Smasco Old Boys Support Alma Mater

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October 3, 2019

IMG-20190930-WA0022 — Mr. Gbenu presenting cheque to the school Headmaster

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The 2004 year group of St. Mary’s Seminary Senior High School, Lolobi, has donated an amount of Gh¢6,000 towards the school’s fencewall project.

The gesture was in response to a plea from the immediate past headmaster, Rev. Fr. Pascal Afesi, in order to save the school land from encroachment.

The group made the donation during a visit to the school last Sunday, Sept. 29 2019.

A delegation of the 2004 year group in pose with the Headmaster

Mr. Daniel Gbenu leader of the delegation recalled their days in the school some 15 years ago, as he welcomed the new headmaster, Rev. Fr. Felix Akpa and wished him well in his leadership of the all boys second cycle institution.

He recounted previous suports the 2004 year group has extended to the school, including the donation of a 50 inch digital Television set in 2015 and two pieces of 1-Terabyte external drives in 2018 to aid the school’s preparations for the annual National Science Maths Quiz Competition.

He also entreated the present crop of students to raise high the flag of the school and make it a school of choice among the top schools in the country.

The delegation after a tour of the campus, decried the sorry state of facilities, as well as the stagnation of several infrastructural projects in the school, for which they called on the appropriate authorities to expedite their completion.

The Headmaster, Fr. Akpa who received the the donation on behalf of the school management, thanked the batch for coming back to assist the school that made them who they are today.

He further appealed to other year groups and stakeholders to come to the aid of the school.

He made special appeal for a sick bay, the fixing of the deplorable access roads and the completion of stalled projects in the school.

Earlier, the delegation joined the student body for Holy Mass, which was presided over by Rev. Fr. Anthony Mawuli Ahiabor, a member of the group.

In his homily, Rev. Fr. John Nimako, another priest of the year group, admonished the students to study hard and avoid the use of hard drugs.

He further asked them to avail themselves to the strict discipline of the school so that they could become responsible citizens in the near future.

The group also interacted with the students, before concluding their visit with benediction.

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Pi-Bansah Affirmed Ho MCE Amidst Funfair

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By: KALD | Voltaonlinegh.com |

It was all celebration at the premises of the Ho Municipal Assembly Tuesday afternoon when Mr. Prosper Kofi Pi-Bansah was affirmed as the new Municipal Chief Executive for the regional capital.

Mr. Pi-Bansah who was the immediate past Municipal Director of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) secured the votes of all 41 assembly members present to succeed Mr. John Nelson Akorli, whose appointment was recently revoked by the President.

The news of his unanimous endorsement threw his supporters who were stationed outside the assembly hall into a state of wild jubilation amidst borborbor music.

Dr. Archibald Letsa, the Volta Regional minister in a brief remark before the voting said, with Ho municipal being his home assembly he expected nothing less than a 100 per cent approval from the assembly members.

He urged stakeholders to trust the President’s choice, as he was capable of leading the nunicipality into greater heights.

The Ho Central MP, Mr. Benjamin Kpodo on his part urged the members to carry out their statutory mandate devoid of extreme partisan considerations.

Hon. Pi-Bansah with his predecessor, Hon. Akorli

Mr. Pi-Bansah who was subsequently sworn into office by a Magistrate of the Ho District Court, His Worship Robert Addo, thanked the assembly members for the confidence reposed in him and pledged to work all for the betterment of the muncipality.

He also thanked his predecessor, Mr. Akorli who was present at the ceremony for the good job done so far, which he would build upon.

The ceremony was witnessed by traditional leaders from the Asogli, functionaries of the governing party and some MMDCEs in the region.

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Peki Gov’t Hospital Graduates 16 Rehabilitated Mental Health Clients

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By: Rita Kafui Nedjoh | Voltaonlinegh |

The Mental Health Unit of Peki Government Hospital in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region has graduated 16 young rehabilitated mental health clients with life skills to aid them financially.

The patients who graduated with a certificates and starter packs went through a nine-month training in mushroom farming, snail farming, and beads with slippers making under the mental health client rehabilitation project of the hospital’s mental health unit.

The mental health rehabilitation project is an initiative which seeks to develop the necessary emotional, social, vocational, financial and intellectual skills needed to live and learn in the community with least amount of professional help to ensure an effective reintegration of recovered clients into the society.

