Pay more attention to education — Kenyasi Chief
The Paramount Chief of Kenyasi No.1, Nana Osei Kofi Abiri, has bemoaned the falling standards of education in the traditional area.
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Nana Abiri was speaking at an “Akwasidae” festival durbar at Kenyasi No. 1. The event was the first Akwasidae in a series to be celebrated by the chiefs and people of the area.
He charged parents and guardians to invest favourably in the education of their children.
According to him, the best legacy parents and guardians could bequeath their children and wards respectively was to offer them a solid foundation in education.
“It is disheartening to see parents and guardians spend lavishly on funerals and funeral cloths at the expense of the education of their children,” he said.
Nana Abiri warned that the traditional council would soon ban the sale and purchase of funeral cloths in the Kenyasi No.1 Traditional Area because of the negative impact the practice was having on the education of children.
“While the child’s school fees remained unpaid and exercise books and other learning materials were not bought, parents, particularly mothers, did all they could to buy a new cloth for a funeral,’’ he said.
He stressed that the time had come for parents to set their priorities right by giving education the topmost attention since it was only through education that the people could come out of poverty.
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Nana Abiri further urged parents to take keen interest in their children’s activities in school and not turn the schools into dumping grounds.
He said the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, realising the importance of education for the people, had a computer centre established at Kenyasi No. 1. But, he said, ever since the centre was inaugurated by Lady Julia Osei Tutu, wife of the Otumfuor, in the company of a group of 35 investors from abroad, the people of Kenyasi have failed to make good use of the facility.
“At a point when sixty people from the area were to be sponsored to study ICT the indigenes of Kenyasi did not take advantage of the opportunity, as parents did not attach any importance to computer studies,” Nana said.
He warned parents who encouraged their children, particularly the females, to dress provocatively to desist from the habit as it exposed them to activities that affected their education.
Nana Abiri said the ban on burning bushes in the harmattan period was still in force and that anyone caught would be dealt with.
He commended the chiefs and people and the local council of churches and other religious bodies for their support towards developments of the traditional area and urged all to live in peace and harmony.