The National House of Chiefs is to develop a code of ethics to guide chiefs in carrying out their traditional responsibilities. The President of the house, Wulugu Naba Pugansoa Naa Prof. l.S. Nabila, who made this known at the end-of year meeting of the house in Kumasi, said the code would make the institution more acceptable to the people, since majority of them looked up to their chiefs for leadership. He said transparency, probity and account¬ability at the traditional, regional and national levels of the institution would definitely make the il1stitution gain much respect, both within and outside the country. Naa Pref. Nabila mentioned the importance of chieftaincy in national development and called on the government to provide the need¬ed support to enable the institution to play its role effectively for the benefit of the people. He expressed concern over the inadequate budgetary allocation for the house and said unless that was addressed, the various houses of chiefs could not Carry out their constitution¬al duties creditably. He also touched on the lack of counsel for the judicial committees of the houses of chiefs which was retarding their adjudicating processes. He said the house was going to participate fully in the upcoming review of the 1992 Con¬stitution. Consequently, it was to appoint its own review committee that would focus on issues that affected the institution. Naa Prof. Nabila commended the Konrad A.denauer Foundation for supporting the house to come up with a Chieftaincy Bulletin, the first issue of which would come out at the end of December this year. He stated that the leadership of the house was detem1ined to chart a path that would lead the institution to progress and development. The Wulugu Naba noted that if culture was well harnessed and incorporated into the devel¬opment process, as demonstrated by the Asian giants and other European countries, it could be a good vehicle for achieving human devel¬opment goals. He said the notion that all traditional coun¬cils were endowed with resources was false and pointed out that many of the councils were racing serious financial difficulties that called for support from outside to enable them deliver. Source: Daily Graphic