Volta Region Marks 11-11 Commemorative Parade

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November 11, 2020

IMG-20201111-WA0018 — Captain George Nfodjo laid a wreath on behalf of VAG

BY: Rita Nedjoh | Voltaonlinegh.com |

The 75th Remembrance Day service and parade to commemorate the end of the Second World War was held at the jubilee park in the Volta regional capital Ho.

The day was in memory of those who lost their lives during the First and Second World Wars and other global conflicts.

Present at the parade were contingents from the 66 Artillery Regiment, Ghana Police Service, Ghana Fire Service, Ghana Prisons service, Ghana Immigration Service, Customs division and Veterans Association of Ghana (VAG).

At the parade the “O God our help in ages past” was sang followed by the reading of the bin yon verse by the contingents and veteran to usher the blowing of the siren and sounding of the last post and accompanied by the firing of 25 pounder three gun salutes.

As part of activities outlined for the parade, the Volta regional minister Dr. Archibald Yaa Letsa laid a wreath on behalf of the President of Ghana followed by the Commander of the 66 Artillery Regiment Colonel, Bernard Baba Pantoah who laid a wreath on behalf of Volta regional security services.

Captain George Nfodjo laid a wreath on behalf of VAG and Togbe Gbogbi Atsa VI , Paramount Chief of Adaklu Traditional Area laid a wreath on behalf of Chiefs and people of the Volta Region.

The main agenda of the Day is the observation of the two-minute silence after the sounding of the siren, the last post and the reveille.

Speaking after the parade the commander of the veteran contingents WO1 ( Rtd) Emmanuel Kodzo Fianueke said the day is a memorial day which is important to them for which they will always join the uniform men to commemorate the day.

He however noted that they are always ready to join and assist the uniform men whenever they are called upon.

He however called on the general public to comport themselves and be an instrument of peace before, during and after the election as conflict or war brings nothing good to the citizenry.

BACKGROUND

November 11 Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to remember armed forces members who have died in the line of duty

Following a tradition inaugurated by King George V in 1919, the day is also marked by war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries.

Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of First World War hostilities which formally ended “at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month”

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

Yellow Fever Vaccination Exercise Commences in Volta

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20201111_104940 — Volta Regional Disease Control Officer, Mr. Anthony Mawuli Pani taking participants through presentations

BY: Akpabli Daniel Yao | Voltaonlinegh.com |

Two districts in the Volta Region have been selected to partake in the phase B of the Yellow fever mass vaccination exercise from Thursday, November 12 to Wednesday, November 18, 2020.

The six day vaccination exercise which is taking place in the Akatsi North and Agortime Ziope Districts in the Region, according to the Regional Disease Control Officer, Mr. Anthony Mawuli Pani, is targeting a total population of 42,683 and 36,721 from the two districts respectively.

Speaking at a stakeholder and Media Sensitization on Yellow fever phase B Preventive Mass Vaccination Campaign meeting in commencement of the exercise, Mr. Pani observed that Ghana is endemic to Yellow fever and until recent past, case of yellow fever continued to be reported almost every year hence the need to tackle it head-on.

He further disclosed that, yellow fever assessment in 2010 showed all districts are at risk.

He said all residents from age 10 to 60 years are expected to have themselves vaccinated for free against the yellow fever disease but warn persons below age 10 and above the age 60 years as well as pregnant women not to take part as doing so will have a dying effect on them.

He therefore assured the general public that, the Vaccinators will endeavor to strictly adhere to all the covid-19 protocol to ensure that, the entire exercise is carried out smoothly.

Meanwhile the Regional Health Promotion Officer, Madam Patricia Mawufemor Baku explained that, even though they have begun publicity in the various communities with the use of their Mobile Vans, Community information Centers, OPDs and other medium, the media as a major stakeholder in other districts which residents in these two districts listen to, should assist in the publicity and educational campaign as she noted that, these two districts do not have any.

BACKGROUND

Yellow fever is a potentially deadly flu-like disease spread by mosquitoes and characterized by a high fever and jaundice.

Jaundice is yellowing of the skin and eyes, which is why this disease is called yellow fever

The disease is most prevalent in certain parts of Africa and South America.

47 countries are endemic or have regions that are endemic for yellow fever among which 34 are in Africa and 13 in South America.

