Oguaa Launches Afahye

The chiefs and people of Oguaa traditional area have launched this year's Fetu afahye festival with the theme 'Realizing the vision of development of Oguaa traditional area.'

As a result, a ban on drumming will be implored on the people on August 5 to September 21.

The Oguaa traditional council has therefore appealed to churches and donors of vans fitted with head-speaker, as well as cobblers who use their boxes to make noise to attract customers, should observe the ban or face prosecution.

Launching the festival, the Omanhene of Essikadu, Sekondi, Nana Kobena Nketsia V, who is also the board chairman of Ghana Museum and Monuments and lecturer at the UCC here, called for unity and co-operation among chiefs from the Central and Western region for a common purpose to fight for development in the two regions.

He pointed that despite the fact that he is the Omanhene for Essikadu in the Western region, he has some ancestral connections with Cape Coast and also had his secondary education in the Central regional capital.

The Omanhene noted that an African, 'too must do all our things as Africans by respecting our elders and people in portions of trust.'

Nana Kobena Nketsia noted that most of the nation's woes emanated from the nation's colonial masters and called for peace and unity, adding that "it is time for togetherness by returning to our past through our development."

He paid tribute to past statesmen like the late Kwegyir Aggrey and Kobena Sakyi and their colleagues for sacrificing their lives in their struggle for the emancipation of the people of the then Gold Coast.

He however regretted that Cape Coast, with all the schools that had turned out people in higher positions throughout the country, still lags behind in development.

Touching on the impending Panafest, Nana Nketsia observed that the festival is not for Cape Coast alone and pleaded with the organizers to extend invitations to other chiefs in other regions to participate.

Nana Kofo Obiri Egyir II ,Sanaahene of Oguaa traditional area, know in private life as Nana Awuku, noted that after the launching, what is left is action and urged Asafo companies to prepare to make the festival a reality.

He urged Cape Coasters to stop their apathetic attitudes to issues and programmes of Oguaa.

Present was Nana Afari Twarko IV chief of Efutu and Krontihene of Oguaa traditional area.