Jira Yagbonwura Bii-kunuto Jewu Soale I (Left) Samuel Abu Jinapor (Right)
The Member of Parliament for Damongo Constituency and Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has reportedly said that the King and Overlord of Gonjaland, Jira Yagbonwura Bii-kunuto Jewu Soale I, is his grandfather and overlord.
According to a report by JoyNews, the lands minister said that he has great respect for the King and would do nothing to undermine him.
He added that he has great respect for the chieftaincy institution in Ghana and will always accord all chiefs high reverence, especially his overlord.
He further stated that he engaged the Jakpa Palace, which he described as his home, to ensure the issues in contention were brought to bed.
“The Yagbonwura is traditionally my grandfather and overlord and I will never do anything to undermine him.
“I will take all measures necessary to restore normalcy between myself and the Jakpa Palace, which is my natural home,” the minister is quoted to have said in an interview in Damongo with Akili Gideon of Damongo-based Spear FM.
The Damongo legislator also called for calm, peace, and unity in the Gonja Kingdom and his constituency in particular, to help drive the needed development.
Background:
The Overlord of the Gonja Kingdom, Jira Yagbonwura Bii-kunuto Jewu Soale I, banned the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, from all palaces in the kingdom.
Announcing the ban, the King, through his interpreter, enumerated several reasons, including Abu Jinapor’s alleged use of government power to circumvent traditional authority and evade accountability.
He warned that any chief who welcomed Abu Jinapor to their palace would face consequences.
“Let me state this authoritatively that from today, no chief in Gonjaland should allow Abu Jinapor to come by himself or lead or accompany any government official or politician to any palace in Gonjaland. Any chief who disobeys this order will have himself to blame,” he said.
He added, “It is not a secret that Abu Jinapor uses the powers of government to circumvent the traditional authority and orders of the Yagbonwura in an attempt to evade accountability and to counter the orders so given by the Yagbonwura. This is mostly done deliberately to get the Yagbonwura to feel worthless, powerless, and of no value in the eye of the public.”
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