Nana Konadu made Nkosuohemaa

Former First Lady and leader of the 31st December Women’s Movement (DWM), Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings hinted on Tuesday that the movement was still active and would not depart from its goal of championing the welfare of women in the country.

She has therefore promised the Government the usage of facilities of the movement in enhancing the development of women to engender peace and unity.

The former First Lady made the commitment during a durbar at Pomase, near Anomabu, in the Central Region, at which she was installed the ‘Nkosuohemaa’, under the stool name of Nana Aba Apaaba VI.

The honour was an apparent recognition of her contributions towards the development of the town an obvious satelite community of the movement. It also formed part of activities marking the 20th anniversary celebration of the movement in the region.

Nana Konadu restated her oft-repeated achievements of the movement and gave the assurance that it would continue to assist women all over the country to become self-reliant. But Nana Konadu also expressed regretted that certain people were agitating for the banning of the DWM and reminded Ghanaians that the movement was established to promote the socio-economic development of women and not for political reasons.

Without giving away much, she promised that the Movement would continue to provide day care centres and help with projects such cassava processing and batik and tie-dye production, especially in the rural areas. Members were also encouraged to plant more trees to protect the environment from degradation and also contest the forth-coming district level elections to enable them effectively take part in the decision-making process.

Odikro of the town, Nana Condoh VI, said he would release land for the extension of the project. The women harvested trees from their 10-acre cassia woodlot plantation for charcoal production as part of activities marking the celebration.