity in public life.

Meanwhile, following the programme already set in motion before the 4th June Uprising for civilian administration, general elections were held.

On 24th September 1979, the AFRC handed over to the civilian Government of the People’s National Party (PNP) under President Hilla Limann.

On 31st December 1981, Flt. Lt. Rawlings led a section of the Armed Forces to overthrow the PNP administration. A Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), composed of both civilian and military members, was established, with Flt-Lt. J.J. Rawlings as the Chairman.

His interests include reading, building model aircraft, horse-riding and swimming. He is married to Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings with whom he has four children – three girls and a boy.

Flt-Lt. Rawlings ceased to be a member of the Ghana Armed Forces with effect from September 14, 1992. He formed the National Democratic Congress, which contested and won the 1992 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. He and the party again won the 1996 elections.

His term of office ended in the year 2000.

He is the joint recipient of the 1993 World Hunger Prize. He holds an Honorary Doctor of Law Degree from Medgar Evers College, City University of New York and Lincoln University Doctorate Degree for Diplomacy and Development.

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Information reaching richness.com indicates, the Minister for Roads and Highways has ordered the temporary closure of the Toll Booth at Kubease near Boankra on the Accra-Kumasi Highways with immediate effect.

The statement signed by IGN.Nicolas D.Brown, Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Highways Authority (GHA), explained that the closure is to enable the Ghana Highways Authority carry out emergency repair works at the current location of the Toll Booth to enhance traffic flow and ease the current discomfort to the traveling public as a result of long queues being experienced on daily basis.

Motorists are hereby advised to adhere to the safety measures that would be put in place during the period of this repair works.

Any inconveniences caused to the general public during the period of repairs, is deeply regretted.

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The president of Ghana and the Chairman of Economic Community Of West African State ECOWAS, Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo Addo in his 4 days Campaign tour in the Ashanti region visited Atwima Kwanwoma Constituency in the Ashanti region and promised to build a teacher and Nursing Training college in his second term when the people of Atwima Kwanwoma Constituency and Ghanaian give him the another mandate to rule the country Ghana..

He commended Nananom and the people of Atwima Kwanwoma Constituency for patiently waiting for his government when it comes to the sharing of the national cake interms of deplorable roads networks though they voted massively for him in 2016 but I’m assuring I will never let you down in 2021.

H.E Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo Addo the president of the republic of Ghana, entreated the citizenry of Atwima Kwanwoma Constituency to propagate the true message of what the party has done in terms of development to the people to would encourage them to vote for the NPP.

President Akuffo Addo called on the people of Atwima Kwanwoma Constituency to vote for him and his darling boy Mr Kofi Amankwaa Manu to join his government 2021 onwards to make his administration solid.

Mr Kofi Amankwaa Manu, the Parliamentary Candidate (PC) for Atwima Kwanwoma Constituency, has urged Ghanaians to renew the mandate of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the December 7, 2020, general elections for good development policies.

He said the Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration achievements in the last three-and-a-half-years have brought relief to the citizenry unlike the eight years of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government of former President John Mahama.

He said President Akufo-Addo introduced programmes including the Free Senior High School, One District One Factory, Planting for Food and Jobs and Community Police Assistants, among others which were enhancing the lives of the people.

Mr Kofi Amankwaa Manu gave the advice in an interview with the richnewsnetwork.com after the president of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo Addo visited Atwima Kwanwoma Constituency Ashanti region in his 4 days Campaign tour.

He asked the members of the campaign team to be humble as they carry out their house-to-house visits to sell the good message of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to the people so they could win their votes for the party to retain power.

“Please let the people know the numerous projects the NPP Government had executed in the communities and the ongoing ones for them to understand and make an informed choice come December 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections,” the PC said.

He reminded parents and guardians of the huge benefit of the Free SHS introduced by the government, but for which some students of poor families could not have access to secondary education in the country.

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The Atwima Hwidiem Kroye Nkabomkuo in collaboration with ARROW UK base company that pursues quality health and education for young people in Ghana has under the Glam School Initiative renovated 1 dilapidated Atwima Hwidiem day nursery block at the Atwima Hwidiem RC Primary School in Kumasi.

