THE Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture, Alexander Asum-Ahensah has asked the National House of Chiefs to provide it with information on queenmothers or those who play such roles in the three Northern regions to enable the Ministry to facilitate the payment of allowances to them.
The Minister who disclosed this in an interview on Friday said a letter to that effect had been sent to the National House of Chiefs.
He said even though in the Northern regions have no queen mothers in the sense of the word as obtained in the south, there were women who played that role there.
Naa Prof. John S. Nabila, President of the National House of Chiefs, while addressing the house last week announced the government’s decision to pay allowances to identified queenmothers, women, chiefs, and female opinion leaders from the three regions.
When Mr Asum-Ahensan was asked how much the queenmothers would be paid, and whether they would receive the same allowances as chiefs, he said it may hover around GH¢80 per month depending on the number of queen mothers the National House of chiefs would come up with.
He also said that, the queenmothers would not receive the same allowances as the chiefs because the chiefs have other added responsibilities, like organizing durbars.
“The queen mothers cannot agitate for equal remuneration because the chiefs have more responsibilities. After all, the queenmothers were not receiving anything in the past,” he said.
Naa Prof. Nabila had said at the meeting that, “the House, on behalf of chiefs, is grateful to the government for this laudable gesture for off queen mothers”.
He pledged the chiefs readiness to continue to work in harmony “with the queenmothers and other women chiefs as found in the north for the promotion and development of our noble institution.”
Meanwhile the National House of Chiefs (NHC) said it was in the process of making proposals to the government to consider paying monthly allowance to members of the House.
Presently, apart from the President and the Vice President of the House, who are paid, the rest are not.
The Minister who disclosed this in an interview on Friday said a letter to that effect had been sent to the National House of Chiefs.
He said even though in the Northern regions have no queen mothers in the sense of the word as obtained in the south, there were women who played that role there.
Naa Prof. John S. Nabila, President of the National House of Chiefs, while addressing the house last week announced the government’s decision to pay allowances to identified queenmothers, women, chiefs, and female opinion leaders from the three regions.
When Mr Asum-Ahensan was asked how much the queenmothers would be paid, and whether they would receive the same allowances as chiefs, he said it may hover around GH¢80 per month depending on the number of queen mothers the National House of chiefs would come up with.
He also said that, the queenmothers would not receive the same allowances as the chiefs because the chiefs have other added responsibilities, like organizing durbars.
“The queen mothers cannot agitate for equal remuneration because the chiefs have more responsibilities. After all, the queenmothers were not receiving anything in the past,” he said.
Naa Prof. Nabila had said at the meeting that, “the House, on behalf of chiefs, is grateful to the government for this laudable gesture for off queen mothers”.
He pledged the chiefs readiness to continue to work in harmony “with the queenmothers and other women chiefs as found in the north for the promotion and development of our noble institution.”
Meanwhile the National House of Chiefs (NHC) said it was in the process of making proposals to the government to consider paying monthly allowance to members of the House.
Presently, apart from the President and the Vice President of the House, who are paid, the rest are not.
