By William Yaw Owusu
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
THE Chiefs and people of Manya-Jorpanya in the Shai States of the Greater Accra Region have celebrated this year’s Ngmayem festival with a call on all to unite towards t he development of the area.
The annual event which had the theme, "Re-organising the Shai State for a better future," was attended by other chiefs and queenmothers in the Shai Traditional Council as well as dignitaries including the Deputy Minister of Women and Children’s Affairs, Mr Daniel Dugan.
In his keynote address, Nene Tei Djahene Korabo IV, Divisional Chief of Manya and Senior Asafoatse of the Shai Traditional Council, urged the people to take advantage of the peace in the country to support the development of the area.
He promised to ensure that the natural resources of the area was tapped to the benefit of the people and advised them to approach development of the area devoid of any ethnic, religious and political feeling.
Nene Korabo IV, however expressed concern about the behaviour of some people who posed as chiefs to sell lands in the area, "The growth we are all yearning for will not come if some of us continue to behave this way".
Mr Dugan for his part asked the people to continue living in unity and peace for accelerated growth and development.
He called on the people to support government to curb incidence of domestic violence and also advised them not to allow politics, ethnicity and religion to divide them.
Mr Joseph Kwaku Duah-Boateng, a businessman from Tema who chaired the function, appealed to estate developers to focus their attention to the area to complement government’s efforts of providing affordable housing for the people.
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