CATHOLIC SETTLE 21-YEAR-OLD DISPUTE (PAGE 36)

THE Catholic clergy has settled a 21-year-old chieftaincy dispute in the Manso Nkwanta Traditional Area.
The dispute pitched the Omanhene of the area, Nana Bi-Kusi Appiah, against four of his divisional chiefs: Nana Kwaku Ti, the Akwamuhene; Nana Doku Appiah Danquah, the Adubiahene; Nana Pipim Karikari Apau, the Kyidomhene, and Nana Obeng Korankye, the Gyasehene.
Three of the divisional chiefs, accompanied by the Archbishop, visited the Omanhene’s palace to apologise and seek reconciliation with him.
Speaking at the palace, the Most Rev Thomas Kwaku Mensah, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi, said the decision to intervene in the dispute was to see to the unity of Nananom so that they could work to bring development to the area.
He expressed the hope that the settlement of the dispute would enable good things to happen to the area.
Before accepting the divisional chiefs back to the traditional council, Nana Appiah deplored their behaviour over the past 21 years.
He said even though they had been absent from the traditional council, that did not affect the activities of the council.
He expressed the hope that the chiefs would turn over a new leaf and contribute to the development of the area.
Other members of the Catholic delegation were the Most Rev Gabriel Justice Anokye, the Bishop of Obuasi, and the Parish Priest of Manso-Nkwanta, Rev Father John Dwoben Adusei.