TANO SOUTH MUNICIPALITYCELEBRATES 62ND INDEPENDENCE DAY ANNIVERSARY

A parade formed by school children, artisans and brigade cadet corps to observe 62^nd Independence Day Anniversary Celebration has been held at Bechem. The reason for the celebration of the Independence Day is to make residents in the Municipality pay tribute to those whose contributions and efforts made Ghana attains independence.

The programme which held at the Bechem Presbyterian Senior High School’s park saw dignitaries like Hon Collins Offinam Takyi, the MCE for Tano South, Mr. K. K. Senchery, the Co-odinating Director for Tano South Municipal Assembly, Mr. Alex Agyemang Badu, the finance officer for Tano South Municipal Assembly, Mr. Abraham Bansah, the Municipal Police Commander, Mr. Cliford Teiko Ashie, the Municipal Fire Commander, Mrs. Mabel Botokro, the Municipal Education Director and Nana Fosu Gyeabour Akoto II, the Omanhene of Bechem Traditional Area.  

                   

                                                 Dignitaries at the function whilst MCE inspecting the parade

Before the march past, Hon Collins Offinam Takyi, the MCE for Tano South was accompanied by  Mr. Abraham Bansah, the Municipal Police Commander, Mr. Cliford Teiko Ashie, the Municipal Fire Commander and Mrs. Mabel Botokro, the Municipal Education Director to inspect the parade with a patriotic song popularly known as ‘’Oman beye yia, n’fire yen ara’’.

In his keynote address, the MCE for Tano South Hon Collins Offinam Takyi, welcomed all contingents and observers for making time out of their busy schedules to attend Municipality’s version of the 62^nd Independence Day Anniversary Celebration and said the failure on the part of   Member of Parliament for the Constituency  to attend the programme was due to the fact that, he had attended similar event with His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President of the Republic of Ghana and Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces at Tamale Regional Capital.

                      

                                             MCE for Tano South giving his anniversary speech at the function

He defined  6^th March as a constitutional holiday  set aside by  government to honour those whose efforts and contributions helped Ghana to achieve Independence and said the  theme for this year’s Independence Day Anniversary is ‘’celebrating Peace and Unity’’. He said Ghana cannot achieve its expected development without peace and unity and informed all and sundry to come together as one people with one common destiny to support government to implement its policies and programmes to help improve the living standard of people. He said peace and unity existed among the older generation and for that matter, they were able to work together as one people to achieve Ghana’s independence and urged younger generation to desist from things which can cause distraction to the Nation’s peace.

Hon Takyi said since His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government assumed office they have been able to introduce a number of intervention programmes and policies at the various sectors of the economy to improve the living standard of the people. He stressed that government has also introduced free senior high school policy of which the policy has helped to increase enrolment figures in the second cycle schools and also relief financial constraints on some parents. He stressed that government has put more resources into educational sector with the aim to improve the living conditions of the younger generation and informed students to take their learning seriously so as to make them become the good future leaders. 

                        

                                                                    The school children in a march past

Hon. Takyi said government has outlined various intervention programmes, activities and policies in its 2019 budget statement and he hopes if all of them are implemented by government they will go a long way to make Ghana develops and used the day to catalogue some of the achievements of the Tano South Municipal Assembly.

Exercise books, certificates, mathematical sets were presented to all participating schools whilst award of prizes was also given to the  best  performing schools at  primary, JHS and 2^nd cycle institutions.

Nana Awuah Boadi , the Bechem Nifahene who spoke on behalf of Nana Fosu Gyeabour Akoto II, the Omanhene of Bechem Traditional Area and chairman of the programme  thanked the committee for burning candle in the night to make the Municipality celebrates its 62^nd Independence Day Anniversary and  call on committee to be more proactive to ensure the ensuing year’s programme will commence on timely manner to avoid keeping school children in scorching sun.