Refrain from polarising state — Nana Appau

28th March
Story: George Ernest
Asare, Bekwai
THE Paramount Chief of Bekwai Traditional Area, Nana Karikari Appau, has reiterated the need for Ghanaians to refrain from actions that could polarise the state in the run up to the December general election.
He pointed out that elections were not meant for the electorate to antagonise each other to create a state of anarchy that can impede accelerated and sustainable national development, but a process of choosing people with leadership qualities to manage state affairs in a more effective and efficient way .
He said it was therefore very important for political parties in the country and their supporters to collaborate effectively with the Electoral Commission (EC) to create a conducive atmosphere in the run up to the December general election to firmly sustain the peace being enjoyed.
This, he said, would provide avenues for the EC to conduct free and fair elections that would not only win the confidence of the electorate, but would also sustain the respect the country enjoyed from the international community.
Nana Karikari Appau gave the advice during the annual fund raising harvest in Bekwai at the weekend.
The fund raising harvest had created a platform for citizens of Bekwai at home and abroad to interact in a more fruitful manner and also support the development initiatives of the traditional authorities of Bekwai for accelerated socio-economic development to take place.
Monies raised over the years had gone into the development of educational infrastructure, health care facilities and the provision of scholarship schemes to support the education of brilliant needy students in the Bekwai traditional area to enable them to focus on their academic work.
This years’ fund raising was meant to raise adequate resources to develop the Gyamfi Park at Bekwai which is in a deplorable state. This was to enable the youth who have interest in sports to nurture them into fruition for their benefits and that of the state.
Nana Karikari Appau, commended the people of Bekwai for their communal spirit and urged them to sustain it as a way of complementing the government’s quest of initiating programmes and policies that would enhance accelerated development of the traditional area.
An Accra based business consultant, Mr Kofi Mensah, who chaired the function donated GH¢1000 towards the project and commended Nana Karikari Appau for his sense of initiative.
He urged all well endowed citizens of Bekwai and its environs to support the annual fund raising programme as a way of nurturing communal spirit as a legacy for the youth to emulate.
He said with effective educational infrastructure and quality health care facilities at Bekwai, the youth in particular would be encouraged to focus on their academic work and develop their potentials very well.
This, he said, would enable them to acquire employable skills and become responsible citizens, ready to contribute their quota towards future development of the community.
In his address, the Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Richard Aboagye, assured them that the assembly would fence the entire Gyamfi Park as its contribution to the early completion of the project.
He said with the fencing of the park, any money raised by the Bekwai community could be used to develop other facilities for the early completion of the project.