A member of the 2003-year group of Bishop Herman College at Kpando, Mr. Bernard Elikem Korku Ablenyi-Buachi, will be installed on Sunday, March 6, 2022 as the new Paramount Chief of Kpando in the Volta Region of Ghana.
The installation and coronation ceremony, expected to take place at the forecourt of the Paramount Chief’s Palace will start at 10:00am.
The commencement of a seven-day installation process begun on Sunday, February 27 in Kpando with the detention of Mr. Ablenyi-Buachi as the chosen candidate.
The process, when completed, will see Mr. Ablenyi-Buachi become Okpekpewuokpe Torgbuiga Dagadu IX.
Residents of Kpando in the Volta region of Ghana are excited over the commencement of processes to install a new paramount Chief for the area after 40 years of Chieftaincy disputes.
The ceremony, though culturally beautiful, brought tears to the eyes of many of the old sub chiefs who said they never believed they would live to witness the installation of a new Paramount Chief under such a peaceful and united condition.
The women folk sang along the principal streets of Kpando while talking drums and gunshots marked the beginning of a new era for the people of kpando.
They hoped that the new Chief will quickly settle in and address salient issues affecting the development of the people of Kpando and the entire Akpini Traditional Area.
Many were happy about the choice of a very young man to ascend the throne and expressed confidence that an excellent choice has been made considering the choice of candidate.
Within the next few days leading to the main coronation ceremony, the candidate will be taken through the history, customs and traditions of the people. He will also be groomed on how to conduct himself as befitting of an Akpini overlord. Warrior groups from the entire Akpini area will take turns keeping wake and displaying their culture and valor whiles prayers and offerings are made to the deities of the land.
The candidate; Bernard Ablenyi-Buachi, a young man in his mid-thirties, is an experienced broadcast journalist, writer and publicist. He is the Ashanti Regional Chair of the Ghana Association of Writers (GAW), an old student of the Bishop Herman College, Kpando and an alumni of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. He is married with three kids.
