Seven traditional leaders from the Yilo Krobo Traditional Area of the Eastern Region have been inaugurated as members of the Yilo Krobo Traditional Council as part of efforts to enhance traditional governance within the Area.
The leaders including two divisional chiefs, two Asafoatseme, two Dadematseme and one Manye were formally admitted into the august house after successfully completing all legal requirements, including registration and gazetting, at a ceremony aimed at reinforcing their authority and recognizing them under the laws of Ghana.
Those inaugurated included Nene Anyeenorgu Teye Agor IX, Nene Madjan Kenetey, Asafoatse Tetteh Kofi Karikari, Asafoatse Bedu Opata Korley, Dadematse Kwao Stephen Tetteh, Dadematse Kwao-Kumah Yohuno and Manye Marku Zuta.
Paramount Chief of the Yilo Krobo Traditional Area, Oklepeme Nuer Anorbah Sasraku II who supervised the ceremony, while emphasizing the significance of formal registration and the need to gazette chiefs, explained that the processes were essential to enable the chiefs operate legally and hence legitimize their authority before the law. "If you're a chief and you're not registered, you can't work with the law or be recognized by it," he said. "When it comes to adjudicating matters, if you're not gazetted, the law courts can overturn your decisions.
