Dunkwahene Tasks Subjects To Join Hands In Fighting Illegal Mining On River Offin
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Nana Dr Okofrobuor Obeng Nuakoh III, the Dunkwahene has charged his subjects and all stakeholders in the area to ensure that, they use every efforts at their disposal to complement his efforts to the fight against illegal mining on the River offin and the bridge to save a water bodies.
He also entreated all landlords to evacuate anyone who is into illegal mining in their houses or faces the consequences.
According to him, he is doing everything possible to ensure that,the illegal mining activities is stop to save the river bodies and forest in the area, yet anytime he caused the arrest of the culprits, they would be given a bail, making the task difficult and challenging to win the fight.
Speaking at the Akwasidae celebration at Chief Place in Dunkwa, he lamented that if the citizenry themselves and for that matter, government is not ready to change our attitude and mindset,there is nobody from nowhere could save our water bodies and forest to develop the country, hence the need for the government to demonstrate the willingness and commitment to save and protect our water bodies and forest for the children unborn and the future leaders.
Nana Okofrobuor Nuakoh III used the occasion to honour and elevate Nana Kwadwo Enum, the Chief of Dunkwa Subinsu, and Nana Esi Annor both from the Agona royal family as Dabihene and Dabihemaa of Dunkwa traditional council.
Nana Okofrobuor advice them to continue the good works and hardworking they are doing to improve the standard of living in the community.
He cautioned them to serve the people diligently but not to lord over them.
Nana Esi Annor thanked Okofrobuor Nuakoh III and Nananom for the honour done her, saying she would not let them down but would ensure that, the Dunkwa Queen-mother’s Association become one of the vibrant Association among Queen-mothers in the country.
She stated that, she would ensure that Queen-mothers occasionally visit schools to educate the young girls to become responsible mothers and women in the society thus, she will ensure she carried that task upon herself.
Nana Kwadwo Enum on his part, expressed his profound gratitude and appreciation to Nananom and the Traditional Council for the honour…and cautioned the youth to always demonstrate good stewardship, sense of respect and humbleness in all their endeavours to be recognized in the furure by their good works.
He reminded them of the general elections around the corner, pointing out that elections are contest of ideas and not war or a matter of who is strong, hence there is no need to fight one another because of political dispensation or expediency.
He stressed that, after one finish casting his or her vote you must go home and could be back at the polling center during the counting to observe but not to take a ballot box.
He reiterated that, anyone who misbehave is to destroy the electoral process, the law would deal with you to suffer alone to serve as a deterrent to others.
