Hon. Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister has advised stakeholders in the Upper East Region to uphold the cultural and traditional values of the various ethnic groups to ensure undiluted tradition is passed to unborn generations.
Speaking on behalf of the Upper East Regional Minister, Hon Stephen Yakubu at the Regional Festival of Arts and Culture, Hon. Dr. Salih bemoaned the attitude of some educated parents who did not speak their local languages to their children at home.
The Festival brought together various cultural troupes from the 15 Municipalities and Districts to display their culture and tradition.
He said children from such families could therefore not speak their own language and grew up not knowing their culture and tradition.
“It will surprise you that there are many of our people who do not speak our local languages to their children at home particularly those of us who are privileged to be educated,” he said.
The Minister noted that religion was not to do away with the established traditions, and urged Management of the Centre for National Culture (CNC) to ensure the programme was institutionalized as a yearly affair and rotated from among the Districts to make the programme attractive to the younger generations.
The Regional Director of the CNC, Mr. Pamphilio Kuubesingn said the Region was blessed with natural resources and tourist centres including the Tongo- Tengzuk Shrine, the Paga friendly ancestral crocodiles, the Kulungugu Bomb Site, and a home of great handicrafts, artefacts, leather works, textile among others.
To maintain and promote these great assets in the region, Mr. Kuubesingn called for the incorporation of technology in order to make them visible on global map so as to rake in a lot of revenue for the region and the country as a whole.
Noiyeng Radio
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