The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has been captured in a video interacting with the people of Larabanga in the West Gonja District of the Savannah Region, hours after reports of him being banned from palaces in Gonjaland by the Paramount Chief.

In a video posted on X by EDHUB, the Member of Parliament for Damongo Constituency, Samuel Abu Jinapor, was seen with some townsfolks, sharing and eating kenkey with them.

Although GhanaWeb cannot independently verify if this is a recent video or not, the MP could also be seen cracking shear nuts, while conversing with the residents who were equally excited by his presence.

The NPP MP was banned from visiting palaces in the Gonjaland by Yagbonwura Bii-Kunuto Jewu Soale I, Paramount Chief of Gonjaland.

According to the Public Relations Officer for the Yagbonwura of Gonjaland, Saaka Seidu Bakari, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources orchestrated and interfered in the release of arrested individuals who had unlawfully demolished pillars on people’s land, despite a directive issued by the chief forbidding such actions.

Seidu Bakari also disclosed that the arrests initiated by the chief were intended to serve as a deterrent to individuals who terrorize people and unlawfully encroach on their lands.

He added that Jinapor also failed to honour an invitation from the Yagbonwura to address issues about the constituency for almost a year.

The Yagbonwura, while making the decree, said “Let me state this authoritatively that from today, no chief in Gonjaland should allow Abu Jinapor to come by himself or lead or accompany any government official or politician to any palace in Gonjaland. Any chief who disobeys this order will have himself to blame.

“It is not a secret that Abu Jinapor uses the powers of government to circumvent the traditional authority and orders of the Yagbonwura in an attempt to evade accountability and to counter the orders so given by the Yagbonwura. This is mostly done deliberately in order to get the Yagbonwura feel worthless, powerless and of no value in the eye of the public.

“Enough of his arrogance and disrespect. I will deal with any chief who will entertain him or in the company of any government official to his palace,” the Yagbonwura stressed.

Watch the video below;

Lawyer Samuel Abu Jinapor, the Member of Parliament for Damongo constituency and Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, joined constituents in Laribanga as they ate kenkey and cracked shear nuts together. pic.twitter.com/UbQCtYRFgX

— EDHUB🌍ℹ (@eddie_wrt) July 23, 2024