MAIDEN MIDEZOR FESTIVAL CELEBRATED (PAGE 35)

From Tim Dzamboe, Sokode-Bagble

The people of Sokode-Bagble in the Ho municipality have celebrated their first Midezor or Progress festival (in Ewe, Midezor Za) aimed at mobilising human and material resources for the development of the community.
The occasion was used to inaugurate a GH¢4,580 computer laboratory with the support of the First Presbyterian Church of Kalamazoo of the United States of America (USA), which donated nine computers, and also of Blue Print Ghana Limited, an ICT company.
The maiden festival was celebrated on the theme, “Education, A tool for Developing the Youth as Future Leaders — The Way Forward.”
In an address, the Dufia of Sokode-Bagble, Togbui Amedziklu II said it was the determination of the community that every individual strive to grow and mature to take up leadership positions.
He therefore called on the youth to remain focused so that the adults who already possess rich experience would help nurture their youthful exuberance with dynamic and well-sustained leadership qualities.
He said from time immemorial the people had been peace-loving, always resolute and united and that as a result they shared values to initiate development programmes and projects to enhance development.
Togbui Amedziklu therefore said the maiden celebration would be used to source funds to renovate the local junior high school and also inaugurate the computer laboratory for the Evangelical Presbyterian Primary School.
He said the community would be happy with anyone who would recommend the project to any non-governmental organisation for assistance.
Addressing the durbar, the chairman of the planning committee, Togbui Kwaku Adzima VII said the time had come for every child to learn through computers.
He said further that every female contributed GH¢2 and every male, GH¢3 for the computer project. He commended the community for embracing the festival as a means to development.
An Assistant Director of Ghana Education Service at the Ho municipal education office, Mr Lawrence Blaise Alai, for his part, said the facility was more than gold to children and cautioned them against inordinate interest in television super stories.
He urged every youth in the community to develop an interest in computer knowledge, since it is a catalyst to development world-wide.
For his part, the presiding member for Ho municipal assembly, Mr Leonard Kokroko, commended the community for their unique sense of purpose.