Minister of Lands and Natural Resources and Damongo lawmaker Samuel Abu Jinapor greatly respects the revered chieftaincy institution, including the Overlord of Gonjaland, Yagbonwura Bi-kunuto Jewu Soale, and all other chiefs.
He indicates that he has no interest in Damongo chieftaincy affairs at all.
In a statement, he said “My attention has been drawn to media publications, both mainstream and social, to the effect that I am interfering or meddling in Gonja Chieftaincy matters in general and Damongo in particular. For the records, these allegations are totally false.
“As I have stated time and again, I do not have any interest in the Damongo chieftaincy affairs whatsoever. As a bona fide Gonja Prince, I continue to have high regard for the revered chieftaincy institution, the Overlord of Gonjaland, Yagbonwura Bi-kunuto Jewu Soale, and all other chiefs for that matter.
My role and overarching interest, both as Member of Parliament and Minister of the Republic, is to contribute my modest quota to the development of Ghana, and my beloved constituency of Damongo. I entreat all and sundry to disregard these allegations as same are untrue.
“I am and will forever remain a humble servant of the Damongo people and Ghanaians as a whole.”
His remarks follow a ban imposed on him from visiting any palace in Gonjaland.
The King of the Gonja kingdom, Yagbonwura Bii-Kunuto Soale Jewu Soale, who issued the ban, labeled the lawmaker as a threat to the peace and unity of Gonjaland.
This statement was made at the Jakpa Palace after a demonstration by the youth of Gonjaland against the MP.
