The Upper East Regional Director of Museums expressed some worry about the neglect of the only museum that serves the five regions of the north when she spoke on A1 Radio, April 25, 2022.
According to Mrs Prisca Na’ambome Yenzie, it appears duty bearers are not paying enough attention to what should be done to ensure that the museum is run effectively.
Additionally, she expressed worry about the lack of patronage of the facility.
Speaking on the Day Break Upper East show on A1 Radio, she noted that, she has engaged the media in a way to communicate and remind duty bearers of the lapses in the running of the museum in the region so as to make them respond, but that has proven futile.
“This is not the first time we’ve been in the media. I think for the past years we have been doing it, but nobody appears to be listening to the radio. I think that’s it because if not, nobody cares to say okay! I have heard you on the radio. Come and tell me what the issue is to me. I think people don’t listen to the radio or don’t care about the institution,” she said.
“What people have forgotten is that, as soon as you forget about this institution, you have virtually forgotten about yourself. Even if the institutions are too many for you to supervise, but this one, only this one for all the northern part of the country I mean what is it and we have spoken so much on radio?” she asked, audibly stressed about the situation.
But speaking on the same platform today, Mrs. Yenzie explained that after numerous media publications by A1 Radio, a subsidiary of Agreed Best Communication Company, patronage of the facility had risen by at least 50 percent. She spoke on A1 Radio’s News Link.
“A1 Radio has helped us a lot. I can say patronage may be up by 50 percent. People who didn’t know about the facility now know about it. They come to visit the museum, and they appreciate the difference and development that has taken place,” she said.
Mrs. Yenzie added that due to the redevelopment of the facility, visitors have come from places within the five regions of the north to learn about their history. But for a minor transportation challenge, the Tumu Senior High School would have been one of the entities that visited the facility from outside the Upper East Region.
Recently, the Upper East Regional Museum, with support from its partners, celebrated World Storytelling Day under the theme “Together We Can.”
Taking inspiration from the many conflicts within the northern part of the country, plays and stories were formulated and told of how patrons could help, in their own ways, end the conflicts.
“We said we were going to come together and preach peace. The first thing was to stage a peace drama. Then, there was a presentation by an ancient woman, that is, a young child, advising all of us to drop our weapons and come together for development,” she said.
Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith|Ghana
