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North Dayi observes 62nd Independence Anniversary

The North Dayi District like all other districts across the country marked the celebration of the 62nd Independence Day at the SS Peter and Paul Basic School, Anfoega and Vakpo Secondary Technical School, Vakpo respectively.

Date Created : 4/2/2019 9:58:42 AM : Story Author : Robert Attoh/Ghanadistricts.com

The occasion was heavily attended by Hon. Member of Parliament, Miss Joycelyn Tetteh, the traditional council of Anfoega, the Police Commander for the District, the Fire Service Commander, Director of Ghana Education Service, Teachers from the various schools, Ghana Health Service, Mr. Eric Agbo, Coordinating Director for the district, head of the various department of the assembly, the NPP chairman and his executives, school children and many more.

At the SS Peter and Paul basic school park, Anfoega we had Seven (7) Basic Schools, Six (6) Junior High Schools, One(1) Senior High School, Cadet Corps from Anfoega Senior High School, the Nation Builders Corps Trainees (NABCO), New Patriotic Party (NPP) sympathizers, Brass Band and Retired Military Men and Women.

While, at Vakpo Secondary Technical School, we had Eight (8) Basic Schools, Eight (8) Junior High School, Two (2) Senior High Schools, Two Cadet Corps form Cornerstone and Vakpo Senior High respectively.

The Cadet Corps were dressed in their ceremonial attires which made the event very colorful. The contingent from the Cadet Corps was made up of 120 cadet personnel and Six (6) Officer from Cornerstone, Vakpo Secondary Technical and Vakpo Secondary School.

This year’s celebration was under the theme “CELEBRATING PEACE AND UNITY”

The District Chief Executive Officer, Honorable Edmund Kudjoh Attah in his opening remarks, extended the President’s warm regards to all those who were present.

In his address, he admonished those present to be punctual to events and that higher productivity cannot be achieved with lackadaisical attitude towards time management.

He assured the people of North Dayi that the government and the Assembly would continue to provide the necessary infrastructure for the economy to pick-up as well as improve upon the standards of living of the people of North Dayi in the form of Educational, Health, Water and Sanitation, New Technologies / Innovations in Agriculture, Road works, Deeping Local Governance System through grassroots democracy or participatory decision – making, provision of Local Government Administrative Structure and so on.

Again, he said "though quite a brief account, it is clear that the freedom we enjoy today was not won on a silver platter but with the blood, sweat and toil of our forebears. In this wise, we the current and future generations of Ghana, we must also play our part by contributing our quota to Ghana’s development, a struggle which is now economic. But first, we have the duty to honor and celebrate the struggle and achievements of those who fought for our political independence. We do so with the conviction that a nation which does not honor its heroes is not worth dying for”.

In this regard, he called for peaceful co-existence and mental fortitude to move the district to greater height. The ceremony saw three students from Cornerstone Preparatory School, receiving a Lenovo brand new laptops for emerging as the three best B.E.CE students for 2018/2019 academic year.

This was the initiative of the DCE to recognize hard work and to motivate young ones to live up to expectation.