The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has pledged his support to the Chieftaincy community during his visit to the Ashanti Region House of Chiefs on June 10, 2024.
The Vice President promised to amend the Chieftaincy Act to empower traditional leaders and ensure their effective contribution to national development.
“I want to amend section 63 (D) of the Chieftaincy Act to empower the chiefs to help the government to govern this country. It will help all of us. We need to empower the chiefs to help the government and empower the chiefs not only to change the law,” Dr. Bawumia said.
He further said, empowering the chiefs also entails providing financial resources, which will enable them to fulfill their duties effectively.
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“But to financially resource the chiefs. If we don’t financially resource the palaces of the chiefs, they can’t do the work we want them to do. So my manifesto team has looked at all of it. We are saying that we have to pay living allowances to the paramount chiefs and not stop there but to the divisional chiefs and the queen mothers so that we can have a complete chieftaincy institution that is empowered to help government,” he stated.
Dr. Bawumia also expressed his appreciation for the feedback and suggestions he received.
“I welcome their concerns, encouragement, and insightful suggestions, aimed at enhancing my transformational vision and policies, for the benefit of our country and citizens. I am immensely grateful to Nananom and all the groups for their time and inputs,” he added.
He also expressed his privilege in engaging with religious leaders from the Christian and Muslim communities, traditional chiefs from the Zongo communities in the Ashanti Region.
“It was indeed a privilege and an honour meeting with all these special groups, to share with
them my vision for Ghana, and also to seek their blessings and prayers, as I seek to serve our
country as President, by the grace of God,” he said.
