{"id":723822,"date":"2019-10-15T15:47:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T15:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/15\/minister-directs-mmdces-to-support-veterans\/"},"modified":"2019-10-15T15:47:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T15:47:54","slug":"minister-directs-mmdces-to-support-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/15\/minister-directs-mmdces-to-support-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Directs MMDCEs To Support Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Hajia Alima Mahama with Dominic Nitiwul<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Local Government and<br \/>\nRural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama has directed all 254 Metropolitan<br \/>\nMunicipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCE) to personally see to the<br \/>\nraising of funds at the local level in support of Ghanaian Veterans.<\/p>\n<p>This was part of the sector<br \/>\nminister\u2019s contribution to ensuring that enough funds were raised to cater for<br \/>\nthe welfare of veterans and their dependents as the world marks the Remembrance<br \/>\nDay on November 11.<\/p>\n<p>The minister gave the directive when<br \/>\nshe launched the 2019 Poppy Appeal at a Military Band Concert which was organized<br \/>\nby Veteran Administration of Ghana (VAG) on Thursday October 10, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The poppy appeal is a fund raising<br \/>\nperiod where support is solicited from the public to cater for needy and<br \/>\nincapacitated veterans.<\/p>\n<p>The period is marked with the wearing<br \/>\nof an aesthetic poppy flower that has a colour of red, black and green which<br \/>\nrespectively depicts blood of dead soldiers, mourning and hope.<\/p>\n<p>Hajia Mahama indicated that the<br \/>\ngallantry and sacrifices of war veterans of Ghanaian origin who were<br \/>\nconscripted into the British army by virtue of Gold Coast being a British<br \/>\ncolony, had led to a relatively free and safer world today.<\/p>\n<p>The wars fought she said also busted<br \/>\nthe myth of white supremacy thereby kindling the flames of nationalism and<br \/>\nindependence that eventually led to the liberation of the country from colonial<br \/>\nrule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhanaian soldiers who fought<br \/>\nalongside their white colonial masters got to learn that the white man was not<br \/>\na superman. He could be frightened like the black man and could cry loudly when<br \/>\nin pain like the black man\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>At a time when the wearing of the<br \/>\npoppy seems to be losing its significance among Ghanaians, the minister has asked<br \/>\nVAG to intensify its sensitization effort to educate Ghanaians on the<br \/>\ncontribution and sacrifices of veterans.<\/p>\n<p>She also urged them to look at<br \/>\ninnovative ways of generating revenue to augment proceeds from sale of poppies,<br \/>\ndonations and government subvention.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Director of VAG,<br \/>\nCaptain Ben Duah rtd., disclosed that VAG has over 19000 members that included<br \/>\n116 world war II veterans.<\/p>\n<p>He therefore appealed to corporate<br \/>\ninstitutions to come on board to support veterans by contributing generously to<br \/>\nthis year\u2019s celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Some dignitaries present at the event<br \/>\nincluded the Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul and the Chief of Defence<br \/>\nStaff, Lt. Gen. Obed Akwa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Issah Mohammed<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hajia Alima Mahama with Dominic Nitiwul The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama has directed all 254 Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCE) to personally see to the raising of funds at the local level in support of Ghanaian Veterans. 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