Ga Mantse Calls For Peace and Tolerance ..As GTC Places Ban On Drumming And Noisemaking
The Ga Traditional Council (GTC) has placed a ban on drumming and noise-making in the traditional area starting from May 9 to June 9, 2022, with a call by the Paramount Chief of Ga Traditional Area, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, to have peace and tolerance during, before after the celebrations.
Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu Greater 
The Ga Traditional Council (GTC) has placed a ban on drumming and noise-making in the traditional area starting from May 9 to June 9, 2022, with a call by the Paramount Chief of Ga Traditional Area, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, to have peace and tolerance during, before after the celebrations.
The one-month-long ban is a custom that precedes the celebration of the Homowo Festival of the chiefs and people of Ga Mashie.
Addressing a press on Thursday, April 2022 at the Ga Mantse Palace in Accra, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, further called on the institutions within the Ga state, to celebrate this year's Homowo festival in peace and harmony, devoid of violence, before, during, or after the event.
The event comes off on May 9, 2022, and will be ended on June 9, 2022.
The Ga Mantse urged the youth in particular, to remain calm and disassociate themselves from any form of violence during the celebrations.
The overlord of Ga State called on the chiefs and the elders of Accra and its environs to ensure that the ban was enforced in their respective areas in collaboration with the local district Assembly.
He said a monitoring team had been put in place with special identity cards to ensure the compliance of the ban with the support of the Police, Asafoatsemei,,, and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly special task force.
“They will visit flashy points and arrest recalcitrant churches, noise makers, and those who will impersonate or imposters,” he said.
He said the GTC had reached understanding with the orthodox churches and they had expressed their cooperation during the ban.
The GTA urged the general public to take notice and observe the rules and regulations regarding the ban on drumming and noise-making to help maintain the peace, harmony, and security within the Ga State.
"The GTC shall further count on the cooperation of the various stakeholders in ensuring strict observation and compliance with the Ga custom, practices, and usages," he stressed.
The GTC by this notice entreated all persons within the Ga State to comply with the month-long ban on drumming and noise-making and refrain from making derogatory remarks about the rites, customs, practices, usages, and beliefs of the Ga people. This is who we are and we value our tradition and culture," the Ga Mantse emphasized.
