The Deputy Volta Regional Minister, Colonel Cyril Necku (retd), has asked traditional authorities to refrain from chieftaincy and land disputes because they impede national development.
He urged them to rather adopt virtues that would engender the harmonious relationship needed for development.
He also asked them to continue giving prime consideration to their festivals in order to protect rich cultural values associated with these festivals.
He said festivals would enhance the tourism potential of their areas and enable them to depart from mere flamboyant celebrations.
Col. Necku said this when he addressed a rally of the chiefs and people of Dzodze to commemorate the ninth edition of the “Deza” or Oil Palm Festival at Dzodze last weekend.
It was held on the theme, “ Urban Council Status, Benefits to the Community?”
He advised the chiefs to use each festive occasion to reflect on themes set for the previous festival in order to chart a consistent path in building a good heritage for the youth.
In an address, the Ketu-North District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Kofi Lawson, underscored the relevance of a strong urban council. He said the council played a pivotal role in decentralisation and the overall development of the district assembly concept. He indicated that the sub–district structures were inundated with operational problems that needed bold measures in their solution.
Mr Lawson asked chiefs and assembly members to bury their differences to enable them to nominate representatives to the Water and Sanitation Board since their people did not have adequate water facilities.
The DCE for Ketu-South, Mr Frank Bernard Amable, disclosed that five districts in the Southern Volta were brainstorming on how to extend pipe-borne water from the Sogakope headworks to communities in Ketu-North, Ketu-South, Akatsi, Keta and Sogakope districts.
He asked them to revive the communal spirit using the platforms of religious bodies and added that chiefs should spearhead development in their communities.
In a welcoming address, the vice-chairman of the festival planning committee, Mr Moses Azaglo, said the festival had revived enthusiasm and reawakened their zeal to cultivate oil palm as their source of livelihood.
He appealed for more oil palm seedlings to meet the high interest in oil palm cultivation.
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