THE Ho Polytechnic has entered into a number of agreements with high-class foreign educational institutions, with a view to providing its students with progression to higher academic and professional qualification.
In line with this, a team of lecturers from the polytechnic and others from the Accra polytechnic have left for the Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom (UK) to work on a possible progression route to the Bachelor of Science (BSc) for students of the Department of Building and Civil Engineering.
In addition, the polytechnic is establishing a link with the University of Teesside in the UK for developing capacity in distance learning for training personnel for the oil and gas industry.
The Rector of the polytechnic, Dr Komla Dzisi, announced this at the matriculation ceremony for 1,703 fresh students admitted to the polytechnic this academic year.
He said four students were currently in the United States of America undertaking a one year programme at a community college, stressing that it demanded hard work to enable them to benefit from the highly competitive programme.
He cautioned the students against the new “freedom” they perceived to be enjoying, having graduated from senior high school into a polytechnic, adding that, “ this freedom is not absolute and comes with a lot of responsibility on your part as well”.
He drew their attention to unacceptable behaviour like physical assault, willful destruction of polytechnic property, sexual molestation, illicit drugs and occultism, adding that the polytechnic would not condone any behaviour within or outside the campus which contravened the laws of the land and brought the name of the polytechnic into disrepute.
In an address, the Chairman of Polytechnic Council, Professor A.A Adimado, said over 3,000 candidates, sought admission into the polytechnic and that the new students must consider themselves very lucky to have earned a place.
He said with their admission, they had begun a new orientation in life and in a process of forging new relationships with persons from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds with the academic horizon certainly getting wider and wider.
Prof. Adimado therefore urged them to avoid any peer influences that could distract their attention from academic work.
The Registrar of the polytechnic, Mr Francis Dzineku, administered the oath of matriculation to the new students.
Friday, October 30, 2009
HO POLY COLLABORATES WITH FOREIGN SCHOOLS (PAGE 11, OCT 30)
THE Ho Polytechnic has entered into a number of agreements with high-class foreign educational institutions, with a view to providing its students with progression to higher academic and professional qualification.
In line with this, a team of lecturers from the polytechnic and others from the Accra polytechnic have left for the Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom (UK) to work on a possible progression route to the Bachelor of Science (BSc) for students of the Department of Building and Civil Engineering.
In addition, the polytechnic is establishing a link with the University of Teesside in the UK for developing capacity in distance learning for training personnel for the oil and gas industry.
The Rector of the polytechnic, Dr Komla Dzisi, announced this at the matriculation ceremony for 1,703 fresh students admitted to the polytechnic this academic year.
He said four students were currently in the United States of America undertaking a one year programme at a community college, stressing that it demanded hard work to enable them to benefit from the highly competitive programme.
He cautioned the students against the new “freedom” they perceived to be enjoying, having graduated from senior high school into a polytechnic, adding that, “ this freedom is not absolute and comes with a lot of responsibility on your part as well”.
He drew their attention to unacceptable behaviour like physical assault, willful destruction of polytechnic property, sexual molestation, illicit drugs and occultism, adding that the polytechnic would not condone any behaviour within or outside the campus which contravened the laws of the land and brought the name of the polytechnic into disrepute.
In an address, the Chairman of Polytechnic Council, Professor A.A Adimado, said over 3,000 candidates, sought admission into the polytechnic and that the new students must consider themselves very lucky to have earned a place.
He said with their admission, they had begun a new orientation in life and in a process of forging new relationships with persons from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds with the academic horizon certainly getting wider and wider.
Prof. Adimado therefore urged them to avoid any peer influences that could distract their attention from academic work.
The Registrar of the polytechnic, Mr Francis Dzineku, administered the oath of matriculation to the new students.
In line with this, a team of lecturers from the polytechnic and others from the Accra polytechnic have left for the Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom (UK) to work on a possible progression route to the Bachelor of Science (BSc) for students of the Department of Building and Civil Engineering.
In addition, the polytechnic is establishing a link with the University of Teesside in the UK for developing capacity in distance learning for training personnel for the oil and gas industry.
The Rector of the polytechnic, Dr Komla Dzisi, announced this at the matriculation ceremony for 1,703 fresh students admitted to the polytechnic this academic year.
He said four students were currently in the United States of America undertaking a one year programme at a community college, stressing that it demanded hard work to enable them to benefit from the highly competitive programme.
He cautioned the students against the new “freedom” they perceived to be enjoying, having graduated from senior high school into a polytechnic, adding that, “ this freedom is not absolute and comes with a lot of responsibility on your part as well”.
He drew their attention to unacceptable behaviour like physical assault, willful destruction of polytechnic property, sexual molestation, illicit drugs and occultism, adding that the polytechnic would not condone any behaviour within or outside the campus which contravened the laws of the land and brought the name of the polytechnic into disrepute.
In an address, the Chairman of Polytechnic Council, Professor A.A Adimado, said over 3,000 candidates, sought admission into the polytechnic and that the new students must consider themselves very lucky to have earned a place.
He said with their admission, they had begun a new orientation in life and in a process of forging new relationships with persons from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds with the academic horizon certainly getting wider and wider.
Prof. Adimado therefore urged them to avoid any peer influences that could distract their attention from academic work.
The Registrar of the polytechnic, Mr Francis Dzineku, administered the oath of matriculation to the new students.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
TEN MORE LAKE DISASTER BODIES ETRIEVED (BACK PAGE, OCT 28)
TEN more bodies of those who were drowned in the recent boat disaster at Wusuta-Tornu have been retrieved.
This brings to 12 the number of bodies so far retrieved, with hope diminishing for any further find.
Meanwhile, the upkeep of 24 children rescued from the disaster is still a challenge to the community, since some of them lost their parents in the tragedy.
The Assembly Member for the Tornu Electoral Area, Mr Emmanuel Afelete, gave this updates following the disaster last week Monday.
He said the Volta Regional Minister, Mr Joseph Amenowode, had visited the community to console the people who, in turn, discussed problems in the area, particularly the poor road network, with the regional minister.
The Member of Parliament for North Dayi, Ms Akua Sena Dansua, had also presented a bag of rice and some cooking oil to the victims, he noted.
Mr Afelete also said some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Kpando Central Constituency had visited the people to sympathise with them.
This brings to 12 the number of bodies so far retrieved, with hope diminishing for any further find.
Meanwhile, the upkeep of 24 children rescued from the disaster is still a challenge to the community, since some of them lost their parents in the tragedy.
The Assembly Member for the Tornu Electoral Area, Mr Emmanuel Afelete, gave this updates following the disaster last week Monday.
He said the Volta Regional Minister, Mr Joseph Amenowode, had visited the community to console the people who, in turn, discussed problems in the area, particularly the poor road network, with the regional minister.
The Member of Parliament for North Dayi, Ms Akua Sena Dansua, had also presented a bag of rice and some cooking oil to the victims, he noted.
Mr Afelete also said some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Kpando Central Constituency had visited the people to sympathise with them.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
VOLTA LAKE DISASTER: TWO MORE BODIES DISCOVERED (BACK PAGE OCT 4)
TWO bodies, a male and a female, suspected to be victims of the recent boat disaster at Wusuta-Tornu in the Kpando District have been washed ashore at Agordeke in the Afram Plains.
According to the Assembly Member of the Tornu Electoral Area, Mr Emmanuel Afelete, the bodies had been deposited in a mortuary under the instruction of the Donkorkrom Police, pending their transfer to Kpando.
