Story: Emmanuel Modey, Hohoe
THE government has been urged to ensure the rapid passage of the Credit Union Bill, which has been on the drawing board for the past nine years.
That, he said, would make the credit unions legal entities, since they now operated under the Co-operative Society Act.
Under the Co-operative Society Act, at least two people can come together to form a society while in the case of credit unions, the number must be at least 100.
The Volta Regional Co-operative Officer, Mr Alex Adu-Donkor, made the call at the eighth annual general meeting of the Hohoe District Teachers Co-operative Credit Union Limited at Hohoe.
He said due to the long delay in the passage of the bill, the members wanted a legislative instrument instead.
Mr Adu-Donkor commended the union for its progressive stance over the years and implored them to raise their shareholdings to make the union stronger.
In his report, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the union, Mr Leonard Apatey, said activities of the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) and government policies during the past year had been unfavourable.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
NGO ASSISTS PHYSICALLY-CHALLENGED PERSONS AT KPANDO (PAGE 25)
Story: Emmanuel Modey, Kpando
JONI and Friend, a California-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), has through its Ghanaian counterpart, All in Motion, a Kpando-based NGO, donated mobility equipment worth GH¢20,000 to the physically challenged persons at Kpando in the Volta Region.
The equipment comprised 110 wheel chairs, 30 walkers and 30 pairs of clutches, as well as 74 Bibles meant for evangelisation .
The donation of the items is the NGO’s gesture of helping the physically challenged in the Volta Region.
Since 1996, the group has donated more than 800 wheel chairs to the Volta Region through its Ghanaian counterpart.
Speaking at the function, the Kpando District Chief Executive, Mr Pius Adanuti, said the assembly was committed to the stipulated two per cent of the District Assemblies’ Common Fund which it usually uses to assist the physically challenged or disadvantaged in society.
He said apart from that, a 100 of the physically challenged had been assisted with micro finance facilities.
The Kpando District Director of the Department of Social Welfare, Mr Roland Kumfo, was happy with the efforts by the physically challenged to contribute their quota towards the development of the district.
The leader of the group, Mr Bod Downey said the 13-member group visited Ghana twice last year during which the members went to Accra, Tema, Tamale, Sogakope and Ho.
JONI and Friend, a California-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), has through its Ghanaian counterpart, All in Motion, a Kpando-based NGO, donated mobility equipment worth GH¢20,000 to the physically challenged persons at Kpando in the Volta Region.
The equipment comprised 110 wheel chairs, 30 walkers and 30 pairs of clutches, as well as 74 Bibles meant for evangelisation .
The donation of the items is the NGO’s gesture of helping the physically challenged in the Volta Region.
Since 1996, the group has donated more than 800 wheel chairs to the Volta Region through its Ghanaian counterpart.
Speaking at the function, the Kpando District Chief Executive, Mr Pius Adanuti, said the assembly was committed to the stipulated two per cent of the District Assemblies’ Common Fund which it usually uses to assist the physically challenged or disadvantaged in society.
He said apart from that, a 100 of the physically challenged had been assisted with micro finance facilities.
The Kpando District Director of the Department of Social Welfare, Mr Roland Kumfo, was happy with the efforts by the physically challenged to contribute their quota towards the development of the district.
The leader of the group, Mr Bod Downey said the 13-member group visited Ghana twice last year during which the members went to Accra, Tema, Tamale, Sogakope and Ho.
MOFA HOLDS WORKSHOP FOR 75 SMALL-SCALE FARMERS (PAGE 26)
Story: Emmanuel Mordey, Hohoe
THE Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has organised a day’s workshop for 75 small-scale farmers at Hohoe.
Sponsored by Dzengoff, Ghana Limited, in collaboration with the Greenshield Agro-Chemicals, the workshop was aimed at providing the farmers with the requisite skills and knowledge in modern techniques in farming to enhance agricultural production.
Briefing the Daily Graphic after the workshop, an official of MoFA, Mr Michael Akpalu said, the participants discussed topics such as the use of improved crop varieties, the right usage of agro-chemicals, crop and pest management, record keeping and the need for timely harvesting.
He said improvement in the agricultural sector was among the measures being adopted by the government to reduce the importation of food.
Mr Akpah acknowledged the potentials of the farmers and said they could maximise profits by applying the right agro-chemicals.
“You should apply the right chemicals in the right dosage at the right time,” he stressed.
On strategies to increase productivity, Mr Akpah was satisfied with the performance of the farmers in the district, who had begun to organise themselves into co-operatives to enable them to benefit from micro-credit schemes.
He said their action would increase their incomes and consequently reduce poverty.
THE Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has organised a day’s workshop for 75 small-scale farmers at Hohoe.
