Cape Coast (Central Region) 29 July ?99
The President of the National House of Chiefs, Odeefuo Boa Amponsem the third, has said that it is only when chiefs are able to settle chieftaincy disputes in an honest and truthful manner that the chieftaincy institution would be living up to expectation.
He therefore called on his colleagues to reduce the unnecessary chieftaincy disputes in the country by being truthful in settling chieftaincy matters.
The President told newsmen in an interview in Cape Coast yesterday that "it is only when members sitting on chieftaincy cases speak the truth that chieftaincy disputes can be reduced".
Odeefuo Boa Amponsem hoped that with the help of his colleagues, he would be able to face the challenges ahead of him.
On reports that the National House of Chiefs rushed in electing him as president instead of waiting for the burial of his predecessor, Odeefuo said those who made the report should be pardoned for their ignorance of the law.
He said it was the National Electoral Commission which convened the meeting of the house for the election according to provisions under the law.