He said a search party of local divers was still searching for drowned victims.
Meanwhile, the Paramount Chief of the Wusuta Traditional Area, Togbe Osei Tutu Brempong III, says his people have been struck with grief and shock over the boat accident, noting that they have suffered a series of boat tragedies from time to time ever since the construction of the Akosombo Dam in 1964.
He said the people, who are mainly farmers, encountered those tragedies when they travelled to markets at Dzemeni and Wusuta Kpebe-Tornu to sell their agricultural produce.
A press release signed by the chief and issued in Ho last Thursday said the tragedies occurred as a result of many factors, including the lack of supervision of boat owners to ensure that good boats, standard machines and accessories were used.
Others were the non-adherence to loading capacity and the absence of life jackets, as recommended by the Justice Gyaesayor Committee of Enquiry into the Abotoase Boat Disaster.
“With modern technology, it is our wish and appeal to the government, non-governmental organisations and philanthropists to come to our aid by introducing fibre glass boats with safe devices.
“It is also our wish that the tree stumps which obstruct smooth sail on the lake should be removed,” the release stated.
It said with the current population of the traditional area of about 8,000, there was the need to upgrade the health centre accordingly and also provide potable water to protect the people from guinea worm and other water-borne diseases.
The release appealed for the construction and tarring of the road from Vakpo to Wusuta Kpebe and Tornu, adding that communication companies should extend their services to the area.
It expressed profound condolences to the bereaved families.
According to the Assembly Member of the Tornu Electoral Area, Mr Emmanuel Afelete, the bodies had been deposited in a mortuary under the instruction of the Donkorkrom Police, pending their transfer to Kpando.
He said a search party of local divers was still searching for drowned victims.
Meanwhile, the Paramount Chief of the Wusuta Traditional Area, Togbe Osei Tutu Brempong III, says his people have been struck with grief and shock over the boat accident, noting that they have suffered a series of boat tragedies from time to time ever since the construction of the Akosombo Dam in 1964.
He said the people, who are mainly farmers, encountered those tragedies when they travelled to markets at Dzemeni and Wusuta Kpebe-Tornu to sell their agricultural produce.
A press release signed by the chief and issued in Ho last Thursday said the tragedies occurred as a result of many factors, including the lack of supervision of boat owners to ensure that good boats, standard machines and accessories were used.
Others were the non-adherence to loading capacity and the absence of life jackets, as recommended by the Justice Gyaesayor Committee of Enquiry into the Abotoase Boat Disaster.
“With modern technology, it is our wish and appeal to the government, non-governmental organisations and philanthropists to come to our aid by introducing fibre glass boats with safe devices.
“It is also our wish that the tree stumps which obstruct smooth sail on the lake should be removed,” the release stated.
It said with the current population of the traditional area of about 8,000, there was the need to upgrade the health centre accordingly and also provide potable water to protect the people from guinea worm and other water-borne diseases.
The release appealed for the construction and tarring of the road from Vakpo to Wusuta Kpebe and Tornu, adding that communication companies should extend their services to the area.
It expressed profound condolences to the bereaved families.
Friday, October 23, 2009
GHANAIANS URGED TO SUSTAIN PREVAILING PEACE (PAGE 21, OCT 23)
THE Deputy Volta Regional Minister, Colonel Cyril Necku(retd), has stressed the need for Ghanaians to sustain the prevailing peace and unity in the country to speed up the progress of the nation.
“We should not in our actions or inaction cause resources meant for development to be diverted into conflict resolution and conflict management,” he cautioned, adding, “We must not allow our actions to cause the destruction of
the available infrastructure”.
Col. Necku was addressing a durbar to commemorate the eighth edition of the Oil Palm festival (“DEZA”) by the people of Dzodze Traditional Area at Dzodze in the Ketu-North District last weekend.
He said national growth would be stunted if the nation allowed itself to suffer from negative practices and, therefore, made a clarion call against conflicts, adding, "conflicts had made the Government spent huge sums of money in peacekeeping and conflict resolution at the expense of socio-economic development”.
Col. Necku, therefore, urged the people to use the festive occasion and subsequent ones to forge ahead in togetherness, work in peace, love and unity so as to contribute positively to the development of their communities in particular and the nation as a whole.
He called on the people to be security-conscious to avoid chieftaincy and land disputes, which have already bedeviled many communities and suppressed conscious efforts at development.
The Member of Parliament for Ketu-North, Mr James Klutse Avedzi, announced that a proposal had been approved to extend electricity to 47 communities in the Ketu-North Constituency.
He also said the Government had acquired a loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the construction of the Akatsi-Akanu and the Akatsi-Agbozume-Aflao roads.
He underscored the multiple economic values of the oil palm and said he was happy that the people had developed interest in cultivating the crop and thus introduced a festival to that effect.
Mr Avedzi urged them to investigate the viability of an oil palm nursery set-up at Dekpor by the previous government at Dekpor in order to rehabilitate it to provide them with seedlings.
`In a welcoming address, the Chairman of the DEZA Planning Committee, Mr Prince Kluga Ahiadzro, said the festival offered a platform to express profound congratulations to the President John Evans Atta Mills and his vice, Mr John Dramani Mahama, on their election to the highest offices of the land.“We declare our unflinching support to you and the Government in all spheres of national development,” he stated.
Mr Ahiadzro appealed to the Government to consider the establishment of a senior high//technical institute in the Dzodze Traditional Area to serve the Ketu-North and Ketu-South.
He urged the youth to rise up to the task of supporting the elders in meaningful development, adding that they should shun acts that were socially unacceptable.
The Chairman for the occasion, Mr Justice Amegashi, who is the acting Chief Executive of the Vehicle Examination and Licensing Division (VELD), commended the people for their industry, and said they should uphold the production of “Dzomi”, a highly nutritious residue of palm oil.
“We should not in our actions or inaction cause resources meant for development to be diverted into conflict resolution and conflict management,” he cautioned, adding, “We must not allow our actions to cause the destruction of
the available infrastructure”.
Col. Necku was addressing a durbar to commemorate the eighth edition of the Oil Palm festival (“DEZA”) by the people of Dzodze Traditional Area at Dzodze in the Ketu-North District last weekend.
He said national growth would be stunted if the nation allowed itself to suffer from negative practices and, therefore, made a clarion call against conflicts, adding, "conflicts had made the Government spent huge sums of money in peacekeeping and conflict resolution at the expense of socio-economic development”.
Col. Necku, therefore, urged the people to use the festive occasion and subsequent ones to forge ahead in togetherness, work in peace, love and unity so as to contribute positively to the development of their communities in particular and the nation as a whole.
He called on the people to be security-conscious to avoid chieftaincy and land disputes, which have already bedeviled many communities and suppressed conscious efforts at development.
The Member of Parliament for Ketu-North, Mr James Klutse Avedzi, announced that a proposal had been approved to extend electricity to 47 communities in the Ketu-North Constituency.
He also said the Government had acquired a loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the construction of the Akatsi-Akanu and the Akatsi-Agbozume-Aflao roads.
He underscored the multiple economic values of the oil palm and said he was happy that the people had developed interest in cultivating the crop and thus introduced a festival to that effect.
Mr Avedzi urged them to investigate the viability of an oil palm nursery set-up at Dekpor by the previous government at Dekpor in order to rehabilitate it to provide them with seedlings.
