Mr Cezar Kale, Deputy Upper West Regional Minister, made the call
at a ceremony to outdoor Naa Dr Ernest Sangsor-Tulong I, as the Chief
of Gengekpe Community in the Nandom Traditional Area of the Lawra
District.
Mr Kale said it was because of the rich experience that
traditional rulers had in matters relating to governance and
development that some of them had been appointed to the municipal and
district assemblies.
He urged the district assemblies to establish effective
communication linkages with the traditional councils to enable the
traditional rulers to make relevant inputs into the policies and
programmes of the assemblies.
Mr Kale said government attached great importance to education
and would therefore provide the needed basic infrastructure and also
motivate teachers to give off their best.
The Deputy Regional Minister described the outdooring of Naa Dr
Sangsor-Tulong as welcome news considering his level of experience in
issues of development.
He reminded the chief that his people would expect nothing short
of a selfless leader who would serve them with zeal and commitment and
manage the affairs of the area with absolute credibility to bring
about development.
He assured the new chief of government’s support and urged him
to use his skin to foster peace and unity among his people, saying it
was only when there was peace that development could thrive.
Dr Benjamin Kumbuor, Minister of the Interior, described Naa Dr
Sangsor-Tulong as an intellectual who served mother Ghana in various
capacities adding that he had no doubt that with his rich experience
and wide contacts he would bring development to his people.
Dr Kumbuor, who is also a son of the area, acknowledged the role
of Naa Dr Sangsor-Tulong in the establishment of the Savannah
Accelerated Development Authority (SADA).
Mr Sampson Abu, Lawra District Chief Executive (DCE), encouraged
the chief to serve his people with love, respect and humility and help
foster peace, harmony and development in the district.
He urged the people of Gengekpe to give their chief the needed
support and co-operation in order to make his reign a remarkable one.
Naa Dr Puoure Puobe Chiir VII, Paramount Chief of the Nandom
Traditional Area and President of the Nandom Traditional Council,
assured the new chief of the Council’s support to promote peace, unity
and development.
Naa Dr Sangsor-Tulong pledged to lead his people in peace and
unity devoid of discrimination and encourage them to take self help
development projects.
Known in private life as Dr Ernest Kunfaa, the chief until his
enskinment was a Lecturer at the Wa Campus of the University for
Development Studies and a former Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah
University of Science and Technology.
GNA
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