Volta chiefs congratulate Asantehene

Ho (Volta Region), 13th May ?99 ?

The Volta Region House of Chiefs has congratulated Otumfuo Osei Tutu the second on his ascension to the Golden Stool as the 19th Asantehene.

The house also commended the Asanteman Council for the "peaceful and matured manner" in which the nomination, election and installation of the new Asantehene took place.

This was contained in a welcome address to members of the house read by Okpekpewuokpe Togbe Dagadu the seventh, President of the house and member of the Council of State at its first meeting at Ho on Tuesday.

He said the installation of the new Asantehene was without any outside interference because of his legitimacy stressing this should be an "eye opener for all who have a role to play in the chieftaincy institution".

Togbe Dagadu however deplored the manner in which chieftaincy issues are being reported in the media and called on media practitioners to "refrain from publishing derogatory stories about the institution.

Alhaji Seidu Iddi, the Regional Minister and Dr Christine Amoako-Nuamah, Minister of Lands and Forestry addressed the meeting.