`In a welcoming address, the Chairman of the DEZA Planning Committee, Mr Prince Kluga Ahiadzro, said the festival offered a platform to express profound congratulations to the President John Evans Atta Mills and his vice, Mr John Dramani Mahama, on their election to the highest offices of the land.“We declare our unflinching support to you and the Government in all spheres of national development,” he stated.
Mr Ahiadzro appealed to the Government to consider the establishment of a senior high//technical institute in the Dzodze Traditional Area to serve the Ketu-North and Ketu-South.
He urged the youth to rise up to the task of supporting the elders in meaningful development, adding that they should shun acts that were socially unacceptable.
The Chairman for the occasion, Mr Justice Amegashi, who is the acting Chief Executive of the Vehicle Examination and Licensing Division (VELD), commended the people for their industry, and said they should uphold the production of “Dzomi”, a highly nutritious residue of palm oil.
GHANAIANS URGED TO SUSTAIN PREVAILING PEACE (PAGE 21, OCT 23)
THE Deputy Volta Regional Minister, Colonel Cyril Necku(retd), has stressed the need for Ghanaians to sustain the prevailing peace and unity in the country to speed up the progress of the nation.
“We should not in our actions or inaction cause resources meant for development to be diverted into conflict resolution and conflict management,” he cautioned, adding, “We must not allow our actions to cause the destruction of
the available infrastructure”.
Col. Necku was addressing a durbar to commemorate the eighth edition of the Oil Palm festival (“DEZA”) by the people of Dzodze Traditional Area at Dzodze in the Ketu-North District last weekend.
He said national growth would be stunted if the nation allowed itself to suffer from negative practices and, therefore, made a clarion call against conflicts, adding, "conflicts had made the Government spent huge sums of money in peacekeeping and conflict resolution at the expense of socio-economic development”.
Col. Necku, therefore, urged the people to use the festive occasion and subsequent ones to forge ahead in togetherness, work in peace, love and unity so as to contribute positively to the development of their communities in particular and the nation as a whole.
He called on the people to be security-conscious to avoid chieftaincy and land disputes, which have already bedeviled many communities and suppressed conscious efforts at development.
The Member of Parliament for Ketu-North, Mr James Klutse Avedzi, announced that a proposal had been approved to extend electricity to 47 communities in the Ketu-North Constituency.
He also said the Government had acquired a loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the construction of the Akatsi-Akanu and the Akatsi-Agbozume-Aflao roads.
He underscored the multiple economic values of the oil palm and said he was happy that the people had developed interest in cultivating the crop and thus introduced a festival to that effect.
Mr Avedzi urged them to investigate the viability of an oil palm nursery set-up at Dekpor by the previous government at Dekpor in order to rehabilitate it to provide them with seedlings.
`In a welcoming address, the Chairman of the DEZA Planning Committee, Mr Prince Kluga Ahiadzro, said the festival offered a platform to express profound congratulations to the President John Evans Atta Mills and his vice, Mr John Dramani Mahama, on their election to the highest offices of the land.“We declare our unflinching support to you and the Government in all spheres of national development,” he stated.
Mr Ahiadzro appealed to the Government to consider the establishment of a senior high//technical institute in the Dzodze Traditional Area to serve the Ketu-North and Ketu-South.
He urged the youth to rise up to the task of supporting the elders in meaningful development, adding that they should shun acts that were socially unacceptable.
The Chairman for the occasion, Mr Justice Amegashi, who is the acting Chief Executive of the Vehicle Examination and Licensing Division (VELD), commended the people for their industry, and said they should uphold the production of “Dzomi”, a highly nutritious residue of palm oil.
“We should not in our actions or inaction cause resources meant for development to be diverted into conflict resolution and conflict management,” he cautioned, adding, “We must not allow our actions to cause the destruction of
the available infrastructure”.
Col. Necku was addressing a durbar to commemorate the eighth edition of the Oil Palm festival (“DEZA”) by the people of Dzodze Traditional Area at Dzodze in the Ketu-North District last weekend.
He said national growth would be stunted if the nation allowed itself to suffer from negative practices and, therefore, made a clarion call against conflicts, adding, "conflicts had made the Government spent huge sums of money in peacekeeping and conflict resolution at the expense of socio-economic development”.
Col. Necku, therefore, urged the people to use the festive occasion and subsequent ones to forge ahead in togetherness, work in peace, love and unity so as to contribute positively to the development of their communities in particular and the nation as a whole.
He called on the people to be security-conscious to avoid chieftaincy and land disputes, which have already bedeviled many communities and suppressed conscious efforts at development.
The Member of Parliament for Ketu-North, Mr James Klutse Avedzi, announced that a proposal had been approved to extend electricity to 47 communities in the Ketu-North Constituency.
He also said the Government had acquired a loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the construction of the Akatsi-Akanu and the Akatsi-Agbozume-Aflao roads.
He underscored the multiple economic values of the oil palm and said he was happy that the people had developed interest in cultivating the crop and thus introduced a festival to that effect.
Mr Avedzi urged them to investigate the viability of an oil palm nursery set-up at Dekpor by the previous government at Dekpor in order to rehabilitate it to provide them with seedlings.
`In a welcoming address, the Chairman of the DEZA Planning Committee, Mr Prince Kluga Ahiadzro, said the festival offered a platform to express profound congratulations to the President John Evans Atta Mills and his vice, Mr John Dramani Mahama, on their election to the highest offices of the land.“We declare our unflinching support to you and the Government in all spheres of national development,” he stated.
Mr Ahiadzro appealed to the Government to consider the establishment of a senior high//technical institute in the Dzodze Traditional Area to serve the Ketu-North and Ketu-South.
He urged the youth to rise up to the task of supporting the elders in meaningful development, adding that they should shun acts that were socially unacceptable.
The Chairman for the occasion, Mr Justice Amegashi, who is the acting Chief Executive of the Vehicle Examination and Licensing Division (VELD), commended the people for their industry, and said they should uphold the production of “Dzomi”, a highly nutritious residue of palm oil.
VOLTA LAKE DISASTER SOS FROM VICTIMS (PAGE 3, OCT 23)
THE people of Wusuta are in dire need of state intervention to enable them retrieve the bodies of some of their relatives who drowned in the boat accident that occurred on the Volta Lake last Sunday.
That came to light at a durbar last Tuesday, during which the assembly member for the area was confronted to account for contributions made by families for the purchase of premix fuel for local divers to search for the dead bodies.
All the local divers had abandoned the search for dead bodies, while waiting for funds which were not immediately available.
They had intensified their search at Avate-Tornu, Kpando-Torkor and Dzorkpo but could not find any dead body, despite rumours that some of the bodies had been seen floating at Avate-Tornu last Tuesday.
Meanwhile, five families have claimed 18 bodies retrieved from the lake following the disaster. They are Pastor Gudu, who lost six relatives; the Tseyi Family, five; the Vincent Cudjoe Family, two; the Killian Tetteh Family, three, and Dovi Avuwada Family, two.
In another development, the Anfoega Police have arrested a fisherman, Kofi Adzen, the sailor of one of the boats involved in the accident, and they are keeping him in police custody at Kpando.
It would be recalled that two boats carrying some mourners who were returning from the funeral of a school pupil at Wusuta in the Kpando District to the Afram Plains encountered a storm.
As a result, the boats capsized and 20 people got drowned while 17 others were rescued by a teacher, Mr Raphael Nanikuma.
The boat disaster has left the people of Wusuta-Tornu in a state of confusion as relatives are found in a pensive mood awaiting any news of the recovery of dead bodies from the lake.
