Regional News of Sunday, 21 August 2016Source: GNAMahama attends Kundum festivalPresident Mahama in a handshake with Nana Kwesi Agyeman IXPresident John Mahama, has said the Western Region had made enormous contributions towards national development and Government would reciprocate by providing their fair share of the national cake. President Mahama said this at a durbar of chiefs and people of Lower Dixcove Traditional Area at the Annual Kundum Festival on Saturday. President Mahama said road networks in the traditional area would be tackled in earnest comprising the old Busua/Dixcove and Sankore/Cape-Three-Point roads as well as other inaccessible road networks. President Mahama urged the youth to acquire employable skills in the petroleum industry that would enhance their prospects of securing jobs with the oil and gas companies. The Kundum Festival is celebrated by the Ahantas and Nzemas in the Western Region as well as some communities in neighbouring La Cote d’Ivoire between July and December every year, to thank the gods for abundant harvest and prosperity.

Source: GhanaWeb August 21, 2016 17:26 UTC