Amakomhene Nana Adu Mensah Asare
The Amakomhene, Nana Adu Mensah Asare, has called on organisers of ‘Home Coming’ events to strive to take advantage of the occasion to initiate development in their local communities.
He said it is imperative that organisers of such events to use the occasion to initiate development in complementing government’s effort at developing communities across the country.
Nana Adu Mensah Asare made the call on Sunday during a thanksgiving service to climax the “Amakom Homecoming” in Kumasi.
The week-long event saw natives of Amakom from across the globe coming home to socialize. It saw a durbar of chiefs and people to discuss the development of Amakom, engage in a health walk, undertake health screening of residents and organise music festivals, among other events.
It was graced by the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, the Mayor of Kumasi, Sam Pyne, and an array of other politicians, religious leaders, heads of institutions and traditional authorities.
Commendation
The chief commended residents of Amakom and its surrounding communities for the peace in the area, and urged them to continue living in harmony with people of diverse religious, political and ethnic affiliations.
He appealed to the government to help expand education infrastructure in the area to absorb the increasing population, which has led to congestion in schools.
The Amakomhene appealed to all natives of Amakom and other communities to consider going back to support the development of their communities to improve the standard of living of the people.
Appreciation gesture
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, praised the Amakomhene and the organizers of the event for the initiative, which was aimed at promoting unity and development in the area.
He appealed to the people in the community to continue to be law-abiding. He also urged them to strive to provide the right information to the security services when necessary.
The Regional Minister described the usage of Kente cloth as a ceremonial wear for the thanksgiving service, saying “it has a great gesture since it promotes Ghanaian and Akan culture, besides enhancing tourism as a foreign exchange earner”.
Registration of your designs
He called on weavers of Kente to consider registering their designs so that they could lawfuly claim the patent right of the designs in protecting their trade from piracy. That, he said, will also prevent other unscrupulous persons from taking advantage of the kente weavers for profit purposes.
The chairman of the Amakom Home Coming Committee, Patrick Antwi Tuffour, eulogised the Amakomhene and other sponsors of the event.
He urged the youth to continue studying hard since they belong to the “Inner City” group of people who have education as the only means of making a living.
Mr Tuffour called on the Member of Parliament for the area and the government to consider constructing an Astroturf football pitch for the youth. According to him, it will help them develop their talents in football and other sporting activities.
Background
The first “Amakom Home Coming” event was started in 2019 by four young natives of Amakom who developed a vision in connecting with their roots and helping raise resources towards the development of the area.
This year’s event saw the handing over of a renovated Amakom Division JHS ‘A’ block back to the leadership of the school for use. This was after the previous Home Coming events identified the state of the school building and raised the needed resources for its renovation.
Apart from the handing over of the renovated school building to the school, the Amakom Homecoming team has, in the past two years, been mobilising resources to pay for mock examinations for needy JHS pupils in the area.
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