On his Oct 19 trip to Hohoe, as part of his
campaign tour of
the Volta Region,
President Mahama, while going over a list of promises for the
area, stated that his administration was set to repair and restore the chief's "palace."
But as Gbi Viwo noted, the president's statement, which
painted the picture of a building that needs fixing, generated headlines that
pointed to the paramount chief's property that got destroyed by arsonist in
2012. The problem is, the said building has already been reconstructed by
government.
The news attracted a barrage of questions which generated a
heated debate among Gbi Viwo and members of the Ghanaian public.
Response by the president's office to Gbi Viwo's call for
clarification of the matter is that the president's characterization of the
project in question was a slip.
What President Mahama meant to say, the response confirms, is
his government's preparedness to implement recommendations by the Mills administration
in response to the Hohoe conflict of 2012 – part of which is to build a palace for
the Gbi Traditional Area.
In 1992, a rainstorm destroyed the structure that used to be
the palace for the Gbi
Traditional Area. The Gbi Traditional Council now occupies the location of the old palace and a new location was set for a brand new construction.
Traditional Area. The Gbi Traditional Council now occupies the location of the old palace and a new location was set for a brand new construction.
For many years, Togbega Gabusu VI has resided in a private house which the media and government officials have consistently mislabeled
as a "palace."
The conflict was successfully resolved through government mediation and peace has long been restored in Hohoe.
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Annette Herrmann-Condobrey
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