The chief of Adumasa in the Eastern region, Nana Ansah Kwao IV has rendered a heartwarming apology to the youth of Ghana.
According to him, the youth of today have been deprived proper and in-depth education about the rich Ghanaian culture and traditions.
Most of the youth have been fed with half-truth stories about Ghana which have made them less interested in learning more about their cultural heritage.
Speaking on Joy Prime's 'Our Root' series, Nana Ansah Kwao IV stated that the youth of Ghana cannot embrace their culture wholeheartedly because it is very difficult to fall in love with something you don’t know.
According to him, urbanisation and modernisation has robbed them of the chance to know and appreciate their culture.
“First of all, we should take the blame and apologise to your generation for not teaching you enough. Because you know, it is very difficult to fall in love with something you don’t know. Let alone support it or back it up. So, we haven’t done enough education,” he said.
Nana Ansah Kwao IV further debunked the myths that have been spread about chieftaincy and the rites performed before enstooling chiefs.
According to him, there are no spiritual hands involved in the rites performed to enstool chiefs. He urged the youth to stop feeding on these myths and encouraged them to rather go back to their communities of origin to learn and stay abreast with their culture and yearn to know more about their tradition.
The Chief of Adumasa also explained that though the chieftaincy system in Ghana looks very chaotic on the outside, it is actually one of the most structured systems in Ghana.
“It’s interesting because people look at chieftaincy as though it is one chaotic industry and indeed from afar, it looks very chaotic. But when you are in there, it’s very structured, it’s very measured and it’s very checked. However, we do it soo seamlessly that from afar, you won’t see it,” he said.
Nana Ansah Kwao IV further urged the government of Ghana to study the structure of Chieftaincy system in Ghana and incorporate some of their ways into governing the state as it will help build a stronger and better Ghana for its citizens.
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