Togbe Afede Hosts Aged & Children of Asogli to End-of-Year Banquet

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January 9, 2019

By: Ewoenam Kpodo | Voltaonlinegh.com|

Agbogbomefia of Asogli and President of the National House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV has organised his annual banquet for hundreds of aged people and about 2,300 children from the Asogli State at his residence in Ho, the Volta Regional capital.

The event which was in celebration of the yuletide had the children taking their turn on Boxing Day, Wednesday December 26, 2018 before the elderly, who had their turn last Sunday, January 6, 2019.

Last Sunday’s feast attracted the aged, opinion leaders, elders and chiefs from the traditional area who were treated to sumptuous meals including “akple” and “fetridetsi”, a staple food of the people, and good music.

In a similar fashion, the children, mostly basic school pupils, enjoyed good food and music spiced with storytelling sessions, thus, making the day one of fun for them.

A section of the children at Wednesday’s event

However, unlike the event for the aged yet in a very humbling way, the children had the opportunity to be served by chiefs of Asogli State including Togbe Afede who led the team of his chiefs to ensure every child that showed up on the day had something to eat and drink.

Togbe Afede XIV serving children at the event

Speaking on behalf of Togbe Afede on Sunday, Chief of Ahoe, Togbe Kasa III, called on the senior citizens to train their children and grandchildren into good leaders, setting them on the right path to build the nation in future.

According to him, there would be no bright future if the youth who will be the future leaders tomorrow lack the right upbringing and through the use of drugs and improper dressing among others, waste their youthfulness.

Togbe Kasa therefore charged the aged to put their feet down and ensure they correct the young ones and discipline them into responsible people capable of taking up the challenge to build the nation in the future.

The aged at the party at Togbe Afede’s resisidence

Mama Agblatsu III, Afetor-nyornufia of Bankoe on behalf of Shepherd’s Centre of Ageing, a group of aged Christians with branches in various parts of the region, who were also in attendance at Sunday’s event, commended the Agbogbomefia for his initiative to annually host the aged to a dinner table and in effect, uniting to create a joyful old age for every aged person.

Mama Agblatsu also touched on the admonishing by Togbe Kasa to parents and decried the challenges of modern parenting, saying the younger generation nowadays, with the help of technology, find ways of doing things at the blind side of their parents making the issue of discipline and character building problematic.

She nonetheless added her voice by tasking parents to among other things ensure their children go to the bed before them and asked that parents desist from forcing their children to look for means to fend for the family.

In the ealier event for the children, Togbe Afede XIV urged the children to be obedient, respect their parents and persevere in their academic studies to become important people in future so as to play useful roles in the society.

Togbe Afede addressing the children. To the left is Togbe Kasa III

He called on them to learn at the feet of accomplished personalities in the Asogli State and beyond and aspire to be like them and even more in future, plegding the Asogli State’s readiness to support needy but brilliant pupils and students to attain every height in their academic pursuits.

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Nkwanta Police Impounds Metro Mass Bus With Stockpile of Ammunitions

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Metro Mass ammunitions (2) — The impounded bus

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Police at Nkwanta in the newly created Oti Region has intercepted ammunitions onboard an Accra-Kpassa bound Metro Mass Transit (MMT) bus, with registration number GR 4417-12 on Sunday evening.

The weapons which were concealed under the passenger seats of the bus and in the booth, were intercepted at police barrier in the late hours of Sunday during a random search by a team of police personnel including the Municipal Commander, ASP William Ayensu, Inspector Linus Akpatsa, Lance Corporal Michael Appiah and Corporal Benjamin Andoh and others.

The items retrieved included one SMG riffle plus 3 packets of metal cache consisting of 2,100 rounds of ammunitions.

ASP William Ayensu who disclosed this to Voltaonlinegh.com commended his team for retrieving such weapons from the bus.

He also cautioned drivers and the general public to be extra careful when someone gives them parcels to be delivered from one point to the other.

Meanwhile, the driver of the MMT bus, Tony Kwaku Ann Bedu and the conductor, Samuel Larbi, have since been kept at the Nkwanta Police Station to assist the police with investigations.

