Queen mothers appeal for early completion of Kibi road works

Kibi,(Eastern Region) 22nd June 99 ?

Queen mothers in the Akim Abuakwa Traditional area have appealed to the contractors rehabilitating roads in Kibi to expedite action and complete the work in time for the funeral of the late Osagyefo Kuntunkununku scheduled for August nine to 16, this year.

The President of the Akim Abuakwa Queen Mothers Association, Nana Korkor Daa Mansah, made the call at a meeting of the Queen mothers at Kibi at the weekend to discuss preparations towards the funeral and other issues affecting the area.

She called on the Queen mothers to ensure clean environmental sanitation and help check the growing rate of teenage pregnancies and drug abuse among the youth.

Nana Daa Mansah decried the recent media reports that two boys have impregnated eight girls at Begoro.

Nana Mansah, who is the Queen mother of Kukurantumi and the Adontehemaa of Akim Abuakwa, called for urgent steps, such as the revival of the puberty rites in the area, to help check such negative tendencies.

She attributed the rising vices to the craze for video shows, drugs and wake keeping, among the youth.