This yr’s Independence Day anniversary celebration was organised on a low key on the areas following authorities’s choice to chop price and make the occasion temporary.
The same old pomp and pageantry that characterised the occasion on the areas and districts ranges have been absent as most areas held their occasion on the forecourt of the Regional Coordinating Councils (RCC) with among the districts organising clean-up workout routines to clear their communities of filth.
FROM: The Ho, SAMUEL AGBEWOODE stories that the standard march-pass that characterised the celebration of the Independence Day was lacking because the Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC) organised a clean-up train on the Ho Airport to clear the town of filth.
The clean-up train which was organised in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana restricted noticed the safety companies, including the army, police, prisons, media, civil society teams and market girls, amongst others collaborating.
Earlier on, the Volta Areaal Minister, Mr James Gunu, directed all of the 18 Municipal and District assemblies (MDAs) to organise related workout routines to scrub public locations of their respective areas.
Mr Gunu underscored the significance of non-public hygiene and the necessity to hold the environment clear always.
From the Ga East Municipality, MALIK SULLEMANA writes that the Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya Constituency, Faustina Elikplim Akurugu, joined academics and college students to have fun the 68th Independence celebration.
The MP urged the scholars to try to make optimistic affect in direction of the event of Ghana.
She urged them to eschew social vices and examine laborious to realize success.
For his half, Nii-Amarh Ashitey, Ga East Municipal Coordinating Director, mentioned as Ghana strikes into the longer term, Ghanaians should replicate, and “priorities our actions.”
From Ashaiman, IAN MOTEY stories that seven colleges from each private and non-private, comprising 200 pupils participated on this yr’s anniversary on the premises of the Ashaiman Municipal Meeting.
In attendance was an array of cultural troops, who carried out a repertoire of conventional dances to entertain the viewers.
CYNTHIA ASAMPANA stories from Krowor that, a complete of 390 pupils, and 26 academics drawn from each personal and public fundamental and second-cycle establishments inside the municipality took half within the anniversary parade.
On the finish of the occasion, every of the colleges that participated within the parade was awarded certificates.
Nungua Senior Excessive Faculty emerged because the winner for the very best collaborating senior highschool, whereas Krowor South Circuit Cadet and Krowor North Circuit Cadet got here second and third respectively.
For the fundamental colleges division Pleasure Children Faculty emerged winners, with Queen Jane Faculty and Nungua Kroma ‘5’ Fundamental Faculty putting second and third respectively.
In her handle, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Krowor Constituency, Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, mentioned the shortage of loyalty of the citizenry, particularly, the management of the nation had contributed to the nation’s growth.
She has, subsequently, urged the management of the nation to steer by instance so the upcoming generation may be taught from them.
From Okaikoi North CECILIA YADAA LAGBA stories that the Okaikwei North Municipal Meeting commemorated the Independence Day with a parade on the Achimota Fundamental Faculty Park.
The Municipal Coordinating Director of the Okaikwei North Municipal Meeting, Mr Francis Mensah mentioned the Independence Day was a day of satisfaction, reflection and renewal.
He added that it was a day to acknowledge the sacrifices of their forebears, have fun the nation’s progress and commit themselves to a brighter future.
“Their resilience, unity, and sense of function should all the time remind us that nationwide development is constructed on sacrifice and collective effort,” he famous.
4 Faculties, army and police cadets with their brace band from La took half on this yr’s 68th Independence Day anniversary march on the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Asswembly (LaDMA), stories Victor A. Buxton.
A guard of honour was mounted by the cadet groups from the collaborating colleges and was reviewed by the dignitaries and conventional leaders current.
In his handle, the Municipal Coordinating Director of LaDMA, Reverend Daniel Nkrumah, mentioned that as a nation there was the necessity to take daring steps in reforming insurance policies, adopting innovative options and fostering a tradition of accountability and self-discipline.
Rev. Nkrumah tasked public servants, academics, college students and workers of LaDMA to point out sturdy dedication to efficient time administration and punctuality in all their endeavours.
The Member of Parliament for La Dadekotopon, Rita Naa Odoley Soawah, urged the folks in La to point out dedication towards making the nation and La Constituency a spot of infinite prospects.
She additionally urged dad and mom to put money into their youth, defend the setting, and work collectively as residents to construct the ‘Ghana we wish.’
Ghanaians have been urged to uphold the values of the founding fathers of the counattempt’s independence to make sure her socio-economic growth, EUGENE AMPIAW stories from the Ayawaso East Municipality of the Better Accra
The Director of Training of the Ayawaso East Municipal Meeting, Dr William Komlatsekpo, talked about that upholding the values of the founding fathers, was key to reaching the federal government agenda of resetting the economic system of the nation.
The values, he mentioned, included; loyalty, unity, justice, and patriotism.
From the Ayawaso Central municipality LAWRENCE VOMAFA-AKPALU stories that the Kotobabi 3 Fundamental Faculty emerged the general greatest on the 68th anniversary celebrations noticed on the Alajo Astro Turf in Accra.
The staff polled 89 factors to beat challenges from Satisfaction of the East Worldwide Faculty and Rashad Islamic Fundamental Faculty to cling the trophy.
In all, over 400 pupils and two cadet corps from the Accra Technical Coaching Institute and the Kotobabi Fundamental Faculty added their efficiency to grace the event.
The Member of Parliament for Ayawaso Central, Abdul Raul Tubazu, talking on the ceremony promised to work with the opposition towards creating an enabling setting for generations but unborn.
The Municipal Coordinating Director, Ishmail Nana Ogyefo, assured of implementing government insurance policies to enhance the lives of the folks.
