Two newly gazzeted Muslim chiefs in the Eastern region have been inducted into the Akyem Abuakwa Council of Zongo Chiefs.
They are Sarkin Buzuu of Eastern Region Chief Issah Mussah and the Moshie Mmrantehene of Suhum Zongo Sarkin Abdul Aziz under the authorization of the president of Akyem Abuakwa Council of Zongo chiefs, Alhaji Abubakar Omar.
The newly chiefs were out doored and inducted into the council on Saturday, 13th July 2024 in Kyebi during the Akyem Abuakwa Council of Zongo Chief’s second quarter meeting.
The Council meeting brought together Muslim Chiefs, Queen mothers and Imams from Akyem Abuakwa to discuss about welfare and challenges confronting Muslims and people’s living in Zongos and finally suggested solutions to help address the phenomenon.
Speaking to a journalist, Kaakyire Kwasi Afari in a sideline, the Buzuu Chief pledged to extend a hand of reconciliation and unity to all the Buzuu tribe chiefs and play a fatherly role in the discharge of his duties to facilitate development in unity.
He told Kaakyire Kwasi Afari that, he was aware of the responsibility placed on him as a young man, but knew he would succeed with the help and support of the chiefs, elders, queens and all citizenry of the traditional area.
Chief Issah Mussah, the Eastern Regional Sarkin Buzuu urged the people to bury their differences and allow peace to prevail in the region.
The New chief urged all the tribal chiefs to respect one another in the spirit of peaceful coexistence and receive everyone with open arms while calling on those who came to the area to support the development of Zongo communities to live according to its tenets.
Chief Issah Mussah pledged to work relentlessly in accordance with the council’s principles to improve living standard of Muslims in his traditional enclave.
For his part, the Suhum Moshie Zongo Mmrantehene, Sarkin Abdul Aziz advised Zongo youth to resist any attempt by politicians to lure them into committing violence, especially during this year’s electioneering campaigns and other electoral activities.
Sarkin Abdul Aziz said their resistance to political influence to commit violence would be the only way to tell politicians that the youth of Zongo was beyond violence and that they had something meaningful to offer their community and not violence.
Source: kaakyire Kwasi Afari.
