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TWMA DONATE TO THE TEMA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL TOWARDS HOMOWO FESTIVAL.

The Tema West Municipal Assembly, on Wednesday 23rd July 2021, has donated food items and an undisclosed amount of money to the Tema Traditional Council in support of the year’s Homowo festival

Date Created : 7/9/2021 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : TWMA/P.R.O.

Presenting the items to the Traditional Council, Hon. Adwoa Amoako (Mrs.) the Municipal Chief Executive said, the Assembly believed in traditions and culture of the people hence the support.

She hinted that, the presentation was done on behalf the government, giving the assurance that the annual ritual of supporting the people of Tema to celebrate Homowo would continue unabated as the period helped to project the cultural heritage of the people.

He called on the natives to cherish and preserve their culture by participating in the celebration peacefully, adding that the celebration was a means of appreciating and remembering the town forefathers who fought for their survival as a people. Receiving the items on behalf of the Traditional Council, Nii Adjetey Agbo, Tema Manklalo thanked the Assembly for their kind gesture.

He later promised that the Tema Traditional Council had agreed to ensure that this year’s celebration would be done on a low key where the people would not be moving around to sprinkle Kpokpoi (the traditional food) as custom demands due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nii Adjetey said the various clans would gather in their various homes to celebrate while the elders would meet at the palace to perform communal rituals.