WHAT OTUMFUO OPOKU WARE II SAID ON THE TANO-SUBIN(TUOBODOM) STOOL ELEVATIONS IN 1996
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What Otumfuo Opoku Ware II said on the Tano-Subin (Tuobodom) in 1996.
Following the recent disurbances in Tuobodom, which led to the death of three people, we publish here the full text of a press conference held in 1996 by the late Asantehene, Otumfuo Opoku Ware II, on the elevation of chiefs in the Tano-Subin area of the Brong Ahafo Region which included Tuobodom to paramount status.
THE GOLDEN STOOL AND THE ELEVATION OF CHIEFS IN THE TANO-SUBIN AREA IN THE BRONG AHAFO REGION. (A STATEMENT BY OTUMFUO OPOKU WARE II, ASANTEHENE ON THE RECENT DISTURBANCES IN THE ELEVATED TOWNS, TANOSO, TUOBODOM, BUOYEM AND TANOBOASE).
Nananom, Sons and Daughters of Asante, fellow Ghanaians, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, I have invited you to this meeting to brief you on the constitutional, legal and historical background to the recent elevation of four stools in the Tano-Subin area of the Brong Ahafo Region to paramountcy and to deplore the wanton destruction of life and property in the wake of the exercise of a well-settled customary prerogative, which is guaranteed under the Constitution and laws of the this country.
The tragic circumstances in this area not only pose a serious threat to law and order and our national stability but also challenge the very foundations of our constitutional systems and our traditional institutions. They have serious implications well beyond the borders of Asante and Brong Ahafo.
As you are all aware, the Constitution of Ghana expressly guarantee the institution of chieftaincy, as established by customary law and usage. (see article 270 (1)).
The critical phrase is “as established by customary law and usage”. It should be stressed that the incidence of allegiance to a stool, the jurisdiction of a stool and the definition of chieftaincy itself are all based on customary law and usage. The creation of regions by statute and the establishment of districts by legislative or executive acts do not affect the incidence of customary allegiance to a stool or the traditional jurisdiction of a stool. It is well established in this country that traditional allegiance may be owed to a stool across Regional or District boundaries.
This is confirmed by section 63 of the Chieftaincy Act, 1971, (Act 370), which stipulates that “Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prejudice any right of allegiance to which a chief in one Region is entitled from a chief in another Region or any right of a stool in one Region to any property movable or immovable, situate or existing in another Region.” As elaborated below, this principle was acknowledged by the Nkrumah Government as far back as in 1959 when legislation was introduced to establish the Brong Ahafo Region.
Any student of Ghana history will no doubt appreciate that prior to Ghana’s independence, what now constitutes the Brong Ahafo Region was part of Asante. Indeed, before 1900 all the stools and people of the present Brong Ahafo Region owed allegiance to the Golden Stool.
Some of the stools in this area were duly recognised as paramount stools. Other stools owed direct allegiance to the Golden Stool and were encumbered by caretaker chiefs who occupied lands for the Golden Stool. The latter category formed part of the Kumasi Traditional Council.
The Tano-Subin towns of Ofuman, Tuobodom, Tanoboase, Buoyem, Tanoso, Branam, Nchiraa, Nwoase and Subinso No. 1, have owed allegiance to the Golden Stool for nearly three hundred years.
In 1935, when the Asante Confederacy was restored a Committee of Privileges was established to examine the conflicting claims of various chiefs in the confederacy to the allegiance of stools and to the ownership of lands.
The Omanhene of Techiman presented a claim to the Committee of Privileges for the above-mentioned towns in the Tano-Subin area and lost. The Committee thus confirmed the allegiance of these nine towns to the Golden Stool.
Thereafter, the Techiman stool pursued its claims in various courts up to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and lost in each case. In 1945, the Omanhene of Techiman made a last effort by way of petitioning King George VI in Council, to reverse this decision.
However, considering the time-honoured rights of the Asante, the Techimanhene’s petition was rejected once more.
This state of affairs prevailed until 1959 when the Brong Ahafo Region was created by statute. It is however important to stress that according to the then Prime Minister Osagyefuo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, this measure was taken for purely administrative purposes.
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We must learn from the bravery and just of our past great traditional leaders and ancestors. Nana Oduro Ne Apau II, Asumegya Manhene you will forever be remembered.
Mo piaw!!! Nananom. This is an epitome of democracy. Please in my humble opinion to the editorial department of Royal Palace Multimedia, in any future archival video that will be published on your page, the speaker (Ohene) name must be "listed" when he stand to speak, it will aid the current generation to identify the speaker (Ohene) at that time. Thank you.
@yawdwubengsarpong6628
5 ай бұрын
Fantastic suggestion
@birdseyeview3027
5 ай бұрын
Brilliant
@kassimsaeed789
5 ай бұрын
The best democracy can be found in our traditional values. It existed long before the so called western democracy.
Nana Oduro Amin Appau,the late Esumgyahene left with great intelligence and wisdom, his soul rests in peace.
I’m very happy seeing this on social media today, where should I have seen it GBC TV or where no where would I have seen it. Now the world has changed indeed. This is the first time seeing Nana Opoku Ware speech on screen.
We should have MANHYIA TV on our digital and satellite stations so that the station, just like Opemsuo Radio will air Manhyia sittings and Asante culture.
My first time hearing the voice of Otumfuo Opoku Ware II . Life is a cycle indeed. A time will come when the next generation would view some of the current videos and call us ancestors. We all have a journey to make.
