EDUCATE US ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY : Contest entry by @hajiataiba

INTRODUCTION
Hello steemians, I am very delighted to write on the contest post my @steem Infinity Zone and @siz-official..
This is really a great contest and I’m also here to write about the contest and the contest is all about
Educate us about your country.
This is a nice contest and I will say all steemians should participate on this particular contest.

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I’m a Ghanaian and I was born and raised in ghana 🇬🇭. Ghana is a beautiful country, through I know there are a lot of countries in the world but Ghana is really a nice country and also Ghana is the most peaceful country in the world.

I will start by giving you the brief history out my country.

Ghana gained its independence on March 6, 1957.
Before ghana gained independent, Ghana was first called Gold Coast.
Ghana 🇬🇭 is located on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in Western Africa.
And because we gained the independence of that day, every year March 6, we celebrate.
Below is the big six that fought for gained independent.

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Our first president, he was the in the person of Dr Kwame Nkrumah
He was the leader of those six people who fought for Ghana to gained independence.
And after the independence he be came the first president of the Republic of Ghana.

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He really did well for Ghana during the time he was the president.
I will like to list some names of people who ever become the president of the Republic of Ghana.

• Dr Kwame Nkrumah

• Jerry John Rawlings

• John Kufuor

• John Atta Mills

• John Dramani Mahama

• Nana Akufo-Addo

The above are some of the people who ever become the president of the Republic of Ghana but the sad part is that, some of them are no more alive.

Our current president is His excellency Nana Akufo-Addo

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His really doing well for our country. And I think he is the best president so far. My country is a beautiful country and a nice place one should visit and also, my country Ghana is One of the best countries in the world and Also one of the most peaceful country.

Now, I will like to explore you guys with my country national Pledge. And my country national alone should tell you how my country is and how we those who lives in are. We are humble, loyal, caring and Ghana is a place for everyone, whether you are a visitor or not, you are also welcome.

National Pledge

I promise on my honour to be faithful and loyal to Ghana my Motherland.
I pledge myself to the service of Ghana, with all my strength and with all my heart.
I promise to hold in high esteem our heritage, won for us through the blood and toil of our fathers; and I pledge myself in all things to uphold and defend the good name of Ghana.
So help me God.

Another important thing I will like to talk about my country is, the sporting aspect of my country.
Because Ghana is one of the most peaceful country in the world, Due to the peacefulness of my country ( Ghana), had the chance to host the 2008 African cup of nations.
Ghana is my country, Ghana is the most peaceful country in west Africa and also in terms of sports, Ghana is part of the countries that love sports ( football ).
When you look at the history that Ghana is having on sports or when it comes to football, it is a nice history.
Ghana had this history because of the kind of peace Ghana is. Let’s look at the 2008 African cup.

Ghana was the country that host African cup of nation and everything went well successfully, there was enough stadiums and there was enough training ground for the various countries who were lucky to be part of this competition.
Before a country can host for a competition, they will look at the kind of peace the country is having before they will now grant the country the opportunity to host for the competition.

Below are some of the stadium we have in Ghana;

Before a country could give the chance to host a World Cup competition, the number of stadiums in that country is considered. Ghana have a lot of stadiums and some are under construction. But currently these are the number of stadiums that can be used

• Baba Yara stadium with the capacity of 40,528
• Accra Sport stadium with the capacity of 40,000
• Len Clay stadium with the capacity of 30,000
• Tamale sports stadium now Aliu mahamma stadium with the capacity of 21,017

They are lot of stadiums and also a lot of training pitches in Ghana.

Ghana is a beautiful country and I will like to talk about the great players of my beautiful country.

Below are some of the great players of Ghana;

• Asamoah Gyan

• Abedi Pele

• Tony Yeboah

• Michael Essien

• André Ayew

• Sulley Muntari

• Stephen Appiah

There are a lot of players but that’s the above is just few of our plates.
Some of the players have played for big teams in outside Ghana.
Playing ball outside should tell you how our players are good and also for them playing outside also sell the good Name of our country. This is just the short history of my country in the aspect of sports.

Now, I will like to talk about The educational institute of Ghana.

Ghana is good when it comes to the educational sector. Ghana has an education system ranging from nursery to University, with two of this Universities listed in the top Universities across Africa.
There are a lot of Universities we have in Ghana but I like to list some of the Universities we have here in Ghana.

• University of Ghana

• Ghana Communication Technology University

• Ashesi University

• Ghana School Of Law

• Accra Institute of Technology

• Regional Maritime University

• Nursing and midwifery training college korle bu

• Zenith University College

Above are just some few number of Universities in Ghana.

The middle/high school is fully sponsored by the government of Ghana. This initiative started in 2017 by the current president of Ghana. There are more than 500 Senior high schools across the country.

