Togbui Ladzekpo Tetteh-Gefu IV (Photo by Sir DY - IGNews)
By: Akpabli Daniel Yao/IGNews/Akatsi
South/VR
Also published: https://thefinderonline.com/news/item/18422-horti-outdoors-two-traditional-rulers
Also published: https://thefinderonline.com/news/item/18422-horti-outdoors-two-traditional-rulers
Citizens and kingmakers of Horti in the Avenor traditional area in the
Akatsi South District of the Volta Region have installed two persons as Chief
and Queen mother to stir the affairs of the traditional area.
The two were installed under the stool name Togbui Ladzekpo Tetteh-Gefu IV
and Mama Nyafieve III respectively.
In his pledge to the people of Horti, Togbui Ladzekpo Tetteh-Gefu IV vow to
uphold the customs of the land and work hard to ensure development in the area.
He said he will be available to other chiefs and his subjects anytime he is
called upon to present himself either in good or bad times for good of his
subjects.
He also promised to prioritise skills development among the youth, a
measure to eradicate poverty in the Avenor area and ensure quality education
and healthcare for the people by collaborating with relevant
stakeholders.
Mama Nyafieve III promised to use the experience gained over the past years
as a businesswoman to empower women in the community for skills development.
Known in private life as George Ahiaho, the 45 year old new chief of Horti
is an Accra-based businessman while the queen mother on the other hand is a
business woman known as Jemima Hetsa Abadzidovi in private life.
Togbui Ladzekpo Tetteh-Gefu IV, who is a native of Tovi, succeeds Togbui
Ladzekpo III, who died and was buried in 2016.
Meanwhile the Member of Parliament (MP) for Akatsi South Constituency, Mr
Bernard Ahiafor, and the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Akatsi South,
Mr. Leo Nelson Adzidogah who were
present at the ceremony plegded their support to the two newly installed Chief
and Queen mother and assure them of their support and also commitment to
lobbying for development projects for Horti and its traditional area.
The District Chief Executive (DCE) seize the opportunity to preach peace
ahead of the 2020 December as he bemoaned the youth to be mindful of the
consequences when they allow themselves to be used by any politician to cause
destruction before, during and after elections.
Horti is farming community located in the Avenor traditional area about
four kilometers away from the Akatsi South District capital, Akatsi, in the
Volta Region.
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