Sentences with phrase «abuakwa traditional authority»

I wonder if Han will allow that it has been progressivism's penchant for endless critique that has done a great deal to diminish the traditional authority of non-economic relations, preparing them for colonization by the market.

In the secular world, Luther has come to stand for the overthrow of traditional authority in favor of individual subjectivity.

Established institutions, inherited social forms, and traditional authorities have been subjected to a long season of criticism.

We were also freed from traditional authority, from the divine right of kings, and from priestly manipulation.

Your religion shall change from the mere intellectual belief in traditional authority to the actual experience of that living faith which is able to grasp the reality of God and all that relates to the divine spirit of the Father.

Christianity for the first time in its 2,000 - year history is floating free in a sea of relativity, unable to maintain any of its traditional authority claims.

Institutions, social forms, and traditional authorities recede.

The progressivism that undermines traditional authorities for the sake of a different future has succeeded with them.

These scholars also represent the spirit of 21st - century America, with its love of diversity, its suspicion of traditional authority and its respect for personal experience.

The Fascist regime itself, whatever its negative features, probably contributed to that «passive revolution» in another of the senses in which Gramsci used the term, in which important social changes can go on even under reactionary and repressive regimes — the gradual erosion of particularistic and traditional authority structures and the development of more egalitarian social forms — though it may be in the nature of the less effective Italian Fascist regime to have served more as a guardian for such structures and less as a corrosive to them than in the more efficient fascist regimes in Germany and Japan.

Traditional authority, whether local magistrates, Parliament, or Crown, looked quite different from the perspective of a dawning new age.

Classically, paideia focused study on texts and, while it cultivated capacities to test the cogency of arguments critically, it was uncritical of received or traditional authorities to which arguments might appeal.

Mr. Iddrisu therefore, urged the traditional authorities and the people of Ghana to have faith in President Mahama as he is determined to fulfill every promise made.

Speaking at a colloquium on Peaceful Election in Accra, Dr. Chambas also called on civil society, religious leaders and traditional authorities to assume their role in this national endeavour.

He therefore pledged his support to forge strategic partnership with traditional authorities, private sector, public institutions, NGOs and individuals, «to attract the needed investment to design, and implement programmes and projects to impact positively on the lives of the people».

President John Mahama has assured traditional authorities in the country that every part of the country will receive its fair share of development in line with the government's transformation agenda.

The family of the late Sheikh Abdullah al - Ahmar, formerly paramount chief of Yemen's most powerful tribal confederation, the Hashid, combines traditional authority with a prominent economic role in local business and a political role in parliament and in the opposition.

Titles like the Ooni of Ife, Aareonokankafo of Yorubaland, Deji of Akure, Bobagunwa ilu Egba, and Alaafin of Oyo bring a great deal of respect, influence, and power in certain Nigerian communities.6 According to Nigerian scholar Ali Yahaya (2005: 242), traditional authorities «exercise considerable influence and are consulted by the federal, state, and local governments.»

He is of the view that such community participation, through the involvement of traditional authorities, will help whip up the interest of farmers in education, especially tertiary education, and therefore produce the next generation of children of farmers who will become icons in their communities and give the needed attention to farming.

Togbe Afede said he did not understand why politicians only frequent chiefs when elections approached and described that act as show of insolence to traditional authorities.

A young man seen in a viral video roaming the streets of Tamale on a motorbike without his clothes on has drawn outrage from dozens of viewers online and has caught the attention of traditional authorities of the city.

The Ashanti Regional Security Council has placed a curfew on the Tafo township following clashes between the Muslim Community and the traditional authorities over a piece of cemetery land.

The traditional authority at Atebubu banned Sanja Nanja from engaging in any social or political activity in the area for raining insults on the Queen - mother during an interview with a local radio station.

The traditional authority explained that they took the action to punish the MP to serve as a deterrent to others.

The First Lady made this call during a working visit to her office by some Chiefs and Queen mothers from Central region to enlighten her on some concerns of the traditional authorities in the region especially those bordering on jobs, early child marriages, education and development of the region.

