2014 Lekoryi Festival launched

Apart from serving as a conduit for uniting the people, the festival is also used to mobilise resources from the people and empower them to take steps to improve their lives.

Festival as medium of development

The Chairman of the Planning Committee of the festival, Prof. Anthony Aboagye, said since its rejuvenation in 2008, the festival had been a medium of development, resulting in the establishment of schools and the provision of social amenities such as potable water and places of convenience in the area. 

Prof. Aboagye of the University of Ghana Business School indicated that resources mobilised during the 2010 festival were used to develop some tourist sites in the area.

He added that in 2012 electrical wiring was carried out in 30 kindergartens, primary and junior high schools in the various communities, with 50 per cent of the work being completed, while the remaining was scheduled for completion this year.

He said an e-learning initiative would be implemented in primary schools to enhance information and communications technology (ICT) in schools in the area. 

Plans were also underway to carry out the project at the other levels of education very soon, he stated.

“We are  doing all these for people to see the need for the celebration of the festival and contribute their quota towards the development of education in the area,” he stressed.

Lekpe chief’s appeal

Launching the festival, the Paramount Chief of the Lekpe Traditional Area, Nana Soglo-Alloh IV, entreated the people to be concerned about the development of the area.

He called on all indigenous people of Lekpe, both home and abroad, to make it a point to patronise this year’s festival.

The flag bearer of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) in the last election, Dr Henry Lartey, who was a guest of honour at the launch, reiterated the call on the people of Lekpe to contribute to the development of their communities.