The Asantehene Neither Needs The Validation Of Bishop Dag Heward-Mills - Nor That Of The Asante Youth Association

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu 11, is a committed Christian, who like other such Christians,  attends Church services, whenever he is able to do so. On such occasions,  prayers are offered on his behalf, to ask for God Almighty's blessing, to ensure his well-being, and to promote his welfare - to enable him tackle the onerous responsibilities placed on his shoulders, as one of our homeland Ghana's preeminent traditional rulers.

In return, the Asantehene pays homage to his Maker, the Lord God Almighty, and expresses his gratitude to Him, for the  munificence that has resulted in the many blessings, showered on him, since his enstoolment as the 16th Asantehene. 

There is no question that the Asantehene  has earned the respect of the whole nation, for the many behind-the-scenes interventions, in which he  has played the role of honest-broker, accepted by all parties - all of which have contributed to the continued stability of our homeland Ghana, over the decades since his enstoolment. There is, his contribution to the peaceful resolution of the Yaa Naa dispute, for example. For that, and all the other interventions, we salute him. The Asantehene of today, is most certainly not the untested neophyte,  of yesteryear,  koraaaa. Full stop.

That is why it is so sad that such a devout Christian, who is a peacemaker-bar-none, will have his name bismirched, by lawless thugs, who think they are more Catholic than the Pope himself, so to speak - and, apparently, operating on the absurd Dark-Ages notion, that the Kumasihene is their god, had the temerity to attack a Kumasi Lighthouse Chapel, in which congregants were said to be worshipping, driving them out eventually, and locking it up afterwards,  allegedly. Monstrous.

It is intolerable that in a Republic, in which the rule of law prevails, those barbarians threatened to physically assault the worshippers inside the Lighthouse Church building, as a reprisal for sentiments apparently expressed some 20  odd years ago, by Bishop Dag Heward-Mills,  in what it turns out, was a private meeting amongst Lighthouse  Church pastors, who were discussing pertinent issues of that particular period in time, with their Bishop, which had been recorded.

Let there be no doubt about it, but this is a matter that if wrongly handled, by those in Manyia Palace,  whose job is to protect the image of the Asantehene, could end up resurrecting longstanding demands by some Ghanaian nationalists, calling for the abolishment of the  traditional system, dominated by Chiefs  -  so that Ghana could focus on  becoming an African meritocracy,  successfully transformed through the efforts of its many world-class  young-solid-achievers. Yooooooo...

In light of that, and given the unreserved public apology, graciously issued by Bishop Heward-Mills, it is vital that those whose responsibility it is to protect the image of Manyia Palace, understand clearly,  just how crucial it is that this matter is de-escalated swiftly. Sycophany never built anything of value anywhere in the world - and it never will.  Yooooooo...

Let them begin the process, by issuing a public statement, condemning, in no uncertain terms,  the lawless and unacceptable  actions, of the arrogant and verbally-violent-extremists, whose backwardness is such that, incredibly (in what is a new-digital-era),  they think that somehow, the Kumasihene is a god.  Amazing.  Unbelievable.  Abominable. Haaba.

With the greatest respect, those whose job it is to protect the image of Manyia Palace, ought to accept, and understand, clearly, that the matter of the positions and societal-roles, of the progeny of the ruling-élites of the precolonial tribal entities, as sovereign rulers, in an independent Ghana, was settled in the elections of 195l, 1954 and 1956. Case closed. Full stop. Yooooooo...

We must also never forget, that  in all of those free and fair elections, organised by the British occupiers of our beloved country,  at the time, the deep-thinking and clear-minded-masses, voted overwhelmingly, in favour of Nkrumah's vision of an independent Ghana, which was a meritocracy,  in which there was social-mobility, through personal endeavour - not societal-advancement through entitlement-dreams, sponsored by vile-nepotism and inherited privilege. Haaba.  

Finally, for the avoidance of doubt, in a strictly legal sense,  there are no Kingdoms, anywhere, in our Republic - in which sovereignty resides in the citizenry. Full stop. This is a storm in a calabash. The Asantehene neither needs the validation of Bishop  Dag Heward-Mills   -  nor that of the vile myrmidon-thugs, amongst the  mostly-decent-minded, but musguided membership, of the Asante Youth Association.  Enough is enough, ooooooo, Amanfuo. Yoooooooo... 

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