It is a collaborative effort of Peki Government Hospital and Ebenms Fungi Production with support from the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Peki.

Head of Mental Health Unit, Peki Government Hospital, Mercy Sitsofe Tettey noted that mental health “is no respecter of persons” hence the need to join hands together to explore the potentials of the youth masked by their mental disability momentarily for the development of society.

Madam Tettey said effective rehabilitation and reintegration of mental health clients ought to be a collective effort of health care providers, clients, care givers and the society to eradicate the mentality that mental disorder patients “are useless” in the development of the society.

She congratulated the beneficiaries and commended the various stakeholders and individuals who supported the project.

South Dayi District Director, Ghana Health Service, Patience Nunoo lamented the neglect of mental health patients by their relatives due to stigmatisation and the non-availability of facility to accommodate, rehabilitate and integrate them back into society.

Madam Nunoo decried the difficult situations under which mental health nurses in the district operated and mentioned the absence of motorbikes for defaulter tracing, risks in handling more aggressive clients, accommodation for mental health clients and staff and non-availability of free medicine as examples.

She disclosed that the district from 2017 to the first quarter of 2019 had recovered and managed a total of 1,658 mental health cases, 330 vagrants, 159 defaulters and 201 relapse due to non-compliance, refusal to turn up for revisit and unavailability of free medicine.

She therefore called on the Member of Parliament for the area, philanthropists and individuals to help sustain the project to aid the reintegration of mental health patients into society.

Executive Director, Ebenms Fungi Production and trainer of the beneficiaries, Togbe Dzempe II of Takla Traditional Area commended the hospital for making the dreams of his foundation possible.

Togbe Dzempe noted that Ebenms Fungi Production is an incorporated company involved in the production of mushroom, ‘shito’ with mushroom base, honey production and snail farming.

He called on individuals and organisations to support the course with material and financial resources to help the foundation reach out to more of the less-privileged in society.

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MTN Urges Subscribers to Report MoMo Fraud Cases Promptly for Redress

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Volta Regional Team Lead of telecoms giants, MTN Ghana, Mawuli Katahena has implored the general public especially subscribers of the company’s 10-year old mobile money (MoMo) service to timely report any irregularities in their transactions to forestall losing their monies.

Mr. Katahena said there had been instances when MTN had saved people by restoring their monies to them, blocking accounts of customers who had defrauded unsuspecting people, etc because they (victims) called the company’s toll free number 100 on time.

“Any time you mistakenly send money to a wrong number, someone tricks you to send money to his/her account, quickly call 100. We’ll reverse the transaction or block the account and you’ll get your money in 48 hours.”

He underscored the need for reporting the cases on time saying, any delay could give the other person(s) chance to go ahead and withdraw the money in which case MTN would be unable to block the account for any reversal to be made.

He made this known at a community interactive programme dubbed community forum which came off on October 1 at the Ho Central in the Volta Region’s capital.

Tuesday’s forum drew a cross-section of the public including traders, transport operators, dressmakers, beauticians and tertiary students for interactions on MTN’s investment in community development and its products and services.

Mr. Katahena also spoke to the participants about the recently increased Communication Service Tax (CST) from 6 per cent to 9 per cent (effective October 1) explaining, it would be applied to every recharge purchased such that “if you recharge GH¢1.00, a 9 per cent CST fee of GH¢0.07 will be charged leaving you with GHS0.93.”.

Head, Ho branch office, MTN, Mawunya Agogo mentioned some life-changing projects MTN had under its social responsibility wing, MTN Ghana Foundation, initiated in the region in the areas of health, education and economic empowerment.

Mr. Agogo disclosed the region had witnessed many of such projects because of its contribution (loyalty) towards MTN’s success story in the country which the company “appreciates a lot.”

Corporate Services Advisor for Southern Ghana, Kennedy Ofosuhene told Voltaonlinegh that the event, the second of its kind in Ho and the third in the region, “is one of our strategies to get closer to our stakeholders, tell them what we are doing especially, the investments we are making to enrich their lives, the products and services we’re modifying and bringing out new ones and also ensuring that we serve them better.”

The participants were grateful for the interaction which they claimed clarified a lot of issues for them especially issues regarding MoMo transactions and fraud.

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One Thousand Gbidukor Children to Benefit from Free Healthcare

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About a thousand children at Peki in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region are to benefit from free healthcare under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on Saturday, October 5.

