The Ga-Adangme community in the Northern Region last weekend for the first time in the history of the region commemorated the Homowo with a call on government to redouble efforts in developing the north.
Nii Ajumako Nunoo I the Ga-Adangme Chief for region commended successive governments for their contributions in developing the area but observed that much needed to be done.
According to him, poverty was still endemic in some communities to the extent that some families were unable to provide square meals to their dependents.
This he indicated is a major challenge to government achieving a number of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs reemphasizing the need for more to be done to ameliorate the situation of the people.
Nii Nunoo I said the north is blessed with a lot of resources if tapped could help developing the area which government is seeking to develop to catch up with the south and urged authorities to speed up the processes.
He however observed that the development both indigenes and non indigenes were championing would be a mirage if the area thrived in disunity and riddled with communal, tribal, chieftaincy and ethnic conflicts.
The indicated that these have been the major ingredients which has drawn back the developmental fortunes of the north urging residents to peacefully co-exist.
He pledged the continuous support of the Ga-Adangme community in the Northern Region to the course of developing the north which he described as their second home.
Explaining the significance of the celebration to the gathering, he stated that it Homowo is celebrated to recall the trials and success of the people of the Ga traditional area over a huge famine which befell them during their journey from their ancestral homeland to inhabit their current settlement.
During this difficult time he explained they gathered up courage to farm the land, cultivated corn and called upon their through libation to bless the farms to yield in abundance.
The rainfall that followed is he indicated is believed to be an answer to their prayers saying is therefore a celebration of victory over the hunger Gas faced.
In Tamale, unfermented corn powder called kpokpoi and palmnut soup of fish were sprinkled to signify the hooting at hunger as celebrants ate it with the palm nut soup prepared from fish only.
Libation was earlier poured to seek the favour of the Gods in the coming years for members of the community and the north as a whole while the occasion was used to recognize members of the who have over the years contributed to the welfare of the group.
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