Osabarima Kwasi Atta II
THE CAPE Coast constituency branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Thursday donated assorted items and an undisclosed amount of money to the Oguaa Traditional Council towards their annual Fetu Afahye Festival celebrated by the people of Cape Coast.
The items included six bags of rice, one bag of sugar, 20 bags of sachet water, one drum of cooking oil and two bottles of schnapps.
Presenting the items, the Central Regional Secretary of the Party, Kwamena Duncan, said the donation formed part of the party’s social responsibility towards the traditional council.
Mr. Duncan appealed to the chiefs to ask for ancestral blessings for the party to win the 2012 general elections.
He also pledged the party’s commitment to make the festival a memorable one.
The chairman of the Afahye planning committee, Nana Kow Ackon, commended NPP for their kind gesture, adding that this was not the first time the party was making a tremendous contribution towards the historic festival.
Nana Ackon stressed the need for political parties to ensure peace in the country since they were one people with a common goal.
She stated that the traditional council had apologised to the party for what happened to their flag-bearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, during the festival last year, and expressed the hope that it would not happen again.
It would be recalled that last year, Nana Addo and his entourage were snubbed by the traditional council when the security apparatus prevented them from greeting the paramount chief of the Oguaa Traditional Council, Osabarima Kwesi Atta II.
They were also not recognised at the durbar grounds, a situation which generated a lot of controversy in the country.
Some of the bigwigs who attended the donation ceremony included an aspiring parliamentary candidate, Alfred Thompson; Former Minister of Information, Stephen Asamoah Boateng; a legal practitioner, Michael Atta Dadzie; Former Wesley Girls High School Headmistress, Nancy Thompson, among others.
From Sarah Owusu Darlington, Cape Coast