An estimated 200,000 cases of yellow fever with 30, 000 deaths occur annually worldwide

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14 Persons Injured in Ho Gas Station Explosion [VIDEO]

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Ho-Gas-filling-fire-1-750x375 — Scene at the Mighty Gas filling station in Ho. (C) Citi FM

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Some 14 persons are receiving treatment at the Ho Teaching Hospital after they sustained injuries in a Wednesday dawn fire outbreak at the Mighty Gas Filling station in Ho, the Volta regional capital.

According to information gathered by Volta Online, a loud sound from the station, situated few metres away from the Teaching Hospital along the Ho-Kpetoe road, prompted residents to call the Ghana National Fire Service, whose personnel responded swiftly to the incident and brought the inferno under control.

A CCTV footage of the incident later sighted by Volta Online, showed the explosion might has occurred in one of the vehicles parked at the station awaiting be served with the commodity. Scores of persons were also seen running for their life in the midst of the outbreak.

Among the injured rushed to the hospital by the ambulance service, were station attendants and some drivers who were at the station at the time of the incident.

Public Relations Officer of the Ho Teaching Hospital, Mr. Amos Jah in an interview on Ho 92.5 FM Morning Show, monitored by Volta Online, said the injured persons include 12 males and two females. Two of the victims have been sent to the surgical theater and one other, who is having difficulty in breathing being attended to at the Intensive Care Unit.

The rest, he noted were in stable condition and responding to treatment at the emergency unit.

Meanwhile, the Regional Fire Command has launched investigations into the incident.

[Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect the video footage from the scene]

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

Ketu North Police Identifies 30 Flashpoints Ahead of December Polls

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The Ketu North District Police Commander, DSP Christian Dogbatse has disclosed that the Police Service has identified about 30 flashpoints in the Municipality ahead of the 2020 General Elections.

Speaking at the Inter Party Dialogue Committee inauguration ceremony in the Ketu North Municipality, he said, the identification was part of efforts to be on top of security issues before, during and after the December polls

He said, his command will do everything possible to deploy Officers to man the flashpoints as well as all Polling Centers in the Municipality.

He noted that, it is the duty of the Police to maintain law and order which includes security during elections and assures that, his command will make sure no violence is recorded in Ketu North.

Meanwhile all participants and various Political Parties present at the inauguration ceremony resolved to support the NCCE in its activities of Education and organization of Parliamentary Debate in a fortnight.

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Ketu North NCCE Inaugurates Inter Party Dialogue Committee

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BY: Bubune Bernice Mizpah | voltaonlinegh.com |

As part of efforts to make the 2020 general election free, fair and peaceful, the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has inaugurated an Inter Party Dialogue Committee (IPDC) for the Ketu North municipality in the Volta region

The Committee was inaugurated to ensure that, stakeholders work hand in hand to achieve a Free, Fair and Violence Free Election in the Municipality.

Representatives from the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC), Political Parties, Security Agencies, the NCCE, Religious and Traditional Leaders, CODEO Civic Educators, Civil Society Organization (CSOs), Trade Associations, Persons with Disability (PWDs) and the Media constituted a 15-member Committee to stir its affairs.

Mr. Prosper Kofi Afealete, the Ketu North Municipal Director of NCCE noted that, 2020 General Election must be peaceful with no attacks and insults from Political parties’ activists and their respective followers.

According to him, the IPDC is to promote peace and resolve conflict and prevent violence in the general election so that Ghana can continue to progress adding that “the future of Ghana lies more than ever in our Hands now and days ahead”

Rev Felix Ernest Dodor of A.M.E Zion Church, Penyi, Chairperson elected for the Committee, charged all and sundry to promote peace before, during and after the Election.

The Ketu North District Police Commander, DSP Christian Dogbatse said, it is the duty of the Police to maintain law and order which includes security during elections and assures that, his command will make sure no violence is recorded in Ketu North.

He further disclosed that the Police Service has identified about 30 flashpoints in the Municipality and will do everything possible to deploy Officers to man all as well as all Polling Centres in the Municipality.

Meanwhile all participants and various Political Parties present resolved to support the NCCE in its activities of Education and organization of Parliamentary Debate in a fortnight.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

‘Bring Down the Political Temperature’- Tepre Hodo Tells Politicians

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BY: News Desk | Voltaonlinegh.com |

The President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, Togbe Tepre Hodo IV has called on the country’s political actors to tone down the rising temperature in the political space as the December 2020 general elections approach.

