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Vote For Mahama If You Want Your Future Back- Fmr GIPC Boss Tells Youth

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Mawuena Trebarh, Former CEO of GIPC

By: KALD | Voltaonlinegh.com |

‘If you want your future with all its opportunities back, then vote John Mahama as President,’ were the words of a former Chief Executive of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Madam Mawuena Trebarh to Ghanaian youth.

In her view, the current state of affairs in the country under the leadership of President Akufo-Addo and New Patriotic Party has leftย many young people disenfranchised,ย and the only hope for the future wasย to vote back into office former President Mahama, the National Democratic Congress’ flagbearer for election 2020.

Madam Trebarh who was speaking at an orientation programme for members of theย NDCโ€™s student wing, the Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) in Ho on Saturday indicated that, the current administration offered no hope to the youth as available opportunities have been hijacked by a privileged few.

‘The situation in our country now is very dire. And you as young people have to use the power you hold to take back the destiny of the nation, because you’re the fundamental majority of this country,’ she charged the gathering made up of students from the Ho Technical University, E.P University college, Ho Nurses Training college, School of Hygiene and the University of Health and Allied Sciences.

The former telecom executive further urged the students to keep faith with the NDC, as it was the only political tradition which has the true interest of young people at heart and has the track record of giving the youth the opportunity in government.

โ€œIf you’re looking for a political link that gives young people the opportunity, don’t look beyond the NDC. I am a living testimony to it, because I wasnโ€™t only appointed as the first female CEO of GIPC by President Mahama but I was the youngest person to occupy such a position.โ€

Speak Up

Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, the Member of Parliament for Klottey-Korley Constituency in the Greater Accra region who also addressed the forum, entreated the NDC youth to live by the partyโ€™s tenets of probity, accountability and social justice.

This, she said they should do by speaking up against the ills of society and demanding accountability from those in authority.

Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings

โ€œAs citizens we’re not exercising our rights to put those in authority on their toes. You’re not the future leaders but leaders of today because you decide the government of the day. So seek knowledge so you can demand probity and accountability from those in authority,โ€ she stated.

The orientation programme which was chaired by former Health minister, Mr. Alex Segbefia on behalf of the NDC flagbearer, had in attendance many functionaries of the party, including Chairman of the Volta MPs caucus, Mr. Emmanuel Kwesi Bedzrah, Natioal Youth Organizer, George Opare Addo and deputy, Edem Agbana, national communication officer, Sammy Gyemfi, North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa, and Ho Central MP, Benjamin Kpodo.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

 

National U15 Justifier Train Stops Over At Ho

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By: Eric Eli Adzie | Voltaonlinegh.com|

Some 250 young footballers in the Volta region yesterday participated in a justifier at the Ho sports stadium to be considered for the yet-to-be constituted national Under-15 team.

The lads, age between 12 and 15 years justified their inclusion in the presence of a Technical team led by Samuel Anim Addo, Head of the Under 15 Management committee of the Ghana Football Association.

At the end of the exercise, some 16 lucky players were selected to join their colleagues from other parts of the country for a final screening session at the Ghanaman Soccer Center of Excellence at Prampam, for a possible selection into the final squad for the National U15 team.

Similar exercise has already been held across Western/Central Regions, Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Upper West & East Regions and Greater Accra.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

 

Chinese Contractor Takes Over Hohoe-Jasikan-Pepesu Road

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Work resumes on Hohoe-Jasikan-Jasikan section of Eastern corridor road

By: KALD | Voltaonlinegh.com |

Work has resumed on the 88-kilometre Hohoe-Jasikan to Dodo Pepesu stretch of the eastern corridor road, almost three years after it was halted for a government audit.

The project, which was being executed by Israeli construction firm, Messrs Rollider Ltd under the Cocoa roads programme before the change in government in January 2017, has now been re-awarded to a Chinese firm, Synohydro Corporation Ltd.

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Tuesday cut sod for the commencement of work, which forms part of the Phase 1 of the $2billion Government of Ghana/Sinohydro Master Project Agreement.

