Council of State members donate GH₵50,000 to Apeate Support Fund

Chairman of the Council of State, Nana Otuo Siriboe II, has donated an amount of GH₵50,000 to Apeate Support Fund to complement government’s efforts to rebuild the Apeate community as well as provide relief for affected persons.

The donation was made when the Apeate Support Fund Committee paid a courtesy call on the Chairman and members of the Council of State.

The visit, organised at the behest of the Council, was to brief members on what the committee had been doing since its inauguration.

In response to this request, the Chairperson of the Committee, Dr Joyce Aryee, gave a short presentation on the operations of the committee.

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Dr. Aryee also narrated details on how the gory tragedy occurred and the toll it had taken on the community in terms of loss of human lives.

This, she explained, called for the need to set up the fund. She gave details on the list of individuals and institutions who had donated towards the fund.

She also reiterated the President’s instructions to use the monies accumulated to build a Green, sustainable and model community for the people of Apeate.

On behalf of the Council, the Chairman, Nana Otuo Siriboe II, who doubles as paramount chief of Asante-Juaben Traditional Area, presented the cash of GH₵50,000 to the committee. “This money is from our own resources, not from government funds; individual members of the Council put together this modest package as our contribution to support the Apeate Support fund,” he said.

Dr. Aryee, who received the cash donation on behalf of her committee, expressed gratitude to the Council of State members, describing them as the fragrance of good in a smelly society.

“What you have shown here is a kind of leadership that is so extraordinary. A lot of times people behave in Ghana as if things are so bad. And because evil smells badly, you get the smell of evil overpowering the fragrance of good. I would like us to remember that the fragrance of good will always permeate through the stench of evil and for us from the Apeate Support Fund, you are the fragrance of good, you are the fragrance of eminence of statesmen and women in our country who can provide us with the leadership we need, and we are very grateful,” she expressed.