Now, Let’s look at interesting and lovely place one can visit when you found yourself in my beautiful Country Ghana.
There are a lot of tourist sites in ghana 🇬🇭 but I will just mention few of them.

Example tourist site in Ghana are as follows;

• Accra
• Kakum National Park
• Mole National Park
• Kumasi
• Busua Beach
• St. George’s Castle
• Nzulezu Ghana
• Lake Volta
• Kokrobite Beach
• Paga Crocodile Pond
• Labadi Beach
• Lake Bosumtwe

I will like to talk about some of the tourists side.
I will like to talk about Paga Crocodile 🐊 pond.

This is we’re visitor got to see crocodile real, meaning face to face and they are not harmful. Some of us see the crocodiles on Tv and some see them on phones etc. but when you found yourself in ghana and you visit the paga crocodile pond, you will get to see them face to face.

I and my friends went there to see the crocodiles but me I was scared to go closer to it.

Another interesting place which is very nice and interesting to see yourself is Nzulezu Ghana.

This place also a nice place you should visit when you visit Ghana.

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People who stays there are happy and they also enjoys like the way we those who are not living there . And sometimes they even feel like that enjoy life more then us. Is really a nice place and all these are the reasons why I think Ghana is nice place my fellow steemiams you visit.
Ghana is just a nice country I think my fellow steemiams should visit.
Ghana is a country we’re they treat visitors like they are citizens of the country.

Now, I will like to talk about the number of regions we have in Ghana. The total number of regions we have in Ghana are 16.
And below are the names of the regions in ghana.

• Upper west

• Central

• Upper east

• Greater Accra

• Savannah

• North east

• Bono east

• Northern

• Western north

• Bono

• Ahafo

• Oti

• Ashanti

• Western

• Volta

• Eastern

With the above mention regions, I stay at the northern region.

Let me come down to we’re I say in Ghana. I stay in the northern part of Ghana 🇬🇭. And the name of my town is Yendi and in my local Die-let, the name is ( Sankara Yeli )
This also were one can visit and you will never regret it.
People who lives on yendi are lovely and nice people and they also love visitors.
The people who lives in yendi are called Dagombas and I will like to talk about the interesting and lovely festivals celebrated my them.
There are a lot of cultural festivals celebrated my the people of yendi but This are some of the cultural festival people of yendi celebrate.

• Bugum chugu (popularly known as fire festival)
• Damba festival

Bugum chugu (popularly known as fire festival)

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I will like to talk about the reason why my lovely people of yendi celebrate the fire 🔥 festival. The reason behind this is to make the birthday of the prophet Mohammed.

Damba festival

Damba festival is celebrated to mark the end of every year. And it very nice and interesting to celebrate.

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This when our formal president visit yendi to celebrate the Damber festival. It was really nice and interesting.

I will like to talk about some interesting places one can visit When you found yourself in yendi.

Yendi is a kind of place I think everyone should pay a visit and also, we are a lot of tourist attractions there too. And these are some of the tourist sites in yendi

• The Greenwich meridian passes through yendi
• The grave of the late Babatu (warlord)
• Naa Dataa Tuwa
• I will like to highlight on some of the tourists sites mentioned above;

The grave of the late Babatu.
He was a great man who happens to have slaves. Those days he was a slaves deal meaning he was having slaves who was working him and also he sell some of the slaves to the white men.
So when he die, they buried him in yendi. So when you come to yendi, you can visit the grave of the late Babatu.
And up to date, the The weapons and the chains he was using to chained the slaves, they are still there and you can see them when visit there.

Naa Dataa Tuwa

I will like to talk about the Naa Dataa Tuwa. This is really a great history and sometimes people cry when hear this story.
Those days. In the 80’s there was one chief who happens to rule yendi and as at that time,
He was having so many wife’s and they were beautiful as well. And it happens that, some of his people were dating some of his wife’s.
So when he found out that some of his people were dating his wife’s, he pass a law saying if he caught someone dating his wife, he will cut off that person head.
And this was how they were doing it. They was this stone, the victim will side and lay his head on the stone and they will cut it off.
So after they finished cutting the victims head, they will put the head inside the Tuwa and the body will be kept in some well.
And what happened and they stop it was that, someone lie to the chief that one his people is dating his wife. So the chief as his bodyguards to go and bring this man so that they will cut off his head.
So the when and bring him and when they cut off his head, instead of blood should come out, but there wasn’t blood but rather milk that was coming out.
And everybody was shock and his brings that thing to the end.

They are a lot of tourist places in ghana and not only that but Ghana is just a beautiful place to be.
And I’m here inviting all people on steemit to visit my hometown Ghana 🇬🇭 so that you can have a story one day to tell your grandkids and not only that and also to tell friends and love one how Ghana is.

In conclusion, I will like to use this opportunity to thank @siz-official for this wonderful and lovely contest and administrator @cryptokraze
Thank you!!!!