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  • Vehicular display at funerals banned in Birim North District

    Vehicular display at funerals banned in Birim North District

    The Birim North District Security Council has announced plans to ban reckless displays or any form of vehicular exhibition during funerals.

    The District Chief Executive, Remond Nana Damptey, disclosed this during his address at the 1st ordinary meeting of the 1st session of the 8th assembly of the Birim North Assembly last Friday.

    He mentioned that the council had convened an emergency meeting with leaders of the GPRTU and other transport unions in response to a tragic accident at Mamaso the previous Saturday.

    “Upon extensive deliberations, it was resolved that there should be a ban on careless spectacles often displayed by drivers, motor-riders, pragya riders and the like during funerals.’’

    During his address to the assembly, the District Chief Executive expressed satisfaction with the relative peace enjoyed in the district, despite a few challenges such as chieftaincy disputes, theft, and illegal mining activities.

    He attributed this achievement to the dedication and effective work of the district security council.

    Regarding education, he reported that the assembly, through the district education directorate, distributed 550 dual desks to 28 basic schools in the district.

    Additionally, the assembly allocated resources for infrastructure development, STEM education, and promoting Girls in ICT.

    He also mentioned that there are 924 people with disabilities in the district, with 896 already registered for free NHIS, and efforts are ongoing to register the remaining 28. Furthermore, 13 of the PWDs have received start-up kits from the Assembly Common Fund, and 25 have received support in education and medical assistance, among other forms of aid.

  • “Ghanaians love funerals so funerals will be converted to tourist sites” – Tourism Minister

    “Ghanaians love funerals so funerals will be converted to tourist sites” – Tourism Minister

    Ghana’s tourism minister, Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, has announced plans by his outfit to leverage the importance and “love” Ghanaians attach to funerals to convert funerals into tourist sites.

    During a media engagement, Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal mentioned that his outfit would scout for tourist sites proximate to such ceremonies, where local dishes and drinks, among other crafts, would be sold. 

    “When there are funerals, people gather in places. What we want to do, i.e., the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), is that when there are funerals, we will also find tourist attractions at the places where the funerals occur, so that when they finish, we are going to serve Ghanaian dishes, Ghanaian drinks, sobolo and co.,” he noted.

    To facilitate easy movement to their respective funeral grounds, the ministry plans to provide free transportation services to funeral attendees.

    This, the minister said, would help many travellers explore the various tourist facilities in the particular town or city where the funeral is being hosted. 

    “And then we can also bus those attending the funeral.  For example, if there’s a funeral here, we will make an announcement that there’s a bus.

    “You can go to Bonwire; the kente is there,people are selling kente there, there are sandals, and when you go there, you will spend the money .

    “We will bus them for free when you go to that area. When they go to that area, there are restaurants and bars where they will eat. They will buy water, they will buy artefacts, and they are enriching the rural economy by providing jobs”, Dr Awal added.

    There is a need, Dr. Awal said, to utilise funerals to explore tourist attractions and enrich cultural resources, in order to create employment opportunities for the youth.

    “That’s why we want to say take advantage of funerals to explore tourist attractions and to deepen cultural assets, thereby creating jobs for our youth .