As part of the annual

Founder’s Day Celebration of Ghana’s first President, Dr Francis Kwame Nkrumah,

the people of Ellembele are to organized a series of event dubbed

‘Osagyefo Cup Events’ which is scheduled to be launched on Friday 26th August 2011

at Nkroful, his hometown in the Ellembele District of the Western

Region.

The

maiden annual edition is meant to honour the former president for his immense

contributions towards the development of sports, education and tourism in the

country.

The

theme for this year’s event is “Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the Dream Lives On”

The

date for the event is scheduled to take place from Monday 19th to

Wednesday, 21st, Sept, 2011, which would be the final day to climax the fiesta

with debar of chiefs and dignitaries. The venue shall be Nkroful Agricultural

Senior High School.

On

the sports arena, there would be an Inter-Schools soccer competition among the

eight senior high schools within the area made up of Nsein Senior High School,

Nkroful Agricultural Senior High School (the host), Bonzo Kaku Senior High

School, Annor Adjei Senior High School, Kikam Technical Institute, Half Assini

Senior High School, Esiama Secondary Technical School and Uthman Bun Affan

Senior High School (UBASH).

Other

activities to climax the event include an Inter- Districts Quiz competition for

the three Districts and an Open Day for all school kids at the Mausoleum of Dr.

Kwame Nkrumah at Nkroful. All activities shall seek to high the ideals of the

former first president of Ghana.

The

CEO of Nzema Events Management, promoters of the event, Mr. Osei Baffour, said

that this edition which shall be organized in partnership with the office of

the Ellembele Member of Parliament, Hon. Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah will be centered

on three key disciplines ranging from sports, education and tourism.

The

event, he added will go the long way to unearth and promote talented

footballers who might be identified as well as bring together the people from

within and outside the area to celebrate Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, we want Nkroful to

become the hub for the Founder’s Day Celebration.

The

promoters added that ever since the Founder’s Day Celebration was made a

statutory holiday, there was not any special event to commemorate the Founder’s

Day Celebration, and called on all to support the initiative which will be an

annual event marked by the people of the area in a grand style.

The

launching ceremony shall be attended by the various personalities who are

responsible for the three sectors under which the events is going to be

promoted.

Sponsors

of the event, Tullow Oil have indicated their joy to be part of an event which

is meant to celebrate an icon that is seen as a true liberator of the Blacks

across the world. They encouraged all to support events of such manner in the

country.