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Ghana Taekwando Federation Appoints New PRO and Dep Secretary

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By: Yaw Skef | Voltaonlinegh.com

The Ghana Taekwondo Federation (GTF) at its first board meeting for the year 2019 has appointed Mr Davis Nii Attuquaye Clottey as their Public Relations Officer (PRO) and Mr Adnan Odartey Lamptey as their Deputy Secretary General.

The appointment, finalised at the meeting on January 3, 2019, became necessary as Mr Lamptey (5th dan Taekwondo practitioner) has been loaded with administrative duties of the Federation, thus, the confirmation by the board.

Meanwhile, the appointment of Mr Clottey to replace Mr Adnan’s previous portfolio (PRO) was by dent of hard work and commitment towards the promotion and development of Ghana Taekwondo.

Adnan Odartey Lamptey, Deputy Secretary General for GTF.

Mr Clottey, who reports for Voltaonlinegh.com served on the Publicity and Media Sub Committee during the 1st Ghana Open last year and also the recently formed part of the Local Organising Committee for the 10th Korea Cup Taekwondo Championships.

By this new appointment, he was being tasked to do more as the GTF prepares to begin a busy 2019.

The Board had (with the backing of Article 14.7 of the Constitution) among major decisions at their meeting, dissolved all Committees. However, it opened up for registered interested persons to apply to be members of the 9 committees.

The Ghana Taekwondo Federation begins a busy year with a visit by 4 from the World Taekwondo Peace Corps, Headquartered in the Republic of Korea in January.

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Minister Apologises Over Media ‘Curfew’ During Oti Referendum

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By: KALD & Rita Nedjoh| Voltaonlionegh.com |

The Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa has rendered an apology to the Ghana Journalists Association in the Volta region for the unintended consequences of a security alert, restricting movement of reporters during the just ended referendum for the proposed Oti region.

Journalists in the course of Thursday, 27^th December 2018 referendum for the creation of a new region in the northern part the Volta region, were asked by the Regional Police commander, DCOP Francis Doku to restrict their movement to the media centre at Bueman SHS in Jasikan, following security intelligence which pointed to plans by some indigenes to attack unfamiliar faces in the area including reporters.

This did not go down well with the GJA-Volta, which in a statement signed by the Regional Chairman, Anthony Bells Kafui Kanyi, described the development as “unfortunate in view of Ghana being an icon of democratic growth and development, following the referendum that ushered in the Fourth Republic.”

However, speaking at a press soiree organized by the Volta Regional Police command on Wednesday, January 2, 2019, where the issue took centre stage, Dr. Letsa who is also the Chairman of the Regional Security Council (RegSec) said the caution to journalists to restrict their movement during the referendum was not intended to prevent them from performing their duties but rather to safeguard their safety and security in the area.

He thus apologized to the media fraternity and said “the security alert which was communicated by the commander was from regional security council and it was in no way done to stop you from doing your work, so as the chairman of RegSec, I want to apologise to you if such a decision didn’t go down well with you.”

“We all know this referendum was a novel process in our democracy and stakes were quite high so as a security council we were just being proactive to ensure everything goes on peacefully and if in that process you felt offended, I apologise and let’s continue to work together,” the Minister added.

That notwithstanding, Dr. Letsa commended the cordial relationship between the police administration and the media in the region, and urged the two institution to continue to work collaboratively to ensure absolute peace and tranquility prevail in the society.

The Soiree

The soiree which took place at the Regional Police headquarters in Ho on Wednesday, January 2, 2019 brought together media practitioners, regional security heads, officers and personnel of the Police services to wine and dine, while taking stock of the previous year performances.

In attendance also was the Deputy Regional Minister, Mr. Maxwell blagodzi.

The Regional Police Commander DCOP Francis Doku on his part commended the support of the media to the service over the years, stating that “the relationship between the Police and the Press has been cordial and constructive.”

He noted that, the region in the just ended 2018 witnessed less crime as compared to the preceding year, a feat he attributed to the effectiveness of the security agencies in the region.

“I dare say that the Volta Regional Police has not been sleeping on its job at all and this is succinctly proven by the crime statistics of the year 2017 as against 2018,” DCOP Doku stated and called for more public cooperation to help bring down the incidences of crime to the barest minimum.