@richarddankwah3088
5 ай бұрын
This is my first time as well
@nanaonero
4 ай бұрын
Me too... First time hearing him speak
@johnmensahabrampah1083
28 күн бұрын
Same here ooo😢😢😢😢
Fascinating historical perspective shared by Otumfuo Opoku Ware II in 1996 on the Tano-Subin (Tuobodom) Stool elevations - truly enriching!
I have learnt one thing, The king listens very well.
This is indeed a rich archive. Very insightful. Historical facts are pointed out there, which can't be disputed by any current generation.
Please I suggest this video should aired on all platforms and TV stations with explanation so that those ignorant people who knows the truth but going around spewing lies and seeking for public sympathy will be exposed. It should be in a documentary form
Very informative. Asanteman te ase!!!!
Esumgyahene all the way , very intelligent n bold
@frimpongyaw39
5 ай бұрын
Very bold
@frimpongyaw39
5 ай бұрын
And intelligent
@nanabekoe6670
5 ай бұрын
His name was Nana Oduro Nim Appau
@frimpongbediakoimmanuel7152
5 ай бұрын
He was very charismatic and very educated. He was an international professional accountant. He was a father to all and very disciplined. ❤❤❤ Some of us will forever miss him.
Aaantr knew what is going to happen in feature that is why Asante did not accept the proposal of Techiman, see what is happening now in Ghana. Asante forever.
Esumgyahene is soooooo brilliant, heerrrr
Right from day one these Bono chiefs have proved to be troublesome to the Ashanti kingdom. Why do they want Otumfour to give them back the lands?
Wow...interesting and so informative 👏...Asante y3 Oman... A king must be a good listener to give a good judgment...Otumfo Opoku Ware was such a calm King...I see former Techimanhene Odotobiri...and Show man Offinsohene Wiafe Akenten...they are all gone now ...Such is life ...
Very informative.
Piawwwww Kotokohene ✌️✌️✌️
Wisdom at display
Dormaa hene should listen
We need more videos of nana OPOKU WARE II
Very nice video.❤
They should send this video to all the Brong Ahofo regional house of chiefs they need to watch this seriously
@patienceboateng8504
5 ай бұрын
Nope you can keep it in your Ashanti Brong people don’t need that
@kingsleynyamekye4661
4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂@@patienceboateng8504
Nana Dueooooo Asanteman dawoase Nana mo ne Adwuma Pa
Piawwwww ✌️✌️✌️
The Asante chiefs are very smart.
Woow assumenya hene
Wow, Great Memories! A lot to learn. I guess almost everyone in the video is dead now. Hmm Life! May their intelligent souls rest in peace ✌️🏿🙏🏿
@loviswalesboateng6640
5 ай бұрын
Since 1996 are you not alive
@frankoseiboadi2588
5 ай бұрын
My grandfather Nana Kwaku Atakyi Kukuomanhene is still alive.
@frankoseiboadi2588
5 ай бұрын
My grandfather Nana Kwaku Atakyi Kukuomanhene is still alive.
@Oheneba64
5 ай бұрын
@@loviswalesboateng6640 I'm not their age bro. The majority of them were over 60 years of age so you can imagine by now.
Ei bia saaaaaaa😂😂😂😂
If u want Ashanti's to give back all lands acquired through their effort ,then simply means there should not be any kingship in ethnic groups now claiming powers which they even never faught for. My point is lets know where we come from because the history of our territorial is there long time and u cant change it so let's not deceive our young generation.Thank u.
He was very cool
He who doesn't want to serve should find his own land outside ghana and settle to see if u can survive.if u have any blame then blame ur fall father's who were just after their personal gains.
Akoarba
Granted that the Asantehene elevated Tuobodom to paramountcy - the issue is not really about allegiance or otherwise but about the imposters who are claiming the stool with ignorant support of Asantehene then and now; the Krotia family in Tuobodom have never been royals so they can't purport to hold brief for tuobodom at Manhyia; the two issues - of allegiance and the legal right to the Tuobodom stool must be clearly stated
@cma21191
5 ай бұрын
Go to Manhyia and make your case since you believe you hold the truth to who the true royals are. Your use of the word "ignorant" is very disrespectful.
@ikekof8069
5 ай бұрын
I knew some nonentity like you will come and comments rubbish. Why didn’t your so called True royal family come to challenge that as at then? Are you wiser than the Elders. Kwasiasem kwa. Didn’t you see your own Techimanhene as at then making such statements Poku Wars Katakyie?
@ikekof8069
5 ай бұрын
Asuming we stick to your myopic understanding of the issue, if we decide to go by legal means of Adjudication, the matter was taken to Sunyani Hight Court, the. To Appeal Court and finally to Supreme Court but in all these levels, Techimanhene Lost the case Flat.
@tsegahchristianababio1706
5 ай бұрын
@@ikekof8069I'm shocked are not privy to this legal battle
Dirty mind people. They came there with the intention of Hiding behind those chiefs and alp separate themselves from Asanteman just as Dormaahene is doing today to hide behind Sampa and Nsoko to move away from Asanteman.
There's no more slave.....Every state should be independent......Ashanti's, is time to give it back......
@emmanuelbaffour687
5 ай бұрын
Do you really understand the word "slave"?
@anasaremekofianas
Ай бұрын
What u are saying koraa makes it worse. Now everyone is free and therefore other towns decided to join Asanteman. If they wish they can live