St Anthony’s Hospital Closes Down Amidst Covid-19 Upsurge

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February 25, 2021

BY: Akpabli Daniel Yao I Voltaonlinegh.com |

Management of Dzodze St Anthony’s Hospital in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region has partially Suspended healthcare services in the facility over an upsurge in Covid-19 cases in the Municipality.

According to a letter dated February 23, 2021, the decision to close down the hospital follows consultations with the Keta-Akatsi Diocesan Director of Health Services, the Ketu North Municipal Director of Health Services and other key stakeholders.

“The decision is part of measures to assure our clients of quality at the hospital and also strengthened the systems towards handling of COVID-19 patients within the Ketu North Municipality.” the statement noted

They added that, some of the positive Covid-19 patients have accessed the hospital and also received treatment from the facility during the period therefore the need to shut down to enable management take necessary measures to ensure safety of the facility.

Management further advised the general public to strictly adhere to all Covid-19 precautionary measures.

Below is the full statement

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

VRCC, UNFPA CP7 Draw Work Plan Implementation For 2021

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BY: Akpabli Daniel Yao I Voltaonlinegh.com |

The Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC) and an implementing partner to the Government of Ghana/United Nations Population Fund (GOG/UNFPA) seventh Country Programme (CP7) has organized an inception meeting to discuss the VRCC/UNFPA 2021 work plan implementation.

The meeting which included participating department and Non-Governmental Organizations had presentations on their various 2021 planned activities in support of the well-being of the Adolescent, Sexual Reproductive health (SRH) and gender issues.

Mr. Prosper Afenyo, the Acting Regional Coordinating Director and the President’s Representative expressed gratitude to the Sub-implementing partners for the tremendous input they are making in the development of the Adolescent in the Various district across the Volta Region and charged them to do more.

He also call on the departments and Sub-Implementation partners to do more sustainability plans to equip themselves in executing their planned activities.

The focal person from the VRCC, Madam Victoria Fato noted that, the year 2020 was a success, for all planned activities of the VRCC/UNFPA, have made positive impact in the various communities across the region.

As part of this years planned activities, she said, Seminar on Social Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR)/Gender related issues will be targeted among Senior high School.

“there will be playing of recorded episodes on Child Marriage and teenage pregnancy, Durbar on SGBV, capacity building on SGBV case management for DOVVSU personnel, Radio Education on SGBV, Tack beneficiaries of camp meeting and Mentorship and empowerment for adolescents in some selected districts across the entire region” She said

She further added that, there shall be follow up and orientations for Watch dog Committee, orientation of stakeholders on minimal essential package, building capacity of service providers in long acting reversible contraceptives, technical working groups meeting, Data validation meetings on Maternal and child health, Monitoring visit on maternal and child health, Reviewing meeting on vocational skills training, forum for Youth leaders on child marriage and teen pregnancy, Reviewing on child marriage and teen pregnancy among others.

She assured a good collaboration between the VRCC/UNFPA and the sub-implementing partners to ensure that, this year also see many successes.

However, some departments called for collaboration among themselves so as to work together for a desired common goal, example, in the celebration of the International day of the Girl Child among others as they noted that, issues affecting children are cross cutting issues which needs partnership and collaborations.

Present at the meeting were Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa, all departmental Directors from public institutions, Chairman of the coalition of NGO’s among others.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

OTI: First Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Commissioned At Nkwanta

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BY: Benjamin Owusu | Voltaonlinegh.com |

The St. Joseph Hospital in the Nkwanta South Municipality in the Oti Region has commissioned an Ultra-Modern Neonatal Intensive Care unit (NICU) facility to improve healthcare delivery in the area.

The facility is equipped with incubators, beds, central oxygen, patient’s monitors, infusion pump, flow meters, nasal cannula and other essential health equipment to facilitate work at the unit.

Speaking at the event, Rev. Sister Georgina Quayson, the hospital administrator expressed gratitude to Rotary Board in Germany and other international bodies as well as local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) and the nursing communities for their contribution towards the construction of the GH 567,853.0.08 worth facility.

