With his over-40-year reign as paramount chief, one thing comes to mind when Ahunabobrim Nana Prah Agyensaim VI‘s name is mentioned: royalty with purpose and vision
The 80-year-old Agyensaim VI, a lawyer by profession, has made his town the envy of the rest of the country and arguably, other parts of the world.
He has not only made Assin Kushea the cleanest and most organized town in Ghana but has managed to get people to buy into the idea of replicating same in their towns.
Nana Prah Agyensaim VI has also built a palace believed to be the biggest in the entire West Africa, while implementing other initiatives to improve his people.
In this piece, we take some of the awe-inspiring things he has done as chief that has transformed his town and earned him admiration.
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Chief ‘s town as Cleanest town:
In a country where sanitation issues especially in the capital are particularly becoming disturbing, Nana Prah Agyensaim VI has managed to make his entire community the cleanest in Ghana.
Speaking in an interview with TV3, he explained how that came to be.
“When I became a chief, I told my people that, there was no way I was going to get Kushea to beat the size of Cape Coast but I will do something that will beat everybody; that is to be the neatest town in Ghana – that was achievable.
“I tackled littering…I said from now on, as long as I remain here, we will all together make sure that we don’t litter. But you know, sanitation is a process, you just don’t tell people that you shouldn’t litter when you have not provided them with bins.
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“So I decided to provide the whole town with dustbins, cladded in national colours. And I used to go to the schools and talk to kids. I happen to be a lawyer, so you know the law, you know the repercussions when you break it and I worked within the laws and constitution of Ghana. You’ll be on trial, customary and if you are found guilty, you may be asked to go and do a communal labour, pay a token amount, you may be shamed, and people didn’t want to be embarrassed in the palace, in the public,” he said.