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Ag. Amamole Chief hails government policy on youth development
THE Acting Chief of Amamole and Head of the Okortsoshishi and Nii Okpe families of Jamestown in Accra, Nii Ashittey Tetteh, has lauded the youth policy of President John Dramani Mahama.
He said the policy, especially those on responsible mining, would create thousands of jobs for the idle youth.
Nii Ashittey Tetteh made these comments on Sunday when he addressed family members during the celebration of the annual Homowo festival at Okortsoshishi at Jamestown in Accra.
He said the establishment of Information Technology centres by the government to outsource foreign jobs for the youth in the country could also be a game changer.
Nii Ashittey said the Homowo festival was a festive occasion where families gather to hoot at hunger and also perform rituals to thank and appease ancestors for their guidance and protection.
A delegation from the Republic of Togo was led by the Acting Paramount Chief of the Gas at Glidzi, Folly Bebe Kangni.
The rest were Togbe Kinvi, the Chief of Aklaku, Togbe Tipam Chief of Hamide Togbe Hanvi Chief of Zawla Kpogede, and Togbe Agbozome -Laga Ekoe, Chief of Agorkpame.
Nii Ashittey Tetteh made a passionate appeal to President Mahama to complete the Jamestown Fishing Harbour started by the previous government.
He said while the fishing harbour was currently not operating, some recalcitrant fishermen had resorted to using some electrical cables and pipe fittings as an anchor for their fishing net while they were far away on the high sea, thereby destroying those essential fittings.
Folly Bebe Kangni in a remark said the relationship and family ties between the Ga Adangbe people in Nigeria, Togo and Ghana dated as far back in 1600 before splinter groups went their separate ways to settle in Ghana.
He said despite the artificial boundaries created by the colonial masters, their identity, culture and norms in terms of their spoken Ga language and names, were never adulterated over the centuries.
By Francis Xah