The Nungua Mantse, Oboade Notse King Professor Odaifio Welentsi III has been elected the President of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs (GARHC).
Until his election, Professor Welentsi III was the Vice President and acting President of the House.
Professor Welentsi III became the acting President following the demise of the Paramount Chief of Shai Osudoku Traditional Area, who was the President of the House.
The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, had initially filed to contest the position but he withdrew in a letter addressed to the Greater Accra Regional Director of Electoral Commission, Mrs Gladys Pinkrah.
That paved the way for Professor Welentsi III to go unopposed.
He will now serve as the President of GARHC for four years before another election is conducted under Act 759 of 2008, which provides that an election for the position of President be held every four years.
Also elected into the office of Vice President, GARHC, is Nene Tetteh Wakah III, the Paramount Chief of Prampram Traditional Area.
Professor Welentsi III and his vice took both the oath of office and oath of secrecy administered by Ms Bacilia Adjei-Tawiah, a circuit court judge.
After administering the oaths, the judge advised the chiefs to use the office to foster peace and development.
Ms. Adjei-Tawiah urged them to disassociate chieftaincy matters from litigation.

In his remarks, Professor Welentsi III expressed his profound gratitude to the chiefs for electing him as the President.
He described his election as a “victory for all” and a call to serve for the benefit of the people.

He said that despite his extensive experience and familiarity with ethics and ways of operating, he would need “the assistance of comrades to fulfil his duties.

The President of GARHC apologized to those he may have offended and said he would improve on the contribution of his predecessor.