{
  "id": 10424214,
  "title": "Yefri celebrates bountiful yam harvest, calls for urgent road rehabilitation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/yefri-celebrates-bountiful-yam-harvest-calls-for-urgent-road",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T10:28:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GBC Ghana",
    "slug": "gbc-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.gbcghanaonline.com/general/yefri-celebrates-bountiful-yam-harvest-calls-for-urgent-road-rehabilitation/2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The annual Yam Festival in Yefri, located in Bono East Region's Nkoranza North District, was celebrated recently with a vibrant durbar. This event, held every year to express gratitude for abundant yam harvests, also serves as a platform to assess and plan for community development. Nana Takyi Poku Gyimah, the Chief of Yefri, emphasized the importance of the festival in thanking God and the land's gods for the successful yam harvest. He explained that the festival began when the Mpaemu Oso group, now his linguists, discovered yam and were initially hesitant to eat it due to famine. Their insistence on testing it led to the naming of the crop as Bayere and the festival tradition. The Chief highlighted Yefri's achievements as a self-help model, citing the construction of various infrastructure like the clinic, police station, fire service station, and secondary school, which are now recognized as the best within the district. He also thanked the government for its contributions to infrastructure but appealed for improved township roads as the community's development-oriented mindset deserves more support. The festival culminated in traditional drumming, dancing, libation pouring, and thanksgiving rites to the ancestors, marking a joyful celebration of Yefri's achievements and the community's collective unity.",
  "summary": "The chiefs and people of Yefri in the Nkoranza North District of the Bono East Region have celebrated their annual Yam Festival with a colourful durbar that brought together chiefs, queen mothers, government officials, sons and daughters of the area, and residents. The festival is celebrated every year to thank God and the gods of […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}