Tema-Ghana, Oct. 26, MNN – A 48-hour trading ban from Friday, October 28th to Saturday, October 29th has been imposed on Tema Manhean, the Tema Metropolis, Ashaiman Municipality, and Adjei-Kojo in the Tema West Municipality hours in honour of the final funeral rites of Nii Adjei Kraku II, Paramount Chief of Tema.
A ban has also been imposed on fishing for anchovies from October 26th to 30th, and other fishing activities will take effect on October 28th and 29th.
Nii Tetteh Tsuru Orkoor III, Tema Ashaman Akwashogtse (Custodian) announced this as part of programmes put in place by the Funeral Committee of the Tema Traditional Council for the funeral of the late chief who passed on in 2020.
The Traditional Council also reminded residents of Tema that the entire traditional area would experience total darkness on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 from 19:00 hours.
The Traditional Authority appealed to the residents to observe all norms, customs, and cultural practices of the people of Ga and cooperate with all directives as anyone who disobeyed would incur the wrath of the ancestors.
To ensure that all residents especially traders comply with the directives, the Council in collaboration with the Tema Metropolitan Assembly has engaged all relevant actors to educate them on the ban.
Market leaders at the Community One have also followed up and sensitize customers to purchase all that they might need for weekend as they prepare to comply with the directive from the traditional leaders.
The Tema Traditional Council has appealed to residents within the traditional area to mourn with the people of Tema by observing the various bans.
It debunked rumours that the Council intended to slaughter people for the funeral stressing that “it is not true, we the people of Tema do not use human blood for our traditions neither for the funeral rites of our dead chief.”
