Asere Mantse to set up education fund
THE Paramount Chief of Asere, a division of the Ga State, Nii Nikoi Olai Amashie III, has announced plans to set up an educational fund to support the development of the youth in his paramountcy.
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Nii Amashie III said education was the catalyst for development and the best way to create opportunities for people to achieve their potential in life.
According to him, as future leaders of the country, the youth ought to be supported in all fields not just to achieve their aspirations in life but for the prosperity and development of the country.
“Recently, I saw on social media that a young man in medical school called Tagoe needed help to complete his studies.
His name shows that he is from Asere.
With the Asere Educational Fund, we would therefore be able to support such people for the development of Asere and the country as a whole,” he said.
The Asere Mantse made this known in an interaction with the media after a meeting with some elders at the Asere stool house near Bukom in Accra.
Paramount chiefs
Nii Amashie III’s initiative to set up an educational fund followed his recent elevation as a Paramount Chief by the Ga Mantse, King Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II.
The Asere Mantse was part of six chiefs who have been elevated to paramount status by the Ga Mantse.
The rest are the Akanmadjen Mantse, Nii Ayikai III; Otublohum Mantse, Nii Dodoo Nsaki II; Sempe Mantse, Nii Adote Otintor II; Gbese Mantse, Nii Ayi-Bonte II and the Abola Mantse, Nii Ahele Nunoo III.
They were recently introduced to the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs at Dodowa during a colourful ceremony and will soon become members of the House after the amendment of Chieftaincy (Membership of the Regional House of Chiefs) Instrument, 2020, L.I.2409.
Unity
Nii Amashie III said despite being one of the biggest divisions of the Ga State with vast lands, for many years, Asere had been plagued by infighting, misunderstanding and lack of unity.
Such a situation, he said, had affected the development and the progress of the people of Asere.
He said it was time Asere and the entire Ga state came together, chart a new path and focus on issues relating to the welfare and development of people.
He said failure to do that would be catastrophic, and posterity would not be kind to all those who failed to put the interest of Asere, the Ga state and the entire country above their parochial interests.
According to him, those with progressive mindset have decided to steer Ga to greater heights and therefore those who refused to join the train of “unity and development” must realise that they were doing a disservice to themselves and the future generation.
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