New executives for Accra Premier Lions Club

A SEVENTEEN-member executive of the Accra Premier Lions Club was sworn into office last Thursday for 2009/2010.
The new President, Lion Dr Peter Asubonteng, who took over from Lion Seth Klaye, said his team was motivated by the selfless service of their predecessors who worked very hard to maintain the reputation of the club.
Dr Asubonteng, who joined the club in 2006 after reading a Daily Graphic publication about a donation the club had made to the Akropong School for the Blind in that year, said the club was committed to the service of mankind, which is the core of its operations in the country.
He said since the inception of the club in the country, members had been men and women of immense success in their work which not only met their needs but, by extension, that of the larger community.
The President said the club members had been people who had a passion for the needy in society, adding, "I have studied with admiration and joy the number of needy people whose lives have been touched by a single act of service embedded in our slogan."
Some of those acts of humanitarian service, he said, ranged from eye screening outreach programmes, de-worming exercises to intellectual impactation of the club members on the youth.
"Our vision for this Lionistic year is to construct a simple but modern toilet facility for the Kitson-Mills Primary School at Korle Gonno," Dr Asubonteng said.
The President said pupils of that school had to cross the street to use a nearby public toilet in the community, explaining that that had affected school attendance, as some failed to return to school after visiting the facility.
He admonished his colleagues to be servant leaders by serving as much as leading the group. “Challenges and tension times may come but I urge you to remain calm and patient to take the right steps,” he said.
A Past District Governor of the club, Lion Nelson Agbesi, charged the new leadership to put in place measures that would maintain the reputation of the club and also work to the service of the needy in society.