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  • Krachi East marks Global Handwashing Day at Tamanja

    The Environmental Health and Sanitation Office of the Krachi East Assembly of the Oti Region has marked this year’s Global Hand Washing Day with residents of Tamanja in the Municipality.

    The programme, organised in collaboration with Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), was to increase awareness of the importance of hand washing with soap under running water.

    The United Nations set aside October 15, annually, to observe the Day as part of efforts to attain clean hand washing as a daily habit.

    This year’s theme: “Unite for Universal Hand Hygiene,” calls on society to work together to scale up the vision for universal access and practice of hand hygiene.

    Mr Richard Kofi Hadzi, the Municipal Director, CWSA, said the consumption of unsafe drinking water and inadequate sanitary conditions contributed to diseases and increased the rate of typhoid fever in the communities.

    He, therefore, urged the community members to boil their water before drinking to prevent typhoid fever and diarrhoea.

    Madam Sybil Marie Boison, the Oti Regional Environmental Health Officer, urged the residents to continue to observe good hygiene and sanitation, including regular hand washing.

    She said frequent hand washing was one of the key protocols prescribed by experts in the fight against typhoid fever.

    She again said good hygiene promotes good health and asked the citizens to wash their hands with soap after using the toilet and before handling food.

    Madam Boison encouraged all and sundry to make washing hands with soap under running water a regular habit, given the significant part, it played in preventing diseases.

    Obor Tamanja Uje, the Traditional Overlord of the area, expressed appreciation to the environmental health officers and the CWSA for the sensitisation on the health benefits of handwashing.

    Source: GNA

  • Northern Region’s Teiya wins 2022 Ghana’s Most Beautiful

    Northern Region representative Teiya Ayisha Dahamani has won the crown, cash and car of 2022 Ghana’s Most Beautiful competition. She was followed closely by Aiko from Oti Region, who took second place, with Central Region’s Asiedua coming in third place.

     

    Teiya took home Ghc10,000 cash, one year’s supply of GTP fabric, Ghc20,000 medical insurance and spa treatment, a new techno phone, all-expense paid international trip and hampers from sponsors.

    Aiko Adade coming in at second place for the Oti region received a Ghc8,000 cash prize, six months’ supply of GTP fabric, Ghc15,000 worth of medical insurance and spa treatment, all-expense paid trip and souvenirs from Airtel-Tigo.

    Third place went to Central Region’s Grace Afanyi Asiedua Arhin who took home Ghc6,000 cash, three months’ supply of GTP fabric, Airtel-Tigo data and hampers from sponsors.

    Eastern Region’s Amoani took fourth place with a Ghc5,000 cash prize, one month’s supply of fabrics from GTP, and one month’s supply of data on Airtel-Tigo mifi and hampers from sponsors.

    Xornam from the Volta Region came in fifth place taking home 3,000 cash price and hampers from sponsors.

    Source:3news.com

     

  • Iron ore discovered in five districts in Oti Region

    Iron ore has been discovered in five districts of the Oti Region. 

    This was announced by the Regional Minister, Joshua G. Makubu during a press engagement on Sunday, October 9, 2022. 

    The iron has been found in the Guan, Biakoye, Jasikan, Kadjebi and Krachi East districts. 

    “Currently we are at a stage the technical people will call it mineral resource estimation to get the actual tonnage available on the land before mining can start,” the Minister disclosed.

    Joshua G. Makubu was hopeful the discovery of the mineral will boost Ghana’s economy and industrialization.

    “I want to advise people in Accra to start looking for land in the Oti Region because what is going to take Ghana from our current state to a very industrialized nation has been found in the Oti Region and that is the iron ore”. 

    There is already collaboration between the Ghana Integrated Iron Ore Development and the Geological Service Department for further arrangements on the discovery pending the mining of the natural resource. 

    The Minister added that, private investors have also begun committing funds towards the commercialization of the mineral.

    “If you want to establish a steel company, don’t be focusing too much on Tema. Come to the Oti Region”, he stressed. 

    The Ghana Geological Survey Authority led the discovery of large quantities of Iron ore deposits. The Iron ore is 55.22 weight percent and of a higher grade.

    Oti Regional Minister, Joshua G. Makubu said the government is determined to provide value to the raw commodity and would ensure that the full value chain is retained in the region and country at large.

    Source: Citinews

  • 10 Zongo youth awarded in 1st Season of Zongo Shark Tank

    Ten youth entrepreneurs from Zongo communities across Ghana have been awarded prizes in the first season of a business reality programme for young people in Zongo communities dubbed Zongo Shark Tank.

    Zongo Shark Tank, which is being spearheaded by ZongoVation Hub and ZongoVation Capital, seeks to encourage business development among the Zongo youth as part of efforts to help resolve the growing unemployment rate in the country.

