By Edmund Mingle
The Lekoryi Festival of the people of Likpe in the Hohoe municipality of the Volta region, was launched in Accra on Saturday, with a pledge by the chiefs to rapidly advance the development of the area.
Slated for March, this year’s festival, with the theme, Onward with sustainable development efforts in Likpe, will be climaxed on March 26 with a grand durbar of the chiefs and people of the area.
The festival will be used to mobilize the citizens and resources to scale up development projects in the area.
In addition, the Lekoryi, which means “coming together,” would be used to showcase the rich cultural heritage of the area, as well as promote networking among the citizens of Likpe living outside the area and in the Diaspora.
Togbe Soglo-Alloh IV, paramount chief of the Likpe Traditional Area, launching the festival explained that innovative measures had been introduced to ensure that the festival remained a viable channel for the progress of the area.
He lauded the enthusiasm among the citizens to support the development of the area, adding that the prime objective of the festival was to consolidate the gains from self-help projects in the area.
According to him, aside from promoting the rich culture of the traditional area, interventions in the areas of education, healthcare, water supply, road infrastructure and entrepreneurship would be promoted at the festival for the benefit of the people.
He thanked all donors and the Likpe Town associations for their continued assistance, and urged all citizens to actively participate in the festival.
Professor Anthony Q. Aboagye, Chairman of the Lekoryi Planning Committee, giving details of the event, said “this year’s celebration will serve as the backdrop of our efforts for the next two years and beyond.”
Among other objectives, the festival would aim at mobilising funds to undertake a water supply project in which the dam that stores water for the Likpe community, would be dredged.
The aim, he explained was to expand the dam to store more water for distribution to other communities around Likpe.
In addition, he said the resources were expected to be generated to continue with renovation works at the Likpe Health Centre, as well as scale up educational programmes to support schools in the area.
He said planned activities to mark the festival include a visit by the chiefs and people to ancestral caves on the Togo-Atakora mountains, cultural and marathon competitions, and fun games.
The first Lekoryi festival was celebrated in April 1988 under Nana Soglo-Alloh III, the then Paramount Chief of the area.
After a 20-year break, the biennial celebration was rejuvenated in 2008 under Nana Soglo-Alloh IV, and it has since been used as a platform for development, leading to the provision of social amenities for the people of the area.
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| Togbe Soglo Alloh IV (right) launching the festival |
Slated for March, this year’s festival, with the theme, Onward with sustainable development efforts in Likpe, will be climaxed on March 26 with a grand durbar of the chiefs and people of the area.
The festival will be used to mobilize the citizens and resources to scale up development projects in the area.
In addition, the Lekoryi, which means “coming together,” would be used to showcase the rich cultural heritage of the area, as well as promote networking among the citizens of Likpe living outside the area and in the Diaspora.
Togbe Soglo-Alloh IV, paramount chief of the Likpe Traditional Area, launching the festival explained that innovative measures had been introduced to ensure that the festival remained a viable channel for the progress of the area.
He lauded the enthusiasm among the citizens to support the development of the area, adding that the prime objective of the festival was to consolidate the gains from self-help projects in the area.
According to him, aside from promoting the rich culture of the traditional area, interventions in the areas of education, healthcare, water supply, road infrastructure and entrepreneurship would be promoted at the festival for the benefit of the people.
He thanked all donors and the Likpe Town associations for their continued assistance, and urged all citizens to actively participate in the festival.
Professor Anthony Q. Aboagye, Chairman of the Lekoryi Planning Committee, giving details of the event, said “this year’s celebration will serve as the backdrop of our efforts for the next two years and beyond.”
Among other objectives, the festival would aim at mobilising funds to undertake a water supply project in which the dam that stores water for the Likpe community, would be dredged.
The aim, he explained was to expand the dam to store more water for distribution to other communities around Likpe.
In addition, he said the resources were expected to be generated to continue with renovation works at the Likpe Health Centre, as well as scale up educational programmes to support schools in the area.
He said planned activities to mark the festival include a visit by the chiefs and people to ancestral caves on the Togo-Atakora mountains, cultural and marathon competitions, and fun games.
The first Lekoryi festival was celebrated in April 1988 under Nana Soglo-Alloh III, the then Paramount Chief of the area.
After a 20-year break, the biennial celebration was rejuvenated in 2008 under Nana Soglo-Alloh IV, and it has since been used as a platform for development, leading to the provision of social amenities for the people of the area.
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| A section of the Likpe citizens at the launching ceremony |
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