The late Yaa-Naa Yakubu Andani
The Paramount Chief of Voggu in the Tolon District of the Northern Region, H.E. Alhaji M. B. Bawah, has downplayed the Kampakuya-Naa Abdulai Yakubu Andani’s assertion that his late father’s funeral will not performed as scheduled for January 4 to 18, 2019.
In an earlier interview, the Dagbon Regent implied that the immediate family has been sidelined in the implementation of the final roadmap to peace restoration in Dagbon.
But the former Northern Regional representative of the Council of State, Vo-Naa Alhaji M. B. Bawa, in an exclusive interview on Wednesday, said performing the late Yaa-Naa Yakubu Andani II funeral is the major concern of the Andani Royals.
He said the head of the Andani family, Yoo-Naa Bukari, in consultation with the relevant stakeholders, is far advanced with plans to perform the funeral of Yaa-Naa Yakubu Andani II.
“The Regent is not responsible for performing the funeral of his late father; it is the head of the family who is responsible together with other members in consultation with the children,” he declared.
According to him, performing 0will reunite Dagombas who have been divided since the demise of the late Yaa-Naa Yakubu Andani II on March, 27, 2002.
The Vo-Naa said a large delegation of chiefs from the Andani family including himself would participate in the late Yaa-Naa Mahamadu Abdulai IV funeral.
He asserted that the Abudu family officially invited him and other chiefs from the Andani family to help them perform the funeral.
He advised the youth of Dagbon to listen to elders and stop making divisive comments.
“They . . . should listen to elders . . . we are trying to support and build a future for them. They should not be those who will turn round and destroy their own future,” he stressed.
“They should comport themselves, learn the culture and go by that because every tradition has its own norms and we must go by our norms to create a harmonious society,” he added.
It would be recalled that the first son of the late Dagbon Overlord, Kampakuya Naa Abdulai Yakubu Andani on Monday December 10, 2018, at the Gbewaa Palace in Yendi, emphatically stated that his late father’s funeral would not be performed as contained in the final roadmap to peace restoration in Dagbon.
He reportedly complained that the immediate family has been sidelined in the implementation of the final roadmap.
He said government and the Asantehene-led Mediation Committee have been misled by some “Opportunists” in the Andani family who claimed to have represented them at the Jubilee House where the final roadmap was submitted to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Nonetheless, the livid Dagbon Regent gave an assurance that the immediate family would reconsider their entrenched opposition on the final roadmap implementation if the Mediation Committee and government took the right steps.
He advised that the final roadmap should be consistent with the traditions and customs of Dagbon.
Source: Citifm