MP for York in the UK visits Fanteakwa

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of York in the United Kingdom (UK), Mr Hugh Bailey, who is also the Patron of the Fanteakwa and the City of York Link, said his constituents have high regard for their relationship with Fanteakwa.

He said the people of the City of York have a lot to learn from the Fanteakwa community and pledged that a group of youth from the City would be visiting Fanteakwa later in the year. He expressed the hope that the youth would have the opportunity to learn more about the culture of the people of Fanteakwa.

Mr Bailey, who is a member of a British delegation touring the country, said this when he paid a two-day visit to Begoro at the weekend. He said he had held a series of meetings with the executive members of the Fanteakwa and the City of York Link. He said he would meet with his constituents on his return to U. K. to see how best they could support the various decisions initiated during his visit.

Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, MP for Fanteakwa, called for the support of the people of York to bring the educational standard of the children of Fanteakwa close to that of the City of York for the benefit of the children in both communities. He called for technology transfer that could help facilitate the interaction between the people of Fanteakwa and their counterparts in York City through the Internet.

Mr Ebenezer Ofoe Ceaser, Fanteakwa District Chief Executive, explained that the membership of the executive members of the Link in Fanteakwa had to be enlarged to cover the whole of the District, hence the presence of new executive members.

He said the branch of the link in Fanteakwa had also established a lot of sub-committees to enable all sectors of the society to have an impact on the performance of the executives.

The local Salvation Army School Cultural Troupe entertained Mr Bailey at a mini-durbar at the palace of Begorohene, Osabarimah Awuah Kotoko, who had travelled abroad.

Later, Mr Bailey and his entourage visited the Begoro Presbyterian Vocational Institute and the multi-purpose Begoro Community Library Complex, which is under construction.