{"id":1184310,"date":"2022-08-19T17:23:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T17:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/19\/this-is-an-extremely-difficult-situation-akufo-addo-consoles-family-of-yaa-naas-heir-apparent\/"},"modified":"2022-08-19T17:23:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T17:23:06","slug":"this-is-an-extremely-difficult-situation-akufo-addo-consoles-family-of-yaa-naas-heir-apparent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/19\/this-is-an-extremely-difficult-situation-akufo-addo-consoles-family-of-yaa-naas-heir-apparent\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This is an extremely difficult situation\u2019 \u2013 Akufo-Addo consoles family of Yaa Naa\u2019s heir apparent\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\" style=\"line-height: 2; letter-spacing: -0.5px;font-size: 18px;\">\n<p>                        <!--p class=\"ky_saved_articles_link\"><span class=\"ky_saved_articles_hide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"ky_saved_articles_img\" alt=\"\u2018This is an extremely difficult situation\u2019 \u2013 Akufo-Addo consoles family of Yaa Naa\u2019s heir apparent \" title=\"\u2018This is an extremely difficult situation\u2019 \u2013 Akufo-Addo consoles family of Yaa Naa\u2019s heir apparent \"><\/span> Bookmark<\/p-->\n<p>President Akufo-Addo has described the death of the heir apparent to the Dagbon Skin, the Mion-Lana, Naa Abdulai III as a \u201cdifficult situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said his death was not expected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo made the comments when the late Mion-Lana\u2019s family members  a delegation from the overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Naa Abukari Mahama II,\u00a0visited him at the Jubilee House on Friday, August 19.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FB1F46CC-26DE-47B9-ABFC-0BD8D2C440AB-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\u2018This is an extremely difficult situation\u2019 \u2013 Akufo-Addo consoles family of Yaa Naa\u2019s heir apparent\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-10032155536\"   title=\"\u2018This is an extremely difficult situation\u2019 \u2013 Akufo-Addo consoles family of Yaa Naa\u2019s heir apparent\u00a0\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>He, thus, assured them that government will ensure he is given a befitting burial.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an extremely difficult situation. But then all of us will go someday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can count on us for whatever government can do to organise a dignified funeral rites for him. I will do my best to give him a befitting farewell.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/70EBE6D0-47A8-4D75-A30E-DAF5DC60F92D-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\u2018This is an extremely difficult situation\u2019 \u2013 Akufo-Addo consoles family of Yaa Naa\u2019s heir apparent\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-10032155537\"   title=\"\u2018This is an extremely difficult situation\u2019 \u2013 Akufo-Addo consoles family of Yaa Naa\u2019s heir apparent\u00a0\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The President also expressed his \u201cdeepest condolence to the Yaa Naa, I know how difficult this is for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, he has also urged the family to ensure a suitable successor is found after the funeral rights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCooperate and find a successor for the late Mion Chief after the funeral rites. That is one of the best ways all of us can pay tribute to his memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A0CA9670-4037-4EDC-BAEF-8358DD3DBA30-1024x512.jpeg\" alt=\"\u2018This is an extremely difficult situation\u2019 \u2013 Akufo-Addo consoles family of Yaa Naa\u2019s heir apparent\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-10032155538\"   title=\"\u2018This is an extremely difficult situation\u2019 \u2013 Akufo-Addo consoles family of Yaa Naa\u2019s heir apparent\u00a0\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The late Mion-lana, or Naa Abdulai III, was a dynamic traditional ruler who was often described in some circles as \u201cThe Peace Maker\u201d of Dagbon, following his momentous role in the Dagbon peace process.<\/p>\n<p>He died on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, after a short illness. He died at age 48.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He left behind four wives and 12 children.<\/p>\n<p>                <!-- Post Tags --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Akufo-Addo has described the death of the heir apparent to the Dagbon Skin, the Mion-Lana, Naa Abdulai III as a \u201cdifficult situation.\u201d He said his death was not expected.\u00a0 President Akufo-Addo made the comments when the late Mion-Lana\u2019s family members a delegation from the overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Naa Abukari Mahama II,\u00a0visited him at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1184312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[648,23712,3502,3677,685,452,23713,15731,2548,1677],"class_list":["post-1184310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics","tag-akufoaddo","tag-apparent","tag-consoles","tag-difficult","tag-extremely","tag-family","tag-heir","tag-naas","tag-situation","tag-yaa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}