Naa Dikomwine Domalae, Paramount Chief of the Diffiama Traditional Area in the Upper West Region, has cautioned those whose main occupation is to mastermind the removal from office of political appointees to give the people a break.
\nHe said their conduct tarnished the image of the Region and drew the development of the area backwards.
\nNaa Domalae gave the warning at this year\u2019s \u201cYiguore\/Duuyee\u201d Festival of the Chiefs and People of the Daffiama Traditional Area at the weekend.
\nThe Daffiama Naa advised political parties and their supporters to avoid politics of insults and intimation in their campaigns because it had the tendency to divide the people and was not good enough for the development of the country.
\nThe festival was on the theme: \u201cOur culture, our heritage the bedrock of national development\u201d.
\nNaa Domalae urged people in the area to go back to their roots and embrace the hitherto shinning aspects of their traditional practices such as the close family ties, communal spirit, good neighbourliness, care for the poor, respect for the elderly and hard work among others.
\n\u201cIn my view, if any community or people abide by these traditional values and perform its civic responsibilities, it is then that national development becomes a reality\u201d, he explained.
\nNaa Domalae commended a medical team comprising doctors, specialists and other para-medical staff who hailed from the Daffiama Traditional Area for coming home to provide free medical services to the people.
\nHe entreated them to consider seriously the acute shortage of doctors in the Upper West, Upper East and Northern Regions and to resolve to accept postings to the area.
\nHe called for the upgrading of the Daffiama Health Centre into a hospital for which a doctor\u2019s bungalow had been provided.
\nNaa Domalae drew the attention of Regional Minister who graced the occasion to certain development projects, especially the tarring of Daffiama Town Roads and the construction of a circle at Barrakyi, which had been delayed.
\nHe said those projects had been awarded on contract about two years ago but no work had been carried out on them and urged Alhaji Salia to pursue the matter with the urgency.
\nAlhaji Salia expressed concern about the perennial bush burning in the area and called on traditional rulers to see it as a challenge and deal with it appropriately to help avoid climate change and other desert conditions in the Region.
\nHe advised District Assemblies in the Region to support youth cultural troups to keep culture alive to give strength to the national aspiration and cultural heritage.
\nAlhaji Salia advised the people to use the festival as a tool for development as well as promoting unity and trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Naa Dikomwine Domalae, Paramount Chief of the Diffiama Traditional Area in the Upper West Region, has cautioned those whose main occupation is to mastermind the removal from office of political appointees to give the people a break. He said their conduct tarnished the image of the Region and drew the development of the area backwards. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n