Newmont joins people of Ntotroso to celebrate Apomasu Festival

Recently the chiefs and people of Ntotroso celebrated their biennial Apomasu Festival, which draws people from all over the world due to its rich cultural heritage and spectacular beauty.

.

The Apomasu festival is celebrated in honour of the Apomasu deity in whom the people of Ntotroso believe resides the key to the community’s well-being.

.

Newmont takes pride in celebrating the Apomasu festival with the people of Ntotroso, one of its host communities as it aligns with its integrity value which enjoins them to respect the culture and traditions of the communities where they operate.

.

The Apomasu festival has been funded in part from the cultural heritage component of the Newmont’s flagship Social Responsibility Initiative – Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation (NADeF).

.

Speaking on behalf of the General Manager of the Ahafo South mine, the Senior Regional Social Performance Manager of Newmont, Joseph Danso said, that over the years, Newmont has partnered the celebration of the Apomasu festival, which has served as a rallying point for development; thanks to the foresight of the paramount chief of Ntotroso, Barima Twereku Ampem III.

.

NADeF was established in May 2008 following two years of extensive but fruitful engagement with Nananom and the Ahafo Social Responsibility Forum (ASRF), as a mechanism to manage its sustainable community development commitment to its ten host communities, of which Ntotroso is an important part

In conformity with the demands of modernity, the festival, which essentially is a religious festival has also assumed a development-oriented dimension with a range of social activities spanning a period of one month.