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Asantehene rejects inclusion of queen mothers in House of Chiefs sittings

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  • Sul 13 hours ago

    A VERY WISE DECISION OTUMFUO.... MY LOVE FOR YOU STRENGTHEN EACH AND ANYTIME YOU TALK

  • Dr Mumbi Seraki 13 hours ago

    Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine......for instance 15 paracetamol at once. Or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.

  • DotCom 12 hours ago

    Traditions are a gateway to our past so sometimes it is important to keep some of them the way they are. It would be good if chiefs and all custodians of our traditions explain the value of keeping those customs and tradition ...
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  • Nzema K 10 hours ago

    An old primitive king. It implies that a woman will never be made a chief or king in Ashanti. What have they done wrong

  • Jr 10 hours ago

    Foolish boy! Yes, no woman will be King of Asante, because that's not our culture. Fools like you in the name of so-called civilization have lost touch with what defines you, and you're now on an envy spree, wishing all other ...
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  • Baba Siaka Stevens 9 hours ago

    Ashantis should not allow this hungry and selfish politicians to invade their culture and customs, Asantehene is not a member of National House of Chiefs therefore he is not obliged to kotow to your 1992 chieftaincy laws, wh ...
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  • Yaok 7 hours ago

    But at the same time,he should tone down his language.

  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, nation with foolish leaders 18 minutes ago

    What does that mean..how do.you tone down NO? Lol.oh.chale.infact in this life if.someone hates you..you can buy that Hater even a Maserati still.they will hate you

  • be wise 4 hours ago

    what makes him an old primitive king. Don't be stupid next time. Will Nzemas accept a woman to be a chief in their area? some of think like idiots.

  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, nation with foolish leaders 20 minutes ago

    Yes its possible. Other akans tribes have women as their Queens..but you will never see a man anointing or choosing a chief or king in any Akan household because the Akans.have matrilineal traditions

  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, nation with foolish leaders 23 minutes ago

    Have you seen a king father impose a king for any Akan royal crown before? It may be possible for an Ashanti Queen but it will never be possible for a king Father to anoint or choose a king. There are so many Queens assuming ...
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  • Jr 13 hours ago

    This is wrong. The 1992 constitution of Ghana prumolgate equality and inclusivity. The house of chiefs make decisions that affect both queen mothers and chiefs, hence the former must be included in that regard.

  • Demetrius 13 hours ago

    @Jr....
    Where from the house of chiefs concept? Traditional chieftancy exist before the constitution and differs from area to area. Did you read between the lines of Asantehene's submissions? If the constitution is binding t ...
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  • Nii 10 hours ago

    @Jnr… Queen mothers are already included in decision making in the Asante culture. Pay attention to what he said. They, including Otumfuor were selected by women. Women offer valuable advice in selection of chiefs and othe ...
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  • Nanaba1 8 hours ago

    Let your sister pay bridge price of her husband.

  • Nsia 12 hours ago

    In the grand scheme of things,who voted or elected Asantehene in Ghana? Our Asante custom is exactly the same as that of other Akan tribes/ states.There is no difference. Akan customs and culture existed in Adanse, Denkyira ...
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  • Kweku 12 hours ago

    Great responds

  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, nation with foolish leaders 10 hours ago

    Massa, we don't want coed basketball here. We don't want women on the soccer pitch with us

  • Ghanaba 12 hours ago

    @Nsoa. Top notch submission. Ghana constitution reigns supreme. Our politicians must be bold to call a spade a spade. We ars one as a country called Ghana

  • Jr 10 hours ago

    And the constitution is what defines our various customs and traditions, as tribes right? You're so hollow.

  • Gaskia 10 hours ago

    @Nsia, after all the "book" you wrote, I haven't read anything that addresses the Asantehene's objection to queenmothers' inclusion in the House of Chiefs.

  • Nsia 10 hours ago

    @Gaskia, if the govt of the Republic of Ghana decides to do that, there is bugger-all Kwaku Dua can do . I hope you get the import.Cheers!

  • Gaskia 8 hours ago

    Boss, I'm not an Ashanti, but I believe Ashanti queens respect tradition and the Asantehene, so they'll stay away from the House of CHIEFS' meetings, and there's "bugger all" the government can do. Hahahaha. Have a blessed we ...
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  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, nation with foolish leaders 13 minutes ago

    That's wrong..how will.you like it if the chiefs all over gh decide to flout the laws and what parliament stands for?.parliament has its place and the house of chiefs has its place but to want parliament to supercede the acti ...
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  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, nation with foolish leaders 10 hours ago

    Asantehens believes that tradition supercedes the constitution and that traditional chieftains law existed before constitutional law. Therefore, why allow constitutional law which emanated or was borrowed from the English be ...
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  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, nation with foolish leaders 10 hours ago

    Like the wives ....

  • Kobie 10 hours ago

    Jealous, remind yourself that the current occupant of the golden stool is only 26 years as our king. He is only maintaining Asante customs and tradition. Those who want to modernize their customs are free to do it. Count Asan ...
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  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, nation with foolish leaders 10 hours ago

    House of chief sittings is not the same as parliament of Ghana sittings..gh constitution does not apply within house of chief sittings and shouldn't. Only traditional law applies there,.so why change tradition? Unless you hav ...
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  • Jr 10 hours ago

    You're very stupid in the first place for calling him Kwaku Dua, as though he is your coequal. And just what makes you think the Juaben, Adanse, and the likes you just mentioned can their unilateral decisions break away from ...
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  • Kwabena 6 hours ago

    @Nsia. I can not agree with you more. Good submission. Well done!!!