She also promised she will work in support of the regional minister and other traditional authorities in the region to ensure issues affecting women such as adolescent girl marriages are dealt with therefore they should «be patience and have confidence in the government.»

The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Elizabeth Ofosu - Adjare, has said that as part of its mandate to promote national development through the promotion of culture, the ministry will collaborate with traditional authorities to rebrand their festivals in line with the current global needs.

The traditional authorities of Nungua have launched the annual Homowo (Kplejoo) Festival and a website dubbed: overlordofgadangme.org.to serve as a platform where the youth can learn the history of the land.

General News of Sunday, 13 May 2018 Source: Ghananewsagency.org Numo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII, Overlord of Ga State The traditional authorities of Nungua have launched the annual Homowo (Kplejoo) Festival and a website dubbed: overlordofgadangme.org.to serve as a platform where the youth can learn the history of the land.

He also called on assembly members to report such operators to the assembly, but avoid confrontations with the traditional authorities and such operators.

General News of Sunday, 13 May 2018 Source: Ghananewsagency.org Numo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII, Overlord of Ga State The traditional authorities of Nungua have launched the annual Homowo...

Addressing the Northern Regional House of Chiefs as part of her three - day campaign tour against early child marriage, she pleaded with the traditional authorities to support government's fight against the phenomenon.

Abutia Development Union, (ADU), an association of committed citizens of Abutia Traditional Area in the Volta Region, is asking the government to hand over management of the Kalakpa Game Reserve to the Traditional Authority over what they describe as the failure of the Forestry Commission to make good use of the reserve.

The rejection, did not only anger traditional authorities in the town, but some of his followers too.

Civil society organizations, active traditional authorities and religious leaders all constitute a positive addition to democratic consolidation.

Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye has written and published journals on several topics including politics In Ghana 1982 - 1992, culture, conflict and traditional Authority in Africa: a Ghanaian perspective in the Political economy of peace and security in Africa, human rights in Africa in the new global order: a dilemma as well as civil society and the domestic policy environment in Ghana.

Traditional authorities at the end of the meeting issued a communiqué prohibiting child marriage and teenage pregnancies in the district.

Radio Ghana's Seth Eyiah reports that Vice President Amissah - Arthur's campaign which is dubbed: «Touching Base With The People», is characterised by paying courtesy calls on traditional authorities and listening to their concerns, meeting party executives, engaging students and addressing mini rallies among others.

The chief also cleared that the company has duly been licensed by government and cleared by the traditional authorities to operate in the forest reserve.

She said traditional authorities and town criers were engaged to help inform them but to no avail.

The Gulkpegu Chief, Alhaji Abdulai Alhassan, commended government for the initiative, and renewed the traditional authorities» commitment to promote peace and unity in the region.

During this period, the desire of the traditional authority is that there will be total peace and calm and that all persons, groups and organizations will shy away from making noise.

«We declare and confirm that the ancient Okomu - Apoi is an autonomous kingdom, of immemorial existence as part of the Ijaw Niger Delta ethnic nationality and not subject or subordinate to any other traditional authority including the Bini kingdom and its monarchy.

Speaking at Kyebi as Okyeman marked this year's Ohum Festival, the overlord of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Authority said it was important for government to ensure that Ghanaians are relieved from their hardships.

The Minister of Railways Development, Joe Ghartey made a comment when he paid a working visit to the overlord of the Manya Krobo Traditional Authority, Nene Sakite the second.

A discussion has thus been held with traditional authorities and opinion leaders to identify existing structures that are in place to reduce child abuses in their areas.

Many Ghanaians survive on illegal mining activities, which is also backed by some traditional authorities, politicians and other influential persons in society.

Mr. Adda according to MyNewsGH.com's reporter Hajia Asana Gordon, appealed to traditional authorities to lead sanitation drive in their various Traditional areas, stating that there are no other personalities that can influence people more than chiefs.

He said even though chiefs are not allowed to engage in partisan politics, he was of the view that the traditional authorities are wise and knowledgeable on issues of governance.

Meanwhile, traditional authorities in the area have pledged their support to the police in fighting crime but have asked them to act professionally.