The
First Lady, Mrs. Lordina Mahama has commended the chiefs and people of Nkoranza
for sustaining the peace and unity in the traditional area.
She said
without peace and unity there will be no development.
Mrs. Mahama
made the commendation at this year’s Munukuo festival of the people of Nkoranza
in the BrongAhafo Region.
The
First Lady who was the special guest of honour indicated that developing the
traditional area was not the sole responsibility of the government but was a
shared one and called on citizens of the area to make it a duty to help with
the advancement of their communities.
She
further urged the traditional leaders to advise the youth to stay away from
crime and not to use abusive language since that could disturb the peace in the
country.
The
festival took place under the theme; “Enhancing Unity and Development in the
Nkoranza Traditional Area.”Mrs. Mahama noted that the theme for the occasion
reflected the traditional area’s special need to develop in order for the lives
of the people to improve.
According
to her, following its intention to make life easy for the people, the
government had rolled out a massive infrastructural development across the
country.
“The truth is that Nkoranza has also had its
fair share of development projects. As it is said often, if your mother is in
the kitchen you will never go hungry. In this case, your daughter is in the
kitchen”, she said.
The
First Lady thanked Okatakyie AgyemanKudom IV, the chiefs and the people of
Nkoranza for installing her as the Sompahenmaa of the Nkoranza Traditional Area
under the stool name, Nana Akosua FremaaAmpoma Sika I.
She
stated that as the First Lady of Ghana and a native of Nkoranza, she would continue
to do her best in the quest to bring sustainable development to the area and commended
the people for the orderly manner the Munukuo Festival was conducted.
Mrs. Mahama
also promised to mobilise and energize the people, especially the women,
through the Lordina Foundation, which she said was committed to make life worth
living.
The Omanhene
of the Nkoranza traditional area, Nana AgyemanKudom IV, said the Munukuo
festival was established by the traditional authorities and was celebrated
every forty days in the year. The recent occasion was the fifth to be
celebrated this year.
He said in
order to promote peace before, during and after the general elections, the
Nkoranza traditional council is setting up a seven member team comprising
chiefs and queenmothers who would be charged with the responsibility to preach
and promote peace in the various communities.
The
Omanhene also called on civil society, unit committee members, religious
leaders and assembly members to join the campaign for a peaceful and successful
election period in Nkoranza.
He
expressed his appreciation to the First Lady for her numerous support towards
the development of Nkoranza. He mentioned in particular
the provision of an ICT centre for the Nkoranza Technical Institute, the
organisation of free health screening exercises, provision of transport
services and exercise books for school children.
“The political stability, expansion of
socio-economic infrastructure, unity and development that the traditional area
has enjoyed were unprecedented. There has been an increase in road
infrastructure, improvement in education and health facilities which were all
very encouraging”, he said.
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