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Chieftaincy poses a threat to Ghana's unitary system -Yao Graham
He made the comments when he addressed a forum organised by the Socialists Forum of Ghana on the occasion of the overthrow of Ghana's first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
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This year's forum was under the theme: "Ghana's day of shame: the role of socialist in the struggle for democracy."
He said: "The Chieftaincy institution is essentially ethnic. It is a fragmentary force. A force which is a threat to the unitary republic based on the rights. Chiefs have sold lands that belong to the community.
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"During the Nkrumah period, land administration were all under the administration of land acts which controls the greed and abuse of Chiefs.
"Chieftaincy is a force for most conflict in this country and we know that the chieftaincy institution we have today is a creature of colonialism.”
Speaking at the same forum, Comrade Albie Walls of the All People’s Revolutionary Party noted that Africa’s vision of democracy has been distorted by imperialists and the masses are not allowed to vote on issues that affect their lives.
According to him, the options that are provided to the electorate in a multi-party democracy do not serve the interest of the mass but the ruling elite.
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