President Nana Akufo-Addo has eulogised the late king of the Gonja kingdom, Yagbonwura Sulemana Tuntumba Bore-Esa I, for his contribution towards the development of Ghana.
The president said this at the seventh day prayers (Adua) for the final funeral rites and burial of the late king in Damongo in the Savannah Region on Sunday 26 February.
Akufo-Addo led a high powered delegation to Damongo to empathise with the people of Gonja for their loss.
He noted that he remembers the Gonja king for two things: his contribution to the resolution of the Dagbon chieftaincy crisis and the creation of the Savannah Region.
He said, “the history of our country will never forget his contribution and participation in that successful enterprise.
“It was in his insistence that we held a referendum that allowed the people of the Savannah Region to express their preference and their choice, and ultimately made it possible for me to sign the constitutional instrument that created the Savannah Region,” Akufo-Addo said.
Akufo-Addo praised the late Yagbonwura as a great king not only because he occupied one of the greatest skins in the country, but also because he exemplified virtue of a king.
The Savannah regional minister, Saeed Muhazu Jibril, gave assurance to the president that laid down procedures will be followed to enskin a new Yagbonwura in a peaceful manner.
Akufo-Addo presented GHC100,000, a bull, five bags of cassava and 20 bags of rice to the palace.
In attendance were some national executives of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), regional and constituency executives and MMDCEs across the Savannah Region.
A delegation of chiefs was drawn from Dagbon and the Ashanti and the Upper West Regions.
Reporting by Tahiru Abdul-Washiru in the Savannah Region
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