The exercise being championed by Miss Gbi 2018, Florence Makafui Allavi with support from South Dayi office of National Health Insurance would ensure that the beneficiaries benefit from free basic healthcare.

Ms. Allavi who won the crown during the 2018 Gbidukor (Gbi State) Festival of the chiefs and people of Peki and Hohoe said the pageant gave her the opportunity “to go out there to solicit support to help children access healthcare.”

“I find it disheartening when children are denied basic healthcare because they are not registered on the National Health Insurance Scheme. So I am excited that we will get to register up to 1,000 children in the Peki area,” she added.

The beauty queen would also use her platform in getting women to undergo free breast care education and breast cancer screening in the Peki community as part of breast cancer awareness month.

The 23 year old indicated lack of knowledge on the subject as a motivating factor in embarking on the exercise.

According to her, “I have witnessed cases that ended up at prayer camps because it was thought to be spiritual. So this is so very important, I hope future queens will also focus on this area to ensure that knowledge on breast care and breast cancer becomes a household thing within Gbidukor and by extension the country.”

The exercise being undertaken with support from Peki Government Hospital and Peki Queen-mothers Association is an initiative borne in collaboration with Hohoe-based youth group, 2H City Connect and Gbidukor.

The two activities set to take place on the 1911 Park in Peki Blengo forms part of Miss Allavi’s projects as the reigning Miss Gbi who had already conducted similar exercise in Gbi (Hohoe) earlier in July.

The Miss Gbi pageant is held during the annual Gbidukor Festival (Gbidukorza) celebration which was instituted some 24 years ago.

Gbidukor is made up of two traditional areas; Gbi (Hohoe) and Peki with Hohoe area referred to as Gbidzigbe or Gbi north and Peki area, Gbinyigbe or Gbi south.

The 2019 Gbidukorza is scheduled to take place in Peki from Friday, 6th to Monday, 9th December, 2019 on the theme “Promoting Health and Safety Standards, Our Shared Responsibility”.

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John Amenya Gets Nod As New DCE for Agotime-Ziope

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Mr. John Amenya (L) taking his Oath as DCE for Agotime-Ziope

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Members of the Agotime-Ziope District Assembly on Tuesday gave a unanimous endorsement to Mr. John Kweku Amenya as the new District Chief Executive for the area.

The retired educationist garnered a 100 per cent vote of the 22-member assembly at its special sitting at Kpetoe, the district capital.

Mr. Amenya was immediately sworn into office by His Worship Samuel Essel-Walker, a Magistrate Court Judge to replaced Mr. Dickson David Dzorkpe, whose appointment was revoked by the President a fortnight ago.

Regional minister addressing the assembly

The Volta Regional minister, Dr. Archibald Letsa who was present with his deputy, Rev. Johnson Avuletey stressed the need for all stakeholders continue to work in harmony devoid of political conflicts.

Also present at ceremony was the Regional Chairman of the governing NPP, Mr. Makafui Kofi Woanya as well as other government functionaries, including MMDCEs from adjourning assemblies.

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Adaklu Helekpe EP Primary School Gets Library Books

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Christopher Pappoe (in white) presenting the books

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Wailer Foundation, a non-governmental organization (NGO) has donated one thousand library books to Adaklu Helekpe EP Primary Basic School in the Adaklu District of the Volta Region.

The library books which are expected to benefit three communities, Helekpe, Awanyaviofe and Sikaman will help the children around these communities to cultivate reading culture.

Executive Director, Wailer Foundation and morning show host at Dela Radio in the Central Tongu District, Christopher Vuyani Pappoe said the gesture was to help the children improve upon their reading skills.

“I attended Helekpe, Awanyaviofe and Sikaman Union (HASU) community festival last year and was saddened about how there was not even a single library available for the children.”

“I therefore took the initiative to fall on family and friends to help raise about 600 library books worth GH¢4,000 and another 400 donated by philanthropists,” he added.

Assistant Headmaster of the school, Johnson Agamah who received the donation, expressed his gratitude to the Foundation and also pleaded with other philanthropists to help promote schools in the rural communities in order to help them be at par with their colleagues in the urban areas.

Wailer Foundation is an NGO in education based in the Volta Region interested in improving the standard of education in rural communities and is inviting like-minded individuals to help join hands to improve the lives of children.

