Asogli traditional area gears up for Yam festival

Sons and daughters of Asogli Traditional State and the general public, can brace themselves for yet another exciting festive season as the Agbogbomefia Togbe Afede XIV, and his chiefs launch this year's Yam Festival.

The four-week event on the theme: “Let's unite for Peace, Stability and Development,” is expected to attract local and foreign tourists.

The chairman of the planning committee, Brig. Gen. K. Ahiaglo (Rtd), promised participants a festival parked with traditional and new innovative programmes.

Highlights of the celebration would include a health walk, an excursion to the Galenkui Mountain, pilgrimage to the ancestral home of Asogli in Notsie in the Republic of Togo, hailing of the new yam, women's day celebration, yam weighing contest, mini trade fair, Quiz competition, Bonfire and Fireworks, street jams and musical shows, the sitting in state of the Agbogbomefia and a grand durbar.

Madam Dzifa Gomashie, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, who was the Special Guest at the launch, asked Municipal and Metropolitan Assemblies to get actively involved in the celebration and explore opportunities in the exhibitions and trade fairs to market potentials of their districts.

The Asogli State Yam Festival celebration has grown from just a mere commemoration to one that serves as a catalyst for development and welfare of the Asogli State and its people.

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By: King Norbert Akpablie/citifmonline.com/Ghana