The Okaikwei North Municipal Assembly has donated assorted food items worth thousands of Cedis to support the 2023 Homowo celebration.
The three beneficiary paramouncies are Abeka, Achimota and Akweteman all suburbs in the Municipality.
The yearly event saw the Chiefs walk away with bags of maize, palm nuts, gallons of oil, alcoholic beverages, packs of water an undisclosed amount of money among others.
Presenting the items to the Chiefs, the Municipal Chief Executive Honourable Boye Laryea was optimistic the donation would go a long way to assist in the celebration of the festival.
He called for peaceful co-existence among the Chiefs and strict adherence to the laws of the country before, during and after the celebration
Honourable Laryea also tasked non-Gas in the Municipality to also contribute their quota towards the peace and tranquility in the Municipality
Receiving the items on behalf of the two other Chiefs, Nii Ayibonte Adams II, the Chief of Achimota was grateful to the MCE for the gesture.
He stated that the Assembly, since its establishment, has supported the yearly celebration of the festival in the Municipality.
Nii Ayibonte Adams II said the support the Chiefs are enjoying under the Assembly’s current MCE and the Management was not like that some years ago.
He prayed for God’s guidance, prosperity, strength and development for the Assembly and its management.
Present at the ceremony were Mr. Francis Mensah, the Municipal Coordinating Director, Honourable Abdullah Nii Odai, the Presiding Member, Madam Georgina Akambasi, the Head of Culture and Tourism Department; Nii Akwetey Brenya III, Akweteman Chief; Nii Boi Apajafo IV, Abeka Chief and Staff of the Assembly.
SOURCE: onma.gov.gh
