Dr. Borketey (right) with the beauty queens
Miss Paulina Kumbuno from Nayagnia has been crowned Miss Navrongo 2018 at a beautiful event held in the Upper East Region late last year.
She beat several other ladies who took part in the pageant, displaying their culture and issues affecting the municipality to win the contest.
Themed ‘Navrongo, The Garden of Eden In Decay’, the event saw contesting ladies drawing attention to the need to uphold ethics and morality in order to make Navrongo and its environs one of the best places to be.
In a speech read on behalf of the Upper East Regional Minister, Paulina Patience Abayege, she indicated that she has the development of the girl-child at heart and that she has an initiative of working together with ladies to ensure that they find their voices in society and contribute towards the development of Ghana.
She mentioned that there was the need to provide such platforms for ladies in order for them to find themselves and get empowered.
Madam Abayege encouraged other ladies to take advantage of Miss Navrongo because it has the potential of making them who they want to become.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Charger Limited, Dr. Emmanuel Bortey Borketey, who spoke at the event, reminded guests that gone were the days when the place of women was in the kitchen.
He indicated that the place of the woman is now the boardroom where she makes strategic decisions in order to propel the development of the organisations and the country.
Paulina aims at embarking on a mental health project.
She revealed that the country has done little in caring for people with mental health issues. Her desire is to get most mentally ill persons out of the streets of Navrongo so they are given the needed care before she ends her reign.
According to her, their presence on the streets has public health and human rights implications and, therefore, it’s imperative that they are taken off the streets and given the needed attention and care.
Dr. Bortey pledged an amount of GH¢3,000 to support Paulina’s project.