ย The Synohydro facility, according to government was a barter arrangement in which the Chinese company will finance various infrastructure projects in Ghana worth two billion dollars, in exchange for the countryโ€™s bauxite deposits.

Speaking at the sod cutting ceremony at Jasikan in the Oti region, Dr. Bawumia said the road which has a long and painful history of neglect under the previous government, has now been prioritized by the government for urgent attention.

He noted that of all the critical roads listed in the 2020 budget, Hohoe-Jasikan and Jasikan-Dodo Pepesu are the only roads to commence, and assured residents of governmentโ€™s resolve to ensure the project is completed on schedule.

Dr. Bawumia doing the sod cutting

โ€œIndeed, contractors for these projects mobilized to site two weeks before Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta presented the 2020 Budget statement in Parliament. Under the Critical Roads Programme for Highway construction, Oti Region will have the Dambai Towns Roads, Nkonya-Wurapong-Kwamikrom Road and the Jasikan-Worawora Road.โ€

The Eastern Corridor Roads project, allotted as N2 of the National Road Network, begins from the Tema Motorway through to the Volta, Oti, Northern, North East and Upper East regions to neighbouring Burkina Faso.

According to the Vice President, sods will be cut for the Cape Coast inner city roads and Nyinahini area roads this week under the Infrastructure for Bauxite facility. The rest of other approved lots are expected to be undertaken soon.

โ€œThe commitment of government to the development of the Trunk Road Network is evidenced by the many Road and Bridge Development Projects as well as the numerous road maintenance projects that are on-going all over the country and to continue in the year of Roads in 2020.

“Government is on course to fix all critical road projects in a holistic approach so that every part of the country has durable roadsโ€ he stated.

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Mr. Kwesi Amoako-Atta on his part assured the people of Oti region of the Akufo-Addo governmentโ€™s commitment to make a significant dent in the road infrastructure deficit, with their region featuring prominently.

Mr. Amoako-Atta also assured the youth in particular, of governmentโ€™s resolve to ensure that the local content clauses in the agreement with Sinohydro are strictly adhered to in order to create jobs and incomes for indigenes. According to him, the project will provide many jobs to contractors, artisans, cooks, and others with varied professional skills.

On behalf of the Oti region, Nana Aburam Akpandza V, Paramount Chief of Buem and Preisdent of Buem Traditional Council, who chaired the sod cutting ceremony, expressed satisfaction at the show of concern by government towards the development of their roads.

Present at the sod-cutting ceremony were Hon. Kwesi Owusu Yeboah (Oti Regional Minister), Mr. Zhang Nianmu (President of Powerchina West Africa and Central Africa of which Sinohydro is a subsidiary), representatives of Embassy of China, Hon. Michael Yao Gyato (MP for Krachi East and Deputy Minister for Sanitation), and dozens of chiefs from the Oti region.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

 

 

Ten โ€˜Western Togolandersโ€™ Arrested; Leader On The Run

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By: KALD | Voltaonlinegh.com |

Some members of the separatist movement, the Homeland Study Group Foundation have reportedly been picked by state security operatives in the Volta region, in connection with their declaration of parts of Ghana as an independent Western Togoland state last weekend.

Voltaononlinegh.com gathered about 10 of the groupโ€™s supporters were arrested at various locations during a special security operation undertaken by the Volta Regional Security Council (RESEC).

The octogenarian founder and leader of the group, Charles Kudzordzi is however said to be on the run.

The Volta Regional Minister and chairman of RESEC, Dr. Archibald Letsa who confirmed the arrest to the media on Tuesday, said steps were being taken to apprehend all persons involved in the illegal declaration, which took place last Saturday in Ho.

The 85-year old Charles Komi Kudzordzi alias Papavi Hogbedetor, on Saturday announced their secession out of Ghana saying, โ€fromย  midnight today November 16 2019 entering tomorrow, Weโ€™re now Western Togoland state.โ€

But government in a statement issued by Information minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah on Monday, condemned the groupโ€™s declaration with the promise to โ€˜ensure that persons involved in the illegal act are dealt with in accordance with the law.โ€™

Background

The Homeland Study Group Foundation has since 2017 intensified its campaign to secede the Volta region and parts of the then Northern and Upper East regions along the eastern border of Ghana into an independent state.