She also indicated that the facility being the first of in the region will help address the neonatal challenges among babies born pre-term and other critical health situation in the area, however, she appealed to other philanthropists and organisations to support the facility with vehicle and other logistics to enable them function properly.

Dr. Francis Gokah also thanked the sponsors for the facility, noting it will help the emergency situations in the area and advised residents to visit the facility regularly to check their health in spite of the spark in Covid-19 pandemic.

Nana Amoah Boafo II of Nkwanta-Adele commend the hospital management for their efforts to put such infrastructure in the area and prayed the facility will help improve Neonatal and other emergency cases as patients may no longer travel long distance to access healthcare.

He further pleaded with the staff to take care of the new facility to server its intended purpose.

Moreover, the nurse in charge of the centre, Rev. Sister Lydia Yeboah and other staff acknowledged the facility will improve Neonatal care and further assured all to work to improve the health conditions of the people in the community.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

We Don’t Know “V. F. Sesom Hofamn” – Executive Director of Albinos in Ghana Clears Air

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February 24, 2021

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BY: Evans Atta Akangla I Voltaonlinegh.com |

The Executive Director of People With Albinism, Ghana, Mr. Newton Komla Katseku, has debunk the press release by V. F. Sesom Hofamn the president of The Association of African Albinos (A. A. A).

He said the association never recognized the said statement and has no idea and hands in the Press Statement to the extent of expelling Lawyer Foh Amoaning, the Human right Lawyer, from its association as a member, for advocating against the opening of LGBTQIA+ right community in Ghana.

According to Mr. Katseku, despite associating his advocacy’s and calls to the Association, Lawyer Foh Amoaning does not even belong to the Association in Ghana, before one could expelled him.

Speaking on the Swiss morning Show, “Swiss Volta Express”, Mr. Katseku asked the general public to stay away from the press release and treat it as unaccepted and uncalled for.

“Me, as an individual, I do not support the idea, being born into culture that is never practiced. If the society frown upon such practice there is no way”he added.

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The Association of African Albinos has expelled their leader, Moses Foh-Amoaning, for speaking against Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual Transgender and queer Intersex Rights (LGBTQI) movement in Ghana.

To them, LGBTQI+ rights are human rights and their lives matter just as albino lives matter.

The Association, in a statement, indicated the expulsion is with immediate effect and described his (Foh-Amoaning) position as a violation of human rights and championing hate.

The group has also rendered an apology to the LGBTQI+ community in Ghana and across the continent.

The advocating against the opening of LGBTQIA+ right community in Ghana has spark a lot of controversies in the country.

Read full statement A. A. A. below.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com/Swiss FM

Ghana To Receive First Consignment of Covid-19 Vaccine Today

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February 24, 2021

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The Ministry of Health has announced that, Government of Ghana will on Wednesday 24th February,2021 receive the first batch of Corona Virus vaccine at the Kotoka international Airport, .

Ghana’s Covid-19 cases now stands at 80,759 with 73,365 recoveries and 582 deaths

In a press statement from the Information ministry, the Minister-Designate for Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu will lead the government delegation to receive the vaccines.

According to the communique, the program will be televised live on Ghana Television (GTV) and also on the Ministry of Information’s Facebook page.

Ghana is expected to received about 2.4 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine licensed to the Serum Institute of India (AZ/SII) for the treatment of the global pandemic.

Ghana is among 145 countries listed to receive vaccines from a number of suppliers through the COVAX Facility according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) where the Ghana Health Service (GHS) will begin mass vaccination exercise for selected segments of the population.

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According to the President Representative at the Information ministry, the vaccination will be conducted in phases among segmented populations.

He indicates that the first segment of the population that will receive the 600,000 doses includes health workers, adult above 60 years and people with underlying health conditions.

Also, frontline Executive,Legislature, Judiciary and their related staff, Frontline security personnel, some religious leaders and other personalities in Greater Accra Metro including Awutu Senya and Awutu senya East in the central Region will take part.

The statement indicated that segmented population in greater Kumasi and Obuasi Municipality will be covered.

The Vaccines according to Kojo Oppong Nkrumah will be deployed to health facilities and designated centres across the country.

The minister designate reiterate government is providing adequate vaccines to cover the entire population through bi-lateral and multi-lateral agencies.

