The Swedruman Council of Chiefs has honoured the 2025 best Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidate Miss Kaiser Adaakwa, who obtained a single digit aggregate, and three government officials in the Swedru Municipality.
Miss Adaakwa, currently a second year student at the Wesley Girls Senior High School in Cape Coast, received a citation and GHC 1,000 for her excellent performance.
The officials, Mr Bismark Ofei Mfoafo, the Agona West Municipal Director of Education, Dr Julius Abuku, Medical Superintendent of the Swedru Municipal government hospital and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mr Douglas Kumi, the Agona Swedru Divisional Commander, also received citations for distinguishing themselves in their career and contributing to the peace and development of the Area.
They were honoured at a durbar of chiefs and people of Agona Swedru during their annual Abangye festival.
Nana Esieni V, the Odikro of Agona Swedru, said three years ago, the Council honoured four BECE Candidates who had single digit aggregates to motivate final year Junior High School (JHS) students in subsequent years to put up better performances.
Nana Esieni who is also the NIfahene (Sub-chief) of Agona Swedru, underscored the importance of education to breaking the poverty cycle and urged all parents to invest in their children’s education.
He announced that the Swedruman Council had revised the high cost of funeral regulations which had brought untold difficulties on bereaved families, particularly, widows, to lighten the burden on them.
Any family member who flouted the new rules would face the wrath of the Council, he cautioned.
Mr Offei Mfoafo, the Municipal Education Director, urged parents and other stakeholders in education to support teachers to offer excellent services in classrooms to produce quality results.
He said the Ghana Education Service was doing its best and called for concerted efforts from all to enhance quality teaching and learning in the Agona West Municipality.
Mr Eric Gyamfi Odoom, the Agona West Municipal Chief Executive (MEC) gave the assurance that the Assembly was determined to put in place effective mechanisms to facilitate the provision of education infrastructure to boost education delivery in Agona West.
The MCE said he was worried about the lingering chieftaincy disputes at Agona Abodom, Upper Bobikuma and Agona Swedru, which had impeded developmental programmes.
He noted that it had put the government in a very tight corner because it could not meddle in chieftaincy matters, making implementation of policies and programmes to better the lot of the people difficult.
Mr Odoom therefore appealed to the Agona Nyakrom Traditional Council and Central Regional House of Chiefs to intervene to help resolve the disputes.
GNA