Leaders of the group including the founder were arrested and charged with treason felony on at least two occasions, with the recent being in May 2019.

After being in custody for a little over a month, the Attorney General dropped the charges against Mr. Kudzodzi and eight others leading to their release in July.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

 

Gov’t To Sanctionย  Volta Separatists Over ‘Illegal’ Western Togoland Declaration

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Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah

By: KALD | Voltaonlinegh.com |

The Government has served notice that it will go after members of the separatist movement, the Homeland Study Group Foundationย  (HSGF) who announced their secession from Ghana.

The group led by its octogenarian founder, Charles Komi Kudzordzi last Saturday declared the Volta region and parts of the Northern, North East and Upper East regions along the eastern border of Ghana, an independent Western Togoland state.

Mr. Charles Komi Kudzordzi announcing Western Togoland State independence

Mr. Kudzordzi popularly known as Papavi Hogbedetor, at a public forum of the group in Ho announced that, โ€from ย midnight today November 16 2019 entering tomorrow, Weโ€™re now Western Togoland state.โ€

However, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah in a statement issued on Monday, November 18, 2019 described the group’s conduct as ‘illegal’ and indicated that, ‘the state security agencies are taking the necessary measures to ensure that persons involved in the illegal act are dealt with in accordance with the law.’

Read the Government’s Statement Below

According to the statement, Ghana remains a sovereign state which has not ceded any part of its territory to any person or group of persons and thus entreated the public to disregard any such declaration from the Homeland study group foundation.

Also Read: Volta Separatist Group Declares โ€˜Western Togolandโ€™ Independence

The government therefore encourage all persons to go about their normal activities as the security agenciesย  remain in charge of the country’s territory.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

 

 

Ghanaian Youth Urged To Be Change Makers

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Mr. David Asamoah, Convenor of Sureword Global

By: Shalom Lumor | Voltaonlonegh.com |

The convenor of the Sureword Global Outreach, Rev. David Asamoah has tasked the Ghanaian youth to become agents of change in their communities, so as to make positive impacts on the lives of others.

He said, the youth must start involving themselves in leadership positions in order for them to help solve challenges in their various communities.

Rev. Asamoah who was speaking at a leadership conference at Adidome in the Central Tongu district said, it was high time some youth stop relying on politicians and start doing something for themselves so as to become the change agents their communities desired.

“Politicians cannot do everything for you, you have to take charge of your lives, engage yourself with profitable ventures and try to impact your communities,” he stressed.

Adding that, ” If you want to make a change, you must identify problems and provide solutions to them, you all came from various places that have problems, identify them and solve them, that is the only way you can make it big in life.”

Madam Felicia Edem Attipoe

Also addressing the conference, was Madam Felicia Edem Attipoe, Ghana’s first female Aircraft Marshall, who entreated young women to venture into professions that are noted to be the preserve of men.

She said, women were not created to be weak or inferior so must make sure, they don’t get intimidated by their male counterparts.

“All the women sitting here must know that, you are strong and you can also make it in life. Do not allow anyone to discourage you, take up political leadership positions and make an impact,” she noted.

The programme dubbed ‘Higher Level Leadership Conference for the people of Central Tongu’, was a collaboration between Sureword Global Outreach and Dela Radio, a local FM station.

It was aimed at encouraging young people to actively participate in the development of their communities.

Other speakers at the event include, Dr. Akofa Segebfia, a social development Activist, Rev Victor Sedo, an Educationist, Etse Agbemabiase a TV host and Patrick Agbolosu a Community Leader.

The event was attended by traditional leaders, heads of Departments, corporate organizations and the youth from all walks of life.

