The National House of Chiefs and the government intend to work together to update certain national customs and traditions.

This comes after the reported union of 16-year-old Naa Okromo and 63-year-old Nungua Gborbu Wulomo.

The Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Stephen Asamoah Boateng, emphasized in a press conference the need to modernize customs to reflect contemporary values.

He emphasized the necessity of modifying customs in view of developments in democracy, law, education, and society transformation.

“As we moved into modern world democracy, law, modernity, more education and all that, we have realized that some of the customs and traditions need to be reformed. And indeed, under the Chieftaincy Act (759), we have been enjoined to work with the National House of Chiefs to look at the codification of relevant customs across the country, because not all customs are the same.

“Even within Greater Accra, within certain areas, it differs. We can get the codification right and we can know what happens in which particular area.”