Traditional Council enacts bye-laws to promote education

The Gomoa Ajumako Traditional Council has enacted bye-laws to punish parents and guardians who would send their children to the farm during school hours, Nana Kobena Gurah, Mponuahene of the Council, has said.

Nana Kobena Gurah, who is also chief of Gomoa Onyandzi, said this when he addressed a durbar of the chiefs and people of the town to climax the annual Akwambo Festival at Onyandzi.

He said parents of children under six years who had not been enrolled in school would also be fined.

According to the chief, the Council took the decision to help promote education in the area and also to ensure that the children stayed in school until they finished.

Nana Kobena Gurah said under the bye-laws, children under 16 years, especially girls, were not to be permitted to stay outside after 20:00 hours.

He said any child who would be seen during their curfew hours would be arrested and their parents fined heavily.

The chief said the Ajumako Traditional Council had also placed a ban on the sale of drinks after 22:00 hours to reduce noise making and offenders would be severely punished by the chiefs.

Mr Theophilus Adu-Mensah, Agona West District Chief Executive (DCE), said the Assembly had given its full legal backing to Gomoa Ajumako and Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Councils to implement bye-laws to help promote education.

The DCE said the government was making huge investments in infrastructural development in education.

He said the Assembly had constructed six classrooms block for primary schools and contract had been awarded for the construction of three classrooms for a junior high school in the town.

Obrempong Yamfo Krampah X, Omanhene of Gomoa Ajumako Traditional Area, appealed to promote unity to ensure development of the District.