HAVE USES FESTIVAL TO RAISE FUNDS FOR DEVT (PAGE 40)

THE people of Have Traditional Area in the Hohoe Municipality have celebrated the diamond jubilee of their “Agadevi” festival, at which more than GH¢8,000 was raised towards the construction of a multi-purpose town hall estimated at GH¢30,000.
The Intercom Programming and Manufacturing Company (IPMC), an information technology hardware supplier and training institute, single-handedly contributed GH¢5,000 towards the project.
Addressing a grand durbar to climax the event, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IPMC, Amar Deep S. Hari, underscored the need for the people to incorporate a library and information communication technology (ICT) centre in the town hall.
He said ICT and computers had become so important in the contemporary world that it was difficult to survive without them, adding that while some used computers as a tool to learn, others used them for gathering more information.
Amar Hari said computers fascinated the youth and made them the main drivers of a nation’s growth, hence the need to train the present generation well in ICT, especially in a situation where there was a big shortage of ICT skilled labour force all over the world.
The Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Peter John Amewu, urged the people to identify themselves with government programmes aimed at bringing development to them
He promised that the Assembly would provide GH¢1,000 towards the computer centre.
The MCE seized the opportunity to explain a number of interventions the government had adopted to improve the quality of life of Ghanaians.
The Fiaga of Have, Togbe Asemtsyra IX, congratulated all sons and daughters of the area on resuscitating the festival and urged them to ensure that the celebration never slipped into the oblivion.
He said the collective resolve of the people towards the fulfilment of their socio-economic aspirations had not been satisfactory in the past.
Togbe Asemtsyra, therefore, charged them to evaluate their performance and refocus on a planned development agenda within an acceptable framework of peace, by eschewing unnecessary land litigation, stressing that they should show respect for the traditional authority.
Togbe Asemtsyra invited investors and the business community to explore the vast potential of the area for the benefit of the people, adding “Have has a variety of economic potential, such as agriculture, fish farming and tourism.
He appealed to Ghanaians to exercise the greatest restraint even in the face of political provocation before, during and after the December 7 general election to sustain the peace and unity the nation was enjoying.
The Principal of the Green Hill campus of the Evangelical Presbyterian University College at Peki, Reverend Dr Seth Agidi, chaired the function, which attracted chiefs and other dignitaries from Awudome, Adaklu, Vakpo, Tsrukpe, Ve, Botoku, Agate, Wusutu and Goviepe Traditional areas.