Drama In Ada: DCEs Beg Chiefs In Public …During Asafotufiame

The Chiefs and people of Ada Traditional Area, in the Greater Accra Region, over the weekend celebrated the 88th annual Asafotufiame festival, with a grand durbar at the Big Ada Presbyterian School Park.

The festival, a significant cultural event, brought together the people of Ada East, Ada West Districts and Constituencies.However, the celebration was not without controversy.

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ada West Constituency, David Bessey, expressed his disappointment at the grand durbar, accusing the planners of deliberately omitting his name from the program.

The MP publicly enquired from the traditional authorities if the omission was a grand scheme to marginalise the people that he represents, due to some disagreements with the Ada Traditional Council over issues concerning the people.He, therefore, asked the authorities to respond to the worrying situation.

In a surprise turn of events, the Chief Executives of Ada East, Kenneth Kabu Kofi Kanor and Ada West, Jerry John Mills Nkrumah, took to the stage and knelt before the gathering and apologised to the traditional authorities, for what they termed to be a conduct unacceptable from the law maker.

The drama drew murmuring among the crowd and sparked interest in the dynamics between tradition and elected officials in a traditional area.

However, an opinion leader and Special Aide to the MP, Mr Daniel Busumprah, reacting to the development, expressed worry over the humiliation to the parliamentarian by the Asafotufiame festival planners.

According to the Aide, the plan not to include MP David Bessey in the ceremony came to their attention earlier, but they discarded it as just rumour because the MP represents the interest of the people of Ada.

He went on that, this move transcends the personality of the MP and the good people of his constituency. He, therefore, deserves equal attention as far as homage and traditions are concerned.

Mr Busumprah wanted to know from the traditional leaders, if for their action, Ada West and for that matter, Sege, is no longer part of Ada traditional area.

He ended by cautioning whoever is leading the charge to marginalize Sege from Great Ada to bear in mind that this will not solve the problem, but rather a beginning of very sensitive orchestration in Ada.

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