That came to light at a durbar last Tuesday, during which the assembly member for the area was confronted to account for contributions made by families for the purchase of premix fuel for local divers to search for the dead bodies.
All the local divers had abandoned the search for dead bodies, while waiting for funds which were not immediately available.
They had intensified their search at Avate-Tornu, Kpando-Torkor and Dzorkpo but could not find any dead body, despite rumours that some of the bodies had been seen floating at Avate-Tornu last Tuesday.
Meanwhile, five families have claimed 18 bodies retrieved from the lake following the disaster. They are Pastor Gudu, who lost six relatives; the Tseyi Family, five; the Vincent Cudjoe Family, two; the Killian Tetteh Family, three, and Dovi Avuwada Family, two.
In another development, the Anfoega Police have arrested a fisherman, Kofi Adzen, the sailor of one of the boats involved in the accident, and they are keeping him in police custody at Kpando.
It would be recalled that two boats carrying some mourners who were returning from the funeral of a school pupil at Wusuta in the Kpando District to the Afram Plains encountered a storm.
As a result, the boats capsized and 20 people got drowned while 17 others were rescued by a teacher, Mr Raphael Nanikuma.
The boat disaster has left the people of Wusuta-Tornu in a state of confusion as relatives are found in a pensive mood awaiting any news of the recovery of dead bodies from the lake.
Friday, October 16, 2009
CHRISTIANS URGED TO JOIN FORCES TO FACE CHALLENGES (PAGE 26, OCT 16)
THE Moderator of the General Assembly of the Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) Church, Right Reverend Francis Amenu, has stressed the need for Ghanaians to join forces to overcome the challenges of the time.
He said what might seem to be impossible could be accomplished through a united front, backed by the blessings of God.
Rt Rev Amenu was delivering a sermon to climax the centenary celebration of the Old Baika branch of the EP Church at Old Baika in the Jasikan District last weekend.
It was on the theme: “Uniting for Development”.
Rt Rev Amenu said there could be disagreements and conflicts in the pursuits of life but with a common goal, determination and as a united community of believers, they had made great achievements and produced many notable persons.
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Jasikan, Nana Kumessy Bonsi, paid tribute to the forebears of the church for their resilience and fortitude, adding that their activities had impacted positively on the lives of the people.
Nana Kumessy Bonsi urged the church to speak for the common man and tell the truth to all manner of people, including politicians, adding that the church should serve as a check towards good management of institutions and reprimand those who mismanaged affairs.
The Chief of the town, Nana Kwaku Dua III, testified that the 100 years existence of the EP Church in the town had resulted in producing many quality sons and daughters for the town.
He said what might seem to be impossible could be accomplished through a united front, backed by the blessings of God.
Rt Rev Amenu was delivering a sermon to climax the centenary celebration of the Old Baika branch of the EP Church at Old Baika in the Jasikan District last weekend.
It was on the theme: “Uniting for Development”.
Rt Rev Amenu said there could be disagreements and conflicts in the pursuits of life but with a common goal, determination and as a united community of believers, they had made great achievements and produced many notable persons.
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Jasikan, Nana Kumessy Bonsi, paid tribute to the forebears of the church for their resilience and fortitude, adding that their activities had impacted positively on the lives of the people.
Nana Kumessy Bonsi urged the church to speak for the common man and tell the truth to all manner of people, including politicians, adding that the church should serve as a check towards good management of institutions and reprimand those who mismanaged affairs.
The Chief of the town, Nana Kwaku Dua III, testified that the 100 years existence of the EP Church in the town had resulted in producing many quality sons and daughters for the town.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
OBSERVATIONS FROM THE ASOGLI FESTIVAL (PAGE 35)
ALTHOUGH the extended family system has lost its strength in the Ghanaian society, there are many occasions and festivals that sought to reinforce this great value of the African society.
During festivals, many activities are held to reunite families by sharing food together, tracing old bonds at ancestral homes, making new friends and the revival of cultural values.
Therefore, the celebration of this year’s Asogli yam festival on the theme: “Uniting for development”, was a unique one aimed at espousing the culture and traditions of the people to the outside world hence, the launch of a tourist and business guide at Ho to underscore the celebration.
The celebration of yam festivals by the Ewe tribe was inherited from their ancestral home, Notsie in the Republic of Togo.
The festival is considered as periods of honour to the gods of the land for their guidance during the entire period from planting through harvesting.
The significance of the yam festival to the Asogli people is to foster unity through forgiveness and reconciliation, annual stocktaking event for all occupational endeavours, especially farming, mobilisation of both human and material resources for Asogli State for job creation and to serve as an annual re-affirmation by all chiefs and their subjects in the Asogli State to the Agbogbome stool.
The effect of the Asogli yam festival on national development cannot be underestimated because the patronage and sponsorship entailed in the celebration was always overwhelming.
The festival could be rated as the leading festival of contemporary times in the Volta Region that was why people attached pomp and pageantry to the event.
The input of telecommunication industries such as Vodafone during the festival was marvellous because the company created jobs for young boys and girls in the area during the period of celebration.
A market was created for many products such as food, water, fuel, hotel accommodation, entertainment and transportation.
Visits by many tourists to the Adaklu mountain was also a side attraction of the festival.
According to history, the Asogli people like most Ewe speaking people, traced their origin to a place called Abyssinian which is now known as Ethiopia.
They migrated with other Ewes from Abyssinia to Oyo in Yoruba land in Western Nigeria, from where they moved to Ketu in Dahomey now Benin, before settling at Notsie in present day Republic of Togo in the 12th Century.
During festivals, many activities are held to reunite families by sharing food together, tracing old bonds at ancestral homes, making new friends and the revival of cultural values.
Therefore, the celebration of this year’s Asogli yam festival on the theme: “Uniting for development”, was a unique one aimed at espousing the culture and traditions of the people to the outside world hence, the launch of a tourist and business guide at Ho to underscore the celebration.
The celebration of yam festivals by the Ewe tribe was inherited from their ancestral home, Notsie in the Republic of Togo.
The festival is considered as periods of honour to the gods of the land for their guidance during the entire period from planting through harvesting.
The significance of the yam festival to the Asogli people is to foster unity through forgiveness and reconciliation, annual stocktaking event for all occupational endeavours, especially farming, mobilisation of both human and material resources for Asogli State for job creation and to serve as an annual re-affirmation by all chiefs and their subjects in the Asogli State to the Agbogbome stool.
The effect of the Asogli yam festival on national development cannot be underestimated because the patronage and sponsorship entailed in the celebration was always overwhelming.
The festival could be rated as the leading festival of contemporary times in the Volta Region that was why people attached pomp and pageantry to the event.
The input of telecommunication industries such as Vodafone during the festival was marvellous because the company created jobs for young boys and girls in the area during the period of celebration.
A market was created for many products such as food, water, fuel, hotel accommodation, entertainment and transportation.
Visits by many tourists to the Adaklu mountain was also a side attraction of the festival.
According to history, the Asogli people like most Ewe speaking people, traced their origin to a place called Abyssinian which is now known as Ethiopia.
They migrated with other Ewes from Abyssinia to Oyo in Yoruba land in Western Nigeria, from where they moved to Ketu in Dahomey now Benin, before settling at Notsie in present day Republic of Togo in the 12th Century.
Monday, October 12, 2009
USE LOCAL LANGUAGES DURING FESTIVALS — MP (OCT 9, PAGE 16)
THE Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho-West, Mr Emmanuel Bedzrah, has entreated communities to use local languages during durbars organised as part of their festivals in order to inculcate cultural values in the children and the youth.
