Ga chiefs urged to unite, Friday August 13, 2010
`CHIEFS in Ga communities have been advised to unite and stop the sale of Ga lands in order not to deprive generations yet to be born their right to existence.
“What we need now is unity with purpose to ensure that our people benefit from our God-given resources and not strife and acrimony.”
The District Chief Executive of the Ga West Municipal Assembly, Mr Ebenezer Nii Armah Tackie, gave the advice when he addressed a grand durbar of the chiefs and people of Sarpeiman near Amasaman to climax the Homowo festival celebration in the area.
Homowo which means “hooting at hunger” recounts the migration of the Gas and expresses their agricultural successes in their new settlement. According to Ga oral tradition, a severe famine broke out among the people during their migration to present day Accra. They were motivated by the famine to embark on massive food production exercises, which eventually yielded a bumper harvest.
Mr Tackie cautioned the people against excessive sand winning in the area saying “we are not against sand winning but if it has to be done, it must not be at the expense of environmental regulations. We must follow good environmental practices to sustain the environment.”
He stated that the Municipal Assembly had established an education endowment fund to support brilliant needy students and urged students in the area to make use of it to further their education to high levels.
Mr Tackie also urged the youth to be disciplined and eschew social vices that could hinder their progress in life.
The otherwise quiet durbar was spiced by the special appearance of Nii Akapeh, the Asafoiatse of the Osu Mankralo Stool, who is famous for burning himself in a cage but emerged from a spot a few meters from the burnt cage, riding a horse.
Earlier, the Sarpeiman Mantse, Nii Sarpei Agbetekor III, urged the people to bury their differences and support the Sapeiman Traditional Council in its quest to promote development in the area.
He advised parents against promoting foreign cultures to the detriment of the indigenous culture saying “we must maintain our heritage because it is the only means to identify us from others.”
The Development and Ewe Community Chief of the area, Torgbe Agah Semaglo, advised parents in the area to support the education of their children.
“Education is the bedrock of development, if we do not concentrate on educating our children, we will be left behind years to come.”
He said as part of measures to ensure that children in the area were not exposed to the hazards of crossing the main Accra-Nsawam Highway to school, the Sarpeiman Traditional Council would establish a day nursery in the area.
“What we need now is unity with purpose to ensure that our people benefit from our God-given resources and not strife and acrimony.”
The District Chief Executive of the Ga West Municipal Assembly, Mr Ebenezer Nii Armah Tackie, gave the advice when he addressed a grand durbar of the chiefs and people of Sarpeiman near Amasaman to climax the Homowo festival celebration in the area.
Homowo which means “hooting at hunger” recounts the migration of the Gas and expresses their agricultural successes in their new settlement. According to Ga oral tradition, a severe famine broke out among the people during their migration to present day Accra. They were motivated by the famine to embark on massive food production exercises, which eventually yielded a bumper harvest.
Mr Tackie cautioned the people against excessive sand winning in the area saying “we are not against sand winning but if it has to be done, it must not be at the expense of environmental regulations. We must follow good environmental practices to sustain the environment.”
He stated that the Municipal Assembly had established an education endowment fund to support brilliant needy students and urged students in the area to make use of it to further their education to high levels.
Mr Tackie also urged the youth to be disciplined and eschew social vices that could hinder their progress in life.
The otherwise quiet durbar was spiced by the special appearance of Nii Akapeh, the Asafoiatse of the Osu Mankralo Stool, who is famous for burning himself in a cage but emerged from a spot a few meters from the burnt cage, riding a horse.
Earlier, the Sarpeiman Mantse, Nii Sarpei Agbetekor III, urged the people to bury their differences and support the Sapeiman Traditional Council in its quest to promote development in the area.
He advised parents against promoting foreign cultures to the detriment of the indigenous culture saying “we must maintain our heritage because it is the only means to identify us from others.”
The Development and Ewe Community Chief of the area, Torgbe Agah Semaglo, advised parents in the area to support the education of their children.
“Education is the bedrock of development, if we do not concentrate on educating our children, we will be left behind years to come.”
He said as part of measures to ensure that children in the area were not exposed to the hazards of crossing the main Accra-Nsawam Highway to school, the Sarpeiman Traditional Council would establish a day nursery in the area.
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