After twenty years without a leader, the Ningo people finally have a new chief. The National House of Chiefs named Abednego Tawia Gblie Osroagbo as the big boss of Ningo land last week. He runs things in the Greater Accra Region, where Old Ningo sits. The previous leader, Samuel Narh Osroagbo, died back in September 2005. Since then, nobody has filled his shoes because people kept fighting about who should take over.
Legal battles dragged through every court possible. The case started at the Regional House of Chiefs, then moved up to the National House. The Supreme Court finally settled everything last November. During those empty years, another man named Nene Kanor Attiapah III stepped in temporarily as acting chief. He helped keep...