He said it was the only way to reinforce and preserve language as part of culture for emerging generations.
Mr Bedzrah said this when he addressed the Tsibu Norvisi Yam festival at Tsibu -Awudome in the Ho Municipality last weekend.
He stressed the need to revisit the culture of the people and refine them with the view to halting indiscipline among the youth, adding that there must be unity of purpose in towns and villages in the traditional area to forge ahead in development.
The MP said the government placed emphasis on vocational and technical education and promised to support efforts by the people to establish one of such institutions at Tsibu.
In an address, the chief of the town, Togbe Adzadi Kpaku III said the people had achieved a remarkable record in self-help efforts including the construction of a feeder road, schools, agricultural projects, clinic, teachers’ quarters, and the extension of electricity.
He said the people were constructing a library through self-help and appealed to the government to come to their aid, adding that the government should assist each community in Awudome Traditional Area to develop one natural resource into a viable commercial venture.
In a welcoming address, the chairman of the Tsibu Awudome Youth Association, Mr Simon Ben Awumey, said the people were determined to keep the good things they inherited from their ancestors and that the festival was expected to unite other towns in Awudome in order to revive the pursuit of lost glories.
He expressed regret that the youth were wasting away in poverty, poor health and indiscipline and called for a holistic effort by parents, teachers and chiefs to cause a change of attitude in the youth for them to adopt ways to improve their lives.
A senior divisional chief of Avenui-Awudome, Togbe Adza Gbeklui, called for the revival of initiation rites for the youth to serve a guidance into adulthood.
He said it was the only way to reinforce and preserve language as part of culture for emerging generations.
Mr Bedzrah said this when he addressed the Tsibu Norvisi Yam festival at Tsibu -Awudome in the Ho Municipality last weekend.
He stressed the need to revisit the culture of the people and refine them with the view to halting indiscipline among the youth, adding that there must be unity of purpose in towns and villages in the traditional area to forge ahead in development.
The MP said the government placed emphasis on vocational and technical education and promised to support efforts by the people to establish one of such institutions at Tsibu.
In an address, the chief of the town, Togbe Adzadi Kpaku III said the people had achieved a remarkable record in self-help efforts including the construction of a feeder road, schools, agricultural projects, clinic, teachers’ quarters, and the extension of electricity.
He said the people were constructing a library through self-help and appealed to the government to come to their aid, adding that the government should assist each community in Awudome Traditional Area to develop one natural resource into a viable commercial venture.
In a welcoming address, the chairman of the Tsibu Awudome Youth Association, Mr Simon Ben Awumey, said the people were determined to keep the good things they inherited from their ancestors and that the festival was expected to unite other towns in Awudome in order to revive the pursuit of lost glories.
He expressed regret that the youth were wasting away in poverty, poor health and indiscipline and called for a holistic effort by parents, teachers and chiefs to cause a change of attitude in the youth for them to adopt ways to improve their lives.
A senior divisional chief of Avenui-Awudome, Togbe Adza Gbeklui, called for the revival of initiation rites for the youth to serve a guidance into adulthood.
HOSPITAL FOR CURED LEPERS AT HO (PAGE 21, OCT 7)
A SOD has been cut for the construction of a hospital, nurses quarters,a kitchen and dinning hall for cured lepers at Ho.
The project which was estimated at GH¢100,000, would start in January next year and take three months to complete.
Work on the project is being undertaken by the Cured Lepers Foundation of Ho and a non-governmental organisation, Madamfo Ghana Foundation.
Speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony, the Executive Director of Madamfo Ghana Foundation, Ms Bettina Landgrafe said the organisation was committed to showing love to the afflicted in society.
According to her, the foundation had provided water and sanitation facilities, schools, clinics, hospitals and school feeding programmes for some communities in the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions.
Ms Landgrafe promised to pay the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) premium for 150 cured lepers in the Ho Municipality.
The Chairperson of the Cured Lepers Foundation, Mrs Joycelyn Akorfa Ochlich-Dotse, said 28 housing units had been constructed for the cured lepers, adding that eight new ones were under construction.
She said cured lepers needed the facility in view of the precarious situation of some of them who had deep ulcers and found it difficult to visit the Ho Polyclinic for medical care.
The queen of Ho-Dome, Mama Atrato II, commended the NGOs for their humanitarian initiatives and urged the beneficiaries to take good care of the facilities in order to win more assistance from donors.
The Principal Leprosy Technical Officer at the Ho Polyclinic, Mr Anthony Adjavor, said the project was unique since it would afford the cured lepers the opportunity to access proper medical care.
The project which was estimated at GH¢100,000, would start in January next year and take three months to complete.
Work on the project is being undertaken by the Cured Lepers Foundation of Ho and a non-governmental organisation, Madamfo Ghana Foundation.
Speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony, the Executive Director of Madamfo Ghana Foundation, Ms Bettina Landgrafe said the organisation was committed to showing love to the afflicted in society.
According to her, the foundation had provided water and sanitation facilities, schools, clinics, hospitals and school feeding programmes for some communities in the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions.
Ms Landgrafe promised to pay the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) premium for 150 cured lepers in the Ho Municipality.
The Chairperson of the Cured Lepers Foundation, Mrs Joycelyn Akorfa Ochlich-Dotse, said 28 housing units had been constructed for the cured lepers, adding that eight new ones were under construction.
She said cured lepers needed the facility in view of the precarious situation of some of them who had deep ulcers and found it difficult to visit the Ho Polyclinic for medical care.
The queen of Ho-Dome, Mama Atrato II, commended the NGOs for their humanitarian initiatives and urged the beneficiaries to take good care of the facilities in order to win more assistance from donors.
The Principal Leprosy Technical Officer at the Ho Polyclinic, Mr Anthony Adjavor, said the project was unique since it would afford the cured lepers the opportunity to access proper medical care.
FINANCIAL LITERACY WEEK ENDS IN VOLTA REGION (OCT 8, PAGE 27)
Various speakers at a seminar to mark this year’s financial literacy week in the Volta Region have urged operators in the informal sector to explore the opportunities available in the prevailing financial market to prop up their businesses in order to facilitate national economic growth.
They said there were many opportunities in the rural banking sector, credit unions, insurance, e-zwich, securities, banking and other financial services through which they could make appropriate investments for capital gains and secure their businesses.
The speakers made the call at a series of lectures organised for a large number of small-scale sector businessmen and women on the theme, “Financial Literacy…Knowledge in Money” in Ho.
In his paper, Mr K. S. Osei-Bonsu from the Bank of Ghana said investment in the e-zwich system offered security against the risk of armed robbery and that transactions were not limited to any particular bank, which made accessibility easier and convenient.
He said although transactions in cash were good the e-zwich system was better because it underscored a cashless system of modern economies.
Talking on insurance, Mr Daniel Donto of the State Insurance Company(SIC) said fire insurance was now compulsory under Act 724 section 184 for all commercial properties.
He stressed the need to train workers properly on the use of fire extinguishers at their workplaces.
He said if equipment was not switched off after use, it generated heat internally and could result in explosion and consequently fire.
A lecturer at the Ho Polytechnic, Mr Seth Dzokoto, who spoke on credit unions, said the unions were conduits for the poor to save and to reap maximum benefits and that the principle of credit unions was that “little drops of water made a mighty ocean”.
