One of the Manprusi Chief in the Geater Accra Region, Chief Mansuru has taken on chiefs doing open politics in Ghana.
According to him, it is improper for any chief or King leading people to engage in politics which could reputation in soceity.
The highten party politics in delivering good governance largely blamed on traditional authorities across the country.
The Accra Manprusi chief alleged that politicians have succeeded in buying the conscience of traditional leaders who are supposed to speak the truth to powers that be.
Bribing and extending of brown envelops to traditional leaders to support the government of the day has become a norm in our body politics, chief Mansuru argued.
He posited that keeping such chiefs/Traditional leaders as chiefs will derail the development of the area.
“Remember that those who support political parties openly or their candidate cannot tell these Political parties the truth when they are wrong”, he opined.
Chief Mansuru was speaking to Nationaltymes.com on the sidelined of the coronation of Kpobiman Zango Chief over the weekend.
As a traditional leader, chief Mansuru stressed that chiefs have to main neutral to be able to stamp on their authority and say it as it is.
He added that the youth look up to those chiefs as their role models, hence it behooves on them to remain neutral following the polarisation of Ghana’s politics.
“Do you think if your people know the party you are supporting and you advise them, they will take your advice? They will not take it”, he lamented.
“….everybody has a party he or she likes but you don’t come out openly and support them, there are people who like party A or B but declaring your stand you are pushing for division among your people”, chief added.
He therefore called on kingmakers and traditional authorities to step in to deal with chiefs/Traditional leaders who openly declare support for political parties or its candidate to serve as deterrent to others.
The time has come for chiefs to speak the truth to power irrespective of whoever is the President of this country.
The silence of chiefs on government policies and programmes has negatively affected the country’s forward match.
The Greater Accra Region Manprusi Chief, Chief Mansuru reiterated that chiefs must be seen criticising government when it goes wrong and credit it where it is due but not the other way round.
Story By: Gator Edudzi Amenuveve/Nationaltymes.com