  • Agya Koo 11 hours ago

    You people are funny. Let them pass the law and see if a single queen mother from Asante will join. We know and understand unity. We're who we're because of unity. No one can use the backdoor to disintegrate us. Asante ye Oma ...
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  • WO DO MEA BRA! LET THE WILLING FORM THEIR HOUSE OF QUEENS! 10 hours ago

    Its not by force. Other regions will eztablish their House of Queens funded by the government and deriving benefits from the govt. Let those not interested look on whilst the blessings pass them.

    Left to some of you alone ...
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  • Prime 8 hours ago

    Sorry ooo bro. I taught you said passing blessing...
    You and I know Asantes are already blessed so I wonder which meager blessings you are talking about here... You need it for your people. We may never need anything from yo ...
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  • Major 11 hours ago

    Finally, Ive gotten one person to agree with me. Otumfuor, I salute you. I have always said we are allowing something bigger than us to swallow us whole and that time is coming when we will put our hands over our heads and cr ...
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  • Gaskia 10 hours ago

    Does affirmative action and the constitution's non discrimination clause mean, for instance, that Black Queens players should also participate in Black Stars matches? And also, if queen mothers join sittings of the "House of ...
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  • Kofi 10 hours ago

    Asantehene want to write and dictate His own laws when Things doesnt suit him.He is creating His own laws within a country governed under a constitution.Culture and Traditions evolves,thats why there are so Many Changes and d ...
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  • BUT ASHANTI INHERITANCE LAW WAS CHANGED BY THE INTERSTASTE LAW! 10 hours ago

    On this one Nana got it wrong, otherwise the abrafuor would still be going around cutting peoples head wirhout consequences!

  • WOMEN CAN NEVER BE MEN - Patriot 10 hours ago

    Do not turn women into men like as it has been done in the whiteman's societies. Women have their roles to play.Women can never be men.

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  • Goodman 10 hours ago

    God bless the king.

  • 12345 9 hours ago

    we are playing so much in this country, how will the chieftancy ministry not consult with the chiefs before attempting this level of crass incompetence. our bane is the kind of democracy we practice, its not in our nature to ...
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  • Osonoba 9 hours ago

    I sometimes don't understand this Asantehene. Some years back, the Asantehene was the permanent president of the National House of Chiefs. Is he saying that that time the house of which his uncles were presiding has no power ...
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  • Yaok 7 hours ago

    That has been their problem, they see the asantehene as superior to any king in Ghana.

  • Baafi Donkor 9 hours ago

    I like the boldness of my king.You see these politician want to destroy our traditions and culture but I know my Asante king will not allow that to happen in his own kingdom

  • Ama 9 hours ago

    Then let’s move for national house of queen mothers.

  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, nation with foolish leaders 3 minutes ago

    @Ama fool..chiefs can be men or women. There are chiefs in other Akan societies whi are women and im sure they are part of the house of chiefs. This matter here is about queen mothers..did you read the assignment?.

  • Niiblue 9 hours ago

    The constitution is the Supreme law of the land. Nobody born of a woman is above the Supreme law of the country. We make amendments on any democratic institution in the world and Ghana is not exception

  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, nation with foolish leaders 8 minutes ago

    The constitution may be the supreme.law of the land but it must not and will not traverse, supercede the laws within the house of chiefs..try buying a piece of land in Ghana and see if you dont have to see or meet a chief som ...
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  • King 7 hours ago

    Captain's in one ship... (1) Tribal which hate one another because some king's think they are bigger than other(2) who is the government (3) what's the function of the king's (4) Are human being held as somebody's property's ...
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  • King 6 hours ago

    In reality and looking at the problems it was human interest that create wars....inside tribe's create kings and inside kings create government.Now what I mean is that when kings Wake up and get tired why they fighting or hat ...
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  • Kwabena 6 hours ago

    The Asantehene said "No one should create rules that binds everyone". Oh really? Has he forgotten that we live in a country governed by a constitution? Are we supposed to create different rules for each enclave in the Republi ...
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  • be wise 4 hours ago

    Don't misconstrue his statement. Put his statement in the context he spoke. When he made that reference, he was specifically referring to political arm-twisting seeking to thwart tradition and culture that has already been en ...
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  • David 25 minutes ago

    @Be wise. Honestly, you are the one who is silly. I thought Ashantis always hail Yaa Asantewa for her bravery. Yaa Asantewa was a woman who mobilized the Asantes to fight the British (we were told). Women have always played a ...
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  • The King of Ghana Otumfour Osei Tutu 3 hours ago

    The King of Ghana Otumfour Osei Tutu Nyamekese

  • Choo choo 2 hours ago

    I lost a shred of respect for this man for the falsehoods he spewed in the Bawku chieftaincy dispute resolution mediation report. Good name is truly better than riches. Once people lose trust in you, that's all.

  • Kwaku dua. chimpanzee 1 hour ago

    this stupid man named asantehene thinks he's wise. nayiri should accept your bogus verdict but you Kwaku dua don't want to accept the laws of the constitution