Okyenhene Osagyefuo Nana Amoatia Ofori Panyin and the Omanhene of New Juaben Traditional Area, Daasebre Prof. (Emeritus) Oti Boateng are going at each other over the restructuring of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs (ERHC).
According to the Okyenhene, the basis of the allegations against him by Daasebre Oti Boateng are unfounded misrepresentations.
Daasebre Oti Boateng in his earlier letter protested and questioned the basis for the exclusion of New Juaben from the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs (ERHC).
He argued that the manner in which the president of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs (ERHC) sidelined the New Juaben Traditional Area when selecting certain paramount chiefs raises suspicions.
READ BELOW THE LETTER OF PROTESTASTION FROM THE PARAMOUNT CHIEF OF NEW JUABEN TRADITIONAL
In response to the Paramount Chief of the New Juaben Traditional Area, the Okyenhene writes,
“Your failure to either attend meetings of the ERHC for the past seven years or conduct an enquiry on the issues raised in your letters explains the wild but unfounded allegations contained in your letters.”
The Okyenhene also stated that despite Daasebre Oti Boateng not attending meetings, the Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Kofi Dzamesi had gone to the New Juaben palace to explain the new legislation, however, that too had proven futile as Daasebre Oti Boateng had rejected the proposed legislation on grounds that Divisional Chiefs should not be allowed in the ERHC.
“Your failure or refusal to attend meetings notwithstanding, the Hon. Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Mr. Kofi Dzamesi requested to pay homage to you and explain the all-encompassing need to reform the composition of the ERHC, and request you to nominate divisional chiefs from the New Juaben Traditional Area to the ERHC.
“Your response to the Hon. Minister on the subject matter of discussions was reported to the House. In the spirit of preservation of amity and cordiality of relations among chiefs in the Eastern Region, we would keep most of the points made by you confidential, save to say that you stiffly opposed the idea of Divisional Chiefs sitting in the ERHC.” The letter read.
Thus for “peddling such falsehood in the public domain” the Okyenhene has requested that Daasebre Oti Boateng render an unqualified apology to both the ERHC and the NHC.
“Page 2 (paragraph D) of your letter of 14th July, 2020 cautions about the seriousness of “lying to the National House of Chiefs”. I hope you apply this caution to yourself in the matter of the clearly proven false allegations contained in the 2 letters authored by you and do the needful by rendering an unqualified apology to both the ERHC and the NHC for peddling such falsehood in the public domain since July, 2020.”
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