Anyone Who Refuses To Participate Communal Labor Shall Be Brought Before Nananom -Nsutaman hene
In Ghana, a chief has the legal authority to organize communal labor (asafo dwuma) within their traditional area, and residents are generally expected to participate.
Refusing to participate without a valid excuse can constitute an offense, as outlined in various local government laws and the Chieftaincy Act of 2008 (Act 759).
Chieftaincy Act, 2008 (Act 759): This Act acknowledges the role of chiefs in organizing communal labor. Section 63(e) of the Act originally made it an offense for a person to deliberately refuse to undertake communal labor announced by a chief without a reasonable cause.
Through the local government laws and the Chieftaincy Act of 2008(Act 759), Nsutaman Hene(Paramount Chief) Nana Asamoah Gyamfi Sekyere II has urged all his sub-chiefs(odikro) to enforce the communal labor in their community.
The paramount chief of Nsuta in the Sekyere Central, Nana Asamoah Gyamfi Sekyere II added that it’s a role of a chief to organizing communal labor in his community.
Nsutaman Hene had made it to his sub-chiefs that, they should organizing communal labor strictly and should bring anyone who refuses to participate before Nananom for questions,as section 63(e) said.
Report by Oheneba Kesse Brempong-Asare
