{"id":175560,"date":"2015-12-19T09:38:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T09:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=175560"},"modified":"2015-12-19T15:19:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-19T15:19:46","slug":"sunyani-chiefs-snub-nana-addo-but-say-hes-not-an-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=175560","title":{"rendered":"Sunyani chiefs snub Nana Addo but say he’s not an enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"

After dismissing reports that they held a meeting to stop the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) from holding its Extraordinary National Delegates Conference in the Brong Ahafo Regional capital Sunyani, the Sunyani Traditional Council has turned down a request by the party\u2019s Flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to pay a courtesy call on them.<\/p>\n

Prior to Saturday\u2019s conference, reports had suggested that the Traditional Council was in a meeting to plot against the NPP because according to them, they had not been informed about the event to take place at the Sunyani Coronation Park.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”iXSQF4Pw4TMvCQTe3Y7K6nNgK6nD6OgP”]But the Krontihene of the Sunyani Traditional Council, Nana Bofotia Boamponsem, later told Citi News<\/strong> that although they had not been informed about the programme as “custodians of the land”, there was no such meeting to halt the event.<\/p>\n

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Krontihene of the Sunyani Traditional Council, Nana Bofotia Boamponsem.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There appears to be bad blood between the NPP and the chiefs in the region, following a recent public endorsement of the candidature of President John Mahama for the 2016 elections by the Chief of the Sunyani Traditional Area.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Sunyani Chief, Nana Bosoma Asor Nkrawiri, confidently stated that the Brong Ahafo Region was going to give Mahama\u00a080 percent of votes<\/strong> <\/a><\/span>in the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n

The assertion was considered a blatant breach\u00a0of Article 276 Clause 1 of the 1992 constitution which states that, \u201cA chief shall not take part in active party politics; and any chief wishing to do so and seeking election to Parliament shall abdicate his stool or skin\u201d.<\/p>\n

But the chiefs are rather angry because according to them, the NPP\u2019s Brong Ahafo Regional Chairman made derogatory remarks against them for the\u00a0Sunyani Chief’s comment.<\/p>\n

They had thus demanded an apology from the NPP for \u00a0the supposed derogatory remarks,\u00a0but that has not happened yet.<\/p>\n

In a statement responding to a request by Nana Addo to pay a courtesy call on them ahead of Saturday\u2019s conference,the Sunyani Traditional Council said it could not receive him.<\/p>\n

The statement signed by the Akwamuhene of the Council, Nana Kwaku Sarbeng Ababio II, and addressed to the Brong Ahafo Regional Secretary of the NPP, is captured below:<\/p>\n

Re: Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo\u2019s visit to the Brong Ahafo Region<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYour letter on the above subject matter dated 1th December 2015 has been received by the Council.<\/p>\n

We are sorry to inform you that the Council cannot receive Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo and his entourage in view of the fact that the impasse between the Sunyani Traditional Council and the B\/A Branch of the NPP has not as yet been resolved.<\/p>\n

The impasse came about as a result of the derogatory remarks by the Regional Chairman of the NPP Mr. Asamoah Kyeremeh against Nananom [The Chiefs].<\/p>\n

The Council wishes to state emphatically that Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo is not an enemy and that we do not have any personal qualms with him as a person.<\/p>\n

Despite this statement, the Krontihene of the Sunyani Traditional Council has in a rather contradictory response told Citi News they have no issues with the NPP.<\/p>\n

Watch an interview with the Krontihene\u00a0in the video below.<\/strong><\/p>\n