    Under the initiative, three brilliant and sustainable ideas will be selected to receive a cash grant of GH¢10,000 and other business support opportunities, including mentorship from some of the top business experts and entrepreneurs in Ghana.

    The winners are to be selected from Zongo youth across the country with the best business pitches on how they can expand their businesses.

    Jibril Yakubu, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tanko’s Enterprise in Attakrom, a small community in the Oti Region, was adjudged the winner of the first season of Zongo Shark Tank.

    Jibril Yakubu, while receiving the award, could not hold back his happiness and shed some tears of joy.

    In an interview with GhanaWeb, Yakubu said that he shed tears because of the magnitude of responsibility that had been bestowed on him.

    He added that he will be using the GH¢10,000 he has won to expand his business, which will help him save more money for his education.

    Aside from the CEO of Tanko’s Enterprise, the other top three winners were the representatives of Eco Period and Oskhalim Food Processing.

    The seven remaining finalists were given GH¢5,000 each, a certificate plus other items.

     

  • Book containing late Prof Mills’ SONA christened “Atta Mills Speaks” launched

    The John Evans Atta Mills Memorial Heritage has launched a book in memory of the late President Prof Atta Mills in the Volta Regional capital of Ho.

    The book christened “Atta Mills Speaks” is a compilation of the late President’s four State of the Nation Addresses which contains his visions, proposed programs and projects.

    Atta Mills Speaks which is the second publication by the JEA Mills Memorial Heritage was launched at the John Evans Atta Mills Memorial Lecture held at the Cedi Auditorium on the Sokode campus of the University of Health Sciences.

    Students, clergy, traditional authorities, politicians, and people from academia among others converged at the auditorium for the Volta and Oti Region edition of the John Evans Atta Mills Memorial Lecture.

    The lecture is part of a series of events to commemorate and mark the 10th anniversary of the demise of the late President.

    A Member of the Editorial Team of the JEA Mills Memorial Heritage, Dr Eric Osei, said the idea of the book was conceived with the hope that the current or subsequent governments would implement programmes and projects envisioned by the late President for the betterment of Ghana.

    He said the speeches and addresses of the late Prof Mills during his tenure as President between 2009 and 2012 would also be compiled and published later in the year.

    He highlighted the proposed establishment of a seaport, the western railway and factories to propel the growth industries and promote export to enhance the country’s economy as some of the visions of the late statesman.

    “In 2010, President Mills said, ‘Ghana is poised to be a major producer of oil and gas and I have instructed the Energy Ministry in collaboration with the Ministry of Transport to fast track the investment in the necessary infrastructure including a deep seaport with a dedicated oil service facility and the rehabilitation of the western railway corridor.

    With the anticipated commercial exploration of crude oil and gas, we are positioning Ghana for a major industrial take-off. We are laying the foundation for (I) an integrated aluminium industry based on bauxite (II) a chemical industry based on salt and natural gas (III) a fertilizer industry to bring impetus to Agro development (VI) salt-based industrial chemical industry for caustic soda and (V) allied consumer products and export based on oil and gas.”

    The Vice Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Prof. Lydia Aziato acknowledged the leading role of the late President Prof Atta Mills in establishing the University.

    She however requested for assistant to further develop the university and listed infrastructure, ICT lab and student accommodation as immediate needs of the University.

    The Catholic Bishop of the Jasikan Diocese, Most Rev Gabriel Akwasi Mante, eulogised the exemplary leadership style of the late President Prof. Atta Mills.

    The Chief Executive officer of FC Group of Companies, Dr. Mrs. Grace Amet Obeng, shared memories she has of the late Prof Mills.

    She entreated Ghanaians to emulate the life of the late President and eschew the love for money.

    The Foundation Vice Chancellor of UHAS, Prof Fred Binka, proposed a change of name of UHAS to properly immortalize the late President Prof Mills.

    He also suggested that UHAS should restore the John Evans Atta Mills Memorial Lectures which have been renamed Leadership Lectures.

    “Finally I call on the government during this 10th-anniversary celebration of the passing of our visionary leader to rename the University as the John Evans Atta Mills University of Health and Allied Sciences”, he said.

  • GTA generates more than GHC 300,000 as of August from Volta and Oti tourist sites

    Volta Regional Director, Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Alexander Nketia, says data from eight out of 10 tourist sites as of August 2022, generated a revenue of about GHC 315,410,000 in terms of revenue to the various tourist sites and communities.

    He said during the same period, there were about 22,181 domestic and 4,921 foreign or international tourists.

    Mr Nketia, during this year’s United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) World Tourism Day held in Wa, said the Volta region was a microcosm of Ghana that had everything that tourists would want to experience in Ghana and had not been performing badly of late.

