Asogli Features ‘Media Day’ in 2018 Te Za Celebrations

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May 17, 2018

Togbe Afede XIV, Agbgbomefia of Asogli State

The Planning Committee of Asogli Te Za (formerly Yam Festival) has set aside a day to celebrate Media in the Volta Region in a bid to project the festival.

The move dubbed “Media Day” will form part of activities to mark the annual festival of the people of Asogli where a health walk will be organised for journalists in the region amidst fanfare under the auspices of the Asogli Traditional Council.

Chairman of the Planning Committe, Brigadier Martin Koku Gameli Ahiaglo noted that the Council recognises the important role the media play, thus, wish to henceforth, nurture that relationship for the good of Asogli Te Za.

Brigadier Martin Ahiaglo (middle) addressing the mediapractitioner

This was disclosed during an interaction with media practitioners on Tuesday, May 15 at Asogli Palace in Ho.

Brigadier Ahiaglo said Te Za 2018 celebration coincides with the 15-year coronation anniversary of Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of the Asogli Traditional Area.

He added, the festival has been rebranded from Asogli Yam Festival to Asogli Te za to project its historical and cultural background to make it appeal to the international community so as to attract tourists.

Brigadier Ahiaglo hinted that plans are in progress to set up an office of the Secretariat where information regarding the festival will be obtained to open up the festival to expatriates.

Regional Chairman of the Ghana Journalists Association, Mr. Kafui Kanyi who led the media at the meeting welcomed the initiative and promised on behalf of his members to be of support and urged the Committee to ensure the safety of journalists during the celebrations.

Asogli Te Za, formerly known as Asogli Yam Festival is an annual festival celebrated in September by the chiefs and people of Asogli State in the Volta Region to thank God and also gods and ancestors for bumper harvest.

The celebration was brought into Ghana by the Ewes when they migrated from Notse in the Republic of Togo, where it is still celebrated.

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NaBCo Personnel to Get First Employment in Public sector — Dr Frimpong

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The Technical Economic advisor to the Vice President, Dr Samuel Kwadwo Frimpong, has said beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCO) will be the first to be considered for government employment should there be employment opportunities in the public sector.

His assertion was based on the fact that they would have the required skills and experience needed in public service to implement the various government policies geared towards building a strong economy.

He urged graduates to take advantage of NaBCo to gain the needed skills and experience and position themselves for permanent employment in the future.

Government, he said, had initiated a lot of policies focused on creating jobs and building a robust economy which would require experience and skilful personnel to take over and implement them effectively.

Dr Frimpong was speaking to some national service persons in Ho during the launch of the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) Ho Municipal maiden Excellence Award over the weekend.

The economic adviser, who was part of the team that developed the NaBCo concept, advised people to focus on the opportunity NaBCo offered and ignore detractors whose ambition was to direct focus on the modest stipend being paid to rubbish the programme.

Unemployment situation

According to him, the high rate of unemployment was negatively affecting the economy of the country and for that matter something ought to be done to address the issue.

‘Every year, we have about 60,000 graduates doing national service. Out of this figure, only 10 per cent get employment, leaving a chunk of 90 per cent to survive on their own’.

He said the unemployment situation was high because people were not patriotic and also were not interested in volunteerism.

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Dukɔme Lamesẽnyawo Dɔdzikpɔƒea Wɔ Tsaɖiɖi Tɔxɛ Aɖe Le Amuga Nutoame

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Dukɔme lamesẽ nyawo dɔdzikpɔƒea wɔ ŋkeke etɔ̃ tsaɖiɖi tɔxɛe aɖe le Amuga nutoame hena ŋkulele ɖe nutoame ƒe lamese menɔnyawo ŋuti. Tsaɖiɖi sia nye ɖoɖo tɔxɛ aɖe si lamesẽnyawo dɔdzikpɔƒea de tome le dukɔme godoa ƒe akpaɖe. Dɔdzikpɔlawo wɔ mɔnukpɔkpɔa ŋudɔ tsɔ se nya aɖewo me tso dɔnɔwo kple dɔnɔdzikpɔlawo sia gbɔ. Kɔsiɖa ƒe dziŋu atɔ̃a ƒe ŋkeke

wuietɔ̃a gbee ɖoɖoawo dze egɔme kaka ɖo Blaɖa, ƒe dziŋu atɔ̃a ƒe ŋkeke wuiatɔ̃a gbe.

