Listen to your parents no matter their educational level

Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of Asogli State and President of the National House of Chiefs, has advised young people to remain obedient to their parents irrespective of their academic achievements.

He said educated children tend to regard themselves more intelligent than their parents, and said such tendencies would deny them good counsel.

Togbe Afede said this in a tribute to his mother, Madam Rosalia Akuyo Anyawo at her burial mass held in Ho on Saturday.

“Young people must listen to their parents. It is easy for the young to think their education has made them wiser than their parents. I wish that I had listened to her more, and understood and taken more seriously some of the things she said. I would have been a much better person”, he said.

Togbe Afede said his mother, though uneducated, strove to keep his schooling on course, and was a major source of encouragement as he climbed up the academic and business ladder.

He was thankful for picking virtues such as honesty, truthfulness, empathy and long-suffering from his late mother, whom he described as a successful palm wine seller.

"My mother taught us the importance of hard work and taught us to be resolutely committed to our goals. We were inspired by how she juggled her duties daily. Dada also taught us to be honest, so we would truly earn, with pride, whatever benefits we receive", Togbe Afede said.

Akuyo Anyawo, the mother of four, who lived from 1932 to 2018, headed the Palm Wine Sellers Association in the Volta Region, whiles venturing into farming and other endeavours.

The body of the deceased was laid in state at the OLA Girls Senior High School where the burial mass was performed by the Ho Diocese of the Catholic Church preceding a private burial later.

Present at the Mass was Vice President Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia who led a government delegation, and former president Jerry John Rawlings.

Ministers of State, Members of the Council of State, political party heads, corporate leaders, former government appointees, and some foreign development partners were also present, with more expected until the event ends with a thanksgiving service at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Ho on Sunday, July 07.