The project which was the ARROW UK base company first outreach to the Ashanti Region was undertaken and diligently accomplished by Atwima Hwidiem Nkabomkuo and some volunteers from Atwima Hwidiem natives living in abroad.

The project received lots of appraisal from the district staff of Ghana Education service, teachers and students.

The ARROW UK BASE COMPANY School Initiative is an initiative under The Atwima Hwidiem Nkabomkuo Foundation which is aimed at renovating schools across the Atwima Kwanwoma Constituency and has so far renovated and painted more schools and providing teaching and learning materials like table’s, chairs, computers and other items across the District with lots of endorsement and admiration from the Atwima Kwanwoma populace.

In interactions with chairman of Atwima Hwidiem Nkabomkuo expressed excitement and appreciation to the team as most of them noted the new environment will provide the students with great learning experience and overwhelmingly adjudged their compound the most beautiful in the community.

According to the Chairman Mr John Adu Gyamfi, the foundation will not rest until every dilapidated school is renovated since the classroom lies at the heart of the formal curriculum in schools. He stated that it is the key space where collaborative and independent learning takes place and so it should be as neat and beautiful as possible.

He expressed gratitude and called on other social entities, cooperate bodies to follow suit.

Deputy Director of education in charge of Supervision and Monitoring at Atwima Kwanwoma District, Madam Abena Konadu also urged the people of Atwima Hwediem to learn how to maintain deficit so that the future generations will come and used it.

She urged the populace to take their wards education very serious and stop wasting money and resources on unnecessary materials,she told.

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Dixville Notch posted its final tally on a handwritten poster board just after midnight on Tuesday, as most Americans get some shut-eye before polls open nationwide this morning.

In recent years the town near the Canadian border has been among the first in the US to reveal election results, handing Hillary Clinton one of her first wins in 2016.

This year, all five ballots were cast within three minutes after midnight.

Meanwhile 12 miles away in Millsfield, ballot boxes also opened just after midnight, with all votes coming in just after Dixville Notch. President Donald Trump won that contest, with 16 votes to Biden’s five.

Normally, there would be a big food spread and a lot of media crammed into a small space to watch the voting in Dixville Notch, town moderator Tom Tillotson said last week.

But that’s no longer possible because of the coronavirus pandemic. It’s also hard to observe the 60th anniversary of the tradition, which started in November 1960.

‘Sixty years – and unfortunately, we can’t celebrate it,’ he said.

A third community with midnight voting, Hart’s Location, suspended the tradition this election because of coronavirus concerns. It decided to hold voting from 11am to

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Chief of Suisi Okwenya Division in the Manya Krobo Traditional Area of the Easter Region, Nene Olepeme Sakinor I, has accused the Paramount Chief of the area, Nene Sakite II of abusing of traditional and chietaincy power which is brewing tension and confusion in the area.

Consequently, the chief on behalf of the legally and traditional installed divisional chiefs of the Manya Krobo Traditional Area has mounted an intense pressure on Nene Sakite II to immediately step down his position as the current President of Manya Krobo Traditional Council or else he would face their wrath.

According to him, Nene Sakite II has disregarded all the customs and traditions of Krobo land and instead of using his position to promote peace and unity among his people, has rather courted for himself needless and unnecessary litigations.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with richnewsnetwork.com at Manya Krobo,Nene Olepeme Sakinor said, “Konor Nene Sakite II is ruling without consulting the Divisional chiefs from the six divisions which are made up Manya, Dom, Piengua, Suisun, Akweno and Djabiam who constitute the chieftaincy standing committee of the Manya Krobo Traditional Council.

According to him, the legally and traditional installed divisional chiefs of the Manya Krobo Traditional Area were upset about the decision of the Pàramount Chief to choose to work with some lower ranking traditional office holders and sub-chiefs because of their continuous stance to have the position of the President of the Manya Krobo Traditional Council rotated according to the Chieftaincy law.

