The Western Regional Minister, Joseph Nelson, has appealed to traditional rulers in the country to embrace nation building as a collective responsibility.

He said government requires the support of interest groups and associations as well as citizens to govern the country. "Nation building is a collective effort," he said to the traditional leadership in the country.

Mr Joseph Nelson said this when he addressed queen mothers of the Kotokoli community in Ghana who paid a courtesy call on him at the regional office in Sekondi.

He lauded the queen mothers for being the first traditional establishment to pay him a courtesy call following his assumption of office.