Speaking on rural banking, Mr Temple Tsifodze of the Akatsi Rural Bank said shareholding in a rural bank was an avenue for a member to become a joint owner of a company, had the right to vote, and become a director.
He said investment in shares was profitable but should be done at a strategic time devoid of avoidable financial burden on their businesses.
Other speakers were from the Gold Coast Securities, Bank of Ghana and private financial institutions.
They said there were many opportunities in the rural banking sector, credit unions, insurance, e-zwich, securities, banking and other financial services through which they could make appropriate investments for capital gains and secure their businesses.
The speakers made the call at a series of lectures organised for a large number of small-scale sector businessmen and women on the theme, “Financial Literacy…Knowledge in Money” in Ho.
In his paper, Mr K. S. Osei-Bonsu from the Bank of Ghana said investment in the e-zwich system offered security against the risk of armed robbery and that transactions were not limited to any particular bank, which made accessibility easier and convenient.
He said although transactions in cash were good the e-zwich system was better because it underscored a cashless system of modern economies.
Talking on insurance, Mr Daniel Donto of the State Insurance Company(SIC) said fire insurance was now compulsory under Act 724 section 184 for all commercial properties.
He stressed the need to train workers properly on the use of fire extinguishers at their workplaces.
He said if equipment was not switched off after use, it generated heat internally and could result in explosion and consequently fire.
A lecturer at the Ho Polytechnic, Mr Seth Dzokoto, who spoke on credit unions, said the unions were conduits for the poor to save and to reap maximum benefits and that the principle of credit unions was that “little drops of water made a mighty ocean”.
Speaking on rural banking, Mr Temple Tsifodze of the Akatsi Rural Bank said shareholding in a rural bank was an avenue for a member to become a joint owner of a company, had the right to vote, and become a director.
He said investment in shares was profitable but should be done at a strategic time devoid of avoidable financial burden on their businesses.
Other speakers were from the Gold Coast Securities, Bank of Ghana and private financial institutions.
RECOGNISE C'NITIES AS PARTNERS IN DEV — NALAG (PAGE 15, OCT 6)
THE General Secretary of the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), Alhaji I.M. Sheriff, has advised district assemblies to recognise communities as partners in development.
He said district assemblies must discuss development issues dispassionately with communities in order to accelerate the decentralisation process.
Alhaji Sheriff said this when he addressed the Volta Regional delegates’ conference of NALAG in Ho at the weekend.
He promised that NALAG would sustain its cooperation with the central government so that things that were lacking in the assemblies were provided, adding that facilities that would support the assemblies were likely to delay without the needed cooperation.
Alhaji Sheriff called for research, capacity building and desired linkages between district and municipal assemblies with international sister relations with the view to strengthening international friendship.
In an address, the interim President and the Volta Regional representative on the NALAG council, Mr Isaac Kwasi Kodobisah, said the council had been able to make gains within two months of its existence.
These include the appointment of a General Secretary as the executive administrator and the concrete move towards the procurement of motorbikes for presiding and assembly members to facilitate their movement in their electoral areas.
Others are soliciting of funds for the completion of a five-storey office complex at Okponglo in Accra, asking members to support the idea of further deductions from their common fund to enable them to complete the project on time.
He said district assemblies must discuss development issues dispassionately with communities in order to accelerate the decentralisation process.
Alhaji Sheriff said this when he addressed the Volta Regional delegates’ conference of NALAG in Ho at the weekend.
He promised that NALAG would sustain its cooperation with the central government so that things that were lacking in the assemblies were provided, adding that facilities that would support the assemblies were likely to delay without the needed cooperation.
Alhaji Sheriff called for research, capacity building and desired linkages between district and municipal assemblies with international sister relations with the view to strengthening international friendship.
In an address, the interim President and the Volta Regional representative on the NALAG council, Mr Isaac Kwasi Kodobisah, said the council had been able to make gains within two months of its existence.
These include the appointment of a General Secretary as the executive administrator and the concrete move towards the procurement of motorbikes for presiding and assembly members to facilitate their movement in their electoral areas.
Others are soliciting of funds for the completion of a five-storey office complex at Okponglo in Accra, asking members to support the idea of further deductions from their common fund to enable them to complete the project on time.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
2 FARMERS REMANDED FOR STEALING (PAGE 23, OCT 3, MIRROR)
From Tim Dzamboe, Ho
Two farmers have been remanded into police custody by a Ho Circuit Court for unlawful entry into a private residence and stealing property belonging to the owner.
Wisdom Adekpuitor and Adziraku Asada Kwaku pleaded not guilty to the charges and were remanded by the court, presided over by Mr Justice Ernest Obimpeh, to re-appear on October 15, 2009.
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Sampson Kwami Agboada said on September 17, the accused persons broke into the residence of one Samuel Tettey at Dzolo-Gbogame in the Ho Municipality and took away 11 gallons of paint, two high density foam mattresses, one electric iron, one extension cord, hair pomade, a tin each of sardine and milk as well as other household items valued at GH¢636.
He said the complainant, a worker with the Lands Commission in Accra, visited home to detect the theft and reported to the police who after preliminary investigations interrogated the suspects, who admitted committing the offence.
Mr Agboada said some of the items were retrieved from the accused persons.
Mr Obimpeh however, cautioned the police against shielding people who had dishonestly received
some of the stolen items from the suspects and were retrieved from them.
He explained that if those found to have dishonestly received stolen items were legally dealt with they would have no avenue to channel their booty.
Two farmers have been remanded into police custody by a Ho Circuit Court for unlawful entry into a private residence and stealing property belonging to the owner.
Wisdom Adekpuitor and Adziraku Asada Kwaku pleaded not guilty to the charges and were remanded by the court, presided over by Mr Justice Ernest Obimpeh, to re-appear on October 15, 2009.
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Sampson Kwami Agboada said on September 17, the accused persons broke into the residence of one Samuel Tettey at Dzolo-Gbogame in the Ho Municipality and took away 11 gallons of paint, two high density foam mattresses, one electric iron, one extension cord, hair pomade, a tin each of sardine and milk as well as other household items valued at GH¢636.
He said the complainant, a worker with the Lands Commission in Accra, visited home to detect the theft and reported to the police who after preliminary investigations interrogated the suspects, who admitted committing the offence.
Mr Agboada said some of the items were retrieved from the accused persons.
Mr Obimpeh however, cautioned the police against shielding people who had dishonestly received
some of the stolen items from the suspects and were retrieved from them.
He explained that if those found to have dishonestly received stolen items were legally dealt with they would have no avenue to channel their booty.
DZODZE HARVESTS RAIN WATER FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES (PAGE 23, OCT 1, 2009)
ONE unique feature about Dzodze in the Ketu North District in the Volta Region is the ingenuity of its people to store water for domestic and industrial puposes due to the perennial water shortage.
In almost every household, a tank has been constructed to store harvested rain water for use during hard times.
According to an opinion leader, Mr Prince Ahiadzro, there was only one stream called Kplikpa, from which the people drew water and which usually dried up during the dry season.
He said the situation compelled them to resort to harvesting rain water and that until the Volta Region Water and Sanitation Project provided the community with potable water from mechanised boreholes, water supply was woefully inadequate.
Ahiadzro said the people always needed more water to operate local industries like palm oil production and “akpeteshie” distillation.
Sufficient water was also needed to run hospitals, schools, hotels, offices and other public places.
Mr Ahiadzro said wood ash was used to treat the harvested rain water in order to get rid of impurities.