New District Command

The Regional Police chief also announced plans to open new district police commands at Juapong and Adaklu in the North Tongu and Adaklu districts respectively by the middle of 2019, as he appealed to the Regional Coordinating council to help provide vehicles for the new commands when they become operational.

GJA

The Regional chairman of GJA-Volta, Mr. Kafui Kanyi on his part applauded the police command for recognizing the support of the media and hosting them to such an occasion.

He indicated that, the media-police relationship was very symbiotic for which both institutions must continue to support each other in the discharge of their constitutionally mandated duties without any hindrance.

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Akplakope Residents Get Potable Water at Last

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January 3, 2019

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By: Tabitha Kugbonu | Voltaonlinegh.com |

The people of Akplakope, a community in the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region have heaved a sigh of relief after a borehole water project was handed over to the community to help resolve their age-long water problems.

The 5,000-dollar project was constructed by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Shaqiri Family and BRR Group of USA in collaboration with Amazing Amazing Grace Children’s Foundation after Member of Parliament (MP) for the area had lobbied them to provide good drinking water for his people.

The project would serve other communities in the district including Bakpa Dokpo, Bakpa Akplakope and Bakpa Bedikpo.

In an interview with the MP for the area, Alexander Gabby Hottorwodze, he stated that throughout his campaign tour in the community during the 2016 general elections, he realised that the community lacked a lot of social amenities such as potable drinking water, electricity, good roads among others, thus, planned on solving the problems one after the other.

Hon Hottorwodze said though his party, National Democratic Congress (NDC) unfortunately lost the presidential election, he (the MP) won and needed to help his people in any way possible to have access to good drinking which had resulted in the commissioning of the borehole water project.

He therefore urged the residents to make good use of the water and expect more developmental projects in their community.

Mr. Clifford Yaw Frimpong, a representative from the NGOs, stated that he had close relation with the MP and through their discussions, the MP made him aware that the community needed potable water and so, arrangements were made to get the NGOs to construct the borehole water project for the community.

He expressed satisfaction about the project and promised to help the community to get access to other projects from his NGOs.

In an interview with residents of the community, they expressed gratitude for having access to potable water which had remained their cry for over a decade.

One of them, Bensah Sakpiti thanked the MP and the NGOs for finding a lasting solution to their water challenges and promised that the community would make good use of the project.

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NGO Celebrates New Year For Aged Persons in Afadzato South

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A non-governmental organization, Kafui Foundation has in the spirit of the yuletide set a table to celebrate the New Year for hundreds of aged people in the Afadzato South district.

The event which took place on the second day of the new year, (Wednesday, January 2, 2019) saw over 500 senior citizens together with traditional leaders from various communities within the district gathered at Ve-Golokuati, where they were treated to sumptuous meals and good music.

Founder of Kafui Foundation, Ms Kafui Takyi and her team who spent time with the old people, extended the season’s felicitations to them and entreated them to help ensure peace and tranquility prevail in their various communities.

She noted that, the occasion was to celebrate the senior citizens for their immense contributions towards the growth and development of their communities and the nation as a whole during their youthful days.

According her, “over the years these people have been left alone making them to feel neglected by the society after their working age, so the Foundation has seen it necessary to bring them together to make them feel that they are not forgotten.”

Ms. Takyi thus promised to make the party an annual event for the aged to have fun and also receive free medical screening.

The event, which was graced by the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area, Mr. Wisdom Semanu Seneadza afforded the elderly people the opportunity to once again reminisce the good old days and also dialogue on developmental issues of the district.

On his part, the DCE lauded the generosity of the organizers, as he encouraged the old people to have hope in the New Year.

He also applauded the traditional leaders in the area for ensuring peaceful co-existence in the district and urged them to continue to show leadership and provide wise counsel for the development the forward march of the district.

The Kafui Foundation is an NGO with focus on issues of Education and Health in the Volta region.

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VTTC Chair Urges Members to be Responsible

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By: Davis Nii Attuquaye Clottey | Voltaonlinegh.com

Chairman of Vilcabamba Table Tennis Club (VTTC), Thomas Kuenyefu has called on his members to be responsible.

