Chief calls for proper upbringing of childrenChief calls for proper upbringing of children

Mamfe, Jan 13, GNA- Nana Ansah Sasraku III, Mamfehene and Kyidomhene of the Akuapem Traditional Area, has appealed to parents to be conscious in the upbringing and the general wellbeing of their children for a better future.He said children needed guidance and protection to build morals and values accepted by society for their own good and benefit of the society at large.Nana Ansah Sasraku, who was speaking at the Mamfe Ohum Asafosa grand durbar of the chiefs and people of the Akuapem Traditional Area, said the rampant reports of children losing their lives and those walking on the streets said parents must live up to expectation.He said the state and the traditional authorities were all stakeholders in the welfare of children’s education and upbringing but parents must take the lead and that the e Mamfe Traditional Council had instituted measures to improve the standard of education in the area.He mentioned the re-construction of the Mamfe Community Centre into an ICT and skills training centre to provide out of school training in ICT and other skills for both young and the old.The Asafosa is a symbolic drinking of palm wine by the entire community at a durbar for bonding, peace and unity for peaceful coexistence and commitment to national development and it was instituted by the forbearers of Mamfe some 500 years ago.Every clan, family and sectional chief as well as the Mamfehene and his queen that make up the Mamfe Traditional Council presented a pot of palm wine mixed in a big pot and shared to all at the durbar grounds implying that once every one shared in the drinking, all disputes and misunderstanding had been settled.There was a display of unity as all the five divisional chiefs of the Akuapem Traditional Area and the 17 chiefs representing all the towns of Akuapem brought a pot of palm wine each and drank together.Ms Ellen Ajoa Ntoso, the Eastern Regional Minister, commended the chief and people of Mamfe for upholding that tradition of Asafosa that brings peace and unity.She also commended them for building the ICT centre and that the government was committed to ICT improvement and had distributed 4,500 laptops to schools and students in the Region.Ms Ntoso said apart from the improvement of education, government recognizes the need for good road infrastructure to propel its development agenda and had awarded 130 feeder roads and 14 major highways on contract for rehabilitation in the region.She appealed to chiefs to partner government in development through initiation of projects and programs such as the ICT centre and pledged to provide 20 computers for the center.GNA Read Full Story