Nana Calls For Peaceful Transition At Okuapeman

Nan Akufo-Addo with Kwabena Agyepong and some MPP executives

NANA Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2016 general elections, has called on the kingmakers of Akropong Traditional Council in the Eastern Region to ensure there is a peaceful succession to the Okuapeman stool.

The stool has become vacant following the death of Oseadeeyo Addo Dankwa III, Paramount Chief of the Akuapem Traditional Area, who died on August 2, 2015 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after a short illness.

Nana Akufo-Addo, who attended the one week celebration on Friday, in his address, told family members to ensure that the selection of the heir to the throne was done without acrimony.

'We have come to express our condolences to the bereaved family. But in doing so, we will also appeal to the family and the kingmakers to ensure the peaceful selection of the heir to the throne,' he said, stressing that “the selection of his successor must be smooth and seamless in honour of Oseadeeyo Addo Dankwa III.”

The NPP flagbearer assured the chiefs and people of Okuapeman that they can count on him and the NPP to support fully the funeral rites and burial ceremony of the late Paramount Chief.

The party donated a carton of schnapps, cartons of bottled water, crates of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, and a cash amount of GH¢2,000.

Nana Addo was accompanied by party stalwarts such as former Minister of Finance, Yaw Osafo Maafo; the Member of Parliament (MP) for Akropong, W.O. Boafo; the NPP’s 2016 parliamentary candidate for Akropong, Nana Ama Dokua; General Secretary of the party, Kwabena Agyepong; Eastern Regional Chairman, Kinston Akomeng Kissi; MP for Akuapem South, Osei Bonsu Amoah; the Chairman of Akuapem North NPP Council of Elders and former Ambassador to China, Afare Donkor, among others.

The NPP flagbearer, before calling on chiefs at the Ahenfie, paid a visit to the Queen Mother of the Akuapem Traditional Area, Nana Dokua II, to sympathise with her.

Oseadeeyo Addo Dankwa III was enstooled the Paramount Chief of the Akuapem Traditional Area in 1974 at the age of 44.

Following his death, the Akropong Traditional Council has opened a book of condolence for the late Paramount Chief.

The decision follows the official traditional announcement of the demise of the Paramount Chief.

The Gyaasehene of Akuapem Traditional Area, Nana Osim Kwatia, who is customarily the caretaker chief, made the announcement last Monday at the chief's palace at Akropong.

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BY Daniel Bampoe