Market Women Thank Akatsi South Municipal Assembly For Health Zone Facility

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February 1, 2021

BY: Akpabli Daniel Yao I Voltaonlinegh.com |

Some traders in the Akatsi Market have expressed gratitude to the Akatsi South Municipal Assembly for the establishment of health center in the Akatsi market.

The women who spoke to Voltaonlinegh.com noted that, this facility will cater for their health needs in the market adding that, the distance from the market to the District hospital is far to attend to their emergency health needs when the need arise.

According to Madam Happy Amezah, a resident and trader in Akatsi, the facility which resumed operation few weeks ago in the market has given them some security in a sense that, the ordeal they went through in the past when there is any emergency health situation in the market can now be addressed as there is a health facility right under their nose.

“It will helps us a lot. When you come to the market and have any emergency issue, you can quickly be attended to here. We were even told that our blood and sugar level can be tested here so we can come to the market and have these tests done. We are very happy” she said.

However, the Municipal Chief Executive of the Akatsi South Municipal Assembly, Leo-Nelson Adzidogah said the Health Directorate has upgraded the facility to attain a health center status.

“When I assumed office in July 2017, I realize that the Akatsi central market has no health facility because women go there and they have some health problem and could not be immediately rushed to any health facility so, I quickly mobilized resources to build the health facility there to cater for emergency health needs. This facility is commissioned four weeks ago and it’s currently in use”.

He also hinted that, as part of his plan to transform the Akatsi South Municipality, works are far advanced and with ready investors to transform and modernize the Akatsi central market.

He reveal that, during his tenure, the Akatsi South has been given Municipal status.

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6 Assembly Members Call For Probe Into Seven Seas Salt Money Saga

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BY: Kekeli Blamey I Voltaonlinegh.com |

Some six (6) Assemblymen in the Ketu South Municipality have raised concerns about disbursement of funds by a salt mining company, Seven Seas Salt Limited, operating in the municipality.

The Fund, according their statements, is in connection to payment of compensations to communities affected by the operation of the salt mining company.

The Assemblymen raising the concern included Hon. Kumawu Sylvester, Assembly member for Amutinu, Hon Clemence Agbotey- Blekusu, Hon Daniel Azumah-Kpedzakope, Hon Jonas Alevia Agbagba-Nogokpo/Atiwuta, Hon Johnson Agbeko Souzey-Adina, and Hon. Eben Assay-Assembly member for Agavedzi electoral area.

According to them, the salt mining company, Seven Seas Salt Limited, is entreated to disburse some funds for various communities which falls within their operational jurisdiction.

They said, upon several meetings, deliberations and discussions, some decisions and information were made available to the affected communities whereby the Seven Seas Company will engage a Consultant to work on the compensation packages, however this consultant was to be paid by the company.

The Assemblymen also noted that Bank Accounts were to be opened by the communities, with a community Chief’s Representative, Assembly member and a Women representative as signatories.

They also indicated from previous meetings that, 10% of the total amount be paid to the chiefs as stool owners and GHc1,500.00 to be paid to each Assembly Member in the affected communities.

These, according to them, were captured in the minutes of the Executive Committee of the Ketu South Assembly but things turned to go other way round.

The Assemblymen said they were surprised to learn that bank accounts were opened at their blind side with Torgbui Atiane as a signatory to all accounts.

They also raised concerns about cheques issued to chiefs for the monies to be credited into the said secret accounts, adding that there is also a decision underground to deduct a whopping Fifty Seven Thousand Eighty Eight Cedis and Eight Pesewas (GHc57,088.80) as consultancy and surveying fees.

“All these are bizarre development contrary to the unanimous decisions made earlier with the Executive Committee of the Ketu South Municipal Assembly”they noted.

They therefore demanded from all stakeholders’ answers to their concerns, adding that these answers will help correct a lot of misconceptions and misinformation regarding the payment of compensations to the affected communities.

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NPP Resource Group rally behind Dr. Letsa

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January 29, 2021

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BY: Orlando Daniel I Voltaonlinegh.com |

A group calling itself Volta Region NPP Resource Group has disassociated themselves from Demonstration carried out last Wednesday concerning the re-appointment of Dr. Archibald Yao Lesta as Volta Regional Minister.