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Increased ‘Talk Tax’, Utility Tariffs Take Effect Today

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By: KALD | Voltaonlinegh.com |

Two major consumer tax and tariffs are set to go up effective today, October 1, 2019 following their upward reviews.

The recently increased Communication Service Tax (CST) from 6 to 9 per cent, and the about 8 per cent total increment in both electricity and water tariffs, would see consumers pay extra more for these services, which are essential to every day life.

According to the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, the CST which was reviewed upwards in the 2019 mid year budget, would be applied to every recharge purchase.

“With Communication Service Tax now increased from 6%, 9% CST will be applied to any recharge purchase.

So for every GH¢1 of recharge purchased, a 9% CST fee of GHS 0.07 will be charged leaving GHS0.93 (not GHS0.91) for purchase of products and services,” the Chamber explained in a Facebook post on how the tax will be charged by the telecom service providers.

This, means the telecom operators would deduct and pay to the Ghana Revenue Authority, 7 pessewas, representing the 9 per cent CST on every GHs1 of airtime bought, leaving consumers with GHs 0.93 to buy products and services such as data and call bundles.

Prior to today’s implementation, three of the telecom operators, MTN, Vodafone and Airtel Tigo have in the past weeks sent SMS communication to their subscribers regarding the coming into effect of the revised CST from October 1, 2019.

Utility Tariffs

Similarly, consumers would from today also pay 5.94 and 2.22 per cents more respectively for electricity and water, following a recent review of tariffs by the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC).

This is a second tariff increment in three months, which according to a statement from the utility regular was done using the Automatic Adjustment Formula (AAF), taking into consideration various variables including the exchange and inflation rates.

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New Kpando MCE Takes Office

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New Kpando MCE — Mr. Quist taking his Oath of office being administered by Her Worship Mawuli-Woname

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The new Municipal Chief Executive for Kpando, Mr. Ernest Theophilus Quist has assumed office, following his unanimous endorsement by assembly members on Monday.

The nominee garnered all 28 votes of the assembly during his confirmation poll to replace Mr. Elvis Djampoh, whose appointment was revoked by the President through the Local Government minister, Hajia Alima Mahama.

Her Worship Love B. Mawuli-Woname, the Magistrate at the Kpando district Court performed the swearing-in for Mr. Quist.

Dr. Archibald Letsa, the Volta Regional minister prior to the voting, implored the assembly members to unanimously confirm the nominee, in whom the President had confidence to take Kpando Municipal to the next level.

Among those who witnessed the ceremnony were the Deputy Regional Minister, Rev. Johnson Avuletey and a host Municipal/District Chief Executives, including Mr. Thomas Zonyrah of Central Tongu as well as Regional officers of the NPP.

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29-Year Old Entrepreneur Confirmed As New DCE for Afadzato South DCE

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By: KALD | Voltaonlinegh.com |

Mr. James Etornam Flolu has been confirmed as the new District Chief Executive for the Afadzato South district.

At an assembly meeting at district capital, Ve Golokuati on Monday, the 29 year old marketing professional cum entrepreneur polled 27 votes, representing 90 percent of the 30-member assembly to replace dismissed DCE, Mr. Wisdom Semanu Seneadza, Esq.

He was consequently sworn into office by His Worship John Sam, a Magistrate Court Judge in charge of the Afadzato South District Court.

The Volta Regional minister, Dr Archibald Letsa who was present with his deputy, Rev. Johnson Avuletey called on the assembly members and other stakeholders to give maximum support to the DCE so as to ensure a smooth running of the assembly and the district.

Regional minister and his deputy at the confirmation meeting

Present at the ceremony were the MCE for Hohoe, Mr. Teddy Ofori, DCEs for Ho West and North Dayi, Mr. Ernest Appau and Mr. Edmund Kudjoe Attah respectively as well as the some current and past Regional officers of the governing New Patriotic Party.

Background

The President through the Minister for Local Government, Hajia Alima Mahama last week revoked the appointment of some four MDCEs in the Volta region.

They were, Ho MCE, Mr. John Nelson Akorli, Agotime-Ziope DCE, Mr. Dickson Dzokpe, Afadzato South DCE, Mr. Wisdom Semanu Seneadza and Kpando MCE, Mr. Elvis Djampoh.

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