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‘Nyansapo festival and competition’ held in New Juaben
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The Ghanaian local language is crucial to enhancing learning and fostering creativity in our younger generation, Mr Alexander Gasu, a Director at the Eastern Regional Coordinating Council has said.
At the celebration of this year’s Nyansapo festival and competition organised by the Centre for National Culture (CNC) in the New Juaben South Municipal Assembly, Mr Gasu highlighted the basic value of the mother tongue in connecting individuals to their heritage and identity.
As part of the festival, a competition was held among the pupils to test their knowledge about the country’s local and traditional songs popularly called ‘Adadamu,’ (Proverbs); ‘Kasakua,’ (Names and their meanings): ‘Edin ne Mmrane’ and Abisaa.
Six schools including Freeman Methodist ‘A’, Nana Kwaku Boateng ‘D’, Samplet Educational Academy, Souls Harbour, Brendford Academy, and St Agnes RC Basic School participated in the event.
Brendford Academy emerged first, followed by St Agnes RC Basic School, second and Nana Kwaku Boateng ‘D’ placing third position.
Mr Gasu added “every artistic creation and form of creativity stem from our language. Our mother tongue connects us to ourselves on a deeper level. Even when we travel abroad, speaking our language with fellow countrymen enables emotional connection and reinforces our cultural identity. It fosters community development.”
In his welcome address, Ernest Dwomoh, an administrator underscored the festival’s purpose as one celebrated annually to teach young ones the local language, proverbs, and the meaning of names.
He said it was part of the initiatives by the Cultural Centre to protect and promote the country’s culture, and the need to raise awareness and educate people about it to enable them understand and preserve it for future generations.
Emmanuel Eddison, the New Juaben South Municipal Cultural Coordinator of the Ghana Education Service, expressed gratitude to the organisers of the festival and hoped that it would help pupils and future generations to appreciate the country’s heritage.
From Ama Tekyiwaa Ampadu Agyeman, Koforidua
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Former Awutu Senya East Member of Parliament, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has been elected the National Women’s Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
She secured 738 votes to defeat her main contender, Mohammed Safia, who polled 429 votes in the election held on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
The election formed part of the NPP’s National Delegates Conference, which brought together delegates from across the country to elect new national executives for the party.
The conference was characterised by a colourful display of the NPP’s red, white and blue colours, with party supporters and delegates filling the stadium ahead of the various elections.
Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was among the prominent personalities who attended the delegates conference ahead of the elections.
Following the declaration of the results, Hawa Koomson moved around the stadium with some of her supporters, thanking delegates for voting for her and expressing confidence in her ability to lead the party’s women’s wing.
Speaking after her victory, Hawa Koomson said she would bring her experience and maturity to the position and work to strengthen the party’s women’s structures.
She indicated that she would work with her former contender, Mohammed Safia, despite the competition between them during the election.
“We are all NPP members and we are going to work together for victory,” she said.
According to her, her immediate task would be to unite the women of the party and mobilise them to contribute effectively to the NPP’s activities at the grassroots and national levels.
She called for greater support and solidarity among women, and recounted an experience in which she said another woman helped save her life after she was attacked.
Using the experience, Mrs Koomson urged women to have one another’s backs, stressing that women should be ready to support and defend each other.
The former MP spoke about her political journey and her return to a national leadership position after losing the Awutu Senya East parliamentary seat.
She said she had never regarded her political journey as a failure and was proud to have reached the national level to serve the party.
Mrs Koomson said her decision to contest the National Women’s Organiser position was driven by her desire to continue contributing to the NPP and use her experience to support the party.
Hawa Koomson explained the need for women to protect themselves, including the use of pepper spray as a means of self-defence when faced with danger.
She encouraged women to support and defend one another, drawing from her own experience of being attacked and helped by another woman who intervened to save her.
As National Women’s Organiser, she will be responsible for coordinating and mobilising women across the party, strengthening the women’s wing at the constituency and regional levels, and increasing their participation in party activities.
She is expected to work closely with the newly elected national executives to strengthen the party’s structures and prepare its women’s wing for the party’s future political activities.
Mrs Koomson thanked the delegates for the confidence they had placed in her and pledged to work with members of the party as she begins her new role.
By: Jacob Aggrey
John Boadu has been elected as the National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) following the party’s National Delegates Conference held on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
Boadu secured a decisive victory with 2,888 votes, beating his closest contender Boakye Agyarko who polled 2,408 votes.
Former Chairman Paul Afoko garnered 790 votes, while Sammy Crabbe managed 41 votes.
The victory marks a major political comeback for John Boadu, who previously served as the party’s General Secretary.
Ahead of the elections, Sammy Crabbe had reportedly pulled out of the race to form an alliance with John Boadu, a move that appears to have strengthened Boadu’s numbers on the day.
The keenly contested chairmanship race was a highlight of the 2026 National Executives Election, which drew thousands of delegates from across the country to Kumasi.
Boadu is expected to lead the party’s reorganization efforts ahead of the 2028 general elections.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