Gbãa, Lamesenyawo dɔdzikpɔla siwo Ɖɔkta Yao Yeboah, amesi nye woƒe nunɔla nɔ ŋgɔ̃ naa, wodogo Amuganutome Lamesenyawo dɔdzikpɔlawo hafi dze woƒe tsaɖiɖiwo gɔme.Amuga nutome lamesenyawo dɔdzikpɔla ƒe kpeɖeŋutɔ Ɖɔkta Ofori Yeboah, amesi kpɔa dumeviwo ƒe lamesemenɔnyawo dzia, kpe ɖe Ɖɔkta Yao Yeboah ŋuti wonɔ ŋgɔ na wɔna bliboa.

Dɔdaƒe aɖe siwo tdaɖiɖia lɔ ɖe mea woe nye: Hohoe, Alavanyo Dzogbedze, Dzolo Gbɔgame dɔdaƒewo kpakple Amuga nutome dɔdaƒega. Kuxi aɖe siwo wotɔ asie na dɔdzikpɔlawoe nye: dɔnɔdzikpɔlawo ƒe agbɔmasɔmasɔ,mɔ aɖewo ƒe manyomanyo, dɔwɔnu veviẽ aɖewo makpɔmakpɔ kple bubuawo.

Ɖɔkta Yao Yeboah ɖeme be yewoa adze agbagba hena asitɔtrɔ le kuxiawo ŋuti kaba. Eyidzi hekafu Amuga nutome lamesenyawo dɔdzikɔlawo ɖe woƒe agbagbadzedzewo ta togbɔbe nukpekeame mawo ɖeto ɖe hã.

Kehã, eƒo koko na dɔnɔdzikɔlawo le nutoame be woana kadodo nyuie nanɔ woawo kple kɔdzidelawo domii ɣesiaɣi . Amuga nutoamee kpe nutome etɔ̃lia sime tsaɖiɖi sia fomevi eyidzi le.

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Nufiãfiã Hehexɔlawo Woaŋlɔ Dodokpɔ Tɔxɛ Aɖe Hafi Axɔ Woƒe Ɖaseɖigbalẽwo

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Hehexɔla siwo dodom le nufiãlawoheƒe vovowo fia ,woƒe ɖaseɖigbalẽwo asu wosi le dodokpɔ tɔxɛe aɖe si woɖe ŋkɔ nabe ‘Lincensure Examinations’ ŋɔŋlɔ vɔ megbe. Siamlɔm ƒe ŋkeke blaeve vɔ atɔ̃a gbee dodokpɔ ŋɔŋlɔ ayidzi le na ƒe sia me ƒe hehexɔlawo.

Nya sia dzego le nuŋlɔɖi aɖe yi dɔwɔha si kpɔa nufiãlawo ƒe nyadzi: ‘National Teaching Council’ he ɖe goa me. Ɖɔkta Evelyn Oduro amesi nye dɔwɔha ƒe agbalẽdziglã ye de asi nuŋlɔɖia te. Dɔwɔha ye wode dodokpɔŋɔŋlɔ dɔa asina .

Le nuŋlɔɖia nua, hehexɔla siwo akpɔ dzidzedzenyuie le dodokpɔ ma ŋɔŋlɔ mea, wosi koe ɖaseɖigbalẽ si aɖo kpe woƒe hehexɔxɔ abe nufiãlawo ene dzia asu.

Ewunu be, dɔdzikpɔlawo woaka nyata na gomekpɔlawo kuɖe fexeɖoɖo kple nububu siwo kuɖe dodokpɔaŋɔŋlɔ ŋuti le emegbe.

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Prospective Teachers to sit Licensure Exams, July 25

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May 16, 2018

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Fresh teachers from the country’s Colleges of Education and other tertiary institutions will from this year sit licensure examinations to qualify for certification as professional teachers.

The National Teaching Council (NTC), the regulatory body mandated to license and issue Registered Numbers to all teachers in the country is set to conduct the maiden Professional Exams on Wednesday July 25, 2018 for the 2017/18 academic year.

A circular sent to the affected institutions and signed by Dr. Evelyn Oduro, Executive Secretary of NTC stated that, passing the Licensure Examination was a prerequisite for the issuance of the Professional Teaching License and Registration Numbers to qualified trained Teachers.

