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Miknel Consult partners Asogli State for Yam Festival 2023 activities
Miknel Consult, an Accra-based event-organizing company has partnered with the Asogli State for this year’s Asogli Yam Festival in Ho Municipality.
The festival which happens yearly is celebrated over a month’s period in September.
The Theme for this year’s celebration is “20 years of selfless and inspiring leadership, engaging the youth for more developmental growth.”
This year’s celebration is however extended into the month of October to reflect the real Month in which His Royal Highness was enstooled.
This year’s celebrations which also marks the 20th Anniversary of the Enstoolment of Togbe Afede XIV is poised to have a good face-lift to highlight the paramount Chief’s 2-decade reign, and still counting.
This 20th Anniversary Celebration is meant to get the youth onboard in projecting the vision and mission of The Paramount Chief of Asogli State, Togbe Afede (XIV).
In lieu of activities slated for this year’s programmes, Miknel Consult will be taking charge of some key events happening under the Festival. The event organizing company will undertake the following; All Asogli Street Carnivals, Trade Fair at Ho Technical University Campus, Miss Asogli Beauty Pageant 2023, Night With The Stars Musical Concert, and Climax Concert.
The Street Carnival will take place during the festival coupled with a concert night with the stars on Friday, September 1 and another on the October,4 2023.
There will be a Pre-Pageantry Fair at the Forecourt of the Ho Technical University Campus from the 21st of September to September, 23 2023.
A beauty pageant dubbed Miss Asogli 2023 slated for the evening of September 23 to crown the day’s activities, a re-introduction of the pageant which was on hiatus for a while now.
Climaxing the Festival will be Night With The Stars Concert pitched on October 6, 2023.
The objective is to engage and assist the youth to achieve their developmental goals and projects within the Asogli State.
The Dzidula Pink Foundation, a new organisation dedicated to cancer awareness, early detection, and patient support, has been officially launched in Accra, with a passionate call for national commitment to fighting the disease. The launch event, held last week Friday, carried the theme: “Beyond the diagnosis: A future of restoration, care and courage.”
Speaking at the event, Madam Abena Brigidi, founder and CEO of Nimed Capital Limited, emphasised that cancer remains one of the most devastating health challenges facing families across the country. “Cancer does not discriminate—it affects mothers, fathers, daughters, and sons. It drains families emotionally and financially, and behind every statistic is a human story and a future suddenly thrown into uncertainty,” she said.
Sharing her personal encounters with cancer, having lost both her husband and father to the disease, Madam Brigidi highlighted the emotional, financial, and physical scars left behind. “I stand here not just as a speaker, but as a witness to what cancer can take away,” she stated. “I have watched loved ones fight bravely, and I have felt the deep pain that loss leaves behind.”
She stressed that awareness and early detection are critical to reducing deaths, noting that many Ghanaians still lack access to proper screening, reliable information, and adequate treatment. She appealed to healthcare professionals, corporate institutions, policymakers, the media, and the general public to join hands in the fight. “Early detection saves lives. Your support today can lead to someone’s healing tomorrow,” she said.
Madam Brigidi further called for collective responsibility to sustain the foundation’s mission. “To our medical professionals, we need your expertise. To corporate partners, your resources. To the media, your voice. To policymakers, your support. And to the public, your compassion,” she urged. She also insisted that breast cancer awareness should not be limited to annual campaigns, saying, “Breast cancer awareness must not be seasonal.”
Mrs Diana Fafa Gozo, founder of the Dzidula Pink Foundation, shared her own cancer journey, describing the shock of diagnosis, the fear that followed, and the difficult path through treatment. Her experience transformed her pain into purpose and inspired her to create a foundation to ensure no cancer patient walks alone.
Mrs Gozo explained that many patients struggle not only with treatment costs but also with emotional resilience. She outlined the foundation’s initiatives, which include awareness and early detection campaigns, patient support funds, community outreach, and survival support circles. “This foundation is my offering of gratitude, courage, and compassion and a reminder that no one should walk the cancer journey alone,” she concluded.
By Esinam Jemima Kuatsinu
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The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) says it will deploy teams of Public Health Officers, members of its Sanitation Taskforce, and labourers, including sweepers and janitors, across all sub-metros to support the third National Sanitation Day exercise.
It explained that these teams will be equipped with waste collection trucks, tippers, and other tools to help with desilting, refuse collection, and transporting waste to approved disposal sites.
The AMA reminded residents that failing to comply with the sanitation directive or refusing to participate in communal labour is an offence.
It said offenders risk a fine of up to 100 penalty units, imprisonment between 30 days and six months, or both, with repeat offenders liable to additional daily penalties.
It urged all residents, traders, transport operators, market women, shop owners, landlords, tenants, and businesses to actively participate in the exercise.
The AMA said it counts on everyone’s collective responsibility to keep Accra clean, liveable, and resilient, especially as the city approaches Christmas and the New Year.
By: Jacob Aggrey
