NATIONAL UNION OF KWAHU CITIZENS IN ITALY ( NUKCIT )

LAST SUNDAY, 15TH OF JULY 2007 AT MODENA IN ITALY, THE EXECUTIVE MEMBERS OF THREE ESTABLISHED KWAHUMAN ASSOCIATIONS, NAMELY, KWAHUMAN UNION OF ORDENONE,KWAHUMAN UNION OF MODENA AND KWAHUMAN ASSOCIATION OF BRESCIA MET TO INITIATE THE FORMATION OF A NATIONAL KWAHUS UNION IN ITALY.

THIS WAS BASED ON A SIMILAR INITIATIVE - KWAHU CITIZENS ABROAD - LAUNCHED BY PRESIDENT J A KUFFOUR DURING THIS YEARS EASTER HOMECOMING CELEBRATIONS HELD AT ABETIFI KWAHU AND SPEARHEADED BY THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF KWAHUMAN ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK,MR FREDERICK DWAMENA WITH THE AIM OF BRINGING ALL KWAHUS UNDER ONE UMBRELLA TO CO-ORDINATE AND FACILITATE PROJECTS EARMARKED FOR THE KWAHU TRADITIONAL AREA IN GHANA.

THIS INITIATIVE, IN ITSELF WAS VERY HISTORIC BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN ITALY. IN HIS WELCOME AND OPENING ADDRESS, THE HOST PRESIDENT,NANA ALEX ANTWI ADJEI, THANKED THE PARTICIPATING EXECUTIVES FOR SPENDING TIME OUT OF THEIR TIGHT SCHEDULE TO MAKE IT TO THIS ALL IMPORTANT MEETING. HE STRESSED THE NEED FOR UNITY AMONG THE VARIUOS UNIONS SINCE THIS IS THE ONLY WAY BY WHICH KWAHUS IN THE DIASPORA CAN CO-ORDINATE THEIR EFFORTS TO HELP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE KWAHU DISTRICT.HE EMPHASIZED ON THE NEED FOR DISCIPLINE AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LOCAL BRANCHES AND URGED THE PARTICIPATING EXECUTIVES TO BE GOD FEARING,FOR THAT IS THE BEGINING OF WISDOM.

THE PARTICIPATING EXECUTIVES,IN UNISON CALLED ON ALL OTHER LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS WHEREVER THEY ARE IN ITALY TO JOIN THIS BANDWAGON.THEY ALSO CALLED ON OTHER NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THE DIASPORA TO TAKE NOTE OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE ITALY BRANCH AND IF POSSIBLE TO CONTACT THE INTERIM SECRETARY AT [email protected]
IN THE MEANTIME THE PARTICIPANTS APPOINTED AN ITERIM EXECUTIVE TO STEER THE ADMINISTRATION TILL AN ELECTION IS HELD IN A LATER DATE.

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