Osaberima Nana Appiah Boadu, the newly installed chief of Adjena-Tafoman, has called on indigenes to prioritize unity and peace to ensure progress and development in the community.

In a recent interview, the chief urged residents to promote peaceful coexistence and protect one another’s interests to foster development and alleviate poverty within the community.

“Without your collective efforts, there will be no Adjena-Tafoman. Forgive one another as always and embrace change to ensure that our community progresses in terms of development for the betterment of all of us,” he emphasised.

Osaberima Nana Appiah Boadu also congratulated President John Dramani Mahama on his emphatic victory in the December 7, 2024, presidential elections.

He called on the President not to overlook Adjena-Tafoman in his developmental agenda.

“I want to use this opportunity to congratulate the newly sworn-in President of Ghana, H.E. John Dramani Mahama, and his party for winning the general elections. I, along with the entire Adjena-Tafoman community, stand solidly behind him and plead that he should not forget about us in terms of development as he begins his term,” he remarked.

The chief lamented the lack of development in the community, citing the absence of a police station to help combat crime. He noted that efforts to construct one independently had stalled due to a lack of resources.

He also expressed concern over the high unemployment rate among the youth in the community and urged the new National Democratic Congress (NDC) government to create more job opportunities to absorb the unemployed youth.

“I call on the youth not to use the unemployment crisis as an excuse to engage in unlawful acts that may land them on the wrong side of the law,” he cautioned.

Addressing rumors about the destoolment of the queen mother, Nana Okorwaa IV, he urged the public to disregard such baseless allegations.

“The kingmakers and principal members of the Oyoko Royal Family of Adjena-Tafoman are the only legitimate authority empowered to enstool or destool a chief or queen mother of the traditional area. There is no other body or group of persons with such authority. I encourage the public to ignore these false claims made by unscrupulous individuals,” he stated.

Providing a brief history of Adjena-Tafoman, Osaberima Nana Appiah Boadu explained that the community's settlement predates those of neighboring groups such as Gyakiti (1720), Anum (1718 and 1723), Akwamus (1733), and Krobos (1880).

He elaborated that the Krobos first settled on the Okuenya Hills but were evicted in 1892 by the colonial administration under Sir Gordon Guggisberg, Governor of the Gold Coast.

“None of these ethnic groups engaged in wars with the people of Adjena. As a gesture of brotherliness, Adjena gave some hectares of its land to these groups. Eventually, Adjena-Tafoman became a division of the Akwamu Traditional Council,” he explained.

He concluded, “The people of Adjena are neither a colony, province, nor settlers under the Akwamus but an autonomous people and must be treated as such.”