GRi Arts & Culture 22 – 01 - 2003
Tindonsobligo (Upper East)
Charles Amalga
Atubiga, assemblyman for the area, announced this at their
annual “Tindaama Yagle-Kuure”
festival which had as its theme, “Culture: A Tool for Development.”
Atubiga said the clinic project was
vital to the community, as it would serve as a rallying point for educating the
people on contemporary health issues, including the HIV/AIDS menace.
He said health workers at the
clinic would also sensitise the people on the adverse effects of alcoholism and
large family sizes. He urged residents of the area to contribute generously to
make the project a success.
The Assemblyman commended the
Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) and the International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD) for providing the community with three hand-dug
wells and 15 KVIP latrines.
Atubiga thanked the Catholic Relief Services
(CRS) for assisting in the construction of a Nutrition/Day Care centre for the
community. Rockson Bukari, Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive, announced that a
committee would be instituted to ensure that all communities in the area benefit
from the rural electrification project.
Bukari urged the people to pay their basic
rates regularly to enable the Assembly to generate sufficient revenue to
undertake more development projects in the local communities. He appealed to
the youth to stop drifting to the urban centres to engage in menial jobs.
Agongo Abonsummo,
Tindana of Tindonsobligo,
appealed to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the Municipal Assembly to
help dredge the local dam to enable the people undertake
dry season agriculture.
Dominic Atambire,
Chairman of the festival's planning committee, said "Tindaama
Yagle-Kuure" was not only an occasion for merry
making but that it had become a pivot for mobilizing the people of the area for
the planning of development projects. An appeal for funds in aid of the clinic
project yielded 1m cedis.
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The two chiefs will therefore
swear the oath of allegiance to the Asantehene, Otumfuo
Osei Tutu II at dates to be announced later. Odeneho Oduro Numapau II, Essumejahene and head of the Aduana
clan led Okogyeasuo Gyamprah
and his elders to the
G.Y. Gyamfi,
an elder of the Chirano Aduana
Stool, traced their ancestry and said they migrated from Essumeja
to Old Wenchi till they finally settled at Chirano
their present location.
He said the Chirano
stool owed allegiance to no traditional area and that they had been recognised
by the National House of Chiefs as a self-governing traditional area. Gyamfi said having won the recognition of the National
House of Chiefs they now felt that it was about time they returned to their
roots.
Welcoming the Chirano Aduana stool back into Asanteman, Otumfuo Osei Tutu said
their return was the magnetic force of the Golden Stool that was drawing all Asantes in the diaspora back into
the mainstream.
Nana Ntim
who was led to Manhyia by Barima
Adu Gyamfi Poku, Paramount Chief of the Kuntanase
Traditional Area, said they migrated from Kuntanase and
first settled at Buem and then Krachi
in the Volta Region but were resettled at their present location following the
construction of the
He said he did not owe
allegiance to any chief and that he and his people had realised that it was
about time they returned to their roots. In supporting his acceptance into the Asanteman Council, Nana Wiafe Akenten III, Offinsohene, said
even though it was prudent, care must be taken not to antagonise the Kwahu Omanhene since the people
presently lived in Kwahu.
He therefore, suggested that
thorough investigations should be conducted to ensure that the people of Dikoman owed allegiance to no chief so as not to mar the
cordial relationship between
Daasebre Osei Bonsu
II, Mamponghene, though agreed with the Offinsohene, said there was nothing in the constitution
barring a chief in a different region owing allegiance to another chief in a
different region but gave the assurance that the issue would be thoroughly
investigated.
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