Chiefs and traditional authorities of Cape Coast in the Central Region have called on the youth to boycott this year’s Orange Friday, which usually forms part of the Oguaa Fetu Afahye.
The Traditional Council dissociated themselves from the event after the organisers failed to seek their permission.
Orange Friday promotes the consumption of citrus fruits during the festivities. The grand day of the Fetu Afahye festival falls on the first Saturday in September as a procession takes place around the community, with dancing and merrymaking and a grand durbar of the chiefs and people of Cape Coast.
Fetu Afahye marks the beginning of a new year for the Oguaa people of Cape Coast. The festival closes with an interdenominational service at the Chapel Square on Sunday.
Meanwhile, former Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Ekow Spio Gabrah, contributing to the 2017 Youth Conference which forms part of the week-long celebration, encouraged stakeholders to imbibe their experiences with the youth to help them make inform choices on their future careers to put them on the right business path.
“Those who are Members of Parliament, those who have been diplomats, those who have been bankers, dentists, architects, surveyors have a responsibility as stakeholders to go back into the classroom once in a while to share their experiences with the students that, if you want to become an architect this is what you should follow, if you want to be a dentist this is the subject you should learn,” he stated.
“The geography teacher can’t tell the student very well and the student will believe him or her. You are teaching geography, how can you teach me how to become a dentist because you are not a dentist yourself? It’s only the dentist or the mechanical engineer or the guidance counsellor who can more effectively share career opportunities with students in the classroom and this is an important stakeholder consideration,” he added.
Source:Ghana/AccraFM.com