He bemoaned the degeneration of politicking in the country in recent times, and called for a truce across the divide in order to preserve the peace and tranquility of the country, before, during and after the polls.

Togbe Tepre Hodo IV who is also the Paramount Chief of the Anfoega Traditional Area, was speaking at Ho on Tuesday, 27th October, 2020 during a courtesy call on the House by the Running Mate of the NDC, Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang.

The courtesy call on the Volta Regional House of Chiefs at Ho formed part of the NDC Running Mate’s three-day tour of the region. The visit is aimed among other things at interacting with all stakeholders including the Chiefs and Queens who are the custodians of the land.

The tour of the Professor is also to help secure more votes for the party from the region through education of the people on the provisions in the people’s manifesto which according to the party affect every single individual group of the country.

Welcoming Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang to the House, President of the Regional House of Chiefs, Togbe Tepre Hodo IV reminded politicians that they cannot as leaders rule over dead people. According to him, it is their expectation as chiefs and people that the peace all Ghanaians have enjoyed over the years, would continue to exist before, during and after the December polls.

In her address to the House, the NDC Running Mate regretted that every single issue in the country has been politicized, saying the situation is not good enough for the country’s fledgling democracy.

According to Professor Opoku Agyemang, tolerance is the key to peace and development in every democratic dispensation, adding that all politicians should learn to embrace opposing views since politics is all about ideas. She gave the assurance that the NDC has a lot of good policies in its manifesto that would inure to the benefits of all Ghanaians.

She later addressed a huge crowd of market women and party supporters at the Ho Market Square in addition to having stakeholder engagement with members of teacher unions at the Veteran Association of Ghana (VAG) Hall at Ho. A similar engagement also took place earlier at Abutia Kisifli in the Ho West constituency.

The Running Mate also used the tour to formally present to the people some of the incumbent MPs and Parliamentary Candidates (PCs) who are running on the ticket of the party in the December polls. Notable among them included Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa for North Tongu, Hon. Benjamin Komla Kpodo for Ho Central, Hon. Emmanuel Kwesi Bedzra for Ho West as well as Hon. James Klutse Avedzi for Ketu North. Professor Opoku Agyemang urged the good people of the region to return the former President and the NDC back to power so as to bring the country back on track.

The three-day tour will end on Thursday, 29th October, 2020 with scheduled visits to the North Dayi, Kpando, Afadzato South and Hohoe constituencies.

The NDC Running Mate has, on the second day of her tour of the region, been holding similar engagements with party supporters and interest groups in addition to launching of some campaign activities at Dzodze and Weta in Ketu North, Denu and Adina in Ketu South as well as Keta in the Keta constituency.

Source: Akukorku Media Consult

NDC Running Mate Campaigns In Party’s ‘World Bank’

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October 29, 2020

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BY: News Desk | Voltaonlinegh.com |

Running Mate to the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang has began a three-day campaign tour of the Volta Region.

Professor Naana Opoku Agyemang who entered the Region through Juapong in the North Tongu constituency on Tuesday, 27th October, 2020, will be touring ten (10) out of the eighteen (18) constituencies as part of the first leg of her campaign in the region.

She was given a rousing welcome by the chiefs and people of the area including motor riders, market women, artisans and hundreds of members of other identifiable groups some of whom carried placards of various achievement and policy inscriptions of the NDC.

The NDC Running Mate is being accompanied on the tour by a cross-section of Constituency, Regional and National Executives of the party including the National Chairman, Hon. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Regional Chairman and Secretary, Hon. Henry K. Ametefee and Hon. James K. Gunu respectively. The Members of Parliament (MPs) of the various constituencies being visited by Professor Naana Opoku Agyemang, are also gracing the events of the Running Mate.

In a welcome address at a grand-durbar of the chiefs and people in honour of the NDC Running Mate at the Methodist School Park at Juapong, Manklalo of the Dorfor Traditional Area, Togbe Agbohla VI lauded the former President and the NDC for what he described as the numerous developmental projects the area had benefited from under the erstwhile Mahama administration.

