Government is committed to supporting the efforts of traditional leaders in maintaining and promoting the cultural values of Ghana both home and abroad, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has said.
According to the Vice President, this is in recognition of the key role culture plays in the development and sustenance of communities across the world.
Speaking at the 2019 edition of the Ngmayem Festival of the chiefs and people of Manya Klo in the Eastern Region last Friday, the Vice President commended the chiefs and people of the area for maintaining and safeguarding their cultural heritage, which has led to accelerated development.
“Culture is identity. Our common values, attitudes, preferences, and knowledge come together to define our identity as a social group, and the way we move forward on social development in every society. Culture, therefore, is a powerful driver for development. Indeed, Manya Krobo is one of the Traditional Areas in the country that have great cultural attributions, and I applaud you all for that.”
Enumerating a long list of infrastructure, agriculture, health, and other projects being undertaken in the Lower Manya Municipality, Vice President Bawumia affirmed that the Akufo-Addo administration will continue to keep faith with the people of Ghana and work to make life better for them.
“The Lower Manya Krobo municipality is benefiting from the government flagship programme of ‘‘Planting for Food and Jobs’’. More than 2,500 farmers in the municipality have been supplied with quantities of inputs at very subsidized cost.
“The municipality is also benefiting from the Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) programme. Under this programme, 32,000 mango seedlings have been raised and distributed to farmers. The municipality is participating in the “Rearing for Food and Jobs” programme through pig farming.”
The Lower Manya municipality, he disclosed, has been selected to participate in a special poultry programme, as well as share in the United States Dollars Ghana Secondary Cities Support Programme (GSCSP), under which the Agormanya market would be redeveloped into a modern market with 300 lockable stores, 2,500 sheds, a police station, a crèche, and a banking hall.
By: Austin Ofori Addo/ritefmonline.org
