Fofie Festival In Techiman

The Chiefs and people of theTechiman Traditional Area have celebrated their annual Fofie Yam Festival, during which they offered thanks to God for his mercies and protection for the past year and also invoked his blessing and guidance in succeeding years.

The occasion is time for family unification as well as serves as a time where the chiefs and people display their rich cultural and social activities, through cooking, dressing and dancing.

The theme for this year’s celebration was, ‘‘Unity in Diversity: A Key to Stability and Development of a Nation’’.

Last Saturday’s celebration witnessed a retinue of chiefs, led by the Omanhene, Oseadeeyo Akumfi Ameyaw IV, appearing in their splendid Kente and other hand woven cloths went through some of the principal streets in the commercial Techiman municipality to greet the people.

The traditional authority later retired to the palace and then sat in state to receive homage by his people and other invited dignitaries from all over the country, some of whom offered gifts in the form of agricultural produce, such as yams, vegetables, poultry products and sheep.

The management of Millicom Ghana Limited, owners of Tigo Communication Company, led by Mr. Michael Adinbaruk, the Northern Territory Manager, was also there to show their solidarity with the people, by donating a cheque for GHC3, 000.00 and other assorted Tigo products.

According to Mr. Adjinbaruk, the donation formed part of the corporate social responsibility of the company and the long-standing relationship with the traditional authorities and the people in the area, adding that, as part of its package towards the celebration, the company also sponsored free health screening for the people.

Addressing citizens and guests, Oseadeeyo Akumfi advised political party activists, popularly known as ‘‘serial callers’’ who engage in discussions on the various radio stations to be civil and circumspect in their utterances in the run-up to the December 7, 2012 general elections.

‘‘Since this year is an election year for Ghana, Nananom want to use this year’s festival to sensitize all the people in Techiman Municipality in particular and Ghana as a whole to co-exist in peace, irrespective of one’s political party, religion, race or sex’’, he said.

This article also appeared in print on Thursday October 18-24, 2012 edition of Graphic Showbiz