Ejura Divisional Council opens 2025 Ejura Sekyerene festival with massive cleanup exercise
The Ejura Divisional Council has officially opened the 2025 Edition of Ejura Sekyerene(Yam) Festival with a massive clean up exercise
The exercise which brought together hundreds of people is to ensure a clean and healthy environment as preparations heighten for the upcoming Yam Festival.
Held on Saturday October 4,2025,the event saw the participation from officials of the Police Service, traditional leaders, NADMO, Prisons Service, advocacy groups, community members among others.
Speaking to OTEC news, on behalf of the Ejurahene Barimah Osei Hwedie II, the Nkosuohene for Ejura, Nana Agyeman Anning Prempeh disclosed that, culturally no one is allowed to eat the newly harvested yam until traditional rites are performed
“The Festival serves as a platform to showcase the freshly harvested yams and officially marks the start of its consumption by the public”. He said.
Nana Prempeh commended Ejurahene’s commitment to developing the area, adding that Barimah Osei Hwedie II has lead dozens of developemenntal projects through the festival.
He urged stakeholders, cooperate entities, and all natives of Ejura both home and abroad to rally behind the traditional council.
About the Festival
The Festival called “Sekyerene”(Yam) is marked every year by the chiefs of people to thank God, ancestors, and the traditional stool for providing the people with a bumper harvest of fresh yams in the year just gone by.
Activities for this year’s Festival
The festival commenced on October 4, 2025, with the climax, the grand durbar, coming off on Saturday, October 11, 2025.
The Special Guest of Honor for this year’s festival is Odeneho Okyere Kusi Ntrama, the Essumegya Manhene.
This year’s festival will focus on youth development, with the theme “Disciplined Youth: Our hope for building a prosperous future.”
Here’s a rundown of the activities planned for the week
1. Saturday October 4, 2025 – Clean-up exercise
2. Tuesday October 7, 2025-Health Walk (Morning) Health screening (Afternoon)
3. Wednesday October 8, 2025 – Football Gala
4. Thursday October 9, 2025 – Tribal Performances (Morning) Performance by Fetish priests (Akom) (Afternoon)
5. Friday October 10, 2025 – Festival Rites at various Stool houses (Morning) Drumming and Dancing (Afternoon)
6. Saturday October 11, 2025 – Grand Durbar @ 11:30 am
7. Sunday October 12, 2025 – Thanksgiving Church Service
Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com/Jacob Agyenim Boateng
