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Live peacefully with Aplaku indigenes – settlers told
The development of every community depends largely on unity between the indigenes and settlers.
In this light, Nii Otiboh Aplaku Head of the Nii Narteh Aplaku Family, has admonished settlers of Aplaku to continue living peacefully in the community to ensure speedy development of the town.
He said the peaceful co-existent of foreigners and natives had always ensured that the crime rate of youthful violence is reduced to the barest minimum.
Nii Otiboh Aplaku, gave the admonishing last Sunday, when the new Zongo Zabrama Chief (Sari) for Aplaku near Bortianor in the Ga South Municipality, Adama Amani, was formally introduced to him at his house.
He said the new Zabrama chief, would play a major role in the mobilization of his community youth as his predecessors did decades ago to give the youth employable skills.
Nii Otiboh Aplaku also admonished him to remain focused and avoid the temptations of being embroiled in chieftaincy and land disputes that was raging in the area.
He said by doing that Adama Amani would remain pure with his reputation intact among his subject as a Zongo Sabrama chief that would not be forgotten quickly.
Adama Amani, later presented customary drinks and a ram and an undisclosed amount of money to Nii Otiboh Aplaku as customs demands.
The Aplaku Zongo Zambra chief, Adama Amani in an interview said he was born in Ghana in 1968.
He said his great grand fathers migrated from Sokodaloga, Zambrama Colte District in Niger, near Libya border, to Kumasi about two centuries ago.
He said his forebears later migrated to Aplaku over eight decades ago, and had always been law abiding citizens who contributed to the growth and success of Ghana and assured that he would mobilize his people for the development of Aplaku.
By Francis Xah
The Diaspora Affairs Office at the Office of the President has hosted a delegation of African diaspora women who are in Ghana ahead of a planned Presidential Conferment of Citizenship ceremony.
The Director of Diaspora Affairs, Kofi Okyere Darko, explained in a Facebook post that the visit was a gesture of appreciation by the delegation to the Government of Ghana for its continued efforts to reconnect Africans in the diaspora with their ancestral homeland.
He indicated that the ceremony, scheduled for next Monday, will officially grant Ghanaian citizenship to members of the delegation as part of the country’s broader engagement with the African diaspora.
The delegation was led by Erica Bennett, Founder of the Diaspora Africa Forum.
According to Mr Okyere Darko, her years of advocacy have played an important role in strengthening ties between Africa and people of African descent living abroad.
He noted that the group’s journey towards citizenship represents not only a legal process but also a cultural and spiritual return to their roots.
Also present at the meeting was Natalie Jackson, an attorney who is also expected to receive Ghanaian citizenship during the ceremony. She works closely with renowned civil rights lawyer Ben Crump.
Mr Okyere Darko emphasised that Ghana remains committed to strengthening relationships with the African diaspora and promoting unity, identity, and shared heritage among people of African descent worldwide.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Ghana has signed a debt restructuring agreement with the Kingdom of Belgium as part of efforts to restore the country’s economic stability after the financial crisis that hit the nation in 2022 and 2023.
The Minister of Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, today disclosed that he signed the agreement on behalf of the Government of Ghana.
He explained that Ghana experienced a very difficult period during the crisis, which forced the government at the time to declare a debt default.
However, he indicated that the country is now recovering and witnessing a significant economic turnaround.
According to him, stronger systems are also being put in place to ensure that Ghana does not return to such a situation again.
Dr Forson noted that the agreement with Belgium is the eighth deal Ghana has concluded with countries under the Official Creditor Committee as part of its external debt restructuring programme.
He expressed appreciation to the Government of Belgium for its support and partnership with Ghana during the process.
The Finance Minister thanked Carole van Eyll, Ambassador of Belgium to Ghana, for her role in strengthening relations between the two countries.
The agreement forms part of Ghana’s broader effort to restructure its external debts and stabilise the economy following the crisis.
By: Jacob Aggrey
