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DCE advised communities on open defecation during Azambene festival

The District Chief Executive for Bongo, Peter Ayinbisa Ayamga, said the vision of the Nana-Addo administration of Building Ghana beyond Aid cannot be achieved without the support of the chiefs, queen mothers, stakeholders and queen mothers in the country during their festival which is the Azambene festival.

Date Created : 10/18/2018 2:05:54 AM : Story Author : Irene Danso/Ghanadistricts.com

It is an occasion for families to re-unite and give thanks to God for a bumper harvest and also serves as a home-coming for sons and daughters from the area who are in the diaspora.

Mr. Ayinbisa revealed that about 29 communities in the district have been declared open defecation free and the rest of the communities in the area are at various stages of CLTS processes.

He called on the people in the area to support the assembly’s campaign for achieving open defecation free status and also support programme and policies of the environmental protection agency and other relevant institutions to ensure that their environment is well protected for future generations.

The Paramount Chief of the Bongo Traditional Area, Bonaba Baba Salifu Lemyaarum, appealed to government through the ministry of Education to as a matter of urgency absorb Azeem-Namoo SHS, Bongo Soe SHS, Bongo Beo Senior High Technical School, Balungu Technical Institute and Bongo Community Development Vocational which are all community based schools and also add them unto the computerized placement system.

The Acting Upper East Regional Minister, Frank Fuseini Adongo, reiterated governments commitment in providing the needed infrastructure and equipping the technical schools with the necessary resources to enable them function effectively.

He said government is also focused on establishing a youth enterprise fund that will provide funding and tax incentives to young entrepreneurs and business development services to encourage the youth initiate start-ups.

The Azambene festival is celebrated annually in by the chiefs and people of Bongo Traditional area in remembrance of the movement of their great grandfather from Nalerigu in the East Mamprusi District in the Northern Region to their present location.

It was revealed that global warming is real and so there is the need for the people in the area to protect the environment because man-made disruptions to ecosystems can cause extinction of many species.