We are Ghanaians - Nana Mprah Besemuna III
The chiefs and people of Krachi in the Oti Region have endorsed the decision made by their forefathers in voting for Trans Volta Togoland to join the Gold Coast, now Ghana.
This follows the recent declaration by members of the Home Study Group Foundation (HSGF), led by an 85-year-old retired educationist Charles Kormi Kudzordzi, also known as Papavi, separating that part of the region from the country.
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The leadership of the said group is currently being sought by the state security agencies while few others have been arrested.
The Krachiwura and Paramount Chief of the Krachi Traditional Area, Nana Mprah Besemuna III, who was addressing the people of Nkonya Wurupong Traditional Area at the Sankyi-Ba Festival, said: “We have since not regretted the choice of our forefathers.”
“It is true, we the people of Buem-Krachi District, which now constitutes Oti Region, were at some point in our history within Trans Volta Togoland. However, in the 1956 plebiscite, we voted massively to join Gold Coast to become Ghana. We have since not regretted the choice of our forefathers,” he intimated.
The Krachiwura, therefore, stressed that: “We wish to declare as loudly and clearly as possible that we are proud of our heritage as Ghanaians. We have not contracted any group of persons to fight for or canvass for our return to Togoland.”
Oti Region
Nana Besemuna III commended Nana Kwadwo Asiakwa II, the Omanhene and President of Nkonya Wurupong Traditional Council, and the people of Nkonya Wurupong for their support during the struggle for the creation of the Oti Region.
“Our efforts have been rewarded and we now have our own region. But the creation of the region is not an end in itself. It is only the beginning of the opportunity to build for ourselves the model region we would like to bequeath to our future generation,” he said.
Health delivery
Nana Asiakwa II, who also addressed the gathering, said the community was having a challenge with health delivery services.
According to him, the health facility in Nkonya had not seen any major refurbishment since it was constructed in 1958.
“Our communities have overgrown this health facility. All our demands and complaints for a medical superintendent and an administrator for this facility are yet to yield meaningful results,” he added.