It further indicated that, fees and other charges related to the exams will be communicated in due course and urged prospective to contact their respective institutions for further information on the impending exams.

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GHS Council tours Health facilities in Volta region

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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) Governing Council has paid a 3-day working visit to the Volta Region, as part of its nationwide tour of public health facilities.

The visit which took place from Sunday May 13 to Tuesday, May 14, 2018, formed part of the Council’s initiative to get closer to the service delivery points and interact with management, staff and patients on challenges affecting quality service delivery.

GHS Council members in a group photograph with officials of the Regional Health Directorate

Upon arrival on Sunday, the Council led by the chairman, Dr. Yao Yeboah and Director General of GHS, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare had its meeting in the Region before proceeding to a tour of selected health facilities in subsequent days.

Dr. Ofori Yeboah, Deputy Regional Director in-charge of Public health took the entourage round the selected facilities including, the Hohoe Municipal Hospital, Alavanyo Dzogbedze CHPS compound, Dzolo Gborgame Health Centre, and Volta Regional Hospital in Ho.

Issues raised by the management and staff of the facilities visited in the region, were lack of staff accommodation, poor roads to health facilities, inadequate staffing due the refusal of healthcare professionals to accept posting to the region inadequate Ambulances, among others.

Response

The Director-General, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare in response to the concerns, assured the staff of measures being taken to address the challenges of accommodation, staffing and ambulance service.

He indicated that continuous quality improvement should be a key in providing cost effective and efficient services and advice facility managers to use Internally Generated Funds (IGF) efficiently and judiciously.

Staff durbar at the Volta Regional hospital in Ho

“Various institutions should use innovative ways to attract and retain health professionals to the region, district and health facilities. GHS is poised to provide quality Universal Health Coverage especially at the Primary health level”, he added.

The Council chairman, Dr. Yeboah commended the Regional Health directorate and health facilities management for their commitment towards service delivery and the drastic reduction in Institutional Maternal Mortality rate in the region.

He however appealed to health workers in the region to ensure customer care, good interpersonal relationships with the patients and encouraged them to focus much on effective primary health care preventive health care service delivery.

The Council earlier visited the Eastern and Central regions in January and March respectively as part of the nationwide visit.

By: Voltaonlinegh.com

Over 85 Lives Lost in Protracted Alavanyo-Nkonya Conflict

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More than 85 lives have been lost to conflicts in two feuding communities, Alavanya and Nkonya over protracted land disputes there.

The age-long dispute had resulted in reprisal attacks that continued to claim lives of innocent people in the communities.

In a release by the Regional Peace Council (RPC) in Ho on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 and signed by the Regional Executive Secretary, David Esinu Yao Normanyo, the Council shares the pains of families who lost their loved ones.

“The Council recalls its 2017 audit of the nature of violence in the Alavanyo-Nkonya conflict since 1983 and concluded that over 85 lives that have been lost in the name of the conflict is enough for the conflicting parties to realize that violence will not resolve their grievances. The RPC stands in sorrow with and shares the pains of families of all those who have lost their loved ones by virtue of residing in the two communities.”

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It condemned the incidence on Monday, May 14 when a 41-year old lady, Atta Yaw Rejoice had been gunned down with another, an 80-year old woman injured after an unidentified assailant reportedly opened fire into the Alavanyo town of Deme in the Hohoe Municipality.

The injured woman has been rushed to St Margaret Maquart Catholic Hospital at Kpando where she is currently receiving treatment.

The release deemed such senseless killing by few blood-thirsty individuals as an act of cowardice and requires concerted efforts of the majority peace-loving citizens of those communities, especially those in diaspora to arrest the situation.

It further appealed to chiefs in the two communities to call their people to order while calling on law enforcers to arrest individuals they suspect of commiting these crimes for peace to prevail.

By: Ewoenam Kpodo/voltaonlinegh.com

B.K Aklama quits Global FM

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May 16, 2018

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The Morning Show host of Ho base, Global FM, Ben Korku Aklama has stepped down from his role at the radio station.

Voltaonlinegh.com has gathered the young versatile broadcaster officially packed out from the media outlet this week, after almost two years stay at the station, hosting one of the most listened morning shows in the Volta regional capital.