Sureword Global Outreach is a Christian organization with the objective of grooming young people in both Ghana and UK for leadership.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

 

 

[VIDEO] Volta Separatist Group Declares โ€˜Western Togolandโ€™ Independence

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Mr. Charles Komi Kudzordzi announcing Western Togoland State independence

By: KALD | Voltaonlinegh.com |

The Homeland Study Group Foundation, (HSGF), a separatist movement campaigning for the secession of the Volta region into an independent Western Togoland State has declared their independence out of Ghana, Voltaonlinegh.com can report.

The octogenarian founder and leader, Mr. Charles Komi Kudzordzi alias Papavi Hogbedetor made the declaration at a public gathering in Ho on Saturday November 16, 2019.

The event which was monitored by Voltaonlinegh.com via a Facebook live stream by one John Frank , took place at the former premises of Unity Rural Bank, few metres away from the Ho Police Training school.

Papavi Hogbedetor, the 85 year old separatist leader, speaking in the native Ewe language recounted their struggle to restore the pre-independence Western Togoland territory, a German protectorate which was joined to the then Gold Coast to form the new independent country ,Ghana on March 6, 1957 under circumstances the group believed were illegal.

Setting the grounds for the declaration Saturday afternoon, he said ” We’ve all witnessedย  what happen recently when we (Volta region) were forgotten by the government in its budget. Can a parent forget about their children? We’reย  not their children, so they have forgotten about us.”

He then went ahead to declared that ” fromย  midnight today November 16 2019 entering tomorrow, We’re now Western Togoland state.”

The announcement sent his supporters into spontaneous wild jubilation, as some waved the supposed flag of the Western Togoland.

Moments after the declaration however, the old man was whisked away from the scene by his loyalists in a waiting car.

Mr. Kudzordzi being rushed into a waiting car.

Below is the Video of the declaration

Background

The Homeland Study Group Foundation has since 2017 intensified its campaign to secede the Volta region and parts of the then Northern and Upper East regions along the eastern border of Ghana into an independent state.

Read Also: Western Togoland Campaigners in Latest Arrest Granted Bail

Leaders of the group including the founder were arrested and charged with treason felony on at least two occasions, with the recent being in May 2019.

After being in custody for a little over a month, the Attorney General dropped the charges against Mr. Kudzodzi and eight others leading to their release in July.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.comย 

Weta Traditional Area Council Backs Torgbuiga Akpo Ashiakpor VI

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BY: Faisel Abdul-Iddrisu | Voltaonlinegh.com |

The Weta Traditional Area Council in the Ketu North Municipality has declared that the traditional area has only one legitimate Paramount Chief, as enstooled in accordance with the customs and traditions of the Anlo State.

At a press conference held on Saturday, the Council noted that the disclaimer has become necessary, following a series of activities by some individuals to undermine the legitimacy of the current Paramount Chief, Torgbuiga Akpo Ashiakpor VI, who ascended the stool as Fiaga and President of the Traditional Area in December, 2017 after a rigorous vetting and selection process.

“Torgbuiga Akpo Ashiakpor VI, who we all know and pay allegiance to, is a direct descendant of Aklagba, who settled at Klikor. This lineage of Torgbuiga Akpo Ashiakpor VI, is known to all family members and upright citizens of Weta, until recently, after his installation and outdooring when some unfaithful and disgruntled persons from the Ashiakpor royal family in bad faith, instituted a series of legal suit; after fully and dutifully participating in the processes leading up to his selection and installation”, the council noted.

Speaking on behalf of the council on Saturday at Weta, Torgbui Adukpo IV, Dufia of Ehi said the Council recognises no other person as the Paramount Chief of the Weta Traditional Area than Torgbuiga Akpo Ashiakpor VI.

He cautioned residents to avoid being misled by such characters who are bent on destabilizing the unity and progress of the area.

According to the Traditional Area Council, events after the outdooring of Torgbuiga Akpo Ashiakpor VI, has created a state of despondency among the chiefs and the good people of Weta, a situation that is hampering the development and progress of the area.

