Ghanaians in Nigeria arrive for Ghana @ 50

Aflao, March 3, GNA- Ghanaians resident mainly in Nigeria have since early this week started arriving in large numbers to participate in the Ghana @ 50 activities.

They are arriving on Nigerian registered coaches and other smaller vehicles.

Sources close to the security agencies at the Aflao border confirmed this to the GNA on Thursday after the agency came across some new arrivals going through entry procedures.

Mr Kwaku Tawiah who said he hailed from Agona Odoben in the Central Region said he planned his journey back home after eight years sojourn to coincide with the jubilee celebrations.

"The occasion is an opportunity for me to meet my people and feel the joy in the country with other Ghanaians," Mr Tawiah said. Mr Nii Kojo Okine, 49, a Veterinary Surgeon in Sokoto in northern Nigeria who is accompanied by his Nigerian wife said the occasion was a good opportunity to showcase Ghana to his wife.

Meanwhile the euphoria about the Jubilee celebrations has almost hit its peak at Aflao at the weekend with many organized groups participating in clean-ups and giving donations to the needy as part of their contributions.
About 300 members of the Global Evangelical Church undertook a three-hour cleanup at the weekend at the Ketu District Hospital and its environs, sweeping, burning garbage and de-silted drains. Led by Mr Ben Heh, Catechist, who is also Director of the Aflao Office of the Ministry of Trade and Presidential Special Initiatives, the members also donated various items worth 8 million cedis to patients at the hospital and prayed for the sick.
The items include fruits, loaves of bread, milk, sugar and 40 pieces of bed sheets and pillows.
Mr Heh said the Church wanted to show its members' love to the distressed to make them feel happy while the nation marked its jubilee. He said the cleanup was the churches contribution to the general call to keep the environment clean.
Miss Grace Stella Srem, the Hospital Matron commended the church and said the items would definitely make an impact on the patients at the hospital.
She said the heavy turnout of church members for the exercise was impressive.
About 150 member of the Tongu Citizens Association also participated in their final clean-up exercise at the weekend during which various parts of the township were cleaned as their contribution to Ghana jubilee celebrations.