He further appealed to citizens to get vaccinated

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

The Rebecca Foundation Re-Builds School Project After 29 Years Of Abandonment

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February 24, 2021

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BY: KOD I Voltaonlinegh.com |

The Rebecca Foundation has re-built and commissioned the Adetim D/A KG. and Primary School in the Upper West Akim District of the Eastern Region after the project was abandoned for twenty- nine (29) years by previous governments.

Re-construction of the facility by the Rebecca Foundation which started in August, 2020 re-replaces the 29 year old half-completed one classroom block school and now has a six-unit classroom block to accommodate class1-6 pupils, two classrooms for Kindergarten, a headmaster’s office and toilet facilities for both pupils and staff of the school.

Commissioning the Facility on behalf of the First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo who is also Executive Director of the Rebecca Foundation, Press Aide at the Office of the First Lady, Mr. Richard Darko said the completion and commissioning of the facility by the Rebecca Foundation follows an appeal by the Chiefs and people of Adetim to the First Lady to assist in the completion of the project which had been abandoned by previous governments since 1992.

Mr. Darko said the First Lady, through the Rebecca Foundation is determined to assist government in its quest to provide accessible quality education to all who require it and has since its establishment in 2017 constructed several infrastructure including schools and libraries across the country in that regard.

On behalf of Mrs. Akufo-Addo, he urged the chiefs and leaders in the community to patronise the educational facilities in their community by ensuring that their wards go to school, and pay frequent visits to the library.

Expressing his gratitude to Mrs. Akufo-Addo for her gesture, DCE of Upper West Akim District Hon. Eugene Sackey said though the NPP government since assuming office has been working hard to provide education infrastructure in the district including the Adeiso, Presby KG and Primary School, and the Kwasi Nyarko JHS, benevolent efforts as exemplified by the First Lady also goes a long way to compliment government’s efforts in providing quality education for her citizenry.

On his part, Chief of Adetim Nana Sekyere said he still recollects the poor state of the school for several years with little expectation of it ever being completed, and expressed optimism that the reconstruction and expansion of the school’s facilities will enable it admit more pupils than before, to the benefit the people of Adetim and its environs. He promised to continue to drum home on the need for education as the principal tool to open the gate of enlightenment and wealth creation.

Also present to witness the commissioning were officials from the Office of the First Lady, and the Ghana Education Service.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com/The Rebecca Foundation

151 Immigrants Arrested on Dzodze- Aflao Road, bringing numbers to 337 within a month

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February 24, 2021

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BY: Akpabli Daniel Yao I Voltaonlinegh.com |

Information from Felix Klu-Adjei OIC, Public Affairs Unit of the Volta Regional Ghana Immigration Service indicated that, the Akanu Sector has intercepted another One- Hundred and Fifty One (151) ECOWAS Nationals at the Dzodze-Aflao road network.

They were made up of One-Hundred and Nineteen (119) Nigerians, Twenty-Two (22) Nigeriennes, Seven (7) Beninnoise, and Three (3) Ivorians who earlier gained entry into the country through the unapproved border routes with the assistance of cross border syndicates.

They have since been sent back into neighboring Togo after necessary security arrangements with Togo security personnel were reached.

The Ketu North Municipal Assembly in its bid to support security operations against the influx of illegal immigrants into the country has given its consent to the Ghana Immigration Service to mount a road block on the Dzodze-Aflao road network.

“Present strategic security arrangements at the said newly created check point came about through a proposal tabled in a Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) meeting by the Akanu Sector Commander of the Ghana Immigration Service, Assistant Commissioner (ACI) Felix Agyeman-Bosompem”. They said.

According to the Commander, the main objective behind the newly mounted road blocks on the Dzodze- Aflao road is to strategically serve the purpose of effective border management, coordination and a ‘tracking location’ to counter the illegal points of entry and exit at the Ketu North border enclave.

“It is to disclose that the checkpoint has so far served a great purpose for which It was intended for barely two weeks after positioning it”

The Ghana Immigration Service is again cautioning all foreigners who are aiming to enter the country illegally to desist from such illegal practice since the land borders are not yet operational for human passage.

