By Alex Ababio
The Acting Chief of the Ashanti Regional Butchers Association, Abdul Wahabu Tikumah has debunked claim by the Sari Zongo , Sultan Umar Farouk that he has the power to enskin the next Chief Butcher of the Ashanti , describing it as unfounded,untruthful , unacceptable and shows clearly , his disregard for authority.
He has therefore called on all butchers in the Ashanti region to disregard the declaration of Alhaji Muntari Bature as the next Chief Butcher of the Ashanti Region , by the Sariki Zongo.
He stressed that Kumasi Abattoir is a business community and quickly insisted that it was not an appendage of Zongo community leadership with a traditional succession where Zongo Chief selects a Chief Butcher.
“No assets machinery or equipment at the Kumasi Abattoir Company limited is owned by the Zongo Community.Every piece of machinery at the Abattoir is owned by the collective efforts of butchers who consist of various ethnic groups including , the Asantes ,Dagombas, Frafras ,Burundi,Hausa,
Gawo,amongst other groups”
“Talking about tradition and customs ,where in the history of the Butchers Association of the Ashanti Region has the Zongo Chief ever selected a Chief Butcher .Chief Butchers have always been selected by butchers consisting of the various ethnic groups at the Kumasi Abattoir Company limited since time immemorial”
Chief Abdul Wahabu Tikumah made this statement at a press conference by the leaders and elders of the various Ethnic groups of Kumasi Abattoir Company limited and concerned Butchers Association of the Ashanti region at Kaase in Kumasi.
The press conference was in reaction to the Sariki Zongo , Sultan Umar Farouk and a group of Zongo community elders who on the 15th of May 2020 at a press briefing at his palace at Yalwa where he publicly declared Alhaji Muntari Nature as the next Chief Butcher of the Ashanti Region .
According to Chief Abdul Wahabu Tikumah at the said press briefing ,the Sariki Zongo Sultan Umar Farouk allegedly named Alhaji Muntari Bature to succeed the late Chief Butcher , Alhaji Musa Bawa Tanko who passed on October 3rd last year.