B.K Aklama, as he identified himself on the Global Morning Show, started as a co-host of the show with Torgbui Ahorgo I, when the station begun programming in August 2016.

He however took over the show following the resignation of the main host few months later and has since steered the ‘Global conversation’ in the municipality together with his in-house panelists, putting both residents and duty bearers on their toes.

Though, he didn’t assign any reason for his resignation, Ben Aklama in a Facebook post on Wednesday confirmed his exit, saying he was trying his hands on new things.

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Sonrise Christian SHS Wɔ Dodo le Suku Kɔnu na Suku Nuwulawo

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Sonrise Christian Senior High School (SHS) si nye sekɛndri suku aɖe le Ho wɔ dodo suku kɔnu na suku nuwula alafa ɖeka kple blaeve vɔ atɔ̃ siwo wu sukua nu le ƒe sia me.

Ƒe sia me ƒe dodo le suku kɔnuae nye ewolia si sukua wɔ eye wozã mɔnukpɔkpɔa tsɔ υu lamesẽtakpɔƒe kpokploe aɖe hã nu hena zazã le sukua me.

Aƒetɔ Joseph Dzemesi, ame si nye sukua ƒe Amexɔnyawo Dzikpɔla de dzesie be sukua ƒe agbagbadzedze le nuwuwu dodokpɔ si nye WASSCE mea, nabe yewo kpɔ mɔ hena gomekpɔkpɔ le dukɔa ƒe Dzɔdzɔmeŋutinunya kple Akɔŋta Hoυiυli si yia edzi le sekɛndri sukuviwo domea, me.

Eyi edzi hedoe ɖa be, elebe dziɖuɖua nadzi mɔnu aɖe hena kpekpeɖeŋu aɖe ƒomevi nana ɖokuisi sekɛndri sukuwo hã le dziɖuɖu ƒe sekɛndri sukudede femaxee ɖoɖo si woɖe ŋkɔ na be Free Senior High School Policy la te.

Dr. Ben Honyenugah, ame si nye Nunɔla ƒe Kpeɖeŋutɔ na Ho Technical University (suku kɔkɔ) xlɔ̃nu dodolawo be kutrikuku koe ateŋu akplɔwo ƒe akpa sia kpae.

Ke ebe, ameɖokuikpɔkpɔ gbloe, aglãdzedze kple agbe madeamedzi bubuwo nɔnɔ la makplɔwo ayi ŋgɔe o.

Agbalẽnyala gã siwo katã nɔ wɔna teƒea xlɔ̃nu dodolawo ku ɖe alesi woalé bé na woɖokuiwo hena woƒe ŋgɔgbeyiyi le agbemea ŋuti.

Woɖe eme nawo be, ne wonɔ agbe nyuiea, woƒe sukua agaxɔ ŋkɔ wu alesi wòle fifia.

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Sonrise Christian SHS holds 10th Graduation in Ho

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The Sonrise Christian Senior High School [SHS] in Ho has held its 10th graduation ceremony for 125 students who passed out of the institution this year.

The occasion was also used to inaugurate a health Centre for the school to add up to the facilities provided at the school to make it one of the best private SHSs in the region.

At the ceremony, the school’s administrator Mr. Joseph Dzemesi, said the school continued to perform creditably at the Wet Africa Senior School Certificate Examination [WASSCE]. He announced that the school has qualified in the National Science and Mathematics Quiz competition slated for June this year.

He appealed to the government to find a way to include private SHSs in the implementation of the free SHS initiative to buttress the belief of the government in private sector participation in national development.

Determination and Perseverance

The guest speaker for the occasion, Dr. Ben Honyenuga, who is the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Ho Technical University told the grandaunts to be mindful of the fact that determination and perseverance ruled the world and inspired students to do ordinary things extraordinarily well by applying determination and perseverance to achieve success.

He advised them to dream positively devoid of self-pity, be self-disciplined and work hard to progress in life.

The chairman of the board of directors, Madam Francisca Djentuh, advised the graduands to go into the world and perform well to make their alma mater proud.

The chairman for the function, the Ho Municipal Director of Ghana Health Service, Dr. Kosi Dzokoto, said as future leaders, they must go out into the world with the conviction to commit bthemselves to work hard.

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