Osu Methodist crowned winners of Ga Inter – Community Churches Quiz

The Osu Reverend Kwei Dagadu Methodist Church emerged winners of the 2021 Inter Community Churches GA Bible Quiz held in Accra last weekend.

The event, which was under the auspices of the Adabraka Atukpai Mantse, Nii Tetteh Adjabeng II, in collaboration with the GA Dangbe Literacy Foundation, Adabraka Atukpai Stool, Osu Traditional and Korley-Klottey Municipal Assembly, was to create an enabling environment for the churches and also strengthen the culture of the Ga dialect.

Speaking at the event, Nii Adjabeng II expressed worries about the neglect of the dialect and how it had affected the culture.

He maintained that the language should not be thrown away but rather be taught at all levels.

Nii Adjabeng II was optimistic the Ga dialect can rub shoulders with others in Ghana and internationally.

According to him, the initiative to promote the language started in 2018 with 10 schools within the Adabraka Community and it increased to 34 with more schools within the district in the last few years.

He pledged to continue to use this project to revive the ‘dying’ Ga culture and also extend it to other communities.

Nii Adjabeng II called on the government to help prioritise the teaching and learning of Ga at all levels of education.

Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Nii Ayikoi Otoo, lauded the initiative and pledged his unflinching support to hold it in high esteem.

He maintained that it was constitutional to preserve one’s culture and so the culture of the GaDangme community should be preserved; “and by so doing, one should cultivate the habit of always speaking the language.”

He advised that like other tribes speak their language in their locality, so should Gas do same in the region as it was the only way the culture could be followed by the younger generations.

At the end of the Quiz, Methodist placed first with 29 points; runners-up Faith Evangelical amassed 29 points, third-placed Pentecost Central grabbed 26 points, Anglican Barnabas and Apostolic ended with 24 points apiece while Presbyterian Church finished with the least points of 22.

All participation churches were presented with gifts from Nii Adjabeng II.

The event was graced by Chiefs and Queens including Nii Tetteh Okpo, Osu Alata Manste, Naa Naki Azamani II, Dodowa Manye, Naa Ashiokor Odeibe, Osu Manye, Nii Sackey, Adabraka Oakiley Mantse and Nii Armah Akoshi, Osu Clan Mantse.

BY LINUS SIAW NARTEY