Sponsored by Dzengoff, Ghana Limited, in collaboration with the Greenshield Agro-Chemicals, the workshop was aimed at providing the farmers with the requisite skills and knowledge in modern techniques in farming to enhance agricultural production.
Briefing the Daily Graphic after the workshop, an official of MoFA, Mr Michael Akpalu said, the participants discussed topics such as the use of improved crop varieties, the right usage of agro-chemicals, crop and pest management, record keeping and the need for timely harvesting.
He said improvement in the agricultural sector was among the measures being adopted by the government to reduce the importation of food.
Mr Akpah acknowledged the potentials of the farmers and said they could maximise profits by applying the right agro-chemicals.
“You should apply the right chemicals in the right dosage at the right time,” he stressed.
On strategies to increase productivity, Mr Akpah was satisfied with the performance of the farmers in the district, who had begun to organise themselves into co-operatives to enable them to benefit from micro-credit schemes.
He said their action would increase their incomes and consequently reduce poverty.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Nurses assist Hohoe District Hospital
Story: Emmanuel Modey, Hohoe
April 1, 2008
THE Hohoe branch of the Ghana Registered Nurses Association (GRNA) has put up a GH¢2,200 five-seater public place of convenience for the out-patients department (OPD) of the Hohoe District Hospital.
The decision to start the project was taken at a meeting in 2001 where they raised some funds towards the facility.
Thereafter members of the association started the payment of voluntary contributions and selling of coupons to complete the project.
Inaugurating the project, the Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Dr Edwin Danoo, said the facility had come to relieve the hospital of a huge challenge which faced patients who patronised the hospital.
He called on the GRNA to run the place effectively to prevent it from creating more health problems.
Dr Danoo informed the patients that the hospital now had a voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) centre for HIV/AIDS.
He announced that the hospital had also put up a modern laboratory with its internally generated funds.
According to the medical superintendent, the facility also had a physiotherapy unit for the treatment of stroke, hypertension, diabetes, joint pains and arthritis.
The Hohoe District Chairman of the GRNA, Mr Frank Gyamwodie, advised the patients to use the facility with care.
April 1, 2008
THE Hohoe branch of the Ghana Registered Nurses Association (GRNA) has put up a GH¢2,200 five-seater public place of convenience for the out-patients department (OPD) of the Hohoe District Hospital.
The decision to start the project was taken at a meeting in 2001 where they raised some funds towards the facility.
Thereafter members of the association started the payment of voluntary contributions and selling of coupons to complete the project.
Inaugurating the project, the Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Dr Edwin Danoo, said the facility had come to relieve the hospital of a huge challenge which faced patients who patronised the hospital.
He called on the GRNA to run the place effectively to prevent it from creating more health problems.
Dr Danoo informed the patients that the hospital now had a voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) centre for HIV/AIDS.
He announced that the hospital had also put up a modern laboratory with its internally generated funds.
According to the medical superintendent, the facility also had a physiotherapy unit for the treatment of stroke, hypertension, diabetes, joint pains and arthritis.
The Hohoe District Chairman of the GRNA, Mr Frank Gyamwodie, advised the patients to use the facility with care.
Akpafu Odomi celebrates festival
April 1
THE chiefs and people of Akpafu Odomi in the Volta Region have celebrated their annual rice festival at which they have realised about GH¢3,000 to support two development projects.
The projects are primary and junior high school blocks.
At the function, the Jasikan District Manager of the Forest Services Division (FSD) of the Forestry Commission, Mr Asiedu Okrah, expressed concern about the spate of bush fires in the forest reserve.
The Omanhene of the Akpafu Traditional Area, Nana Okuamoah Adria IV, also spoke against the indiscriminate bush burning in the area.
He pointed out that constant burning of the bush reduced land fertility.
Nana Afrifa called for diversification of agricultural practices, since all crops were on high demand.
Members of the Progressive Odomi Akpafu Youth Association (POAYA) were introduced to the people at the festival.
After the introduction, POAYA, led by its chairman, Mr Joy Tetteh, presented building equipment such as pick-axes, wheelbarrows and shovels valued at about GH¢300 and GH¢300 in cash to the community.
The Assembly member for the area, Mrs Lena Yedru, received the donation. She commended the British High Commission for assisting the community with GH¢17,200 for the construction of the school projects.
THE chiefs and people of Akpafu Odomi in the Volta Region have celebrated their annual rice festival at which they have realised about GH¢3,000 to support two development projects.
The projects are primary and junior high school blocks.
At the function, the Jasikan District Manager of the Forest Services Division (FSD) of the Forestry Commission, Mr Asiedu Okrah, expressed concern about the spate of bush fires in the forest reserve.
The Omanhene of the Akpafu Traditional Area, Nana Okuamoah Adria IV, also spoke against the indiscriminate bush burning in the area.
He pointed out that constant burning of the bush reduced land fertility.
