Klefe Traditional Area to punish alcoholism, drug abuse and improper dressing

Klefe (V/R), Oct. 05, GNA - The chiefs and people of Klefe Traditional Area are to institute measures to check alcoholism, drug abuse and improper dressing in the area.

The initiative is to arrest social vices in the community and also raise academic performance in basic schools of the farming community, located at the precincts of Ho.

Togbe Afele Dzaga X, Paramount Chief of the area, gave the hint at the weekend in a speech read on his behalf at a durbar to climax the community's 2010 Yam Festival.

It was on the theme; "Unity and Commitment: Key to Development." He said the chiefs regarded bad dressing as "social misconduct" noting that alcoholism was gradually eroding the strength of the youth. Togbe Dzaga said the "Better Ghana Agenda of Government" should not only be for economic prosperity but also tackle social vices. He commended pupils who performed well in the last Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) and urged them to continue to do well in the senior high school.

Togbe Dzaga appealed to benevolent people, religious leaders and organizations to assist brilliant but needy students in the community to further their education.

Colonel Cyril Necku, Deputy Volta Regional Minister, in a speech read on his behalf, urged chiefs and opinion leaders to advise young people in their communities to take advantage of the various social and economic interventions by government to enhance their lot. He assured the people that the traditional area would have a fair share of government development programmes including benefits from the massive infrastructure build up in the education sector. A seven-member executive of the Klefe Youth Development Association Executive was later inaugurated. Funds were also raised in aid of computers for the Community Junior High School.