Vote for leaders who seeks welfare of people(Daily Graphic)

THE Kontihene of the Akuapem Traditional Area, Nana Offei Kwesi Agyemang IV, has asked Ghanaians to vote for a leader who would seek the welfare of his people.
"We want a president who would put the needs of the people first, one who is development oriented, peaceful and respectful to take up the challenge as president of Ghana," he said.
Nana Offei Kwesi Agyemang IV made the call in an interview with the Daily Graphic after launching three books authored by Reverend Charles Ansah Owusu, the Director of Abundant Grace Academy, in Accra.
Nana Agyemang IV who is also the Chairman of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) board expressed confidence in Ghana’s electoral process and was hopeful that this year’s general election would be free and fair to ensure that the country continued to enjoy peace.
He called for people who had committed themselves to writing books to be encouraged to continue to do so and enhance the culture of reading among Ghanaians as the authors shared their thoughts with others through their books.
Nana Agyemang IV attributed the oral transfer of information from generation to generation in the Ghanaian traditional culture to the fact that our ancestors were not able to document their thoughts and other important information for us to depend on, and because of that the present generation also found it difficult to document certain facts that would help in future development.
“The reliance of oral record means people with valuable information tend to pass on knowledge to a chosen few, and the practice tends to hamper development, “ he emphasised, adding that the "lack of the culture of writing historically has slowed the pace of development in our nation".
The Kontihene further attributed the lack of culture of reading by the present generation to their societal orientation, which mainly was around foreign knowledge acquired through foreign media, and cautioned that that had the tendency to limit the development of culture in the country.
The three books "Fear Not, Time and Opportunity and Plan to Win”, according to the author, Rev Ansah Owusu, highlighted the main issues hampering the inability of Christians to develop both socially and economically.
He said although it might take time for some people to understand some of the issues he discussed in the book, through continual reviews in the media he believed they would easily understand those issues which were hampering development in society.