Dogboe Wins SWAG Sports Personality of the Year 2017

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May 6, 2018

Isaac Dogboe, SWAG Sports Personality of the Year

New IBO World Featherweight champion, Isaac Dogboe aka “Royal Storm” has been crowned the Sports Personality of the year 2017 and also adjudged the Professional boxer of the year at a night of glamour and entertainment at the 43rd MTN SWAG Awards ceremony.

The event which honoured Sportsmen and women for the excellent performance in their various sporting disciplines was held on Friday 5th May, 2018 at the Accra International Conference Centre.

The event was graced by many dignitaries like the Sports Minister Hon. Isaac Asiamah, Black Stars Coach James Kwasi Appiah and the Special Guest of honor and Dormahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyeman Badu II, former Arsenal player Sefan Schwarz, and many others.

The event also saw the Asa band and Highlife sensation, Kwabena Kwabena who thrilled the audience with good music.

The following Sports personalities and contributors were also awarded on the night:

Haruna Tahiru – Para Athlete of the year (Arm-wrestling)
Alhassan Okine – Kick boxer of the year
Anthony Boafo Danquah Boakye – Cyclist of the year
Richard Amanor – Volleyball player of the year
Grace Atipaka – Female Badminton player of the year
Emmanuel Yaw Donkor – Male Badminton player
Vincent Torgah – Golfer of the year
Salia Nsabila – Hockey player of the year
Christian Amoah – Weightlifter of the year
George Bankole (Handball) – Dedication & Valour
Ofori Asare (Boxing) – Dedication & Valour
Suzzy Dede Teye (lady strikers/ black maidens) – Discovery of the year
David Akwei (weightlifter) – Discovery of the year
Isaac Nii Amugi (Arm-wrestler) – Discovery of the year
Ampem Darkoa Ladies – Female team of the year
Dr. Kojo Benjamin Taylor – Special Awards
Alex Asante – Special Awards
Dr KD Asante – Special Awards
Dr Martin Engman – Special Awards
Dr Paa Kwesi Odoum – Special Awards
David Abanga – Most promising Star
Herbert Mensah (rugby) – Association President of the year
Yusif Abubakar (Aduana Stars) – Coach of the year
Local Black Stars – National team of the year
Princella Adubea (Ampem Darkoa) – Female Footballer of the year
Thomas Abbey (Hearts of Oak) – Local male footballer of the year
Thomas Partey – Foreig- based male footballer of the year
Aduana Stars – Male club of the year

By: Yaw Ansa-Asare/voltaonlinegh.com

Parts of Volta to Experience Power Outage on Wednesday

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May 6, 2018

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Some parts of Volta Region will on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, experience an interruption in power supply.

Parts of Middle and northern belts of the region including Ho, Kpeve, Kpando, Hohoe, Jasikan, Dambai and Nkwanta Municipalities will have their power supply interrupted from 9:00am-5:00pm.

The interruption according to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is to allow for maintenance works. ECG is therefore, appealing to customers who will be affected to bear with the Company.

The communiqué which was issued over the weekend read:

“The Electricity Company of Ghana Limited wishes to inform its valued customers and the general public that, there will be an interruption in power supply on Wednesday, 9th May, 2018 from 9:00am to 5:00pm.

This is to enable the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCO) carry out maintenance works on its network.

Areas to be affected are: Ho, Kpeve, Kpando, Hohoe, Jasikan, Dambai, Nkwanta Municipalities and their environs.

ECG regrets the inconvenience that will arise out of this exercise.”

By: voltaonlinegh.com

2018 National Sports Festival Date Fixed

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May 5, 2018

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Date for 2018 National Sports Festival has been fixed after a technical meeting held on Thursday, May 3, by federation reps and the National Sports Authority at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The revived annual event which sees all 10 regions battle in selected sporting disciplines comes off at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium from July 29, through to August 9.

This year’s event will also see additional sporting disciplines like U-15 boys’ soccer, scrabble, chess, hockey, and 2 more Para sports, making a total of 15, compared to last year’s 11.

