BOMADI—A NEW Amananaowei for the Bomadi Traditional Amananaowei stool has ascended the throne to pilot the affairs of the traditional institution for the next four years.

The new Amananaowei of Bomadi Urban Federated Communities,  Chief Godspower Oporomo, was sworn in by the Amaokosuowei (eldest man) of Bomadi community, Pa Bofede Komani, at the palace of the Amaokosuowei in Bomadi after emerging un-opposed.
Administering the oath of office, the Amaokosuowei, who is an octogenarian, charged the new Amananaowei to put the interest of the community above personal interest and use the stool to foster mutual co-existence and sustain the existing peace in the community.

“The institution of Amananaowei should be used as a tool to promote the welfare of the people,” he said.
Briefing journalists at his palace in Bomadi, the new Amananaowei assured his subjects of peaceful reign in his tenure as the head of the traditional stool, noting that his emergence as Amananaowei un-opposed reflects wide acceptability and the legitimacy his reign will enjoy from the people of Bomadi community.

The Amananaowei, who said that his interest in ascending the stool was motivated by a desire to serve his people, added that he believed in the Bomadi project, just as he told the people that he will commit his resources to the service of the community.
“I have contributed to the growth and development of Bomadi community in my capacity as an individual. Becoming the Amananaowei will strengthen me and spur me to create an enabling environment for the people to realise their aspirations and yearnings,” he said.

Oporomor, who said that the palace which has remained a unifying institution will be used as a vehicle to attract positive development to the people, added that his palace chiefs will imbibe the ethics of rulership of the traditional council to ensure separation of power between the Amananaowei council, the Olou congress, and the office of the community chairman.