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The Ministry of Information, the Ghana Health Service, and Partners have provided a one-day training and orientation for the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs. The workshop which was chaired by His Royal Majesty Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI, the President of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs and …

The National House of Chiefs (NHC) say it was worried about the rising political tension in the country at the time of escalating covid-19 infection, and other socio-economic challenges in the country. According to the chiefs, it seemed “political leaders in the country appear to be more concern about winning …

The Eastern Regional House of Chiefs has suspended the hearing of all customary judicial cases before the Judicial Committee of the House for one month due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in the country. A statement issued and signed by Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Pannin – President of …

The brutal ‘fight’ that engulfed the National House of Chiefs (NHC) over the ‘No’ vote position, which was taken before the referendum was aborted, has reared its head once again. The reason is that the Western Regional Chiefs are venting their spleen on the President of the NHC, the Agbogbomefia …

The National House of Chiefs (NHC) has removed the Omanhene of the Sefwi Anhwianso Traditional Area, Ogyeahohor Yaw Gyebi II as the chairman of the Governance and Development Committee of the House with immediate effect. This is because, according to the NHC, it was the second time Ogyeahohor Yaw Gyebi …

The National House of Chiefs has rejected claims by some chiefs that their position on the upcoming referendum on local level elections was not discussed with members. Some prominent Chiefs including the Okyenhene and the Chairman of the Governance Committee of the National House of Chiefs, Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi have …

There is seeming division within the National House of Chiefs over the national referendum on whether or not to allow political parties to sponsor candidates for local level elections. A press statement released on Friday, on the letterhead of the House of Chiefs and under the signatures of the President, …

The National House of Chiefs has rejected a proposal to amend Article 55(3) of the 1992 Constitution in order to make district assembly elections partisan. In a statement signed by its President, Togbe Afede XIV, the House called on all Ghanaians to reject the proposal because it will destroy the …

The Western Regional House of Chiefs has condemned what they describe as “the abysmal violence” in the abduction of the Paramount Chief of Lower Dixcove, Nana Kwesi Agyeman IX on Sunday, 21 July 2019.The Chiefs in a statement said they are “intensely outraged by the utter violation of traditional values, …