The Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs has pledged to take decisive action against individuals who unlawfully declare themselves as chiefs. 

The House expressed concern over the growing issue of divisional chiefs and priests creating new stools and accepting oaths of allegiance from unauthorised individuals, leading to chaos in the region.

During a visit by the Greater Accra Regional Security Council, the Acting President of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, Professor Odaifio Welentsi III, emphasised the traditional leaders' commitment to addressing this problem. 

He assured that the House of Chiefs would take the necessary measures to curb the rise of illegitimate chieftaincies.

The Regional House of Chiefs aims to restore order and uphold the integrity of traditional leadership in Greater Accra by cracking down on those who disrupt the established system.

“As a house and fathers of the land, we have encountered a situation where some individual chiefs arrogate onto themselves some powers that they do not have authority over.

"For example, some divisional chiefs, priests, etc. go to the extent of creating new stools and taking oaths of allegiance from some ignorant people who call themselves chiefs and these practices ought to be stopped forthwith."

“The most common and annoying act of such people is that some even go to the extent of stampeding paramount chiefs from ascending onto their thrones in the name of being an acting president."

“These acts have gone unchecked for a while, but trust me, these acts of lawlessness will be rooted out by the Regional House of Chiefs," he stated.