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General News of Monday, March 25, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-03-25
President Akufo-Addo receiving a blouse from an elder from the traditional Tumu region
The president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, joins the chiefs and residents of the district of Sissala East to celebrate the annual Paari Gbielle festival in Tumu. "Paari Gbielle" in Sissala means "happy holiday for farmers".
The theme of the 10th edition of this year's festival was "The Paari Gbielle Festival: A Tool for Restoring Our Cultural Heritage".
Honor
Nana Akufo-Addo is the first president to join the people of Sissala to celebrate the Paari Gbielle festival and to congratulate herself on her visit. The supreme chief of the traditional Tumu region, Kuoro Richard Babini Kanton VI, gave him the title: "Nandon-Tengeh", which means "a reliable friend".
Thus, the president is now known as Nandon-Tengeh Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Also present were traditional leaders and opinion leaders, politicians, tourists, clergy, among others, mainly from the five regions of northern Burkina Faso.
Earlier in the week before the activities marking the festival, there were prayers, cleaning exercises, health screenings, sports activities, indoor games and cultural activities.
Rich culture
The festival is used to thank God and the ancestors for the success of their agricultural harvest and offer prayers for a peaceful year.
The Sissala region, like all northern regions, has an annual agricultural season that starts in May and ends in November.
The week-long festival brought together various ethnic groups from the Sissala district, including the Vaglas, Gonjas, Kasana, Wala and Lawra, illustrating their rich and varied cultures, with the blouse or fugu In the center of the stage.
It was also an opportunity for the leaders and the people to showcase their rich culture, represented in their costumes, their musical interpretations and their dances.
Warriors and hunters are not left out, as groups, mainly men, dressed in their hunting gear, describe how they track and capture their prey on the ground, in the middle of the music and dance, at the same time. admiration of the public.
Transformation agenda
Speaking to the Durbar, President Akufo-Addo said the government's transformation agenda is progressing steadily to improve the quality of life of Ghanaians.
"I promised to redevelop the country and I'm on the right track. Some traditional Jeremiah who still doubt that my government can fulfill these promises should open their eyes and they will see that we are on the right track, "he said to the cheers of the rally.
Projects
In Sissala East District, the president said that since he took office more than two years ago, his government had launched or completed a number of projects in the district.
Among these projects, there was a 12-storey, two-level block at the Tumu Senior High Technical School (SHTS), a six-block clbad block at Kanton Senior High School and a girls dormitory. floor and a capacity of 320 people at Tumu SHTS.
He added that he was planning to build another 320-bed dorm for boys at the Tumu SHTS, adding that he would ensure that the national cake was shared equally among all.
President Akufo-Addo acknowledged that the district of East Sissala was a breadbasket and congratulated residents for their foresight in the acceptance of the Plant for Food and Employment program.
He added that the government had already sent 15 motorcycles to the district to facilitate the activities of agricultural extension agents, saying that all extension agents linked to the program would be provided with the necessary logistics to improve their production.
He said that up to now, 65,060 cashew seedlings had been distributed to farmers in the region in order to improve cashew nut production.
The president announced that the district of Sissala East would benefit from the construction of 13 dams, in accordance with the government policy "A village, a dam".
Traditional Lawra Zone
The supreme chief of the traditional Lawra region, Naa Puowele Karbo III, who also addressed the Durbar, expressed appreciation for this year's theme, which he chose on purpose to attract the Attention to the rapid erosion of cultural heritage, most young people do not be able to speak their native language and lose their traditional values.
Such developments, he said, must be controlled because they could lead to a situation in which people could lose their identity.
"We should strive, at festivals like this one, to instill in our youth the virtues of hard work, honesty, truthfulness, respect for authority, and more. cultural attributes, as the surest way to restore culture, "he said.
Needs
In his welcome address, the Tumu Traditional Area Chief Kuoro Richard Babini, Canton VI, who is also the Speaker of the House of Chiefs of the Western West Regional Region, listed a number of amenities. and the social infrastructure needed to improve life in the region. area.
They have rehabilitated deplorable roads, particularly the Tumu-Leo Highway, which also linked Ghana to neighboring countries, which have been left unchecked for years.
He also called attention to a dam built in the area in 1940 to disbademble and rehabilitate it.
Kuoro Kanton, who is also a member of the State Council, congratulated the government for elevating the district to municipal status.
He thanked the government for the introduction of various policies and programs, such as Planting to feed and create jobs, free security policy, single village, dam and district, plant, within the framework of efforts to achieve the following goals: the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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