Cracks on the walls of the museum
The chief of Battor – Atsiekpoe in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region, Torgbe Akatti V, has appealed to the government and philanthropists to help the community reconstruct its museum that was affected by the recent flood waters from the Akosombo and Kpong Dams spillage.
He noted that as the village was cut off by the floods, parts of the community were inundated by the waters which collapsed some mud houses and left cracks in the walls of the museum.
The facility, he disclosed, had been in existence for many years and was one of the things that tourists looked forward to visiting.
“As it is now, we don’t have a place to store our artifacts because the Akosombo Dam flood has affected our museum,” Torgbe Akatti V lamented.
He was speaking at the community’s annual fund-raising festival, attended by dignitaries including Rev. Francis Amewuho of God’s Power Mission, and Torgbe Tuidedzi.
Torgbe Akatti V described the dilapidated museum as a huge blow to the preservation of their heritage.
The festival was to raise funds to put up official residence for the midwife of the CHPS compound.
The chief said the absence of official accomodation for the midwife is hampering her work since she lives far from the health facility commissioned in 2022.
He, thus, appealed to the natives to maintain unity and love for the development of the community.
The occasion was also used to outdoor the Queenmother of the community, Mama Kekesi Nyadeasi III.
She pledged her preparedness to work towards the unity and progress of the community and appealed for support.
Chairman of the occasion, Patrick Amega, entreated parents to prioritise their children’s education, reminding them that education was key to the development of any community.
“The education of your children should be more important to you than any material possession because your joy and comfort in the future rests largely on the kind of investment you make today in their education,” he intoned.
A Daily Guide Report