Chiefs caution their people against anonymous letters

Ave-Hevi, Aug. 11, GNA - Chiefs of the Ave Traditional Area in the Akatsi District have cautioned their people to put a stop to the practice of writing anonymous letters in which falsehoods were spread about some citizens of the area.

The evil practice, they said, was undermining the area's development as they were finding it difficult to fall on the goodwill of some successful people for assistance to develop the area as many had been hurt by such letters.

In an address read on their behalf by Mr Mark Solo Dziwornu-Zida, an opinion leader of the area at this year's "Bliza" (Corn Festival) at the weekend at Ave-Hevi, the chiefs told the people to maintain harmony to enable the area to catch up with development.

They appealed to the government to come to the aid of the highly under-resourced Ave Community Senior High Secondary Technical School at Ave-Dakpa, the only second cycle school in the area with a school bus, a dormitory, kitchen and dinning and science laboratory blocks.

Mr. Doe Adjaho, the Member of Parliament for Ave-Avenor, appealed to the people to ignore the unfortunate perceptions that he had been discriminatory in favour of the Avenor Traditional Area where he comes from when it comes to the distribution of development projects.

He said he had attracted development projects to Ave and these include schools and under the electrification project underway, Ave has a larger share.

Colonel Cyril Neku (rtd), the Deputy Volta Regional Minister, appealed to the chiefs to be willing to release land for investments in the area, adding that refusals to release land had been a setback to development and employment creation in many areas.

Mr. Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, Akatsi District Chief Executive, spoke about the falling standards of education in the area and appealed to parents to rise up to the task of reversing the trend. GNA