The Council thus cautioned that, anyone other than Torgbuiga Akpo Ashiakpor VI, who carries himself as the paramount chief of the area, is doing so to undermine the peace and development of the area.

It urged sons and daughters of the Traditional Area not to allow themselves to be misled by such characters seeking to elevate themselves at the expense of the unity and progress of the area.

Until the installation and outdooring of Torgbuiga Akpo Ashiakpor VI on December, 23 2017 the Weta Traditional Area was without a substantive head and was being administered by a regent for well over a decade.

Torgbuiga’s two years reign has however been fraught with litigation by persons the Council described as ‘misleading characters’ seeking to hinder the progress of the Traditional Area.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

OTI | Krontang Basic School Pupils Learn At the Mercy of The Weather

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Part of collapsed classroom structure

By: Benjamin Owusu | Voltaonlinegh.com|

The quest for quality education for school children at Krontang, a farming community in the Nkwanta South municipality of the Oti region has been constrained by the lack of adequate and decent infrastructure at the only public basic school in the area.

The already bad situation at the Krontang M/A Basic School, was worsen by a heavy rainstorm which ripped off parts of the classroom block, hence leaving both teachers and pupils at the mercy of the weather during lesson periods.

A visit to the school by this reporter, revealed that teaching and learning activities have been gravely hampered as the authorities had no option than to keep the primary four class in ripped off classroom, while the rest of the upper primary and the Junior High School classes are housed in a makeshift structure put up by the community.

Headmaster of the school, Mr. Martin Nyarko in an interview with voltaonlinegh.com lamented that the situation which has persisted for past two years, was having a big toll on academic activities in the school, adding that, the lack of infrastructure and other educational materials could worsen the already poor academic performance of the school.

The Assembly member for the area, Mr. Bartholomew Alagbe and the school P.T.A. chairman, Bartholomew Amenyo,ย who both expressed displeasure at the situation called for an urgent government intervention to get the school back in shape for effective academic work.

Nana Affram Kwakru II, chief of Krontang, on his part appealed to relevant stakeholders including benevolent individuals and organizations to come to the aid of the community by providing school infrastructure and facilities conducive for the effective teaching and learning.

He also appealed for a computer laboratory, teachersโ€™ quarters and library for the school.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com

 

#GMB2019: Controversy, As Enam Misses Out on Crown

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Enam, Volta region's Rep at GMB2019

By: KALD | Voltaonlinegh.com |

Enam, the Volta regionโ€™s representative in the 2019 Ghana Most Beautiful pageant on TV3 has missed out on the crown at the grand finale of the show Sunday night.

She placed second (1st Runner up) to Central regionโ€™s Akua, who won the coveted ย crown as GMB2019 queen after 12 weeks of intense competition among contestants from the all 16 regions of Ghana.

Three other finalists, Serwaa from Ashanti region, Saah, Western North and Ayisha from Upper East were adjudged third (2nd Runner up), fourth and fifth respectively.

Prior to the crowning moment at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre, all five finalists on the night went head-to-head to outdo one another in the various contests including a debate on whether Africa should be compensated for the Slave Trade.

Akua is 2019 Ghana’s Most Beautiful Queen

The ladies ahead of the grand finale justified their inclusion at every stage of the competition through weekly performances while projecting the culture and traditions of their respective regions.

For her prize package, Ekua gets a brand new car, a cash prize of GHc10,000, a round trip to Dubai courtesy Camel Antisepticโ€™s โ€˜Buy and Fly and one year supply of GTP fabric among other souvenirs from sponsors.

While Enam, born Anita Mawuena Bossoh, goes home with a cash prize of GHc8,000, a round trip to Dubai and six-months supply of GTP fabric.

ALl five finalists at the 2019 Hogbetsotso

Meanwhile, the outcome of the GMB grand finale has stirred up controversy on social media as some patrons believe the Volta region representative was robbed of the coveted crown.

The unhappy netizens could not fathom how Enam would lose out on the crown despite her consistent sterling performances and the massive public votes she garnered, ย as they questioned the credibility of the judges especially Judge Linda who announced the winner.

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