Nana Afrifa called for diversification of agricultural practices, since all crops were on high demand.
Members of the Progressive Odomi Akpafu Youth Association (POAYA) were introduced to the people at the festival.
After the introduction, POAYA, led by its chairman, Mr Joy Tetteh, presented building equipment such as pick-axes, wheelbarrows and shovels valued at about GH¢300 and GH¢300 in cash to the community.
The Assembly member for the area, Mrs Lena Yedru, received the donation. She commended the British High Commission for assisting the community with GH¢17,200 for the construction of the school projects.
Two projects inaugurated at Gbefi, Wusuta-Kpebe
April 1
Story: Emmanuel Modey,
Wusuta-Kpebe
A four-unit teachers’ quarters and a three-unit classroom block have been inaugurated at separate ceremonies at Gbefi and Wusuta-Kpebe respectively in the Kpando District.
The two projects, valued at GH¢59,640, were financed by the Community Based Rural Development Project (CBRDP) and the Rapid Results Initiative (RRI).
The active involvement of the RRI helped in completing the projects within a period of 100 days.
The use of the classroom block has helped increase the population of the school from 100 to 200.
The Co-ordinator of CBRDP, Mr Charles Nayram, commended the people for completing the projects on schedule.
He said the RRI had plans to site projects in communities, which were ready to offer the needed practical support.
Mr Nayram urged the people to attach special importance to their children’s education instead of involving them in fishing.
In his inaugural address, the Kpando District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Pius Adanuti, said since the government considered the importance of education, it would do everything possible to provide the necessary infrastructure for schools.
He urged teachers to support the government’s policies and programmes since it had their interest at heart.
Mr Adanuti, therefore, urged them to work diligently in the face of difficulties by offering their services towards the overall development of the country.
He implored the communities to rekindle their communal spirit in order to attract more development projects from the Assembly.
The Assistant Director of the Kpando branch of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr Paul Afordofe, said the provision of the school block would go a long way to discourage the schoolchildren from engaging in child labour.
He appealed to the financiers of the project to provide a similar facility for Biada-Tornu, where the situation was worse.
Story: Emmanuel Modey,
Wusuta-Kpebe
A four-unit teachers’ quarters and a three-unit classroom block have been inaugurated at separate ceremonies at Gbefi and Wusuta-Kpebe respectively in the Kpando District.
The two projects, valued at GH¢59,640, were financed by the Community Based Rural Development Project (CBRDP) and the Rapid Results Initiative (RRI).
The active involvement of the RRI helped in completing the projects within a period of 100 days.
The use of the classroom block has helped increase the population of the school from 100 to 200.
The Co-ordinator of CBRDP, Mr Charles Nayram, commended the people for completing the projects on schedule.
He said the RRI had plans to site projects in communities, which were ready to offer the needed practical support.
Mr Nayram urged the people to attach special importance to their children’s education instead of involving them in fishing.
In his inaugural address, the Kpando District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Pius Adanuti, said since the government considered the importance of education, it would do everything possible to provide the necessary infrastructure for schools.
He urged teachers to support the government’s policies and programmes since it had their interest at heart.
Mr Adanuti, therefore, urged them to work diligently in the face of difficulties by offering their services towards the overall development of the country.
He implored the communities to rekindle their communal spirit in order to attract more development projects from the Assembly.
The Assistant Director of the Kpando branch of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr Paul Afordofe, said the provision of the school block would go a long way to discourage the schoolchildren from engaging in child labour.
He appealed to the financiers of the project to provide a similar facility for Biada-Tornu, where the situation was worse.
Man nabbed for bus theft
Story: Emmanuel Modey, Hohoe
March 28
A man who stole a Mercedes Benz 308 bus from Accra and headed towards the Republic of Togo has been arrested at Tinjase, a border town in the Nkwanta District in the Volta Region.
The man, Kassim Fuseini, was arrested by officials of the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) when he could not produce the documents covering the vehicle at the border.
According to a police source at Nkwanta, the driver of the vehicle, with registration number GE 7731 X, Mr Forster Asante, had parked at the Tudu Station and went out to eat, without removing the key from the ignition.
He said on Asante’s return, the vehicle was not where it was parked and could also not be traced within the immediate environment.
Mr Asante was said to have quickly made a report to the Ministries Police Station, which traced the vehicle to Tinjase, about to cross the border to Togo.
Kassim Fuseini is in police custody assisting the police in their investigations.
March 28
A man who stole a Mercedes Benz 308 bus from Accra and headed towards the Republic of Togo has been arrested at Tinjase, a border town in the Nkwanta District in the Volta Region.
The man, Kassim Fuseini, was arrested by officials of the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) when he could not produce the documents covering the vehicle at the border.
