Wassa Efuanta
(Western Region) 10 October 2002- A Nurse at the Tarkwa Government
Hospital has been
installed chief of Efuanta, near Tamso within the Apinto Division of the Wassa
Fiase Traditional Area, under the stool name Nana Adjoa Amoah.
Known in private life
as Madam Rosemary Adjoa Aidoo, she succeeds her brother, Nana Atta Boadi II,
who died three years ago. She is the second female to be enstooled chief in the
Traditional Area, the first one being Nana Adjoa Kyerewa II, Chief of Daboase
in the Mpohor-Wassa District.
Nana Amoah, who was
paraded in a palanquin through the town, later swore the Oath of Allegiance to
her people and kingmakers. In an address, Nana Amoah said she would work
tirelessly to unite the youth and the elderly people in the area and mobilise
them to devote their time, energy and resources towards the development of the
area. She said environmental sanitation and the education of young girls on the
HIV/AIDS pandemic would engage her serious attention.
GRi…/
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