Adwinsa Publications marks 21st Ghana Int’l Book Fair with children’s show

Adwinsa Publications has organised a Children’s show to mark this year’s 21st Ghana International Book Fair.

The programme was to educate children on the dangers that comes with polluting water bodies particularly through the activities of illegal mining (Galamsey).

The Ghana International Book Fair (GIBF) is an annual event organised to celebrate the rich Ghanaian culture through books. The fair attracted pub­lishers across the globe to exhibit their books.

Dubbed ‘Poisoning our water, poison­ing our future’, the show enlightened the children on the negative effects of ’Galamsey’ on water bodies.

Addressing audience at the event, the Deputy Chief Administrator, Guidance and Counseling Unit of the Ghana Education Service, Mrs Sarah Kumi Yeboah-Boadu, said it was important to develop the hab­it of reading as it helps discover what has been hidden for many years.

“We organised this programme to encourage school children to develop the habit of reading as one can discover what has been hidden for ages only through reading and also to expose them to the happenings around,” she said.

Mrs Boadu said some of the negative effects of water pollution on our health may be cases of cancer and shortage of food supply.

Some of the dignitaries present at the event were Mr Kwaku Oppong-Am­ponsah, C.E.O of Adwinsa Publications, Mrs Catherine Agyapomaa Appiah-Pink­ra, Executive Director, Complimentary Education Agency and Master Kobby Onan Adjei Johnson, Mountain High Academy.

The programme was climaxed with a thrilling cultural display by school children from the North Legon School Complex, poetry recital and a dance performance by Potters Orphanage

By Elizabeth Agyeibea Ackon