Nana Ogidigram Aseidu Kobina Botwe the second, has commended the police and other security
agencies in the area, for their effective strategies that had
helped reduce crime wave in the Municipality.
He said the current policing system had helped to curb
criminal activities in Agona Swedru and its environs.
Nana Botwe made the commendation in an address delivered
on his behalf by Nana Oduro Kwarteng, Gyantuahene of Agona Swedru,
to climax the Annual Akwambo festival of the chiefs and people at
Agona Swedru.
The theme for this year?s celebration was: ?Developing
the Talents of the Youth through Festivals.?
The dress code for the festival was red and black
Adinkra cloth, as a sign of mourning for the sudden demise of Nana
Botwe?s Abusuapanyin, Asafohene, and Abusuapanyin of Nana Kojo
Ackom, Tufuhene of Agona Swedru, during the celebration period.
The Chiefs and people of Agona Swedru had their last
Akwambo two year ago..
This year’s attendance was so great that officers and
men of the Agona Swedru Divisional Police Command had a hectic
time to control the crowd before and after the procession of
chiefs, queen-mothers, elders from the Swedru ECG office to main
lorry park where they converged.
Nana Botwe appealed to the President and the Local
Government Minister to create a separate Municipality for Agona
Swedru and Agona Asafo now that their population had reached
120,000.
He urged the government to establish another Senior
High School at Agona Swedru to absorb children from the over 30
Junior High Schools in the area.
Nana Botwe who is also Adontenhene of the Nyakrom
Traditional Area, further urged the government to convert the
National Vocational Training Institute at Agona Swedru into either
a Polytechnic, Nursing Training School, or University College.
Dr Acquinas Tawiah Quansah, Central Regional Minister,
assured the chiefs and people of Agona Swedru that government
would do everything possible to ensure that their requests were
granted.
He commended the chiefs and people for
maintaining a peaceful atmosphere that had brought development to
the area.
Dr Quansah again assured the Swedruman Council of
Chiefs that the Regional Coordinating Council would ensure that
there was proper cohesion and mutual understanding at the Agona
West Municipal Assembly.
Mr Charles Obeng-Inkoom, MP for Agona West,
said everything possible would be done to improve educational
structures to enhance effective teaching and learning.
He urged parents and guardians in the area to
send their children to school, especially their daughters, adding
that education was the only key to success and poverty reduction.
Source : GNA/newsghana1.tempurl.host
