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Sanshi wins 2024 Nye Awo Kpakpa Kpokpoi cooking competition
Ms Sowah (third from left) with the competition winners Photo Victor A. Buxton
Sanshi (Anarhor house) was last Saturday adjudged the overall winners of the 2024 Nye Awo Kpakpa Kpokpoi cooking competition which attracted eight groups from La in the Greater Accra Region.
The second and third positions went to Nmati and Kowe respectively with Agbawe occupying the fourth place.
For their prize, all five group members of Sanshi would have lunch at the Labadi Beach Hotel.
For the first runner-up, three members are to have breakfast while two members from the second runner-up team are also to have breakfast.
Additionally, all group members received parcels containing food flask, wax prints and certificate of participation.
The other participants were Abese, Leshie, Dzrasee, Klanaa and Abafum.
In her remarks, Ms Rita Naa Odoley Sowah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Constituency, said the competition which began in 2023 was to sustain the tradition of the Ga’s in the preparation of ‘Kpokpoi’ among the youth.
“It is a deliberate initiative started in 2023 for the young ones to learn from their mothers, the process of preparing the festive food which they are deliberately ignoring due to the notion that it is prepared for the gods,” Ms Sowah said.
According to the MP, each group received maize in addition to an amount of Gh¢1,500 to purchase ingredient for the competition.
She expressed gratitude to the La Traditional Council for the support it offered to make the competition a success.
On the upcoming election, the MP advised the youth to conduct peaceful campaigns by ‘selling’ their preferred candidates devoid of acts of hooliganism.
“Ensure that the peaceful atmosphere before the up-coming election in December is sustained. It should be an exercise to exchange ideas not one to fight because we are one people; and we must remain so after the election.”
Ms Felicia Mekpoi Bortey, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Greater Accra Women Organiser, was the lead judge for the competition and explained that the criteria used in awarding the marks included the setup, hygiene, neatness, portion control of finished food, taste and others.
BY Victor A. Buxton
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