New Dzaasetse installed

The Djaasetse of Kpakpatse We Royal Family of Asere, Nii

Kwatei Olemla I has called on the government through the Ministry of Local

Government and Rural development to ensure that more sanitation workers are

employed especially the youth within the Ga Mashie community to tackle waste

and filth in the city and its environs so as to curb the sanitation problems as

well as create employment for them. These measures he believe will prevent diseases

which have been the source of untimely deaths and a drain on the nation’s

scarce resources.

Nii Kwatei Olemla I known in private life as Mr. Nii John

Quartey, Chief Executive Officer of Pegasus Security made this call when he was

enstooled and outdoored as the new Djaasetse of the Kpakpatse We Djaase Council

at the Asere Kpakpatse We in Accra on Saturday.

He also expressed worried about the various chieftaincy

disputes within the Ga State and pledged that he will assist the various

institutions such as the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs in bringing

peace to the region.

He appealed to all Ghanaians especially, those residing in

the capital city and its environs to

respect, accommodate and tolerate the customs and traditions of the Ga-speaking

people as they do in their respective communities, since every traditional area

in Ghana has rules and regulations, customs, traditions and taboos that governs

as well as guides them in their daily lives.

The ceremony was under the distinguished chairmanship of Nii

Amarkai III, Djaasetse and Acting Asere Mantse.

The Kpakpatse We Royal Family of Asere has for the past five

years or more been without a Djaase Council and a Djaasetse to direct the

affairs of the family as well as to assist in the administration of the Ga

Mashie community and for this reason, the council of elders selected from the

three Royal Households names: Kpakpa Kakadaan We, Kpakpa Fio We and Kpakpa

Blofonyo We and in collaboration with the Principal head of family (Weku Nukpa)

Alhaji Kasim Kwatelai Quartey enstooled Nii Kwatei Olemala I as the Djaasetse

after the performance of all customary

rites in accordance with the Ga custom, traditions and usage. The Chairman of

the planning committee was Sheikh Nii Kwatei Watson-Quartey.