I did not say chiefs will demonstrate - Nene Atiapah

Nene Kano Atiapah II, the Acting President of the Ningo Prampram Traditional Area and member of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs has denied a report which quoted him as saying he and other chiefs were going to demonstrate against President John Mahama.

“What I said was that; we are running out of patience over the reluctance of the Minister of Chieftaincy and Traditional Affairs, Dr. Henry Seidu Daanaa to rescind his decision to transfer our Registrar, Harry Anthony Attipoe” he said in a reaction to the story.

“I indicated that we have observed that the Minister of Chieftaincy and Traditional Affairs is happy with the numerous chieftaincy disputes in the region that is why he has refused to rescind his decision to transfer the Registrar” he continued.

He said he had appealed to President John Dramani Mahama, to as a matter of urgency intervene in the matter to allow peace to prevail in the region and within the chieftaincy sector.

Explaining further, he pointed out that as members of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs “we met when the issue started and petitioned the Chief of Staff to intervene, by getting the sector Minister to rescind his decision, due to the Registrar’s efforts in settling chieftaincy matters in the region” adding

“Our decision was based on the fact that nobody wants to lose a hard working Registrar who was doing everything possible not only to solve the numerous chieftaincy problems in the region, but also bringing unprecedented development to the House.”

The sector minister, he said, disrespected them by not consulting them before taking such a “malicious transfer decision.”

According to him, he gave the Chieftaincy Minister; a two week ultimatum to rescind his decision to transfer Harry Anthony Attipoe else, “we would be left with no other option than organize a demonstration and march to the Flagstaff House to express our dissatisfaction over the decision.”