According to him, all the five Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the district immensely benefited from a lot of educational infrastructure under the previous government including dormitory, classroom and administrative blocks, adding that the five SHSs also received one school bus each to facilitate movement of staff and students to programmes and other official assignments.

Togbe Manklalo said the situation was not different at the basic school level, saying the district benefited from twenty (20) modern kindergarten facilities in addition to more than forty (40) classroom blocks scattered across the length and breadth of the district.

The MP for the area, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa accused the ruling NPP government of not adding any new projects to the district project portfolio in the past four years, saying that amounts to lack of total commitment on the part of government. According to him, the constituency is yet to see any of the lofty promises of the Nana Addo-led NPP regime.

He mentioned the Volivo-Dorfor Adidome Bridge as a case in point. Another project is the Juapong-Adidome road which according to the MP was at seventy (70) percent completion within one year of its take-off only to see the project remained largely stalled in the past almost four years.

The MP demanded the immediate release of more than sixty (60) of his constituents who had been picked up in connection with what he described as the recent invasion of the district by some members of the secessionists groups including the Western Togoland Restoration Front (WTRF).

According to Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa, he wondered why such innocent persons were still being held in custody when the real perpetrators who carried out the real invasion on the dawn of 25th September, 2020 had been allowed to get away with the crime.

‘They should free all our North Tongu constituents because we know they are innocent. They have done nothing wrong to deserve incarceration for more than a month when the state itself says they are still investigating, they had nothing on them’, Mr. Okudzeto intimated.

Addressing the large gathering, Professor Naana Opoku Agyemang thanked the people of the area for being grateful to the NDC for transforming their lives. According to her, that is what the party stands for, adding that the NDC embraces all manner of persons irrespective of one’s geographical and ethnic affiliations.

She called on the people to return the NDC back to power in order to continue with its good work including securing total peace for all Ghanaians devoid of intimidation, fear and nervousness.

She also gave the assurance that the future NDC government would continue its good work in the road, rural electrification, education, health and other sectors of the economy as contained in the people’s manifesto.

She bemoaned the politics of insults and arrogance that are creeping into the fabric of society, saying they do not auger well for the peaceful co-existence the country needs to advance in its developmental agenda.

The Queenmothers of the area used the visit of the NDC Running Mate to honour and install her under the stool name, Mama Yingor I literally meaning ‘Progress or Forward Ever’ not only for her contribution to the development of the country but also for her sterling leadership qualities as a woman of substance over the years.

As part of the customary rites, Professor Naana Opoku Agyeman was decorated with Kente Cloth, Scarf, Beads and ‘Oheneba’ in addition to a stool on which she sat during the brief but impressive ceremony.

The National Chairman of the NDC, Hon. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo launched the ‘Operation 98 Percent Votes’ for the party in the area where the NDC is expected to bag ninety-eight (98) percent of the votes in the North Tongu constituency for the Presidential and Parliamentary polls in December.

Source: Akukorku Media Consult

NSMQ Star, Gakpetor, Gets Academic City Scholarship

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October 17, 2020

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Academic City College, Ghana’s premium STEAM tertiary institution has presented a full scholarship to Mr. Daniel Kekeli Gakpetor, a student of the Presbyterian Boys Senior High School, Legon and winner of the 2020 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ).

The Academic City Presidential Scholarship Award worth US$ 40,000 is awarded to students for their distinctive academic excellence and devotion to affect society through creative innovations. The scholarship covers tuition, accommodation, meals, a laptop, monthly allowance, and transportation to and from the student’s hometown (twice a year).

Mr. Daniel Kekeli Gakpetor will pursue a 4-year undergraduate programme BSc. Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Academic City in Accra. Beyond meeting the criteria for the scholarship, Mr Gakpetor’s sterling performance in the NSMQ 2020 contributed significantly to his alma mater, PRESEC winning the coveted NSMQ trophy a sixth time.

Presenting the scholarship on behalf of Academic City were Dr. Lucy Agyepong, Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Ms. Shannan Akosua Magee, Director of Admissions.

Dr. Agyepong remarked “At Academic City, we believe in helping to build a great nation through education. This scholarship scheme is part of our initiative to identify talents and nurture them to become the transformational leaders that will go a long way to support the development of the African continent.”