Speaking at this year’s Open Championship at the Centre for National Culture, Denu, Mr Kuenyefu urged his members to exhibit their commitment to the club by paying dues.

“You have to pay your dues because it is the payment of dues that qualifies you to be a member. Let us know who our members are by the payment of dues. This will make us responsible. Those of you outside Denu, you can show your commitment to the club by paying your dues and then you claim membership because it is a club which is open to all, we even have members in Accra. So we don’t keep it to only players in Denu or Volta Region. We want to further open up, so that people from other regions will hear of us and join.”

VTTC, Volta Region’s only active club lifted the image of the region at the just ended national Table Tennis league after placing fourth in the female category and eleventh in the male category despite their financial challenges.

With its base at Denu in the Ketu South Municipality, the club keeps training talents in and around the municipality who are prospect future champions.

Chairman Kuenyefu revealed to Voltaonlinegh.com, the roadmap to developing the talents they unearth which “is their pride.”

“What we do is to encourage the children to come and play the game and educate themselves but at this stage, the children are becoming men, so we expect them to also participate as club members. We operate purely as a club and by membership. That way, the children and the adults will feel responsible and take initiatives.”

“We have been able to strike alliances with most of the schools around this area, even up to the tertiary level and we have Millicent today who is at the tertiary level on scholarship, which is very unusual. But these things are going on and that is the source of our pride and encouragement to continue,” he added.

The owner of the Hotel Vilcabamba, Denu also congratulated all participants of the 2018 Championship which was held on Saturday, December 29.

The Championship saw massive improvement from the previous year as the competitiveness increased due to the participation of Ghana’s top seeds and had over 37 participants, with 5 categories battling for pride and laurels.

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2018 VTTC Annual Championship Sees Improvement

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By: Davis Nii Attuquaye Clottey | Voltaonlinegh.com |

This year’s Vilcabamba Table Tennis Club (VTTC) and Micky Group Limited Open Championship with Ghana’s top seeds, Cynthia Kwabi and Derrick Abrefa in participation over the weekend at the Centre for National Culture at Denu in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region, has recorded classic competition and improvement.

The Annual Championship which is aimed at encouraging the young talents in the region saw over 37 participants coming from various parts of the region including the host town, Denu, Hohoe, Anloga, Tokor, Kpando, Anyako, as well as the national capital, Accra, and neighbouring Togo.

The best of 3 in group stages and the best of five in the knockout stages of the singles championships saw Benjamin Mensah beat Richard Semexah 3-2 to clinch Gold Medal and a smart phone in the Cadet category. It was an intriguing encounter from start to finish as both proved why they were in the finals, with the last set ending 11-9 for Mensah.

Richmond Semexah, twin brother of Richard beat Solomon Agbanyo 3-1 to place third as both received cash prizes, Polo shirts, Bronze Medals with certificates.

In the Juniors Category, Hohoe-based Bless Hodasi sailed through to the finals and defeated Eli Aglago in 3 straight sets to run away with the Gold Medal and Wall Clock. Dominic Prah, also from Hohoe settled for Bronze Medal together with Ishmael Clottey from Accra who lost to the former 3-1 in the third place game.

The Veterans, which saw only four participants who battled for a single round robin, had Michael Kpeku winning all 3 matches to clinch the Gold Medal, while Israel Bossman picked Silver Medal. Julius Amekpor managed Bronze, whereas Thomas Kuenyefu went home only with a certificate and cash prize.

It was a cagey final as Millicent Ankude battled Cynthia Kwabi in the female category which saw emerging talents display their skills in the group stages. Millicent fought back to draw 1-1 after Cynthia had taken the lead. The home fans grew wild as Millicent forced the Ghanaian International to fumble in the 3rd game but experience won it for Kwabi, as she sealed a 3-1 victory over Millicent Ankude. In the 3rd place match, Matilda Fodu lost 2-3 to Malwine Akator, while Abigail Heanyeame clinched the 5th position overall after beating Beatrice Boateng 2-1.