The group, in a press conference held in the Regional Capital, Ho, described the actions of the Volta Regional Executive of the party led by the Regional Chairman, Makafui Kofi Woanya, as an act of misconduct which might create discord and factionalism within the party.

The action of the demonstrators according to the group is a blatant disregard to the grievance procedure of the party adding that, the they also disrespected the high office of the president and his advisers who approved the re-nomination of Dr. Letsa.

They said, their actions are dangerous and intimidating conduct against another member, a breach of conduct to uphold publicly party policies and an action which brought the name of the party to ridicule and disrepute.

The Volta Region NPP Resource group urge the public to disregard those Demonstrating because their actions does not represent the views of the entire membership of the NPP in the region.

The group further advise the demonstrators to use the right party procedures to to register there grievance.

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Police Denies Alleged Fuel Siphoning Scandal

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January 28, 2021

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BY: Kekeli Blamey I Voltaonlinegh.com |

The Oti Regional Police Command has refuted allegations leveled against them of draining off fuel from an accident car.

Their reaction came days after some residents in the Likpe Bakwa community raised alarms and circulated videos on social media accusing the police in the area of the alleged act.

According to a press statement signed by the Public Affairs Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), John Nchor, the police has stated that such accusation is false as the video and its commentator, Mr Godfred Coffie who is the Assemblyman of the area has misrepresented facts.

The police have also mentioned that, the role played by Mr. Coffie is calculated to ridicule and cast a slur on the hard earned image of the police service in the area.

However, the police in the statement explained that at about 8:00pm on January 14, 2021 a KIA Rhino truck with registration No. GT 3169-20 loaded with sawn wood with four other persons on board rammed into a ditch at Likpe Bakwa on their way to Accra from Likpe Bala.

They said on January 23, 2021, the attention of the police in the area was drawn on a leakage of fuel from a punched hole on the accident truck.

The police noted that they took the necessary precautions to drain the fuel from the tank of the truck to prevent any adverse situation, adding that this exercise was carried out before several inhabitants in the area.

They said Mr. Coffie, the assemblyman whose mother was buried that day appeared at the scene in the company of other mourners and took offence that the police did not inform him prior to the exercise, thus took video of the police action and circulated it on social media to malign the police service.

VoltaOnline.com has been notified that the Oti Regional Police have since invited Mr. Godfred Coffie for questioning.

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119 Illegal Immigrants Arrested At Sogakope

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January 28, 2021

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BY: Vivian Dzoboku | Voltaonlinegh.com |

The alertness of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has led to the interception of 119 suspected illegal immigrants of ECOWAS descent at the inland check point in Sogakope on 23rd January, 2021.

In a statement sighted by Volta Online news team, the Commander at the checkpoint, Superintendent Maxwell Osae Badu revealed that, those arrested were suspected to have entered the country illegally through different unapproved routes with the support of cross border syndicates.

He further disclosed that, the suspects were intercepted at Sogakope after they had clandestinely used the services of motor riders (Okada) to outwit officers at the check point and gathered in wait for their respective drivers to continue their journey.

Among those intercepted were 116 males and 3 females comprised of 67 Nigerians, 35 Nigeriens, 9 Togolese, 3 Ivorians, 4 Beninese and a Ghanaian.

A Preliminary investigation revealed that 8 suspected mini bus drivers namely, Ebenezer Ativor, Jonas Agbadi, Godwin Ganu, Godwin Abordzi, Kavi Prison Noah Nigro Aziegba, Simon Gadasu, Sylvester Sosu with vehicle registration numbers; VR 629 – 13, GT 5456-12, AS 7947-18, GT 7146-20, GM 5497-13, VR 295-11, VD 54-20 and AS 4579-09 respectively aided in the illegal movements of the suspect.

The suspects in their statements noted that, they came through unapproved routes from the respective ECOWAS countries through Togo with the help of commercial motor bike riders (Okada) as some intended to transit to Cote d’Ivoire while others disclosed going to visit relatives and friends in the capital, Accra.

