Some of the measures taken by late President Nkrumah are currently criticized because of the devastating consequences on the country in the current era. One such measure is the inclusion of the Ewes in Ghana, which has produced immense problems for the country. The culture of lawlessness and the repeated unlawful overthrow of constitutionally elected governments by Ewes, invariably results in the total cessation of meaningful development projects that have been put in place by the toppled regimes. As if that is not bad enough, invariably a hallmark of the unlawful Ewe regimes is the disenfranchisement of all non-Ewe tribes and the selective but unlawful allocation of the entire resources of the nation exclusively towards the betterment of the Ewe minority, who constitute only eight per cent (8%) of the population.

This lawlessness by Ewes has drastically slowed down Ghana’s development in all aspects including economic, scientific, technological and human resource domains. Ghanaians are right when they complain of the disparity in the development levels of countries like Malaysia relative to Ghana which are two countries that had independence from Britain around the same time. The difference between the two countries is that there are no Ewe criminals in Malaysia who would stage coup d’états. I am writing from the USA and on my desk sits a product labeled “Made in Malaysia”. Another product is labeled “Made in Indonesia”. The scientific and industrial standards for admitting foreign products into the USA markets are very high. For Malaysia and Indonesia to be able to lawfully penetrate the USA market shows how far these two countries have gone since independence. The reason for their success is that there are no Ewe criminals in these countries who would topple constitutionally elected governments and derail the industrial and economic development in these two countries.

Another measure taken by the late President Nkrumah which is currently haunting Ghana is the severance of the Ashanti Kingdom whereby sections of the kingdom have fallen into other regions outside the Ashanti Region. Kwame Nkrumah did this for political expediency and to reduce the power of the Ashanti King, which is VERY, VERY WRONG. Sections of the Ashanti Kingdom fell in Volta Region which explains the presence of Akan names such as Prempeh and Kwabena Agyei among the people in that section of the Volta Region. As you may have read in the news about three years ago a prominent chief in that section of the Volta Region vowed to re-establish the ties with the Ashanti Kingdom by taking the oath of allegiance to the Asantehene.

There are two groups of people in the Brong-Ahafo region as the name implies, namely the Brongs and the Ahafos. While the Brong’s may be a different entity of people, the Ahafo’s are Ashantis who were part of the Ashanti Kingdom before the regional demarcation by Nkrumah, which would include the people of both Techiman and Tuobodom. There has also been the creation of the Regional House Of Chiefs (RHOC) unfortunately along regional lines, which puts the segments of the Ashanti Kingdom that were severed, under the jurisdiction of RHOC’S that are outside the Ashanti Region. THIS HAS FOMENTED THE INSURBODINATION OF THE TECHIMANHENE TO THE OVERLOAD OF THE ASHANTI KINGDOM (THE ASANTEHENE). The Techimanhene hides under the umbrella of regional demarcation and RHOC jurisdiction and misbehaves and apparently maintains a feeling of being outside the reach of Asantehene. The links of the Techimanhene to the ruling moronic Ewe/NDC party appears to fuel the wrong behavior of the Techimanhene. An efficacious solution to this problem would be to re-unify the broken away segments to the grand Ashanti Kingdom under the jurisdiction of the Asantehene and remark the regional boundaries. These segments would include Techiman, Tuobodom, all of the Ahafo regions and the sections of the Volta Region that were part of the Ashanti Kingdom. This would not be new in human history, re-unification of a people has been accomplished between the two former Germany’s and there is talk of doing the same for the two Koreas. Re-uniting the Ashanti people would be a right thing to do.

Often when I post comments on issues such as this, readers would mistake me for an Ashanti and the unruly ones would shed insults on the Ashantis. I have said it several times at this forum and elsewhere and I wish to repeat it that I am not an Ashanti. I am only an objective person who sees right from wrong. If you have any insults do not throw them on the Ashantis; this piece was not put together by an Ashanti.

In the long and great history of the Ashanti people, some of the great undertakings that augmented the greatness of the Ashanti Kingdom were done not by people born as Ashanti natives, but by outsiders. A notable example is the arrival of The Golden Stool. Okomfo Anokye who caused the arrival of the Golden Stool was not an Ashanti native. An identical accomplishment would be the re-unification of the severed segments with the Ashanti Kingdom and like Okomfo Anokye this needs not be done by an Ashanti native. I strongly believe that this will be accomplished very soon.

What is going on amongst Asantehene-Tuobodomhene-Techimanhene is not only an Ashanti issue. It impacts the entire Akan group and I will elaborate on this in another posting next week where I will approach the topic from even global perspective.