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The attention of the chiefs and queens of the Gbi Traditional Area in the Volta Region of Ghana has been drawn to a publication by the Daily Mail, UK, stating that we have a king who governs us via Skype from Germany.
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Togbega Gabusu VI, the traditional head of Gbi Traditional Area announced to the world and in particular, the media organizations behind these careless and dangerous publications, that the claims are not true. Gbis have no monarch who rules them from any foreign country. The idea itself is not possible in a modern world and expects the media to know better.
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The Gbi community consists of two sister groups, traditionally known as Gbi Dzigbe and Gbi Anyigbe: Uphill Gbi and Downhill Gbi respectively. Gbi Dzigbe is loosely referred to as Hohoe, the name of its capital town. Gbi Anyigbe goes by the name Peki.
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Cephas Kosi Bansah, a native of Gbi, was installed as a development chief of Hohoe, the capital town of Gbi Traditional Area, in 1987, under the title, Ngoryifia Cephas Kosi Bansah, which literally means “Development Chief Cephas Kosi Bansah.” This remains his status in his hometown of Hohoe.
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Bansah did not inherit his position as Ngoryifia because his grandfather never was a King of the Gbi Traditional Area; neither did his grandfather ever reign in any capacity as a traditional ruler. The Ngoryifia position is an honorary one granted Bansah and others in the same standing as him.
The Title Ngoryifia, equivalent to Nkosuohene/Nkosuohemaa among Akans, literally means development chief/queen. Development chiefs/queens are not traditional rulers, so they are installed, not enstooled.
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The title for the highest traditional authority in Gbi Traditional Area is “Gabusu” – officially referred to as Togbega Gabusu. The title for the highest traditional authority in Peki Traditional Area is “Kwadzo Dei,” officially referred to as Togbe Kwadzo Dei or Deiga Kwadzo Dei. The current traditional head of Gbi Dzigbe is Togbega Gabusu VI.
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