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THE Paramount Chief of the Paga Traditional Area, Pe Charles Awiah Awampaga II, has been elected President of the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs for a four-year term.
Pe Awampaga, who was elected unopposed, succeeds the late Kologo Naba, Simon Ayidana Asobayire, who died in February this year.
The position of Vice-President of the house went to the Naaga Naba, Orlando A. Awuni III, who was also elected unopposed.
Four other chiefs were elected to represent the house at the National House of Chiefs. They were Naba Sigri Bawong, the Sakoti Naba; Naba Baba Salifu Aleemyaarum Atamale, the Paramount Chief of Bongo; Pe Joseph Afagachie II, the Paramount Chief of Nakong, and Pe Oscar B. Tiyiamu II, the Paramount Chief of Kayoro.
The elections were conducted by the Electoral Commission.
Addressing the house after the elections, the newly elected president called for support and co-operation from members.
He said his task, in the meantime, was to ensure that all vacant skins in the house were filled with substantive paramount chiefs to ensure the efficient and effective work of the house.
Eight skins, out of the 17-member Upper East Regional House of Chiefs, are presently vacant.
The newly elected president hinted that in the not-too-distance future, regents would not be allowed to attend meetings of the house. They would also not be paid any monthly allowances.
He also promised to pursue the plan to elevate more divisional chiefs to the status of paramount chiefs.
"The Regional Research Committee will vigorously review the list of divisional chiefs for elevation submitted to the National House of Chiefs for consideration," he said.
The Paga Pio said the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs needed to be expanded from its present membership of 17 to about 40.
He promised to work closely with the regional minister and the regional co-ordinating council to ensure that peace was constantly maintained in the region, especially in Bawku, to accelerate the rapid development of the region.
He urged his colleague chiefs to lead their people in efforts to ensure peaceful elections in December.
He said although the Ministry of Food and Agriculture had predicted good harvest, there were some communities such as Sandema, Bawku and Paga that were likely to experience poor harvest and, therefore, called on the government to assist people in those communities when the time came.
The Supervising High Court judge in the Upper East Region, Mr Justice Godwin A. Kwasi-Kumah, who swore in the new president and the vice–president of the house, spoke about the spate of communal, ethnic and political violence in some parts of the country and noted that majority of them had elements of chieftaincy dispute.
He, therefore, urged members of the house to create an atmosphere of peace to enhance the development of the region.
Pe Awampaga, who was elected unopposed, succeeds the late Kologo Naba, Simon Ayidana Asobayire, who died in February this year.
The position of Vice-President of the house went to the Naaga Naba, Orlando A. Awuni III, who was also elected unopposed.
Four other chiefs were elected to represent the house at the National House of Chiefs. They were Naba Sigri Bawong, the Sakoti Naba; Naba Baba Salifu Aleemyaarum Atamale, the Paramount Chief of Bongo; Pe Joseph Afagachie II, the Paramount Chief of Nakong, and Pe Oscar B. Tiyiamu II, the Paramount Chief of Kayoro.
The elections were conducted by the Electoral Commission.
Addressing the house after the elections, the newly elected president called for support and co-operation from members.
He said his task, in the meantime, was to ensure that all vacant skins in the house were filled with substantive paramount chiefs to ensure the efficient and effective work of the house.
Eight skins, out of the 17-member Upper East Regional House of Chiefs, are presently vacant.
The newly elected president hinted that in the not-too-distance future, regents would not be allowed to attend meetings of the house. They would also not be paid any monthly allowances.
He also promised to pursue the plan to elevate more divisional chiefs to the status of paramount chiefs.
"The Regional Research Committee will vigorously review the list of divisional chiefs for elevation submitted to the National House of Chiefs for consideration," he said.
The Paga Pio said the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs needed to be expanded from its present membership of 17 to about 40.
He promised to work closely with the regional minister and the regional co-ordinating council to ensure that peace was constantly maintained in the region, especially in Bawku, to accelerate the rapid development of the region.
He urged his colleague chiefs to lead their people in efforts to ensure peaceful elections in December.
He said although the Ministry of Food and Agriculture had predicted good harvest, there were some communities such as Sandema, Bawku and Paga that were likely to experience poor harvest and, therefore, called on the government to assist people in those communities when the time came.
The Supervising High Court judge in the Upper East Region, Mr Justice Godwin A. Kwasi-Kumah, who swore in the new president and the vice–president of the house, spoke about the spate of communal, ethnic and political violence in some parts of the country and noted that majority of them had elements of chieftaincy dispute.
He, therefore, urged members of the house to create an atmosphere of peace to enhance the development of the region.
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