Kyebi (ER), July 22, GNA- As part of efforts by the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council to improve tourism in the area, the Council has decided that the Ohum festival will be celebrated annually as a major festival.

Consequently, the Okyenman Council will hold a grand durbar of chiefs and people at Kyebi, the capital town of the traditional area, on August 6, this year as part of the festival to bring families together and ensure unity in Okyenman.

Osabarima Adusei Peasah V, Tafohene and Senior Divisional Chief of Okyenman, who announced these at a press conference at Kyebi on Thursday, said the Council would exploit all resources at its disposal for the benefit of the people.

He said the festival aside its sociological significance, would also serve as mode of transmitting traditional knowledge to successive generations and as a means of generating resources to improve infrastructure in the area.

Osabarima Peasah said the Council would use the festival to appraise the development strategies and objectives on education and health among others.

He said the Council would repackage the festival to give it an international dimension so that it could be added to the festivals on the Ghanaian tourist calendar.

Highlights of the festival would include, a durbar at of chiefs and people of the area at Tafo on July 29, a clean-up campaign through out Okyenman and a charity football match. The Ohum festival, until this innovations was being celebrated only by individual towns located along the Birim River.