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Gborbu Wulomo performs
‘Jenten Nishwamor’
• Ahead of Homowo festival
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com
GBORBU WULOMO Shitse Wor-
Lumor Konor Borketey Laweh XXXIII
is calling on the youth and traditional
leaders within the Ga Dangme states to
be circumspect with their utterances,
especially when they borders on
falsehood.
He said the customs and traditions of
the Ga Dangme states had been thrown
away, especially by the younger
generation and such development had
resulted in twisting issues related to the
Ga Dangme customs and traditions.
Numo Gborbu Wulomo sounded this
caution at Nungua after performing the
‘Jenten Nishwamor’ rites, which giving a
pre-Homowo meal to the gods ahead of
the main Homowo festivals across the
Ga Dangme states in July/August.
He called on all the Ga Dangmes to
use the festive season to unite, protect
their culture and plan for development.
“Division amongst us would not
bring development. Let us use this
festive season to protect the Ga Dangme
languages and to unite and plan for the
future. People of Ga Dangme descent,
especially our younger generation, say
whatever they like and do not respect
our traditions. They need to come closer
and learn. They should take caution and
respect the customs and traditions of the
Ga Dangme state.
“If you want to say something, then it
must be the truth. Any persons who
would peddle falsehood would do so at
his/her peril. We don’t want lies. If you
know that what you are saying is not
true, be careful because we will pour
libation against you. Where we are is a
holy place and no one should lie about
us,” Numo Gborbu Wulomo cautioned.
What is Jenten Nishwamor?
The ‘Jenten Nishwamor’ is one of the
pre-Homowo events to present special
kind of meal to the gods in order to
keep them away from the Kpokpoi meal
which is served to celebrants during the
main Homowo festival.
The preparation of the meal is
accompanied by series of customs from
street-to-street and temple-to-temple.
The high priest of Nungua led the
delegation of priest and priestesses to
sprinkle the meal across to the gods.
Interestingly, a person who prepares this
meal does not have to talk in the course
of the preparation; he does communicate
only through signs.
Division amongst us
would not bring
development. Let us
use this festive
season to protect the
Ga Dangme
languages and to
unite and plan for the
future. People of Ga
Dangme descent,
especially our younger
generation, say
whatever they like and
do not respect our
traditions.
•Gborbu Wulomo Shitse Wor-Lumor Konor-Borketey Laweh XXXIII
leading the activities
THE MUCH-
ANTICIPATED
Closed Fishing Season
aimed at replenishing
the fishing stock in the
country has taken off
following a symbolic ceremony at
Winneba to officially close the sea
from May 15 to June 15, 2019.
The official ceremony performed
by the Minister of Fisheries and
Aquaculture Development, Mrs
Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, assisted by
her deputy, also saw officials of the
Fisheries Commission, Chief
Fishermen and fisherfolks throng the
area to witness the symbolic exercise.
Mrs Quaye, in her address to the
people, said the Act that endorses the
Closed Season was passed some 17
years ago and urged the fisher-folks
to strictly adhere to the closed season
THE 15TH edition of Galaxy
International School’s ‘Science and
Makers’ fair has been held with a call on
the students to ask more questions in
order for them to discover new things.
The annual event on the school’s
academic calendar is meant to encourage
the students to put the theories they have
studied in maths and science into practice
and also patronize science-related
activities.
The fair, on the theme ‘Imagine,
Invent and Inspire’, had 70 stands
displaying not only science projects but
also those areas such as Maths, Arts,
French and ICT.
The former Director of the Ghana
Education Service (GES), Prof Micheal
Nsowah, who performed the official
opening ceremony, commended Galaxy
International School for constantly
demystifying the study of science and
maths through such fairs.
“The importance of science in
nation-building cannot be
overemphasised. Any country which
wants to develop must put science at the
core of its education. Galaxy
International School is playing a major
role in trying to create interest in the
teaching of science and also create
interest in students for them to discover
things that can help this nation grow. The
to make it effective.
She said its implementation made
country is now on the road to
industrialisation and we need science to
do it,” he said.
‘Ask more questions’
He however expressed worry about
the rate at which tertiary institution like
the Kwame Nkrumah University of
Science and Technology and the
Polytechnics were paying more attention
to the humanities than the sciences.
“At the SHS, the idea is to get more
science students into the tertiary
institutions, but again that is not the case.
That is why Galaxy International School
has taken the giant step to deal with this.
We need science students who would be
interested in what we produce in this
country.
“We should know why we grow so
many crops but most of them go to
waste. We need students to unearth that
and give us the way forward. I expect
students to ask more questions to know
more about the how and why. If you start
asking questions, you will be able to come
out (sic) with solutions to these
problems,” Prof Nsowah said.
‘Train them young’
Pupils of the school between the ages
of three and sixteen showcased various
science experiments in physics, chemistry,
biology, social sciences and the arts at the
fair.
However, in his welcoming address,
Principal of the secondary division of the
school, Cafer Tepeli, explained that the
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Historic 1-month ‘closed
fishing season’ underway
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com
it historic and called on fisher-folks to
respect the directives accordingly for
pivot around which science turns the
fortunes of the world revolves around the
outcomes of exhibitions organised for
the students at an early age.
