By Philip Tengzu/Simon Gali
Doggoh (UW/R), Feb. 13, GNA – The Doggoh community in the Jirapa Traditional Area has installed a new chief, calling on residents to embrace peace and unity as a shared responsibility for accelerated community development. stakeholders
The enskinment ceremony also renewed commitments from elders, residents, and to respect traditional authority and work collectively toward Doggoh’s progress.
Naa Dari Angangmwini Maalu II, the newly enskinned chief, pledged to address pressing community needs and appealed to residents to unite behind a common development vision. He assured the people of his commitment to listening to their concerns and working with elders and stakeholders to mobilize support.
Naa Maalu identified irrigation dams for dry-season farming, apprenticeship training for youth, electricity extension across the community, and reshaping the road linking Doggoh to Jirapa as immediate priorities.
Naa Dinaa Donglabong Ganaa III, Paramount Chief of the Jirapa Traditional Area, described the occasion as a solemn process where leadership and responsibility for the welfare of the people are entrusted to the new chief. He emphasized that Naa Maalu was chosen through elders’ wisdom and ancestral will.
The Paramount Chief urged Naa Maalu to lead with fairness, humility, and service, and called on the community to support him. “The instrument of a chief is not merely the placing of skin upon a man; it is the placing of the destiny of a people upon his shoulders. Lead with fairness and humility, unite your people, and never allow personal interests to overshadow communal good,” Naa Ganaa stated.
Mr Peter N.N. To-ang, Jirapa Municipal Chief Executive, urged the community to respect and cooperate with the new chief to enable him to perform effectively, highlighting education as a key priority to improve livelihoods amid declining agricultural productivity.
Mr George Abataazie Bagoou, youth leader, described the enskinment as a turning point after a prolonged period without a substantive chief and pledged the youth’s support and loyalty. “The silence has been broken. Our crown has been restored. Our destiny has been renewed. Under your leadership, all will experience unity, peace, development, and renewal of spirit,” he said, appealing to natives to bury differences and work for the common good.
The ceremony brought together representatives from Doggoh’s twelve gates, divisional chiefs, government officials, elders, and well-wishers.
GNA
Edited by Caesar Abagali /Audrey Dekalu