Nkawie (Ashanti Region) 20 June 2003 - Peter Eduful, Ashanti Regional Co-ordinator of the Ghana National Commission on Children (GNCC), has stressed the need for parents to attach more importance to the registration of their children after birth.

This, he noted, would enhance the preparation of reliable statistics for development. Eduful was speaking at the celebration of the African Union (AU) Day of the African Child at Nkawie in the Atwima District of Ashanti.

He urged parents to do their best towards the upbringing of their children since they are the nation's assets. Charles Yeboah, Atwima District Chief Executive (DCE), called on unit committees and assembly members to play leading roles in the registration of births and deaths in their electoral areas.

The DCE announced that District Assembly had provided funds for the purchase of a machine for the treatment of buruli ulcer in the District. He acknowledged the role health personnel in the district were playing in efficient and effective health delivery services and urged them to keep it up.