However, the suspects, excluding the Ghanaian have since been sent back to Togo through appropriate process from necessary investigation as COVID – 19 safety protocols were concluded.

Following the closure of Ghana’s land borders with the aim to curb the spread of the novel corona virus (COVID-19), many immigrants and traders have been using all manner of means to cross in and out of Ghana.

This has also led to the tightened security along the country’s boundaries by the Ghana Immigration Service and other security agencies.

Data Link Institute Graduates Over 200 Students at 11th Congregation

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January 28, 2021

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BY: KALD | Voltaonlinegh.com |

Some 204 students of the Data Link Institute of Business and Technology (DLIBT), have graduated at the 11^th congregation of the institution last Thursday.

The graduands who completed their programmes of study in the 2019/20 academic year, were awarded Master Degrees, Bachelor Degrees and Professional certificate in various business and technology disciplines.

Located in the Tema metropolis, DLIBT is a private tertiary institution licensed by the National Accreditation Board (NAB) of Ghana and affiliated to Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University of Education (UEW), University for Development Studies (UDS) and Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (JUST) in China.

Professor Smile Gavua Dzisi, President of DLIBT in her congregation address, said the granduands were products of innovative education delivered through dedicated study, practice, teaching, coaching, mentoring and counselling. Asserting that, ‘they have not been churned out to join the flooding pool of unemployed graduates that our nation has been contending with’. But rather, ‘equipped to challenge their world in order to achieve the best for themselves, for their communities and for humanity’.

Mrs Ingrid Ansah, Co founder of DLIBT delivered the address on behalf of Prof. Smile Dzisi

She commended the graduands for their tenacity of purpose and discipline during their time of study and charged them to make their newly acquired knowledge and skills useful for society.

Prof. Dzisi disclosed that, the institute has received a five-year institutional reaccreditation and also for all its undergraduate programmes from NAB; while processes were ongoing to secure accreditation for new post graduate and undergraduate programmes.

Touching on the COVID-19 pandemic, she revealed that, the global pandemic has adversely impacted the institute’s finances, forcing them to downsize staff numbers in order to stay afloat. Nonetheless, she noted that, the school functioned throughout last year during pandemic, as all academic and administrative works were done using virtual processes.

The guest speaker, Prof. Gabriel Ayum Teye, Vice Chancellor, University for Development Studies, speaking on the theme, “Leveraging Skills Acquisition in the Tertiary Institution Through Appropriate Technologies,” called for a paradigm shift in the mode of delivering education in the country by adopting appropriate technologies to facilitate teaching and learning.

According to him, “We must reform the courses up to the universities, making technology the centre of teaching and learning with the aim of instilling critical thinking to generate skills of the future in our students. The curriculum planners must get to work so that the universities would only be a place of polishing up.”

In all, 19 persons graduated with Master Degrees, Bachelor Degrees, 173 and the rest awarded Professional certificates.

Ms. Adelaide Anim-Annor, a Bsc Information Communication Technology graduand was adjudged the Overall best graduating student.

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We Are Busy Enforcing Covid19 Directives- Police Told Sokode Protesters

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January 27, 2021

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BY: Orlando Daniel | Voltaonlinegh.com |

The Ghana Police Service has stated that due to the upsurge of Corona virus cases in the Country, they can no longer provide protection to residents of Sokode to embark on their intended demonstration Today, January 27.

Sokode communities have intended to embark on a peaceful protest march to register their displeasure about the inability of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to provide them with water for the past months amidst the upsurge in the cases of Corona Virus in the Region.

The Sokode Communities such as Etoe, Bagble and Gborgame communities over the years have been facing acute water shortage as efforts to get a possible solution to the problem never seen the light of day till today

Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic where constant hand washing is required from citizens to curb the spread of the corona virus, these communities are still finding it very difficult to adhere to this hand-washing safety protocol.

Meanwhile, Ghana Police service among several reasons stated that they are busily enforcing the President’s directive to arrest those who fail to adhere to Covid 19 protocols especially on wearing of Nose Mask.

They therefore called on Residents to suspend the intended protest and if possible, shift it to another day.

