Juaben (E/R), July 18, GNA - The Chiefs and people of the New Juaben Traditional Area will use this year’s celebration of the Akwantukese Festival to initiate and sustain implementation of the Root- based Economic Development (r-BED) Model.
The initiative which was developed by Daasebre Oti Boateng II, the Omanhene of the Area would be celebrated alongside the festival which would commence from October 6 to 23 November 2019.
Daasebre Oti Boateng II announced this at a mini durbar of Chiefs and people of the area to mark Akwasidae in Koforidua in the Eastern Region.
He said the decision was taken at a Traditional Council’s meeting held at the Omanhene’s Palace over the weekend.
The Akwantukese Festival is celebrated by the people of New Juaben Traditional Area to mark the grand migration of the people from Juaben in the Ashanti Region to the Eastern Region.
The r-BED model is aimed at building sustainable community development through the reduction of poverty, the provision of basic needs such as housing, food, clothing, health, education and more importantly the involvement of their active citizens in the area’s development.
Daasebre Oti Boateng II said the Traditional Council had agreed that each community within the Traditional Area would establish a Community Economic Development and Investment (CEDI) Council, which would be run on sound business lines to generate employment and create wealth to advance the economic development of the communities.
“A Traditional Area Fiscal and Economic Development (TRAFED) Council will be established to coordinate the activities of the CEDI Councils,” he added.
He explained that the CEDI Councils together with their TRAFED Council would form a robust foundation, upon which the superstructure of community development would hang.
The Omanhene’s ideology of r-BED model which forms part of his book “Unity in Development” and has been lauded at the London and New York book fairs is believed to provide a useful basis to replicate it, not only in the New Juaben Traditional Area but also throughout the country.
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