STORY: A. Kofoya-Tetteh, Koforidua
THE Eastern Regional Director of the Centre for National Culture (CNC), Mr F. Kingsley Obeng, has called on stakeholders to help develop the region’s cultural heritage.
He made the call at a stakeholders’ meeting at Koforidua, the regional capital.
The regional directors, their deputies and cultural officers attended the ceremony to dialogue on the collection of data on the indigenous way of life as well as relics, tourist attractions and traditional festivals with the view to promoting them to attract tourists.
The regional director said the region had a lot of tourist attractions such as the Boti Falls, the Aburi Botanical Gardens as well as traditional festivals such as the Akwantukese of the Juabens, Akuapems’ Odwira, Manya Krobos’ Ngmayem, Yilo Krobos’ Kloyosikplemi and different types of dances, sculptural works and handicrafts, and therefore urged the participants to collect data on them.
Touching on the way of life of Ghanaians, Mr Obeng said undue affection of Western culture had made it necessary for measures to preserve the indigenous culture and appealed to the people to admire their own culture.
“The cultural scene in Ghana today evinces a gross and undue affection by Western culture and there arises the necessity more than ever before for a stronger defence of our culture in this stupendous rush of change in our modern times,” Mr Obeng stated.
The Co-ordinator of the programme, Mr Kwasi Gyan Appenteng, stated that the government had secured two million euros from the European Union to support the country’s cultural development.
He said the assistance would place a significant value on the country’s cultural assets and heritage, which had not been given due attention over the years.
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