The purpose of this event which is to help select national players for the various national teams was revived in September last year in Kumasi.

Disciplines competed for last year included Boxing, Taekwondo, Athletics, Handball, Tennis, Volleyball, Girls soccer, badminton, table tennis, 3 Para sports, and Netball with Greater Accra and Ashanti regions dominating at the Festival.

This year’s event is expected to be better in terms of organisation and competition.

Currently, Greater Accra remains the only region to have organised inter district sports festival (in April) to select athletes for the big event happening in Cape Coast.

The rest of the nine regions either, handpicked players or organised a day’s gala to select their athletes.

By: Davis Nii Attuquaye Clottey/voltaonlinegh.com

Volta Volleyball Gala to Solicit for Funds

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May 4, 2018

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The Volta Regional Volleyball Association is organising a day’s Gala to select players and seek funds for the upcoming Southern Sector Volleyball Competition to be held in Ho in June this year.

The Gala which comes off on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at the Civic Centre (taxi rank), Ho, will see about 7 teams keep the ball flying, with beautiful receptions, accurate settings, powerful spikes, organised blocks & cover ups and well driven services.

Players from Aflao All Spikers, Sogakope Radio Tongu, Sokode Young Stars, Ho Volta Stars Spikers, Bator All Spikers, Dorfor Trinity Hands among others will battle it to help form a formidable team for the region.

The regional team will also have the assignment of representing the region at the Club championship in July and also the National Sports Festival at Cape Coast in late July to August.

The region, in view of these competitions is soliciting for funds to help them have successful competitions. An Amount of GH₵29,020.00 is expected to be raised at the Gala on Sunday, to fund the various activities of the Association as lack of funds has crippled their programmes in the past years.

The chairman of the Association, Johnson Ablodeh tells Voltaonlinegh Sports, they expect good competition with funds as well.

“We expect good weather in order to finish early. We also expect good competition, especially from the new club Sokode to help get strong team for the region. Looking forward to hearing and receiving good amount of money.”

“We’ll do follow-ups on those who won’t come around for funds, because hosting the southern sector championship isn’t easy. We also have to camp the players and all these is money. We expect the good people of Volta to come and witness what we’ve got in Volleyball. We are ready to receive anything in kind as well,” he added.

The regional volleyball team has failed on two occasions to participate in the Southern Sector Volleyball Championship held in Koforidua and Takoradi respectively due to lack of finance but cannot afford to miss this year’s event as the host .

However, participating clubs for the Gala are expected to pay an amount of GH₵30.00 and present 14 players and 1 coach per team. Several dignitaries have been invited to help raise the fund at the Gala which begins at 7am.

By: Davis Nii Attuquaye Clottey/voltaonlinegh.com

Volta Handball League Returns

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May 4, 2018

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The Volta Regional Handball League action returns this Saturday, May 5 at the Ho Sports Stadium with three (3) matches.

The league which had its last game on March 31 went on recess due to the vacation of the Senior High Schools.

Its resumption however, has been confirmed by the Executives, after their emergency meeting held on Friday, April 27, 2018.

Bottom side Evangelical Presbyterian University College (EPUC) female will begin the day’s matches with Mawuko Girls SHS at 12:00noon, after which Mawuli SHS plays Ho Technical University Volta Regional Handball League (HTU) male at 1:30pm. The last match for the day will be between EPUC male and Sokode Senior High Technical (SOSTECH) at 3:00pm.

Stars of Asha and Saint Teresa’s College of Education played the league’s last match before the break, which ended in favour of the latter.

TERESCO after their 32-23 victory continues their lead on the summit of the female table with 10 points, followed by Stars of Asha with 4 points. Mawuko and Mawuli are placed 3rd and 4th with 2 points each.

The male category table also have HTU top with 4 points and closely followed by Stars of Asha and Saint Prosper’s SHS (PROSCO) who are all with 4 points. Mawuli is 4th with 2 points and EPUC is bottom with no point.

