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DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2017
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Kokrobite chief
fisherman hot
BY BERNARD QUANSON
Support pupils to pronounce
words correctly
• Tutor tells teachers
PRINCIPAL kingmakers and elders of the
Kokrobite community in the Ga South
Municipality of the Greater Accra Region
are boiling with rage at the chief fisherman
of Kokrobite, Nii Adotei Akwei IV, and
head of Arday Nkpa family, Nii Daniel
Arday Tagoe of Kokrobite.
The anger of the elders stems from
alleged persistent meddling in the chieftaincy
and traditional affairs of Kokrobite by
Adotei Akwei and Mr Tagoe, which has
created tension and confusion in the area.
At a crowded press conference at
Kokrobite last week, the kingmakers and
elders issued a stern warning to Nii Akwei to
stop the habit of continuously interfering in
the chieftaincy and traditional affairs of the
area.
Flanked by the Principal elder, Nii
Ahene, family head, Nii Martey Din, Nii
Okyeame Apaa, Kingmaker, Nii Arday
Ansah II and War commander, Nii Aba III,
the chief of Kokrobite, Nii Ofei III,
stressed that failure by Nii Akwei to adhere
to the warning would incur their wrath.
“We were ‘born and bred’ in the
Kokrobite community under the Ngleshie
Alata Traditional Area in James Town, Accra
so no one should come from outside the
town to tell us what pertains or history of
the town,” they stressed.
The warning by the kingmakers and
elders to Adotei Akwei was in a reaction to
what they described as “unguided and
abusive” statement made by him (Adotei
Akwei) to the effect that Nii Ofei is not the
chief of Kokrobite.
At a press conference last Tuesday,
Adotei Akwei allegedly declared that Nii
Ofei, who is parading himself as Kokrobite
chief, is not the legitimate person to ascend
the throne, adding that “no one has installed
a chief in Kokrobite.”
But in a sharp rebuttal, Nii Ofei
rubbished the claims of Adotei Akwei and
Mr Tagoe and described them as “trouble
makers”.
Nii Ofei stated categorically that the
Arday Nkpa family of Kokrobite does not
have capacity and the traditional authority to
install the chief for Kokrobite.
According to him, the traditional
prerogative and privilege to lead the people
is invested in the Nii Ofei family of
Kokrobite.
“I am the chief of Kokrobite community
under the Ngleshie Alata Traditional Area in
James Town …so where was the Arday
Nkpa family who is now challenging my
chieftaincy status and trying to portray a
picture that no one has been installed a chief
here,” he noted.
He pointed that Nii Ofei family is the
one mandated to install a chief of
Kokrobite and that has been duly done
without question and sealed and approved
by the Paramount Chief of Ngleshie Alata
Traditional Area, Obrempong Nii Kojo
Ababio V.
“I want to put on record that
Obrempong Kojo Ababio V endorsed and
• Chief of Kokrobite, Nii Ofei II
“We were ‘born and
bred’ in the Kokrobite
community under the
Ngleshie Alata
Traditional Area in
James Town, Accra so
no one should come
from outside the town to
tell us what pertains or
history of the town”
witnessed my position as chief just as his
predecessors approved Krokrobite Chiefs
who came before him,” Nii Ofei stressed.
He, therefore, appealed to President
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to call the
members of the Nii Arday Nkapa family,
headed by Nii Daniel Arday Tagoe, to order
so as to avoid any bloodshed in the area.
Meanwhile, in an interview with the
paper, Mr Tagoe provided historical and
documentary evidence and court judgments
to back his claims that indeed Nii Ofei has
never been nominated, elected, selected and
installed as a chief of Kokrobite in
accordance with the relevant traditions and
customs by the elders of Nii Arday Nkpa
Family.
He indicated that Nii Ofei “has no right
of claim to the Kokrobite Stool.”
He further advised the general public to
desist from doing business with such a
person.
The chief fisherman, however, told the
media in a telephone interview that he never
stated anywhere that Nii Ofei is not the
Chief of Kokrobite and that he only wants
to lead the fishermen well and not to meddle
in chieftaincy matters of the town.
BY ANTHONY KWEKU AMOAH
MR ISHMAEL Godwin
Archton-Tettey, the
Head of Department
of Languages at Akatsi
College of Education,
has urged teachers to teach pupils how
to pronounce words correctly to
improve reading skills.
Speaking as a resource person at the
third Spelling Bee and Reading festival
of Compassion International for some
300 children from 14 communities
within the Tongu area, Mr Archton-
Tettey said, “A wrong pronunciation
and spelling of words negatively affects
the child’s ability to read well. There is,
therefore, the need for all of us,
especially teachers, to help the child to
THE MINISTRY of Interior has
declared Friday, December 1, 2017,
as a statutory public holiday and
urged the general public to observe
it as such.
A statement signed by the sector
minister, Mr Ambrose Dery, and
copied to the DAILY
HERITAGE indicated that the
aforementioned date would be set
aside as the National Farmers’ Day
(NFD) to celebrate the
contributions of the local farmers
to the development of the country.
