Dagbon Yaa-Naas funeral rites performance on course

The Northern Regional House of Chiefs has reiterated its plan to perform the funerals of the late two Yaa-Naas in Dagbon.

At its last sitting on December 10, 2014, the house resolved that funerals of the late Yaa-Naa Mahamadu Abdulai and Yaa-Naa Yakubu Andani II should be performed latest by March 31, 2015.

Counsel for the Northern Regional House of Chiefs, Lawyer Fatawu Yakubu in an exclusive interview told Citi News the house hasn’t changed its position.

According to him, copies of a five point resolution adopted by the House were submitted to all the major stakeholders involved particularly both sides of the chieftaincy divide.

“The five points resolution has been forwarded to all the chiefs concerned and all those who are required to take any necessary actions have all received their copies of the resolution.”

He added, “Indeed most of them were present in the house when the resolution was passed: so we are currently working towards kick starting the process so that the funerals can be performed by the deadline which was given which is 31st March.”

He lauded the Otumfour Mediation Committee’s work so far and called for multiplicity of solutions to permanently resolve the Dagbon chieftaincy crisis.

“We are working as a regional house of chiefs within which Dagbon is situated and we must act responsibly towards the Dagbon problem: what the Otumfour committee is doing is also along the same lines and as and when they need our advice they will call on us, but once they are doing their work we must also be seen to be doing all things necessary within our power.”

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By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah/citifmonline.com/Ghana