Bekwai Traditional Council acts to promote education

The Asante-Bekwai Traditional Council has announced its decision to launch a Fund to support aggressive promotion of education in the area.

The council has over the past decade financially assisted more than 50 brilliant students from poor homes to pursue tertiary education and, it says, it wants to reach out to more beneficiaries.

The fund is one of the main highlights of activities lined up to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the installation of Nana Kaakari Appau II, as the Paramount Chief.

Nana Opoku Ababio, Chairman of the Anniversary Planning Committee, made this known at a press conference held at the Ayeboafo Stool Palace to unveil the programme of events for the week-long celebration scheduled for October 25 – November 2.

Activities include massive tree planting in schools across the Bekwai municipality, clean up exercises, a health walk, inter-school quiz competition and religious service among others.

The climax is a grand durbar of chiefs to showcase the rich culture of the people on Saturday, November 01, and it is expected to attract high profile personalities from all over the country.

Nana Kaakari Appau’s reign over the past one-and-a-half decades has been a watershed – marked by peace and socio-economic progress.

Nana Opoku Ababio paid tribute to the Paramount Chief for bringing to peaceful conclusion various chieftaincy and land disputes that were holding back development in some communities in the traditional area.

There is now a functional customary lands secretariat, overseeing efficient land management in the paramountcy.

He also credited Nana Kaakari Appau with the construction of a multi-purpose community centre, palace for the queen, the face-lift of the Ayeboafo Stool Palace and rehabilitation of the Gyamfi Park, which now serves as a premier league centre.

The people therefore have every cause to celebrate the success achieved over the period, he said.

Awakening the spirit of creativity and innovation to foster communal development is the theme for the celebration.