The Ghana Immigration Service has further expressed its gratitude to the good people of the region for cooperating with the Command operations at the various checkpoints, borders.

From the Sogakope Inland checkpoint to Asikuma Inland Checkpoint, Ho central lorry station and Dzodze-Aflao road, this has brought to a total of 337 immigrants arrested by the Volta Regional command of the Ghana Immigration Service between January 23 and February 23.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

FFAA Donates to Bomigo Basic School

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February 23, 2021

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BY: Kekeli Blamey I Voltaonlinegh.com |

A non-governmental organization, Food For All Africa (FFAA), has donated some assorted food products to Bomigo EP basic school in the Anloga District of the Volta Region.

This comes as part of the association’s efforts to support and promote government’s school feeding program in some deprived communities in the country.

The items include bags of rice, maize, gallons of cooking oils, soft drinks, canned fishes as well as cooking pots and others.

The Chief Executive Officer for the FFAA, Mr. Elijah Amo Addo mentioned in his address that, his organization is poised to giving the needed support to school children in every deprived community in the country.

He added that most schools in deprived areas in the country have been provided with food items over the years.

Mr. Addo indicated that, his organization will continue to provide Bomigo EP basic school with food for a year, by which the government will take over thereafter.

However, Mr. Benjamin Worlanyo Awuku, the Headteacher for the school, expressed his gratitude to the FFAA and urged them to extend their program to some nearby schools in the district.

Mr. Awuku further bcalled on the District Chief Executive, Hon Seth Yormewu, to provide the school with other requisite educational amenities including Staff Room and Classrooms since the ones available are dilapidated.

He also pleaded with the DCE to provide the school with electricity.

Hon Seth Yormewu lauded the FFAA for their kind donations to Bomigo EP basic school as he noted that government will do everything possible to provide the school with the necessary amenities.

He added that, after the one year program with the FFAA, his office will take up the task and supply the school with food items as part of government’s school feeding program.

He called on the headteacher of the school to beef up the good work as he tries to partner with the Member of Parliament for the constituency, Hon Richard Sepe to develop and provide the school with all it needs.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

We Want Constituency Secretary as MCE -Nkwanta South Residents Appeal to President

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February 23, 2021

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BY: Benjamin Owusu I Voltaonlinegh.com |

As the President of the Republic, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is yet to announced names for the position of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCES) across the country, some youth and concern residents in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region, are calling on the president to appoint the New Patriotic Party constituency secretary, Felix Owusu Gyimah, as the Municipal Chief Executive for Nkwanta South Municipality.

According to them, having worked with Mr. Owusu Gyimah as the constituency secretary over the years, his reliability, commitment and dedication towards the party is undoubtedly supreme.

They indicated although the party could not win the parliamentary seat in the just ended 2020 general elections, they think the young exuberant gentleman will make progress to ensure victory for the party in next general elections.

They made this known in a survey conducted by voltaonlinegh over choice and selection of MMDCES position in the municipality

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

Free SHS Increases Students Enrollment for 2020/2021 Academic Year- HTU V.C

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February 23, 2021

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BY: Orlando Daniel I Voltaonlinegh.com |

The Vice Chancellor of Ho Technical University, Professor Ben Q. Hoenyenuga, has observed that, free Senior High School Programme has contributed to the high number of student intake in the University.

According to him, the Premier Technical University in the Volta Region has recorded a 43.63% increment in student enrollment for the 2020/2021 academic year, which the Vice Chancellor said was as a result of the free SHS programme and also the University’s outreach efforts.

He made these known at the University’s 28th Matriculation Ceremony held on Thursday.

Prof. Honyenuga noted that, the School’s programmes offered “clear and logical career paths” for academic and professional progress, and asked the new students to put in the necessary effort.

“You have entered the University at the time it has been ranked among the best ten Universities in Ghana in the latest webometrics rankings. We are on course to deliver our mandate to you and our stakeholders.

“It is, therefore, our hope that you will use this wonderful opportunity wisely to acquire the indispensable skills and knowledge to shoulder the responsibility of supporting and effectively contributing to the growth and development of the nation after completing your programme of study in the University,” the VC stated.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com