“We hope Mr. Gakpetor will study tirelessly to justify the scholarship awarded him. Academic City will expect nothing but high level of commitment and excellence performance in his academic responsibilities,” she noted.

Master Gakpetor, (M) receiving the scholarship from officials of Academic City College

Mr. Daniel Kekeli Gakpetor receiving the award expressed excitement about the unique opportunity offered him to study at Academic City College.

According to him, studying at Academic City would be a great opening for him to hone his entrepreneurial skill. “I look forward to receiving the necessary training in the field of engineering at Academic City to enable me join the many mark makers working to remould Africa’s fortunes through technology”.

Mr. Daniel Kekeli Gakpetor is one of many students across the country to receive a full scholarship to study at Academic City for the 2020 Academic year.

Academic City is a fast developing premium STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) and Entrepreneurial tertiary institution set to define modern tertiary education in Ghana and throughout the African continent.

The university’s elite undergraduate degree programmes in Engineering, Information Technology, Business Administration and Communication Arts. These programmes are strategically designed taking into consideration world class STEAM education to develop students to become more practical, hands-on and productive. Click www.acity.edu.gh for more information.

Source: Academic City College

Popular Ho-based Lawyer Appointed High Court Judge

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BY: Lambert Atsivor| Voltaonlinegh |

Mr. Ernest Yao Gaewu, a popular Ho based legal practitioner has joined the bench as a High Court Justice. Lawyer Gaewu, as he is affectionately known, was among some 16 new Justices of the High Court, who were sworn in by President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at the Jubilee House.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Gaewu was the Managing partner at Mawulorm Chambers, a prominent law firm in the Volta Regional capital, established by Justice Jones Victor Mawulorm Dotse, a Supreme Court Judge, when he was in active legal practice.

The former secretary of the Volta bar, the regional branch of the Ghana Bar Association, began his practice under the tutelage of Justice Dotse in Ho after he was called to the Bar in the year 2000.

Mr. Gaewu was also a onetime Parliamentary Candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), in both the Ho West and Ho Central Constituencies.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

Educate Your Children and Stop Force Marriages – World Vision

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By: Cindy D.M Asamoah | Beyond FM |

The National Director of World Vision, Mr. Dickens Thunde has advised the people of Dika, a community in the Kadjeibi District of the Oti region to concentrate on educating their children rather than forcing them into marriages.

He said this during commissioning of a six classroom block with ancillary facilities donated by World Vision to the community.

”We have a vision statement, thus, for every child, not only one but every child life in its fullest, not just in the area of education, but our prayer for every heart, the will to make it soft,” he stated.

He announced that the organization has invested close to $1.5 million in the past nine years to support school in Kadjeibi with school infrastructure, training of teachers, providing teaching and recreational materials and water and sanitation facilities for schools which have positively impacted the delivery of quality education.

He further stated that the construction of the facility for Dika community was timely and World Vision has it at heart to ensure all children in the community get access to quality education and also help in poverty alleviation.

The classroom project comprises an office, staff common room, stores, eight-seater KVIP toilet with urinals and changing rooms.

Madam Milicent Darker, who spoke on behalf of the Oti Regional Education Director, Madam Afua Amefugah said the resources towards Education should not come from government alone but all organisations.

According her, World Vision has over the years contributed immensely to the development of the country, for which they deserve commendation.

The District Chief Executive of Kadjebi, Maxwell Kofi Aseidu thanked World Vision for the kind gesture, and disclosed that the cost involved in building an edifice like what the Organization has donated was too much for the District Assembly to have afforded.

Dr. Grace Lolor Abena Bonuedi, the Kadjeibi District Education Director advised the citizens to take good care of the facility to ensure its life span. She urged the school children to study hard to affirm the construction of the school block by the organization.

The World Vision, Nkwanta Cluster Manager, Mrs. Salomey Yeboah under whose supervision the project was started and commissioned encouraged parents to empower their wards by providing them with quality education.

“Education is a tool in shaping the future our children and parents must give their wards the best of education since their future depended on the quality of education we give them,” Mrs. Yeboah.

The Chief of Dika, Chief Tanko Seidu on behalf of his people, expressed appreciation to World Vision for the kind gesture and promised to take good care of the facility and also ensure that it serve its purpose.

Source: Cindy D.M Asamoah | Beyond FM |