Story: Tim Dzamboe, Likpe-Abrani
More communities in the Volta Region continue to celebrate the history of their migration from ancestral homes as festivals and tools for mobilising material and human resources for development.
The people of Tsoxor, Kpeve, Tsibu, Klefe and Klikor have celebrated their “ Zendo Glimetsoza” at Tsibu in the Ho Municipality and the people of Kpalime Traditional Area have also celebrated their “Kpalikpakpa” festival at Todome-Kpalime.
Last Thursday, the people of Likpe-Abrani in the Hohoe District celebrated their “Dituyi” festival to mark the 40th anniversary of migration from Likpe-Mate.
The Chief of the town, Nana Borkey Akototse V, declared that the festival was a beacon of hope for mobilising funds for the town’s development agenda.
He said the movement of the people to the present settlement brought to an end a protracted chieftaincy dispute to be replaced with absolute peace as a tool for development.
“Evidence of this peace saw the community firmly united under the chiefs and elders in all communal activities of the past,” he affirmed.
Nana Akototse disclosed that the agenda for the festival was to mobilise funds for the construction of a kindergarten block to replace a block which was destroyed by a rainstorm three years ago.
The chief appealed to the authorities to extend electricity to the Zongo community of the town, adding that the health ministry should post a nurse to the local health centre which had been renovated through communal labour.
The chief of Gudeve, Nana Ambor, announced that pupils with aggregates between six and 10 would be supported to advance in education, and that that should be a motivating factor for the youth to take their studies seriously rather than watching movies.
He advised the people to live in peace and avoid conflicts during land ownership and chieftaincy affairs.
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