A 51-year-old business woman, Abigail Kwao, has been enstooled as a young ladies’ Queen mother for the Ntanor community near Koforidua-Effiduase in the New Juaben North Municipality of the Eastern region with a stool name Nana Hemaah Akosua Kwao Abigail I.
The newly enstooled queen mother is highly revered by the community for her sense of braveness, her ability to galvanize and solve problems, and being a role model to young girls in the community.
Historically, the new young ladies’ queen mother is the first woman to be enstooled as the Queen mother for ladies in the community since the inception of the sub-chief for the Ntanor tradition area.
Her swearing of Oath of Allegiance to the Ntanor chief, Nana Otubour Gyan Kwasi I and his Elders was met with thunderous cheers from the gathering, an indication that she had been accepted by the people.
Nana Otubour Gyan Kwasi I advised the new Queen mother to be diligent in serving the people of the community at all times.
He asked the new Queen not to lord it over the women whilst appealing to the women to also support her in achieving her dream of developing not only young women to become good future leaders, but to promote peace and unity towards the development of the area.
Nana Hemaah Akosua Kwao Abigail I assured the community of her commitment and readiness to use the position to solve problems confronting the community.
“I will make sure I use my position as Queen for young ladies to address challenges facing women in the area and find appropriate strategies to solve them,” she said, adding, ” Education is important and I will do my best to see to it that young girls in my community will be educated or learn a skill to aid their lives for survival”
She stated that she would seek to improve education and implement bylaws to prevent truancy and promote learning among young people in the area.
