PAGA-NANIA COMMUNITY HAILS ANDRE DEDE AYEW (PAGE 31, JULY 3, 2010)

The Kassena-Nankana West District Chief Executive, Thomas Dalu Addah, has commended the Black Stars on their performance in the ongoing World Cup tournament in South Africa.
He has particularly, hailed the performance of Andre Ayew, a native of the area for his sterling performance and bringing honour to the area.
In an interview with journalists at Paga, the district capital, Mr Addah said the performance of Dede had turned out to be an inspiration to many children in the district who are hoping to grow up into great sportsmen and women.
He said there are many talents in the districts who are looking out for assistance to blossom into big stars and serve their nation.
Andre, son of the maestro, Abedi Ayew Pele hails from Nania in the Kassena Nankana West District of the Upper East Region. The area is well known for its tourism potential due to the existence of the Paga Crocodile pond and Pikworo slave route, but the presence of the Ayews has brought an additional tourist attraction for foreign and local tourists who visit the town to see where these gem of talents hail from.
Mr Addah expressed the hope that the Ayews, especially the Maestro, will make good his promise to help harness more talents from the area and build them into great sportsmen and women.
“As far as my district is concerned, there are lot of talents and I pray the senior Ayew (Pele) will come down to help us develop those talents”, Mr Addah said
Mr Ayew Wensongo Costa Abedi, Cousin of Abedi Pele said he was happy at the performance of his kinsmen in the national team and prayed that they(Andre and Rahim) would continue to excel and assist other team members to excel and bring honours to the nation.
An uncle of Abedi, Mr Atasungu Ayew, said their home in Nania had become a viewing centre as many of the youth usually trooped to the house to watch young Dede and his team mates play, adding that they are proud of the team.
The Headmistress of the Nania L/A Primary School where Abedi
Pele had his elementary education, Abiba Karim, also expressed joy at the performance of Andre, adding that most of the young pupils had adopted him as their mentor.