The La State Council has urged the family of late highlife musician Daddy Lumba, to consider postponing the one-week observance of his passing scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 30, 2025, at the University of Ghana Stadium, considering there was a ban on noise-making in the La Traditional Area.

At a press conference in Accra today, the La State Council said it had taken notice of media adverts on the event, and therefore was reminding the organisers that effective Monday, August 11, 2025, the ban on noise-making came into force and was expected to end on September 5, 2025.

The attention of the La State Council has been drawn to certain advertisements circulating in the media regarding the one-week funeral celebration of the late legendary highlife music icon, Charles Kojo Fosu (a.k.a. Daddy Lumba).

On behalf of Niimei and the good people of La, the La Homowo Planning Coming wishes to first express its deepest condolences to the bereaved family, friends, and the entire nation for the loss of such a towering international music icon whose legacy remains undeniable.

However, the Council wishes to firmly remind the general public that, effective Monday, 11th August 2025, a ban on noisemaking came into force across the entire La Traditional Area stretching from the main La township to Maalejor on the Dodowa road and Ayi Mensah at the foot of the Aburi mountains. Aside the general noisemaking, this ban also strictly prohibits funerals and all funeral-related activities of any kind. During this sacred period, Niimei would have entered the spiritual realm, and as such, no activity that contravenes the cultural and spiritual order will be tolerated.

The La State Council, therefore, cautions all persons, families, groups, and organizers against any attempt to hold or facilitate such funeral-related events within the La Traditional Area during the ban. Any such planned activity must be postponed, rescheduled, or cancelled outright.

Let it be made clear that there shall be no compromises whatsoever in the enforcement of this directive. Our duty is to protect, uphold, and preserve the rich cultural heritage and sacred traditions handed down to us by our forebears, and this will be done without fear or favor.

The La State Council further warns that any individual or group that disregards this directive does so at their own risk and will face the full weight of customary and lawful sanctions.

For the avoidance of doubt, the ban will remain in full force until Friday, 5th September 2025, at 6:00 pm.

Once again, the Council sympathizes with the family of the late Daddy Lumba and assures them of the support of La State at the appropriate time when the ban has been duly lifted.

--SIGNED—
JEFFREY TETTEH
(ASSISTANT SECRETARY, LA HOMOWO PLANNING COUNCIL)