Durbar of Chiefs, people held to celebrate Lekoryi Festival

The Member of Parliament for the Guan Constituency, Fred Kwasi Agbenyo has called for peace, unity and hard work to ensure that their newly created Guan District catches up with the already existing ones in development. 

He said the Guan District was endowed in both the natural and human resources and there was no reason for it not to catch up with the others.

Mr Agbenyo was addressing a durbar of chiefs and people of the Likpe Traditional Area (Bakpele) during their Lekoryi Festival at Likpe-Mate in the Guan District of the Oti Region last Saturday.

The festival brought together various ethnic groups and dignitaries including  paramount chiefs, queen mothers of Gbi, Alavanyo, Dambai, politicians, clergy and tourists in a colourful celebration unity, culture and peaceful coexistence. 

Theme

It was on the theme “ Unity in Action, Empowering the Youth for the Future”.

Mr Agbenyo said this year`s festival was to generate funds to repair the existing water supply systems to enable it extend potable water to all the four traditional areas and beyond.

He described the festival as a powerful reminder of shared identity and harmony that defined Guans. The Guans, he said, have long stood as a symbol of unity in diversity where they have co-existed peacefully.

He urged the people to join hands to initiate and execute meaningful programmes to address the challenges including illiteracy, poverty and sanitation.

Big Push

The Paramount Chief, Otekple Nana Soglo Alloh IV commended the government for their inclusion of the roads in the Big Push programme and appealed for the elevation of their clinic into a polyclinic at Bakua.

Nana Soglo Alloh IV noted that potable water was their main challenge and hoped that enough funds would be generated to repair and expand the existing water supply systems for the benefit of the people.

The Chairman of the Lekoryi Committee, Professor Vincent Yao Eziah appealed to the government and other benevolent organisations to assist them in the development of their numerous eco-tourism attractions to generate funds for development projects.

These, Professor Eziah, said included the Likpe ancestral caves located beneath the Akwapim-Togo ranges that can also be accessed by hiking, the Wadjakli Waterfalls and the Togo-Attakora mountains.