Audio By Carbonatix
Dagaaba community in Accra defeated their Frafra counterparts 5-4 to win this year's Dagaaba-Frafra Fun Games held at the El-Wak Stadium in Accra on Sunday.
The event, which attracted a large crowd from both communities, saw the Dagaaba’s winning the Sack Race, Egg and Spoon, Tug-of-Peace, Women Soccer and the Women Volleyball contest while the Frafra’s won the Men Volleyball, Under-17 Soccer, Men’s Egg and Spoon and Women’s Tug-of-Peace.
The Dagaaba’s hail from the Upper West Region whilst the Frafra’s are from the Upper East Region and have common ancestral and traditional linkages and are noted to be play mates who often engage in such fun games to rekindle peaceful co-existence amongst the peoples of the two ethnic groupings.
The winner, the Dagaaba’s for their prize were presented with a magnificent trophy plus a puppy, which is a common delicacy amongst the two ethnic groups.
Professor Bruce Banoeng-Yakubu, Dean of Students, University of Ghana, Legon who was the Guest of Honour presented the prizes to the winners.
The event was under the theme: “Sustaining Peace and Friendship among Ethnic Communities”.
Prof. Banoeng-Yakubu urged the two ethnic groups to use sports as a unifying and a cohesive force to promote peace and development.
Dr Hakeem Wemah, Chairman of the Northern Development Forum (NDF), called on the participants to avoid acts that might generate violence and disunity and rather unite to hasten the peace of the integral development in the three Northern Regions.
Source: GNA
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Tags:
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Latest Stories
-
Microsoft sued by shareholders over expenses, cloud business, AI
26 minutes -
US judge dismisses Musk’s xAI trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI
36 minutes -
Almost all of world’s children exposed to climate hazards, UN agency says
47 minutes -
Trump may release US-Iran agreement before Friday, Vance saysÂ
56 minutes -
Supreme Court to hear Trump appeal involving lengthy detention of certain immigrants
1 hour -
Who Protects the Dreamer? Reflections on the vulnerability of the Girl Child
1 hour -
Florida sues TikTok, claiming it violates state child safety law
1 hour -
US Supreme Court won’t hear bid by suspended judge, 98, to keep her job
1 hour -
World Cup: Uruguay equalise late to deny Saudi Arabia in stifling Miami
1 hour -
Adamus CEO Angela List elected First Vice President of Ghana Chamber of Mines
2 hours -
Eni Ghana, Italian Development Agency sign agreement to explore joint development projects
2 hours -
GCB Bank and VISA expand collaboration to deliver smarter, customer-centric payment solutions
2 hours -
Nigerian court orders electoral body to deregister main opposition party, four others
4 hours -
Empty seat at World Cup for imprisoned French sports journalist
4 hours -
South African TV star arrested after allegedly kidnapping man in girlfriend dispute
4 hours