Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs

It has emerged that 505 chieftaincy disputes and conflicts are scattered across the country. The Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Mr. Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, who disclosed this, said the disputes were a result of land litigation, contest for traditional power and in some cases, political interferences. Speaking to the Ghanaian Times in an interview in Accra on Wednesday, he noted that about 139 of those disputes had become an albatross on the country’s security finances. Expressing concern about the growing menace, he said currently 70 percent of all issues being handled by the Ministry of National Security were all chieftaincy…