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Tano South honours senior citizens

A reception to entertain aged has been held at Bechem to mark the 58th Republic Day Anniversary Celebration of Ghana.

Date Created : 7/16/2018 2:39:29 AM : Story Author : Barnie K. Agyeman/Ghanadistricts.com

The day which is termed as Senior Citizens’ day is celebrated in the Municipality to pay tribute to contributions of the aged to socio-economic development of the country.

In an opening address at the Residency of the Tano South Municipal Chief Executive, Hon. Osei Sekyere Bota the former DCE of the Municipality during Ex-president John Agyekum Kuffour used the occasion to urge the senior citizens to continue to contribute their quota towards the development of the municipality and the nation as whole.

He said the illegal mining activities destroys the water bodies and for that matter called on participants to inform the illegal miners to desist from the practice to make the water bodies serve their intended purposes.

The two former DCEs, Hon. Osei Sekyere Bota and Hon Bukari Zakari Anaba speaking at the function.

Another former DCE under ex-president John Dramani Mahama, Bukari Zakari Anaba, said the creation of the Ahafo Region is dear to the heart of the chief and other residents in the Municipality, and called on all and sundry to inform the legible voters to take part in the referendum exercise whenever the programme starts to make the Ahafo Region secures eighty percent (80%) of the total votes to make the electoral commission create the region to bring more development.

The MCE for Tano South, Collins Offinam Takyi said the contributions of the older generation made Ghana attained the Republic Day. He said in the olden days, the older generation used communal labour to embark on development projects and complained bitterly that the nature of Ghana’s democracy is making the Assembly unable to organize communal labour to do the development projects in the municipality.

On the Assembly’s fee fixing, he said management of the Assembly has made extensive consultation with both the honourable Assembly members and the stakeholders to decide new rate reasonable to be paid by the taxpayers and urged political parties to avoid politicising the newly proposed rate.

The MCE

He used the occasion to informed the participants that a number of policies and programmes have been put in place by government to improve the lives of people and called all political leaders to support the programme to make it effectively implemented.

Hon. Takyi said most of the forest reserve in the municipality have been depleted through the activities of illegal chain saw operation and hinted that the Tano South Municipal Assembly is implementing tree planting project to protect the degraded environment. He informed the participants to report the illegal chain saw operators to police.

On government flagship programme of one district, one factory, Hon. Takyi said two benevolent persons have submitted proposals to the Assembly to be considered for the establishment of factories in the municipality to create jobs for the younger generation and thanked Nana Fosu Gyeabour Akoto II, the Omanhene of Bechem Traditional Council and his wife for the lead role exhibited toward the creation of the Ahafo Region.

Nana Fosu Gyeabour Akoto II, Omanhene of Bechem Traditional Area given his closing remark

In a closing remark, Nana Fosu Gyeabour Akoto II, the Omanhene of Bechem Traditional Area who chaired the function thanked the MCE and the Member of Parliament for Tano South Constituency for their effective role exhibited to make the South District to be elevated to the Municipal status.

He used the occasion to inform all present to advise the younger generation not to throw rubbish indiscriminately which pollute the environment and urged the older generation to avoid eating fatty foods to enable them enjoy longer life.