Land Commission to help solve dispute -JAK

Peki-Blengo (Greater Accra) -- President John Agyekum Kufuor on Friday promised to get the Stool Lands Boundary Commission to hasten work towards the settlement of the Kporvi land dispute between the chiefs and people of Peki and Tsito.

The President was responding to concerns from the people of Peki at a durbar held in his honour at Peki-Blengo. The protracted land dispute has brought unimaginable suffering to those involved and it was time a lasting solution was found to it once and for all.

President Kufuor said the government would pursue an alternative route to the North through the Volta Region. On the revamping of the Agbate Settlement farm in the area, he said, the government was interested in getting a private investor who had shown interest in it to reactivate it as soon as the issue of ownership is settled.

President Kufuor praised the landmark achievement of Dr. Ephraim Amu, a renowned musician from the area and said the building of a musical concert hall in the area in his honour would engage the attention of government.

On the call for a district status for Peki, the President said he would refer the issue to the appropriate ministry for further research to determine the government's next course of action on the matter.

Regarding education in the area, he was hopeful that Peki Secondary School would meet the criteria for selection as the second cycle school in the Kpando District for upgrading into a high level secondary school status to match the academic standards of the high flight schools in the country.

Addressing a similar durbar at Anyirawase in the Awudome Traditional Area, President Kufuor announced that the Awudome Adults College of the Institute of Adult Education, would be adopted as a pilot open university project.

President Kufuor, in response to a request asked the chiefs and people of the traditional area to contact the secretariat on his cassava initiative on the modalities for benefiting from the project.

He acknowledged the communal spirit of the chiefs and people of the area, which led to the establishment of the Adult College as far back as the 1950's by women in the area.

The President thanked the chiefs and people for the enthusiastic welcome extended to him and assured them that "I will bring positive change down here".