Led by the Awafiaga (War Lord) of Asogli, Togbe Adzie Lakle Howusu XII; Dufia of Ho-Ahoe, Togbe Kasa III, and Dufia of Ho-Heve, Togbe Anikpi III, they marched from the Asogli Palace in Ho-Bankoe, in defiance of the scorching sun, to the Volta Regional Coordinating Council where their petition was received by the Chief Director, Augustus Awity.

Mr Awity informed the chiefs the Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa was away on an official duty, and gave an assurance that he would present the petition to him as soon as returned later in the day.

They chiefs later continued their procession to the Ho Municipal Assembly to present a copy of the petition to the Ho Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Divine Bosson, and then to HTU to present a copy to the authorities of the university.

At a news conference which preceded the protest march, Togbe Howusu said the decision to name HTU was arrived at without any consultation with the chiefs and people of Ho, who played a crucial role in the establishment of the institution.

“The Asogli State Council views the decision of the government and the Governing Council of the university to rename HTU without due consultation with the major stakeholders, including the Asogli State Council, the custodians of the land, as unfortunate, misplaced and disrespectful,” he said. 

Togbe Howusu, who is Divisional Chief of Ho-Dome, maintained that HTU was an esteemed institution in the public domain, holds a special pride of place in the Volta Region, particularly for the people of the Asogli State, on whose land the university was situated.

For that matter, he said, the people of Asogli had a strong attachment to HTU, which was steadily gaining special recognition nationally and internationally.

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“We have arrived. HTU has arrived. With skills exhibitions that I have attended so far by our students, we can now call ourselves headquarters of TVET,” he said.

The Vice Chancellor said this at the “Advertising Fiesta” of the Department of Marketing and Advertising of the University, where final year students displayed skills in marketing communication.

He said students of the University had proven the importance of competency-based training and that management was ready to give international exposure to some exceptional practical works of students.

Mr Mathew Opoku Agyeman-Duah, the Head of Marketing Department of the University, said the “Advertising Fiesta” was a ritual in the Department, where students were tasked to convert theories into promotional packages in the form of television advertisements and documentaries.

He said through students’ hard work, the Department launched a tourism promotional documentary, which had been adopted by the Ghana Tourism Authority as an official documentary to promote tourist sites in the Region.

The event was on the theme: “Relishing the Nostalgia of Our Indigenous Heritage through Marketing Communication,” with storylines on ‘The hanging village of Shaire,’ ‘The stories behind Dwowoe and Adordi’, and ‘Aboloo and Yakayake, the special Ewe delicacies.’

Source: GNA

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