Since he has been installed the Pàramount Chief of Manya Krobo Traditional Area,Nene Olepeme Sakinor I stated that Konor Nene Sakite II is effect ruling as a dictator and an autocrat with a small group of sub-chiefs, making the traditional council an inefficient and ineffective.

He indicated that since 1835 the Manya Krobo Division has been taken as the President of Traditional Council so it is now the time to be rotated.

Nene Olepeme Sakinor I, expressed dispuite about the movement of Nene Sakite II who is the Overlord of the Krobo area to be working against the effective implementation of their declaration the elevation of all six divisional stools to independent paramountcies.

The declaration, according to the Divisional Chief is to make Manya Krobo states revert to pre-konorship back to Anikaka Council which ruled the Manya Krobo people for over 500 years.

According to him, the Kornoship of Manya Krobo State was a political Office created in 1835 by Kono Odonkor Azu (British Government), making the occupants overload of Manya but “no longer fit for the purpose of creation” therefore reverting to the original traditional structure of their ancestors.

The Anikaka Council, according to the Chief which has henceforth replaced the Manya Krobo Traditional Council will ensure that “all six divisions will have equal say, influence and exercise power and not subservient to the overload Konor.”

He stated that“we in the name of a joint declaration appoint and authorize the six paramount Chiefs to rotate the Over-Lordship of President of Manya Krobo Traditional Council on a two-year term of office as President of Manya Krobo Traditional Council ”

“It has been declared that apart from Asantehene, the law says the rest of the traditional areas in the country, the president of the traditional council should rotate in the alphabetical order.

“In the history Manya Krobo, we have six divisional chiefs sicne 1835, it has been in one gate to rule as paremount chief of the Krobos, so if the laws say that the president of the traditional council should be on rotational basis then it necessary for us to have more than one paramount chief so that that law can be unified.

“So if two years the chief of Djabiam sits as the President of Manya Krobo Traditional Council then the chief ofSuisun can also be there for the two years period as the President of Manya Krobo Traditional Council,” he stressed.

He noted that unless they were elegate to the Pàramount status. If we look at the Volta Region currently they have about 99 paramount chiefs so the presidents of their traditional councils can be choose by the sets so why can one state have only one paramount chief.?

“When you go to the Akyem land, they have three paramount chiefs which are up of Akyem Kotoku, Akyem Auakwa and Akyem Bonso so why can we in the Manya Krobo Traditional also elevate our divisional chiefs in that status so that the clan heads should be made as the paramount chiefs so that they can rotate that seat,” he noted.

He indicated that “It is very necessary to do so in the Manya Krobo land in order to bring peace in Manya Krobo Traditional Area.

“This is because this is what we have been fighting for the long time, so getting this to be done in Manya Krobo Traditional Area is not something that we should be struggling before they gave to us,” noted.

Benefit Olepeme Sakinor I, stated that “we understand that Nene Sakite II has been elected the new President of the Easter Regional House of Chiefs (ERHCs) and that we are calling on him to use this highest position
to restructure the Manya Krobo state.”

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Chief of Suisi Okwenya Division in the Manya Krobo Traditional Area of the Easter Region, Nene Olepeme Sakinor I, has accused the Paramount Chief of the area, Nene Sakite II of abusing of traditional and chietaincy power which is brewing tension and confusion in the area.

Consequently, the chief on behalf of the legally and traditional installed divisional chiefs of the Manya Krobo Traditional Area has mounted an intense pressure on Nene Sakite II to immediately step down his position as the current President of Manya Krobo Traditional Council or else he would face their wrath.

According to him, Nene Sakite II has disregarded all the customs and traditions of Krobo land and instead of using his position to promote peace and unity among his people, has rather courted for himself needless and unnecessary litigations.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with richnewsnetwork.com at Manya Krobo,Nene Olepeme Sakinor said, “Konor Nene Sakite II is ruling without consulting the Divisional chiefs from the six divisions which are made up Manya, Dom, Piengua, Suisun, Akweno and Djabiam who constitute the chieftaincy standing committee of the Manya Krobo Traditional Council.