This year’s celebration will be on
the theme ‘Planting for Food and
Jobs’, as the government plans to
use agriculture as a tool to reduce
unemployment in the country.
At the launch of this year’s
NFD, the Senior Minister, Mr Yaw
Osafo-Maafo, expressed his
displeasure about the budget
allocation for the agriculture sector.
According to the Senior
Minister, Ghana’s economy depends
heavily on the success of the
agricultural sector, hence the need
to invest heavily.
• Officials at the high table with a crosssection
of the pupils at the event
Govt declares Friday public holiday
• To celebrate farmers’ contributions to development
BY BENJAMIN TANDOH
In view of this, the government
has set up a committee comprising
technical experts from relevant
national organisations to re-model
the celebration.
He added that achieving
sustainable food security in Ghana
in respect of the increasing rate of
growth in population and
unemployment has posed great
challenge to the country’s
development.
Mr Osafo-Maafo further
explained that agricultural
transformation is key to the
transformational agenda, and added
that the government would
continue to provide a conducive
environment and support to the
farmers.
“The distribution of agricultural
machinery at subsidized prices to
farmers, the recent 50% fertilizer
and seed subsidy and the provision
of input on credit under the
‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ to
farmers for the production of
maize, rice, sorghum, soya bean,
and vegetable in expanded
programmes, the ‘One Village, One
Dam’ project, the construction of
warehouses in many districts, and
the ‘One District, One Factory’
“It is important
to make the
farmer look
good while we
recognize their
contribution to
the development
of the
country”
programme to foster agroprocessing
are all aimed at
encouraging our farmers to increase
production and productivity in the
agricultural sector,” he said.
The Minister further called on
corporate organizations to support
agriculture in the country, saying,
“It is important to make the farmer
look good while we recognize their
contribution to the development of
the country.”
About Farmers’ Day
The National Farmers Day is
commemorated each year on the
first Friday of December to honour
farmers (including poultry farmers)
and fishermen in the country.
The holiday is designed to pay
respect to the importance of the
farming and fishing industry in the
socio-economic growth of Ghana.
Activities on Farmers Day
include a ‘National Farmers
Forum with Award Winners’ meant
to help the farmers network with
the country’s leaders and experts.
The subjects discussed there include
technological advances in
agriculture as well as suggestions
for how the leaders of Ghana can
help improve the industry.
There is also an exhibition
sponsored by various individuals
and organisations that demonstrate
developments in the industries. The
exhibition is designed to generate
more interest in technology in order
to further modernise the agriculture
industry in Ghana.
learn to pronounce and to spell
words correctly.”
A Public Relations Officer of
Ghana Education Service (GES),
Mr Anthony Kweku Amoah, who
chaired the function, thanked
teachers for their hard work and
urged parents and other
stakeholders to intensify their
support to children in school.
Speaking on the theme,
‘Shaping the Future Today
Through Reading’, Madam
Rosemond Nutifafa Adanuti, who
is a teacher and counsellor, told
parents to pay more attention to
the education of their children for
better life.
The Partnership Facilitator of
the Tongu Cluster of Projects of
Compassion International, Mr
Richard Baku, said his outfit had
supported about 4,000
underprivileged children in
education since 2012 and that it
needed the support of
stakeholders to reach out to other
needy children.
Compassion International, a
non-profit-making Christian-based
organisation, has been operating in
seven out of the 10 regions of
Ghana, including Volta Region, to
take children out of poverty and
to use education to support them
to be useful adults in the future.
School bags, reading books and
certificates were given to all the
contestants and the winner
communities took trophies.
• Mr Ambrose
Dery, Interior
Minister
• Social amenities are essential to the lives of people
Adanse Apaja
residents appeal
for social amenities
FROM WILLIAM
OFORIAKWABOA,
ADANSEAPAJA A/R
THE RESIDENTS of
Adanse Apaja in the
Adanse Apaja West
District of the Ashanti
Region are appealing to
the assembly and the
District Chief
Executive, as a matter of
urgency, to come to their
aid by providing adequate
social amenities in the
districts.
In an interview, the
residents said they lacked
basic amenities such as
road network, clean water,
and schools, as well as
pressing issues such as
security in the area.
According to the
spokesperson, who also
doubles as the assembly
member for the area, Mr
Kwabena Manu, they live
in a deplorable situations
which requires immediate
attention from all
stakeholders since the area
has been neglected over
the years.
“With over 800
residents, the town uses
one ‘death trap’ public
toilet which serves twelve
(12) people at a time and
both men and women ease
themselves on one toilet
facility, which is a deepest
regret," he exclaimed.
“With over 800
residents, the
town uses one
‘death trap’
public
toilet which
serves twelve
(12) people at a
time and both
men and women
ease themselves
on one toilet
facility, which
is a deepest
regret"
The assembly member
stressed that “if the
assembly fails to construct
a mechanised water system
to serve the teeming
people in the area, they
will face serious drought.
Mr Manu said the
population has increased
and so there is an urgent
need for extension of
electricity to the electoral
area, adding that most
residents need electricity
meters to connect their
households to the national
grid.