The Dzodze Traditional Area comprises communities such as Ablorme, Adagbledu, Fiagbedu, Afetefe, Afeyime, Dafornyanu and Afiadenyigba.
Dzodze is the capital of the newly created Ketu-North District.
In almost every household, a tank has been constructed to store harvested rain water for use during hard times.
According to an opinion leader, Mr Prince Ahiadzro, there was only one stream called Kplikpa, from which the people drew water and which usually dried up during the dry season.
He said the situation compelled them to resort to harvesting rain water and that until the Volta Region Water and Sanitation Project provided the community with potable water from mechanised boreholes, water supply was woefully inadequate.
Ahiadzro said the people always needed more water to operate local industries like palm oil production and “akpeteshie” distillation.
Sufficient water was also needed to run hospitals, schools, hotels, offices and other public places.
Mr Ahiadzro said wood ash was used to treat the harvested rain water in order to get rid of impurities.
The Dzodze Traditional Area comprises communities such as Ablorme, Adagbledu, Fiagbedu, Afetefe, Afeyime, Dafornyanu and Afiadenyigba.
Dzodze is the capital of the newly created Ketu-North District.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
NGO ASSISTS 64 CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (SEPT 19, PAGE 22)
A NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisation (NGO), the Voice of People with Disability in Ghana (VOICE) in partnership with the Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) has donated school uniforms and other logistics to 64 children and youth with disabilities in the Volta Region at a ceremony in Ho.
The beneficiaries were drawn from some kindergartens, primary and junior high schools in five districts in the region. They included the Volta School for the Deaf at Hohoe and the Rehabilitation Training Centre at Ho.
The donation was made possible by the YMCA of Glasgow in Scotland which made available a grant of GH¢1,400 to purchase the school uniforms and the other logistics for the people with disabilities in schools and the rehabilitation centres.
The Director of VOICE, Mr Francis Asong, who made the presentation, said the gesture was a forerunner to the government’s future efforts providing uniforms to schoolchildren in the country.
“VOICE would like the government to ensure the equitable distribution of this national cake also benefits children with disabilities in schools and trainees of rehabilitation training centres in the country”, he appealed.
Mr Asong stated that VOICE was working with the Volta Regional Council of the YMCA as well as the YMCA of Glasgow to run a common project to provide literacy skills training for a number of people with disabilities in the region to improve their socio-economic status and quality of life.
The Ho Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Isaac Kotobisah, said there was no justification for society to stigmatise people with disabilities because disasters or accidents were not predictable in life.
He, however, said people with disabilities should present a credible front than a fragmented one to access the provisions made to them under government policies.
Mr Kodobisah added that municipal and district assemblies would only listen to them when they presented credible development plans from their recognised organisations for action.
He assured them that a member of their group would be co-opted into the social services sub-committee of the assembly to help in articulating issues concerning their welfare.
The MCE said the municipal assembly would consider the inclusion of disability friendly factors in the construction of facilities to ensure easy access to public buildings and other public places.
The beneficiaries were drawn from some kindergartens, primary and junior high schools in five districts in the region. They included the Volta School for the Deaf at Hohoe and the Rehabilitation Training Centre at Ho.
The donation was made possible by the YMCA of Glasgow in Scotland which made available a grant of GH¢1,400 to purchase the school uniforms and the other logistics for the people with disabilities in schools and the rehabilitation centres.
The Director of VOICE, Mr Francis Asong, who made the presentation, said the gesture was a forerunner to the government’s future efforts providing uniforms to schoolchildren in the country.
“VOICE would like the government to ensure the equitable distribution of this national cake also benefits children with disabilities in schools and trainees of rehabilitation training centres in the country”, he appealed.
Mr Asong stated that VOICE was working with the Volta Regional Council of the YMCA as well as the YMCA of Glasgow to run a common project to provide literacy skills training for a number of people with disabilities in the region to improve their socio-economic status and quality of life.
The Ho Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Isaac Kotobisah, said there was no justification for society to stigmatise people with disabilities because disasters or accidents were not predictable in life.
He, however, said people with disabilities should present a credible front than a fragmented one to access the provisions made to them under government policies.
Mr Kodobisah added that municipal and district assemblies would only listen to them when they presented credible development plans from their recognised organisations for action.
He assured them that a member of their group would be co-opted into the social services sub-committee of the assembly to help in articulating issues concerning their welfare.
The MCE said the municipal assembly would consider the inclusion of disability friendly factors in the construction of facilities to ensure easy access to public buildings and other public places.
ASOGLI STATE PREPARES FOR YAM FESTIVAL (SEPT 19, PAGE 22)
THIS year’s Ho-Asogli yam festival has sparked off a new dimension of activities aimed at uniting the people of the traditional area and exhibiting the activities of their forebears.
Already, the people have undertaken a pilgrimage to their ancestral home of Notsie in the Republic of Togo.
They have also observed a health education day encompassing free counselling and screening on diabetes, blood pressure and HIV/AIDS and hiking over the Adaklu mountain.
Other activities planned for the festival include “Vovlowo fe Nkeke” (All Souls Day), football matches, purification rites, hailing of new yam, street jams, lawn tennis competition, Miss Asogli pageant, cycling , yam weighing, weight lifting and cooking competition.
The Agbogbomefia, Togbe Afede XIV, will sit in state on Friday, September 25, this year to receive greetings from subjects and well-wishers. The festival will be climaxed with a grand state durbar on Saturday, during which a book entitled “Ho tourist and business guide”, will be launched.
Since his coronation the Agbogbomefia has spearheaded the development of the Asogli state to an admirable level in the Volta Region.
The Agbogbomefia is now the President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs and this comes within a record time of less than two years after being gazetted.
The institution of the Asogli Education Endowment Fund has changed the fortunes of more than 35 beneficiaries in senior high and tertiary educational institutions in less than four years of its establishment and an amount of GH¢ 8,000 has so far been realised.
Another important portfolio that has raised so much hope for redemption is the Volta Region Development Project which has a target of $250 million. This mega project is aimed at transforming the Volta Region under the aegis of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs led by the Agbogbomefia.
These positive developments remind one of when the Ho-Asogli state vibrated with overwhelming joy during the new Agbogbomefia’s installation to succeed the late Togbe Afede Asor II who had passed away.
Enstooled at the age of 46, the business icon known in private life as Mr James Akpo, ascended the throne under the stool name Togbe Afede XIV.
The inauguration was a scenario of pomp and pageantry and indeed a stupendous cultural extravaganza resplendent with rich paraphernalia depicted by the durbar of chiefs.
The ceremony was characterised with a thrilling performance of swearing of oaths of allegiance by members of the Asogli state comprising Akoefe, Kpenoe, Matse, Ziavi, ,Klefe, Sokode, Bankoe, Heve, Dome, Ahoe and Hliha which formed the Asogli traditional council.
In fact, the Asogli state has been re-born with the installation of a dynamic economist of international repute as the paramount chief to occupy the Agbogbome stool, the only black stool believed to have been brought from Notsie in the Republic of Togo.
The jubilation by the crowd could not be controlled when the Agbogbomefia gave his inaugural address, with the pledge that he would adopt a leadership style that would transform the lives of his people.
Togbe Afede lamented that majority of the people continued to wallow in poverty, ignorance, disease and their ambitions were limited by inadequate educational facilities and inadequate job opportunities.
“I do not accept this. Poverty is not an act of God, but a failure of humanity. Expansion of our educational facilities and attracting investment to Ho Asogli will form an important part of my development agenda”, he pledged.