According to him, the legally and traditional installed divisional chiefs of the Manya Krobo Traditional Area were upset about the decision of the Pàramount Chief to choose to work with some lower ranking traditional office holders and sub-chiefs because of their continuous stance to have the position of the President of the Manya Krobo Traditional Council rotated according to the Chieftaincy law.

Since he has been installed the Pàramount Chief of Manya Krobo Traditional Area,Nene Olepeme Sakinor I stated that Konor Nene Sakite II is effect ruling as a dictator and an autocrat with a small group of sub-chiefs, making the traditional council an inefficient and ineffective.

He indicated that since 1835 the Manya Krobo Division has been taken as the President of Traditional Council so it is now the time to be rotated.

Nene Olepeme Sakinor I, expressed dispuite about the movement of Nene Sakite II who is the Overlord of the Krobo area to be working against the effective implementation of their declaration the elevation of all six divisional stools to independent paramountcies.

The declaration, according to the Divisional Chief is to make Manya Krobo states revert to pre-konorship back to Anikaka Council which ruled the Manya Krobo people for over 500 years.

According to him, the Kornoship of Manya Krobo State was a political Office created in 1835 by Kono Odonkor Azu (British Government), making the occupants overload of Manya but “no longer fit for the purpose of creation” therefore reverting to the original traditional structure of their ancestors.

The Anikaka Council, according to the Chief which has henceforth replaced the Manya Krobo Traditional Council will ensure that “all six divisions will have equal say, influence and exercise power and not subservient to the overload Konor.”

He stated that“we in the name of a joint declaration appoint and authorize the six paramount Chiefs to rotate the Over-Lordship of President of Manya Krobo Traditional Council on a two-year term of office as President of Manya Krobo Traditional Council ”

“It has been declared that apart from Asantehene, the law says the rest of the traditional areas in the country, the president of the traditional council should rotate in the alphabetical order.

“In the history Manya Krobo, we have six divisional chiefs sicne 1835, it has been in one gate to rule as paremount chief of the Krobos, so if the laws say that the president of the traditional council should be on rotational basis then it necessary for us to have more than one paramount chief so that that law can be unified.

“So if two years the chief of Djabiam sits as the President of Manya Krobo Traditional Council then the chief ofSuisun can also be there for the two years period as the President of Manya Krobo Traditional Council,” he stressed.

He noted that unless they were elegate to the Pàramount status. If we look at the Volta Region currently they have about 99 paramount chiefs so the presidents of their traditional councils can be choose by the sets so why can one state have only one paramount chief.?

“When you go to the Akyem land, they have three paramount chiefs which are up of Akyem Kotoku, Akyem Auakwa and Akyem Bonso so why can we in the Manya Krobo Traditional also elevate our divisional chiefs in that status so that the clan heads should be made as the paramount chiefs so that they can rotate that seat,” he noted.

He indicated that “It is very necessary to do so in the Manya Krobo land in order to bring peace in Manya Krobo Traditional Area.

“This is because this is what we have been fighting for the long time, so getting this to be done in Manya Krobo Traditional Area is not something that we should be struggling before they gave to us,” noted.

Benefit Olepeme Sakinor I, stated that “we understand that Nene Sakite II has been elected the new President of the Easter Regional House of Chiefs (ERHCs) and that we are calling on him to use this highest position
to restructure the Manya Krobo state.”

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You would recall that a video went viral with regards to the Paramount Chief of Kpone, Nii Tetteh Otu II, walking out of the durbar grounds which was actually being held to welcome President Akufo-Addo.

According to reports, President Akufo-Addo was on the verge of cutting a sod for the construction of a district hospital in the community but guess what, the Paramount Chief was in disagreement about the countless sod-cutting going on in the community without any commencement of work.

According to other sources, the Paramount Chief got furious after seeing the artistic impression of the project because he thought it was a 1 storey building.

Amidst all the drama that took place, President Akufo Addo went ahead and delivered his speech saying; “I am not part of those deceitful politicians”.

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