The Volta Regional Handball Association, (VRHA) is planning a one day justifier in May, to pick players to represent the region at the upcoming National Sports Festival in July.

The region before the start of their maiden league had a similar exercise which led them to win bronze in both male and female categories at last year’s event in Kumasi.

The region being the second to be having an organised league in Handball after Greater Accra, hopes to do better at this year’s festival despite their financial difficulties.

They are however, still working on landing sponsorship for the league and their participation at the National Sports Festival.

By: Davis Nii Attuquaye Clottey/voltaonlinegh.com

Nkwanta South Inaugurates Agriculture Census Management Team

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May 3, 2018

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Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Nkwanta South in the Volta Region, Elder John Thasun has on behalf of the Minister of Food and Agriculture, inaugurated a four-member Agriculture Census Management team for the Municipality.

Speaking at the inauguration of the Municipal team earlier, he stated that Ghana Statistical Service is collaborating with other key stakeholders to conduct the census across the country.

He described the census as “a statistical operation covering the whole country which allows for the collection, processing, publishing and dissemination of information on the structure of agriculture and the state of development of the rural areas.”

By this, data will be collected directly from the households and some institutions on their agricultural activities including crop farming, tree planting, fishing, fish farming, and livestock rearing.

Information will also be collected from communities mainly on the geography, availability of basic facilities, socio-economic conditions, transport infrastructure, availability of community services, potentials for development and constraints to development.

The MCE added that the objective of the Ghana Census of Agriculture (GCA) is to produce and disseminate complete and reliable agricultural data to meet the needs of policy makers and other users to support informed decision making and for monitoring development programmes aimed at further developing agriculture and the rural areas.

Mr. Thasun therefore, appealed to farmers and institutions to cooperate and support the enumerators with the necessary information when they visit.

Members of the team are: the Municipal Coordinating Director, Mr. Alhassan Yussif, Mr. Isaac Agyapong, Planning Officer, Mr. Mathew Domeyo, Municipal Information Officer and Mr. Cefas Akai, Municipal Director of Food and Agriculture.

In a speech, Mr. Alhassan Yussif, on behalf of the team members, pledged to work assiduously to ensure that the census becomes successful in the interest of the Municipality.

By: voltaonlinegh.com

HTU Chooses First-ever Female SRC President

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May 3, 2018

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IMG-20180503-WA0008[1] — Vera Agbenya, HTU SRC President

Ho Technical University (HTU) went to the polls on Monday, April 30, 2018 to give the nod for the first time, to a female to steer the affairs of the student body.

Vera Fafa Agbenya made history when she secured 1,245 votes signifying 51.6% as against his male contender, Bright Delali Atakuma’s 1,140 representing 47.2% to become the University’s first female President of Students Representative Council (SRC), 50 years after its establishment.

Elections in HTU had witnessed female SRC President Aspirants but unlike Vera, none came out victorious as males continued to carry the day after vote counts for the past 50 years.

However, by dint of diligence and determination, Vera won the position that has been construed to be the preserve for men.

Immediate Past President, Frederick Cobby Mudey was happy about the outcome of the election. He disclosed that he supports women empowerment and sees Vera’s victory as historic and a dream come true.

“It is an honour handing over as the jubilee President to a history President. I always fight for women empowerment and I think the time has come where people are hearing our voices because Cape Coast Technical University recorded their female President-elect few days to our history”

It is my belief that, she will deliver as expected from her in order to dispute the critics of women not being able to withstand pressure from such an office, ” he added.

Meanwhile, 2013/2014 HTU SRC General Secretary, Courage Christson Tetteh said, Vera’s victory was as a result of conscious efforts made towards the progress of women and not just by chance.

“In the month of May, the current Women Commissioner, Lily Dzamesi along with Global Shapers Ho Hub, LIFE-MAC Network Foundation, Feminine Star Africa and Barcamp Ho, launched a Woman Acceleration Summit to commemorate the International Women Day and pressed for the progress of women. It is therefore, not surprising to hear that a female President has been elected following this event.”

