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<\/p>\nGhana\u2019s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has in separate meetings with two traditional leaders called on them to use festivals and traditional durbars to appeal to supporters of the various political parties to comport themselves and desist from using the airwaves to cast insinuations and provocative language.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should use the opportunity of these festivals to admonish those who use coarse invectives and say soar and provocative things on the radio. This year being an election year people are being very sensitive and I don\u2019t think we should be creating undue stress leading up to it,\u201d President Rawlings said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
CORRUPTION<\/strong><\/p>\n He also called on traditional leaders to speak up against wrongs such as corruption.<\/p>\n \u201cThe struggle and fight against corruption must be intensified from the top to the bottom, especially from the top. Your voices must be heard. You are the ones who see directly the plight of the people. There is no barrier between you and the people.\u201d<\/p>\n The former President made the calls when Odeneho Dr. Affram Brempong III, Omanhene of Suma Ahenkro and Otuosiribour Safo Kankam I, Manwerehene of Adoagyri made separate calls on him on Thursday to invite him to the Suma Akwantu Kese festival and the Adoagyiri Odwira respectively.<\/p>\n ADOAGYIRI ODWIRA<\/strong><\/p>\n Nana Safo Kankam who was the first to call invited the former President to the annual Odwira festival of the people of Adoagyiri. This year\u2019s festival which will climax on Saturday February 13, 2016 is under the theme, \u201cEducation: A key to National Development\u201d.<\/p>\n Odeneho Dr. Affram Brempong who invited President Rawlings to the Suma Akwantu Kese to be held on March 19, 2016 expressed the gratitude of the people of Suma Ahenkro for the role he played in bringing electricity and other forms of development to their town and region. Electricity, he stated, brought a lot of opportunities to the community.<\/p>\n \u201cIf others are refusing to acknowledge what you did for their communities, we are,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n GRATITUDE<\/strong><\/p>\n Odeneho Brempong recalled how the first secondary school in Suma Ahenkro was established during the era of the former President and stated that the people provided one classroom which gave the opportunity for the then government to bring in equipment and other facilities and subsequently the expansion of the school infrastructure. He said in the same vein his community is putting together a structure to cater for a faculty of the University of Energy and Natural Resources.\u00a0 Suma Ahenkro is a branch of the Jaman kingdom with parts within Cote d\u2019Ivoire, having been split into two during the partition of the continent. The historical links and reverence for the paramount chief based in Cote d\u2019Ivoire have however remained intact, Nana Brempong stated.<\/p>\n The former President ask Nana Brempong to use the festival to also invite Jaman people from both Ghana and Cote d\u2019Ivoire to feel free to enjoy each other\u2019s company. \u201cLet\u2019s have a peaceful co-existence. Let\u2019s not allow the borders to restrict us to our own disadvantage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: Office of Rawlings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ghana\u2019s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has in separate meetings with two traditional leaders called on them to use festivals and traditional durbars to appeal to supporters of the various political parties to comport themselves and desist from using the airwaves to cast insinuations and provocative language. \u201cYou should use the opportunity of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"President](\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/President-Rawlings-withe-delegation-from-Suma-Ahenkro.jpg\")
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