THE SASADU Supreme Council comprising the people of Saviefe, Akrofu, Sovie and Alavanyo Traditional Areas in the Volta Region have held a grand durbar at Sovie to climax their SASADU festival.
In an address, the president of SASADU Supreme Council, Togbega Kofi Nyarku VII, who is also the Paramount Chief of Sovie Traditional Area, said the festival was aimed at fostering brotherliness among the four traditional areas that migrated from the same ancestral home in Notsie at different times to their present settlements in Ghana.
He, however, expressed regret over the high spate of chieftaincy disputes in some SASADU communities and said those disputes had not only stagnated development but also posed danger to general security.
According to him, innocent people cannot walk freely at night in certain areas of their own town for fear of being attacked or even killed by their opponents, adding that families are divided with married couples being forced to separate.
The paramount chief stressed the need for the energy used in fuelling those disputes to be re-channelled into fighting poverty, ignorance and disease which are the real enemies of the people.
Togbega Nyarku said it was an excellent occasion to rejoin their relatives at home and share with them the fortunes they had made as workers, adding: “These are the people whose toil, sacrifices and taxes sponsored their education in the universities and other tertiary institutions.”
He further stated that the reunion would ignite the tempo to unite the people to support the vision of bringing development to the respective communities and to alleviate poverty, ignorance and deprivation.
To that end, Togbega Nyarku said a GH¢50,000 SASADU Development Fund was launched with an initial realisation of more than GH¢3,500 to support the various community initiated projects.
Some of the projects earmarked were a day care centre at Akrofu-Agove, community secondary school for Saviefe, SASADU clinic for Sovie and road network from Kpando to Alavanyo.
Togbega Nyarku appealed to donor agencies to support their development initiatives by donating generously into the fund for the improvement of quality of life of the people.
He advised the youth not to allow themselves to be used by politicians to cause violence or indulge in any negative acts that could destroy the destiny of the nation.
Togbega Nyarku said any disturbances or violence before, during or after the December 7, 2008 general election would not only undermine the relative peace the nation was enjoying, but would also disturb the bright future envisaged for the next generation.
The Kpando District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Pius Adanuty, for his part, commended the people for continuously celebrating the festival over the years and said the gains were enormous for the people.
He said further that the nation had a new image due to the good leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government and stressed the need for citizens to change their attitudes in tackling emerging issues of the contemporary world.
Mr Adanuty said Ghanaians’ inability to recognise their own fortunes had retarded efforts to fight disease, ignorance, poverty and land degradation.
He said the government had made several interventions that had brought great relief to the nation.
They include the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiatives, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), the school feeding programme, the Millennium Challenge Account, the oil discovery.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Ms Akua Sena Dansua, and the aspiring parliamentary candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2008 general election, Mr Ken Anku, also addressed the function and tried to woo the people explaining why they should be voted for in the upcoming polls.
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