The Paramount Chief of Upper Dixcove Traditional Area in the Western Region, Obrempong Hima Dekyi XVI, has said the Western Regional chiefs have united to develop the Western Region and politicians must do the same in his latest interview on Radio 360 on Monday.
He reiterated that there is a common understanding and the need to be united at all costs as the Paramount Chiefs of the Western Region in a bid to achieve much-needed development for the region.
In an interview with Kwame Malcolm, host of Radio 360’s “Y3nsom”, cited by kyfilla.com, he said that the principal role of the Council of State member who is also the Chief of Princess Town, Nana Akwanzi Abraba IV, also known as Hon. Eunice Buah Asomah Hinneh, is to ensure all differences among the Paramount Chiefs in the Western Regional House of Chiefs are resolved.
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“I would like to acknowledge the Yeoman’s role played by the Omanhene of Axim, Awulae Attibrukusu III, as well as the Paramount Chiefs of Essikado, Nana Kobina Nketia V, and Awulae Agyefi Kwame II of Nsein, the longest serving Paramount Chief, for imploring us all the Chiefs to heed the call of Nana Akwanzi Abraba IV to unite.
We have therefore united to ensure the collective good and development of the Western Region. This will ensure that the MPs reflect the common interest of the people of the region, as the Chiefs have a solid base with the grassroots, and by so doing, whatever will be presented in Parliament by the MPs will reflect the general view of all,” the Upper Dixcove Paramount Chief implored. He further underscored the impact of chieftaincy disputes on the development of the Western Region.
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“If as Chiefs we put our house in order and we have westerners as CEOs of these oil companies, won’t a sizeable number of the teeming unemployed youth in the Western Region be employed? As the media, I will implore you folks to go the extra mile and establish how many indigenes of the Region are employed in the oil companies. There is always the refrain, there are no vacancies yet day in and day out, people are employed as heaps of application for jobs by our youth keep mounting. Our relief now is that as Chiefs we are now united.”, he asserted.