According to a police source at Nkwanta, the driver of the vehicle, with registration number GE 7731 X, Mr Forster Asante, had parked at the Tudu Station and went out to eat, without removing the key from the ignition.
He said on Asante’s return, the vehicle was not where it was parked and could also not be traced within the immediate environment.
Mr Asante was said to have quickly made a report to the Ministries Police Station, which traced the vehicle to Tinjase, about to cross the border to Togo.
Kassim Fuseini is in police custody assisting the police in their investigations.
Church vandalised at Ve-Agbome
Story: Emmanuel Modey,
Ve-Agbome
March 28
Buildings belonging to the Musama Disco Christo Church (MDCC) at Ve-Agbome in the Hohoe District have been vandalised due to litigation on the land on which the church and its community are sited.
Ten people, armed with guns, machetes, and clubs attacked the premises including church property.
According to them, the MDCC had taken more land than was acquired by them.
The Diocesan Minister for Volta Region, Apostle Patrick Yaw Nkrumah refuted the claim when he spoke to the Daily Graphic at the site, and said the land was given to the church by the Chief and the Odikro, both deceased.
Since then, he said, the church had constructed a community on the land.
Following the death of the Chief and the Odikro, the Akoto clan, owners of the land, were claiming back the land, he said.
Apostle Nkrumah said the members of the clan even took the case to the Kpando Circuit Court and the Ho High Court for an injunction to be placed on it but their request was quashed.
“So they are now resorting to threats, force and intimidation culminating in the attack on March 24,” Apostle Nkrumah added.
For their part, Mr Lawrence Fiebor of the Akoto clan said they were ready to settle the case with the church amicably at the negotiating table, adding that “but if not, we shall show them where power lies”.
The police at Ve-Golokuati have confirmed the incident and said investigations were ongoing.
Ve-Agbome
March 28
Buildings belonging to the Musama Disco Christo Church (MDCC) at Ve-Agbome in the Hohoe District have been vandalised due to litigation on the land on which the church and its community are sited.
Ten people, armed with guns, machetes, and clubs attacked the premises including church property.
According to them, the MDCC had taken more land than was acquired by them.
The Diocesan Minister for Volta Region, Apostle Patrick Yaw Nkrumah refuted the claim when he spoke to the Daily Graphic at the site, and said the land was given to the church by the Chief and the Odikro, both deceased.
Since then, he said, the church had constructed a community on the land.
Following the death of the Chief and the Odikro, the Akoto clan, owners of the land, were claiming back the land, he said.
Apostle Nkrumah said the members of the clan even took the case to the Kpando Circuit Court and the Ho High Court for an injunction to be placed on it but their request was quashed.
“So they are now resorting to threats, force and intimidation culminating in the attack on March 24,” Apostle Nkrumah added.
For their part, Mr Lawrence Fiebor of the Akoto clan said they were ready to settle the case with the church amicably at the negotiating table, adding that “but if not, we shall show them where power lies”.
The police at Ve-Golokuati have confirmed the incident and said investigations were ongoing.
2 Die in accident
Story: Emmanuel Modey, Hohoe
March 27, 2008
Two people died on the spot and one other is in a critical condition following separate accidents at the Wli Waterfalls on Easter Monday.
In the first accident, a 25-year-old final-year student of Ghana Secondary School, Koforidua, Kennedy Adoboe Agbeko, drowned in the falls.
Agbeko, who was allegedly drunk, went swimming at a part of the falls which had been marked as a danger zone.
He had reportedly absconded from school since February this year and was in Hohoe.
He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Hohoe Government Hospital and his body has been deposited at the hospital morgue for autopsy.
In the other incident, Lance Corporal Alhassan Sulemana, 28, of the Jasikan Police Station died when he drove his motorbike into a ditch on his way from the waterfalls.
He died instantly and a 25-year-old lady, Olivia Amegatse, who was riding on the pillion is in a critical condition at the Hohoe Government Hospital. The police confirmed this incident and said investigations were ongoing.
March 27, 2008
Two people died on the spot and one other is in a critical condition following separate accidents at the Wli Waterfalls on Easter Monday.
In the first accident, a 25-year-old final-year student of Ghana Secondary School, Koforidua, Kennedy Adoboe Agbeko, drowned in the falls.
Agbeko, who was allegedly drunk, went swimming at a part of the falls which had been marked as a danger zone.
He had reportedly absconded from school since February this year and was in Hohoe.
He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Hohoe Government Hospital and his body has been deposited at the hospital morgue for autopsy.
In the other incident, Lance Corporal Alhassan Sulemana, 28, of the Jasikan Police Station died when he drove his motorbike into a ditch on his way from the waterfalls.
He died instantly and a 25-year-old lady, Olivia Amegatse, who was riding on the pillion is in a critical condition at the Hohoe Government Hospital. The police confirmed this incident and said investigations were ongoing.
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