Derrick Abrefa had a 100 per cent record in his quest to clinch Gold Medal in the male seniors but not on a silver platter as he fought his way through to victory, beating Dzodzi Norvihoho 3-1 in the finals. Selassie Setorwofia took Bronze Medal after a thrilling 3rd place game with Bright Dzotsiafe, a 3-0 revenge for the former who lost 1-3 during their group game.
Abrefa, received a wooden Trophy, Cash prize, a certificate, a polo shirt, and a wall clock, while Kwabi among other winners of each category had same but without a trophy.

There were cash prizes for 5th and 6th place overall in the female category only but all first 4 in each category except Veterans (4th place), had Certificates, medals, Polo shirts & cash prizes.

Chairman of the VTTC, Thomas Kuenyefu in an interview indicated the club’s intention to open the Championship to the whole country and to further improve upon it in 2019.

“Next year, we shall do a bigger tournament, with bigger prizes and bigger competitors from outside the region, so that we will have a national affair and not just a regional affair. So we want to encourage players from other regions who are not exposed to come next year.”

Vilcabamba Table Tennis Club also used the opportunity to honor Millicent Ankude, Malwine Akator, Jemilatu Mensah and Matilda Fodu who helped the club achieve a 4th place berth at the

National Table Tennis League which ended in November with a party at the Hotel Vilcabamba.

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Nneka Foundation Put Smile on the Faces of Children at Kpando

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By: Albert Kuzor | Voltaonlinegh.com |

It was a glamorous moment for over 700 children in the Kpando Municipality on the Boxing Day (26^th December) as they were treated to Christmas party.

The children drawn from the Kpando Township had their good time to enjoy variety of food and drinks through the benevolence of Non-governmental Organization, Nneka Youth Development Foundation.

The party was an annual project by the foundation to put smiles on the faces of less privileged children during the Yuletide, according to Madam Cecelia Fiaku, founder of the NGO.

The Christmas party was held for the children with lots of food and drinks to the sound of good music, with supports from Indomie Ghana.

The children also had the opportunity to witness the appearance of Santa Claus, interacted with him and listened to Bible stories.

Most of the children whom at their first time witnessed Santa were happy and enjoyed the ceremony with lot of fun and games.

The Member of Parliament of Kpando, Delali Sowah who was present, thanked Nneka Youth Foundation for their benevolence and also for choosing her area for this year’s Christmas party for the children.

She used the occasion to interact with the children, most of who are primary school pupils and advised them to focus on their education.

The Municipal Health Director, Mr. Samuel Abubey also shared a happy moment with the kids and advised them on basic health tips and also advised the beneficiary children to be obedient in society and in their schools.

He was happy for the project being held in the Kpando municipality and was grateful to the Nneka Youth Foundation.

Prior to this, the foundation had organized similar pre-Christmas party at the Youth camp at Ve-Agbome in the Afadzato South district, for over 800 children from the district.

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North Tongu Assembly Empowers PWDs with Working Tools

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PWDs (1) — The DCE (R) handing over a Deep Freezer to a beneficiary

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Some 70 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the North Tongu district have received support from the assembly to enable them engage in decent economic ventures of their choice.

The support comprises works kits such as deep freezers, fridges, sewing machines, milling machines, ovens, wheel chairs, desktop computers, laptops, cash and assorted food items for petty trading.

The District Chief Executive, Mr. Richard Collins Arku who presented the items to the beneficiaries at a brief ceremony at Battor, said the gesture was in line with government’s agenda to make disabled persons economically self-reliant by supporting them to engage in petty business activities.

According to him, the items worth GHS164,000 were purchased from the three per cent disability allocation of the District Assembly Common fund, which was hitherto given to the beneficiaries as handouts.

Some of the items given to the beneficiaries

While, reiterating government’s commitment towards the wellbeing of PWDs, the DCE urged the beneficiaries to put the items to good use in order to achieve the intended results.

He pledged the assembly’s continuous support to persons with disabilities through capacity building programmes and provision of working tools to more and more of them.

Mr. Atsu Amedzo, President of the North Tongu Branch of Persons with Disability, who expressed appreciation to the government for the support, also commended the DCE for his commitment towards the welfare of disabled persons in the area.

He however called for an increase in the disability fund allocation in order for more of their members to benefit from the government’s support programme.

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