Togbe Afede called for the transformation of the chieftaincy institution by upholding progressive customs and tradition and abandon ing obsolete ones.
According to him, the success of a chief must be measured by the positive impact in the lifestyle of his subjects and not by the size of regalia, adding “we should aim at serving our states rather than to be pampered and carried in palanquins”.
“We should invest our wealth in ventures that benefit our communities instead of in gold trinkets, rings and chains”, he stated.
Truly, the Agbogbomefia, Togbe Afede, is on course to fulfilling the pledge he made on the day of his coronation because the education endowment fund and the regional development project are modest attestation to this.
He has been an inspiration to the youth and chiefs of Ho-Asogli. In fulfilment of his promise, the chief has not ridden in a palanquin since his installation.
Already, the people have undertaken a pilgrimage to their ancestral home of Notsie in the Republic of Togo.
They have also observed a health education day encompassing free counselling and screening on diabetes, blood pressure and HIV/AIDS and hiking over the Adaklu mountain.
Other activities planned for the festival include “Vovlowo fe Nkeke” (All Souls Day), football matches, purification rites, hailing of new yam, street jams, lawn tennis competition, Miss Asogli pageant, cycling , yam weighing, weight lifting and cooking competition.
The Agbogbomefia, Togbe Afede XIV, will sit in state on Friday, September 25, this year to receive greetings from subjects and well-wishers. The festival will be climaxed with a grand state durbar on Saturday, during which a book entitled “Ho tourist and business guide”, will be launched.
Since his coronation the Agbogbomefia has spearheaded the development of the Asogli state to an admirable level in the Volta Region.
The Agbogbomefia is now the President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs and this comes within a record time of less than two years after being gazetted.
The institution of the Asogli Education Endowment Fund has changed the fortunes of more than 35 beneficiaries in senior high and tertiary educational institutions in less than four years of its establishment and an amount of GH¢ 8,000 has so far been realised.
Another important portfolio that has raised so much hope for redemption is the Volta Region Development Project which has a target of $250 million. This mega project is aimed at transforming the Volta Region under the aegis of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs led by the Agbogbomefia.
These positive developments remind one of when the Ho-Asogli state vibrated with overwhelming joy during the new Agbogbomefia’s installation to succeed the late Togbe Afede Asor II who had passed away.
Enstooled at the age of 46, the business icon known in private life as Mr James Akpo, ascended the throne under the stool name Togbe Afede XIV.
The inauguration was a scenario of pomp and pageantry and indeed a stupendous cultural extravaganza resplendent with rich paraphernalia depicted by the durbar of chiefs.
The ceremony was characterised with a thrilling performance of swearing of oaths of allegiance by members of the Asogli state comprising Akoefe, Kpenoe, Matse, Ziavi, ,Klefe, Sokode, Bankoe, Heve, Dome, Ahoe and Hliha which formed the Asogli traditional council.
In fact, the Asogli state has been re-born with the installation of a dynamic economist of international repute as the paramount chief to occupy the Agbogbome stool, the only black stool believed to have been brought from Notsie in the Republic of Togo.
The jubilation by the crowd could not be controlled when the Agbogbomefia gave his inaugural address, with the pledge that he would adopt a leadership style that would transform the lives of his people.
Togbe Afede lamented that majority of the people continued to wallow in poverty, ignorance, disease and their ambitions were limited by inadequate educational facilities and inadequate job opportunities.
“I do not accept this. Poverty is not an act of God, but a failure of humanity. Expansion of our educational facilities and attracting investment to Ho Asogli will form an important part of my development agenda”, he pledged.
Togbe Afede called for the transformation of the chieftaincy institution by upholding progressive customs and tradition and abandon ing obsolete ones.
According to him, the success of a chief must be measured by the positive impact in the lifestyle of his subjects and not by the size of regalia, adding “we should aim at serving our states rather than to be pampered and carried in palanquins”.
“We should invest our wealth in ventures that benefit our communities instead of in gold trinkets, rings and chains”, he stated.
Truly, the Agbogbomefia, Togbe Afede, is on course to fulfilling the pledge he made on the day of his coronation because the education endowment fund and the regional development project are modest attestation to this.
He has been an inspiration to the youth and chiefs of Ho-Asogli. In fulfilment of his promise, the chief has not ridden in a palanquin since his installation.
SIC PAYS INSURANCE BENEFIT TO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (SEPT 19, PAGE 22)
THE Ho branch of the State Insurance Company (SIC) has presented a cheque for GH¢31,000 to the Managing Director of DECOSS Construction Company at Ho, Mr Patrick Deku, as an insurance benefit for the damage caused to his Nissan Patrol vehicle.
The company described the vehicle as “a total wreck” after a motor accident.
Mr Deku was said to have been loyal to the company since 1994 in several business portfolios of the SIC comprising motor vehicles, bonds, contractors’ all-risk policy and others.
According to the company, Mr Deku’s transactions had contributed to the upkeep and success of the company in the region.
The company, therefore, took less than a week to process his claims.
The Volta Regional Manager of the SIC, Mr Richard Yao Fenuku-Doamekpor stated this when he presented the cheque to Mr Deku at the premises of the SIC at Ho.
He described Mr Deku as a valuable client, adding “He does not look back at all on his clienteleship with the SIC, that was why the claim did not take a week to process because it was legitimate one”.
According to Mr Fenuku-Doamekpor, the Ho branch office of the SIC had settled claims totalling GH¢300,000 from January, this year to date, adding that the SIC collected premiums to re-invest in human and social development.
He urged the public to consider investing with the SIC as a priority since there were prompt and good benefits to be made from the investment.
The Deputy Branch Manager of the SIC, Mr Gabriel Agbo, advised clients to report cases promptly to ensure early processing in order to avoid delays in settling legitimate claims.
The claimant, Mr Deku, thanked the SIC for helping him to build his company.
“In all these years that I have been a client, the company has been helpful, especially when it has been possible to recover the full cost of a vehicle”, he stated.
Mr Deku advised other people to embrace SIC’s policies, adding “he who feels it knows it”.
The company described the vehicle as “a total wreck” after a motor accident.
Mr Deku was said to have been loyal to the company since 1994 in several business portfolios of the SIC comprising motor vehicles, bonds, contractors’ all-risk policy and others.
According to the company, Mr Deku’s transactions had contributed to the upkeep and success of the company in the region.
The company, therefore, took less than a week to process his claims.
The Volta Regional Manager of the SIC, Mr Richard Yao Fenuku-Doamekpor stated this when he presented the cheque to Mr Deku at the premises of the SIC at Ho.
He described Mr Deku as a valuable client, adding “He does not look back at all on his clienteleship with the SIC, that was why the claim did not take a week to process because it was legitimate one”.
According to Mr Fenuku-Doamekpor, the Ho branch office of the SIC had settled claims totalling GH¢300,000 from January, this year to date, adding that the SIC collected premiums to re-invest in human and social development.
He urged the public to consider investing with the SIC as a priority since there were prompt and good benefits to be made from the investment.
The Deputy Branch Manager of the SIC, Mr Gabriel Agbo, advised clients to report cases promptly to ensure early processing in order to avoid delays in settling legitimate claims.
The claimant, Mr Deku, thanked the SIC for helping him to build his company.
“In all these years that I have been a client, the company has been helpful, especially when it has been possible to recover the full cost of a vehicle”, he stated.
Mr Deku advised other people to embrace SIC’s policies, adding “he who feels it knows it”.
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