The National House of Chiefs has directed all chiefs to suspend festivities in line with directives to curb spread of the coronavirus.
It has also directed that all rites associated with festivals and traditional religious days special traditional prayers to purify communities, should be restricted to few people, taking into consideration, directives on social distancing protocols.
President of the House, Togbe Afede in a statement in Kumasi asked Ghanaians to abide by the preventive measures instituted by Government and ]Health Experts and also carry out education on the collective efforts in fighting COVID-19, a common enemy.
The statement asked communities rejecting the citing and location of COVID-19 isolation centers to reconsider and remember that everyone is a potential victim of the pandemic.
It also asked those contesting security officers by defying government directives, to stop henceforth and cooperate to avoid the spread of the disease.