He added the Institution had its first female rector four years ago and a historic first female SRC President was just what it needed. He therefore, urged the President to excel in discharging her duties to prove the point that the position of SRC President is not solely for men.

By: voltaonlinegh.com

Free Access to Journalism Profession Cause for Worry

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May 3, 2018

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Group Managing Editor of EIB Network, Eyram Bashan has expressed worry over the activities of some journalists in the country which seek to discredit other committed journalists and put into disrepute the profession.

Though she recognised the good works of committed and hardworking journalists in the country whose investigations have brought relief to people, solved age-long problems and exposed wrongs in society, she added, “we can do it better.”

According to her, there are those result-oriented journalists in the media. However, there are others who are there causing harm to the image of journalists and one gets to hear phrases such as “so-called journalists” among others and blamed that on free access to the profession by persons with little or no formal training in journalism.

The Group News Editor said currently, there are no restrictions as to who qualifies to be in the media as is the case when it comes to the fields of law, medicine, architecture, etc, where these professionals are trained and licensed to operate.

Madam Eyram Bashan was speaking on Joy News Prime at 7 last evening ahead of World Press Day today, May 3 and monitored by voltaonlinegh.com.

According to her, the media (airspace) is so critical to the development of every nation and it must take proper training of its workers to make the needed impact.

She said there are “numerous sub-standard journalism training schools in the country,” and contributing immensely to the problem.

On remuneration, Dr. Etse Sikanku, Communications Consultant agreed the economic situation in the country is not helping and called for the need for media personnel to be well paid to motivate them to do more.

Meanwhile, President of the Republic, Nana Akufo-Addo has been speaking ahead of the commemoration of this year’s World Press Freedom Day to be hosted by Ghana on the theme: “Keeping Power in check: Media, Justice and the rule of law”

By Ewoenam Kpodo/voltaonlinegh.com

Volta 2018 May Day Celebration in Pictures

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May 1, 2018

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Hundreds of workers from various labour unions under the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the Volta Region gathered today, 1st May at the Jubilee Park in Ho to celebrate this year’s Labour Day.

Labour groups such as Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), MidWife Association, Tertiary Workers Union (TEWU) among others were represented.

Inscriptions on held out placards of workers that the cameras of voltaonlinegh.com captured suggested a call on government to work towards attainment of sustainable development goals.

Just like the theme of this year’s event, “Sustainable Development Goals and Decent Work: The Role of Social Partners”, the workers want more from government.

Labour Groups in Volta Mark 2018 May Day with a Call for SDGs to be Met

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May 1, 2018

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Hundreds of workers from various labour unions under the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the Volta Region gathered today, 1st May at the Jubilee Park in Ho to celebrate this year’s Labour Day.

Most of the workers held placards with various inscriptions charging the government to work towards the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Labour groups such as Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), MidWife Association, Tertiary Workers Union (TEWU) among others marched at the event displaying inscriptions such as, “Pay your taxes promptly”, “More taxes better health facilities”, “Equip Midwives to reduce maternal and infant mortality”

Other inscriptions said: “Mr. President ECG is better than Meralco, Don’t exchange your VIP with Tico Car”, “Use the oil revenue to provide infrastructure”, “Say no to homosexuality”, “Civil and local government workers are tired of revamp posting”

Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa in his address at the durbar, welcomed all who have travelled from far and near, to grace the occasion and thanked them on behalf of Government for their good work for mother Ghana.

He touched on the theme for the celebration, “Sustainable Development Goals and Decent Work: The Role of Social Partners” saying, all hands must be on deck in order for the country to make progress.

“It is imperative for Organized Labour to resolve to do everything possible and necessary to partner government and lend your unflinching support to accelerate the growth and development of the economy to create more jobs which will lead to an improved standard of living for our people.

The Minister also assured of government’s commitment in providing safe and clean working environment for each worker and called for the support of the workers to make that dream, a reality.

Aside the labour unions, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) from the region, bigwigs of the ruling party, directors of various Institutions and other dignitaries made time to participate in the celebration.

By: Albert Kuzor/voltaonlinegh.com