Africa-Press – Ghana. The Fievie Traditional Council of South Tongu in the Volta Region led by its President, Togbega Agama Amata IV, has inducted fourteen chiefs and Queens at a ceremony at Sogakope, the commercial capital.
It was a colourful ceremony as the chiefs and queens adorned in their traditional kente dresses and accompanied by their subjects and asafo troups were inducted into office.
They had gone through a thorough process and dully gazetted to become chiefs in their respective jurisdictions.
The newly inaugurated Chiefs and Queenmothers include; Togbe Tovor IV, Togbe Doklo V, Mama Dziwornu Adzesu III, Togbe Kpodo Kavi V, Mama Segbornya II, Mama Xexietri II, Togbe Gakpo III, Mama Torwodzor II.
Others are; Awafia Akorfianuma IV, Mama Tsorfor III, Awafia Aveh II, Mama Asinu III, Mama Tolovi III, and Togbe Ayitey Awafia IV.
Present at the ceremony was the National Democratic Congress Parliamentary Candidate -elect for South Tongu, Mr. Maxwell Lukutor, and Zikpuitor Awuku Doe-Atakli, the Paramount Stool father of the Fievie Traditional Area.
The Fievie Traditional Council of South Tongu in the Volta Region led by its president, Togbega Agama Amata IV, inducted the fourteen chiefs.
The swearing in was under the auspices of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs led by the Registrar, Mr. Harry Atikpo who assisted the Circuit Court Judge of Sogakope, Mr Joseph Naadado Mcaly, who administered the oath of membership and secrecy to the new Chiefs and Queenmothers.
Registrar of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, Mr. Harry Atikpo identified three main causes of chieftaincy disputes in the region. Among them he said was wrongful installations of chiefs, and political interference.
He thus admonished the Chiefs to be hardworking and must try to resolve their differences at the Traditional Council level and stop running to court.
“Chieftaincy disputes arise primarily from three causes; traditional boundary conflicts, wrongful installations of chiefs, and political interference. Boundary disputes, such as those between Nkonya and Alavanyo, or Peki and Awudome, cause long-standing misunderstandings. Wrongful installations occur when tribes do not follow their traditions for appointing chiefs, often favouring wealth over rightful lineage. Political interference, especially from parties like the NPP and NDC, further divide the chiefs. Analysing these issues and finding practical solutions can help resolve these disputes”.
The Manklalo of Fievie, Awadada Dagadu IV, recounted the history of Fievie State being the oldest Traditional Area in the Tongu and how the Fievie settled in other Traditional Areas including Bakpa,and Tefle from which Sokpoe later emerged.
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