Involvement of chiefs in politics worrying – Bunbong-Naayili chief

The traditional head of Bunbong-Naayili, a farming community in the Yendi Municipality of the Northern Region has bemoaned the increasing rate at which some chiefs are actively participating in partisan politics. According to Ubor Dawuni Wumbei, the nation’s chieftaincy institution is fast losing its significance in the scheme of national affairs because some chiefs have allowed politicians to manipulate them. Ubor Dawuni Wumbei is convinced traditional rulers can do better by not allowing political office seekers to use them as conduit to win general elections. The respected traditional head raised this concern in an exclusive interview with Citi News at the 2014 Linujil (Yam Festival) celebrated by the chiefs and people of Bunbong-Naayili on the theme, “Unity and Development.” He maintained that traditional rulers should stay neutral in partisan politics to maintain their dignity. Ubor Dawuni Wumbei further admonished his colleagues to stop overly depending on successive governments and initiate self help programmes to improve the living conditions of their subjects. He advocated the need for chiefs to serve the interest of their subjects by holding politicians accountable for their stewardship. He therefore called on all in the Northern Region to be law abiding and embrace peace for sustainable development in their localities. Ubor Dawuni Wumbei and his subjects have initiated moves to build a Senior High School in the community. They have also advanced plans to set up an education endowment fund to assist needy but brilliant pupils in Bunbong-Naayili and its satellite communities. He urged parents to invest in their children’s education. Ubor Dawuni Wumbei is an entrepreneur and senior brother of Ghana’s internationally acclaimed Reggae star, Rocky Dawuni. Even though Bunbong-Naayili is one of the major yam producing communities in Ghana, half of the population there are living in abject poverty.            

Source:Citifmonline.com