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Covid-19: Volta Active cases hit 108, Oti 2

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January 27, 2021

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BY: KOD | Voltaonlinegh.com |

Volta Region has bounce back from Zero active Covid-19 case as at December 2020 to record 108 new cases while Oti region has recorded 2 new cases.

The rate of COVID-19 infections in the Volta Region seem to have increased drastically from 37 active cases to 108 within a week.

The latest update from the Volta Regional Health Directorate also indicated that two persons have lost their lives to the deadly novel coronavirus recorded in nine out of the 18 Municipality and Districts in the region.
The Ho Municipality which is also the regional capital tops with 41 active cases, Hohoe -24 cases, South Tongu -18, North Tongu – 17 cases.

Meanwhile Ketu North -3 Central Tongu -2 cases. Ho West, Ketu South and Kpando have recorded 1 case each.

The Deputy Volta Regional Director of Health Services in Charge of Public Health, Dr. Senanu Kwesi Djokoto who confirmed the incident lamented about the disregard of the COVID-19 safety protocols across the region and urged all and sundry to take the protocols serious.

He observed that, strict adherence to these protocols; regular hand-washing with soap under running water, sanitizing the hand, wearing of nose masks, social distancing and reducing movements to the barest minimum will go a long way to reduce spread of the virus.
Oti Records 2 Cases

Meanwhile, a statement from the Oti Regional Health Directorate has service has it that, the Oti Region has recorded 2 active cases of the virus.

they said, the cases which were recorded on the January 21 2021 are the first set of cases confirmed this year.

In the statement signed by the Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Osei Kuffour Afreh, they noted that, the cases were confirmed a set of seven (7) samples that were taken from patients who complained of signs and symptoms at the St. Joseph’s Hospital in Nkwanta South Municipal on 18th of January, 2021 where results confirmed the infection when their samples were taken and sent to the lab on 19th January 2021.

According to them, steps have been initiated for management of the cases even as contact tracing continues.

“In view of the resurgence of the disease, the following measures should be strictly enforced: reactivation of the rapid response teams, correct and consistent wearing of nose masks, social distancing, surveillance at entry points, increased sensitization and contact tracing.” they said

He entreated all treatment centres to remain alert and be prepared to work closely with staff deployed to them for the management of COVID-19 cases.

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Akatsi South To Have New Court Structure

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January 27, 2021

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BY: Akpabli Daniel Yao| Voltaonlinegh.com |

Under the Local Government Act 462 which required from Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDA’s) to provide court structures in their various MMDA’s, the Akatsi South District Assembly is ready to commission their new court structure for use.

It can be recalled in July 2018 that, the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, threatened to close down all courts which were not “purposely designed for staff of the Judiciary by the end of this year”, adding: “There will be so many closures of courts by the end of this year.”

In view of this, the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Akatsi South district, Loe-Nelson Adzidoga has said, works has completed on the Akatsi court complex to accommodate judicial staff to enhance smooth delivery of justice in the District.

“There was this directive from the chief Justice to all Assemblies to put the court premises in a very good shape. Very unfortunately that of Akatsi was nothing to write home about. They started this new facility in 2011 so we focus our attention on that to complete it so that they can move to this place. Very soon the Court Clerk, judge, the Magistrate will move in here” he explained.

He stated that before they commissioned the New Court, his outfit has already walled the residence of the magistrate to give him protection.

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GMA Cautions The Public Against Mass Gathering

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January 26, 2021

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BY: Richard Dartey | Voltaonlinegh.com |

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has advised the general public against mass gathering in the wake of the increasing number of Covid – 19 cases in the country.

The widespread virus which has caused a lot of havoc in countries all over the world, has started increasing in most countries and Ghana is not to be spared.

According to the statement released by the GMA, the average daily case of 600 is worrying and the government have to, as a matter of great concern, role out plans to curb the spread.

The government, according to the GMA, should roll out strict measures such as supply of PPEs to all schools and institutions and restrictions to the number of people who mass at social gathering, as funerals and churches.

The GMA further encouraged the general public to take their responsibilities into their own hands by adhering to the laid down safety protocols to help prevent the spread of the virus.

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