Traditional leaders in the Greater Accra Region have been advised to desist from writing unnecessary petitions to government authorities.

The Registrar of the Greater Accra House of Chiefs, Harry Attipoe, who gave the advice, said: “Too much letter and petition writing over petty issues was negatively affecting chieftaincy” in the Region.

Mr Attipoe said it was only in the Greater Accra Region that some traditional leaders “sell their cultural problems” to the world instead of amicably solving issues.

He gave the advice at the official induction of 13 members into the Tema Traditional Council in the Greater Accra Region.

Mr Attipoe pleaded with the chiefs to settle their customary issues amicably and uphold their status as the custodians of customs and traditions.

He urged the members of the Tema Traditional Council to make the area famous just like is done in other traditional areas in the country.

The Greater Accra House of Chiefs Registrar continued that placing injunction on chiefs should not be encouraged because no chieftaincy institution or legal court in the country would grant an injunction on a gazzetted chief from functioning or performing his function as a chief.

According to him aggrieved persons should use the right procedures to address all chieftaincy issues rather than using the quick methods which at the end would always backfire.  

He also cautioned king makers and natives against using the old methods of destooling chiefs, saying, they should rather resort to the lawful procedures.

“Removing sandals of a chief and slaughtering a goat to destool a chief is a criminal act and people must desist from it,” Mr Attipoe said.

Nii Adjei Kraku II, Tema Paramount Chief, called for unity and commitment from the members of the Traditional Council.

Nii Kraku advised them to always discuss issues within the Council instead of resorting to embarrassing each other in public.

Nii Kraku II was sworn in by a Tema High Court Judge, Richard Adjei Frimpong as the Tema Paramount Chief.

13 members of the Traditional Council, including two traditional priests, also took the oath of secrecy, oath of membership of the traditional council, and the oath of allegiance.