“Science plays an important role in
our lives. It is what will make the world
the best place for all of us and improves
productivity. We all are beneficiaries of
many great inventions which have
changed the way we live. Science can
change our future but the future of our
science lies in the hands of aspiring
young people with great minds. Young
people can innovate and make the world a
better place to be,” he noted.
Mr Tepeli expressed worry over the
seemingly lack of interest of the ordinary
Ghanaian child towards the learning of
science due to the notion that the subject
a successful
closed season.
“We want to
see a very high
level of
compliance
because last year,
we were all here
when the
fishermen
complained that
we hadn’t had
enough
consultation with
them and, so, by
using the word
voluntary, what I
mean is that we
wanted them to
do it out of their
own will.
“The closed
season is a
management
measure that we are implementing
Galaxy Int’l School holds ‘Science and Makers’ fair 2019
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com
•Mrs Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development,
performing a symbolic exercise to mark the closed fishing season at Winneba
•Former Director of the Ghana Education
Service (GES), Prof Micheal Nsowah, who
performed the official opening ceremony
is extremely difficult to comprehend.
“Science is problem-solving and this is
the 15th edition of Science and Makers
fair. Carry out projects that solve
problems of the world. Build a sociocultural
environment and bring people
with common interest to the school and
opportunity to showcase the talent for the
future. Science plays valuable role in our
lives and has done this to create an
enabling environment. Telephone and
internets have all been inventions of
science and it is important to inspire the
young minds to take interest in science,”
he said.
National science fair
Madam Kate Agyei, the mathematics
and science coordinator at the Adentan
and we will need their compliance,
their support, to be able to
implement it fully,” she said.
Background
The ban on fishing announced by
the Ministry of Fisheries and
Aquaculture Development and the
Fisheries Commission took effect
from, May 15, 2019.
The closed season period is aimed
at achieving sustainable fishing and
also helping replenish the depleting
fish stock in the sea sub-sector due to
overexploitation and bad fishing
practices.
The ministry, in consultation with
the various stakeholders, agreed to
impose the ban in two phases for
inshore and artisanal fishers from
May 15 to June 30; and industrial
fishers from August 1 to September
30.
Municipal Assembly who represented the
municipal director of education urged the
students not to leave whatever they study
in the classroom to remain there.
“It is important we don’t leave what
we study in the school in the school. We
will have regional and national science
fair.
The students mounted a variety of
projects from biology, chemistry, physics,
maths and Information Technology,
social sciences and arts through the
research guidance and supervision of
their teachers.
About 50 projects ranging from
biodiversity, basic electronics, chemical
reactions, agriculture, biological systems,
robotics, technology, waste management
geometry and ratio among others were on
display, with the students explaining their
underlying scientific or mathematics
concepts, as well as the impacts on
everyday life to other students, parents,
and participants.
The one-day fair attracted students
from other schools as well as parents who
came to share in the joy of science.
About Galaxy International School
The school was established to provide
an excellent and quality day and boarding
education to children of Ghanaian and
foreign nationals within and outside
Ghana.
It is basically science-oriented with
state-of-the-art teaching and learning
facilities.
Shalom Baptist Women
Fellowship donates
clothing to church
members on Mother’s Day
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com
THE WOMEN Fellowship
of the Evangelical Baptist
Mission of Ghana (Shalom
Baptist) Church at Teshie has
surprised members of the
church with a donation of
various kinds of clothing for
both men and women on
Mother’s Day.
The articles of clothing,
including Kaba-and-sleet,
jackets, shirts, trousers shoes,
and socks, according to the
donors, were meant to send a
message to the church
members that mothers’ role in
providing for the home is
very significance.
Speaking to the DAILY
HERITAGE, Mrs Kate
Akanbek, the president of the
Women Fellowship, thanked
God for the lives of mothers
and urged all women to play
their motherly roles as
required of them.
“We know that it is
mothers who provide to
support the family for benefit
of the children and even if it
is the men who provide the
money, today we want to tell
all members of the church
and the community that
women clothe children.
“We are just telling them
that women provide for the
family as well. We want to tell
all women that the children
God has blessed us with
children, even if they are
children we didn’t produce
ourselves, we have got nieces,
nephews and so many others
in our communities who need
mother figure so we are saying
that they should take up that
responsibility and look after
the children very well. We
should be good role models
for them,” she said.
The head pastor of the
church, Rev Thomas Asiedu,
called on men to appreciate
their wives. According to him,
the role of women in the
community and the church is
symbolic and called for special
recognition for women in all
spheres of life.
The pastor said mothers’
role in managing the home
was special and that the
Mother’s Day message was
about the role mothers’ play
to make our communities
happy places.
“We know that it is
mothers who provide
to support the family
for benefit of the
children and even if it
is the men who
provide the money,
today we want to tell
all members of the
church and the
community that
women clothe
children.
•Mrs Kate Akanbek, the president of the Women
Fellowship inspecting the items while the choir sings