    He said tourism was impacting the communities, which would help a lot of people in the communities and was growing since the rollout of the “Visit Volta and Experience Ghana” campaign with the help of all stakeholders.

    He said the number of visits recorded by the end of last year was about 27,000 while in terms of revenue, the sites generated about GHC290,000 which showed that there had been a remarkable improvement in 2022.

    Mr Nketia said road network, lack of telecommunication network and internet connectivity were challenges for sites in the regions, as most tourist sites did not have the requisite level of development or infrastructure to improve the experience of guests.

    Mr Nketia said the government through the Tourism Ministry and Ghana Tourism Authority with support from the World Bank were trying their best to improve some tourist sites including the Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary and Cultural Village and Afadjato in Liati Wote and Gbledi.

    He said there was also development taking place at Wli, where they were trying to work on bridges leading to the falls, install CCTV cameras and train staff to enhance the expectations of guests.

    Mr Nketia said there was also work on the improvement of the information centre facility and some enhancement of the waterfront to make it more experiential for guests.

    He said some more sites in the regions would also benefit from the improvement and there would be the provision of customer or guest receptive facilities at sites to improve or ease the comfort of guests as well as interpretation of languages of guests.

    He called on the public, especially those in the regions, to participate in local tourism by making domestic tourism a thing for all and at least visit a site around them once every week.

    The 2022 celebration is themed, “Rethinking Tourism” which focuses on how tourism recovery could be accelerated through a collaborative engagement of all stakeholders around a shared vision to build a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient sector.

    As part of the celebration, Ghana has developed a sub-theme dubbed; “Promoting Domestic Tourism for Wealth Creation in Communities to grow the interest of Ghanaians in tourism.”

    Source: GNA

  • Dumelo distributes boots, cutlasses to farmers in Guan district

    Ghanaian actor and politician John Dumelo has begun distributing farm boots and cutlasses to farmers across the Guan District in the Oti Region.

    In a Facebook post on Wednesday, 21 July 2022, the actor said: “I hope to reach every farmer soon.”

    He added: “The next step would be to provide efficient farming equipment to maximise and add value to what they grow.”

    The actor who is also a farmer, recently launched the Women and Youth in Agriculture programme in the Guan district.

    The programme is aimed at boosting ginger production.

    It is also to create more jobs for farmers across the Guan district this farming season.

    Source:ghanaweb.com

  • Dumelo distributes boots, cutlasses to farmers in Guan district

    Ghanaian actor and politician, John Dumelo, has begun distributing farm boots and cutlasses to farmers across the Guan District in the Oti Region.

    In a Facebook post on Wednesday, 21 July 2022, the actor said: “I hope to reach every farmer soon.”

    He added: “The next step would be to provide efficient farming equipment to maximise and add value to what they grow.”

    The actor who is also a farmer, recently launched the Women and Youth in Agriculture programme in the Guan district.

    The programme is aimed at boosting ginger production.

    It is also to create more jobs for farmers across the Guan district this farming season.

     

    Source: Ghanaweb

  • Leave social media, come and plant trees Oti Regional Minister to #FixTheCountry campaigners

    Oti Regional Minister, Dr Joshua Makubu has called on #FixTheCountry campaigners to rally behind the government’s project to plant 5 million trees nationwide.

    During the official launch of the project on Friday, June 11, the minister said the campaigners should do away with social media and be part of the Green Ghana project, a way to fix the deteriorating environment.

    Environmental degradation remains one of the major issues in Ghana, hence, the need for all, including the FixTheCountry protesters in the region to plant trees to save lives, he stated.

    He asserted that “a way we can all contribute in our little way to fix the problem of environmental degradation. Therefore, I call on all those who support the fix the country agenda to leave the social media, come down and plant the trees.

    “I think it would be more beneficial to get onto the grounds and plant trees than jumping onto the streets and breaking the trees that are getting finished and come back, and the problem would not have been solved…So, fix Ghana people in the Oti region, let us get together and fix our environment,” he stated.

    The seedlings for the Green Ghana project was supplied by the Forestry Commission. It included ornamental plants, shade plants and fruits.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • NDC wouldve created Oti Region – Okudzeto Ablakwa

    The Member of Parliament (MP) of the North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would have created Oti region if they had won the 2016 general elections.

    According to him, the Oti region is no achievement of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) because NDC has promised the creation of the new regions in the 2016 manifesto.

    Speaking during a community engagement held in Abotoase within the Biakoye constituency of the Oti region, where the running mate Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman was officially introduced to the constituents, Mr. Ablakwa said the creation of new regions is “no news” but developing it is necessary.

    He said the government should have priorities development of the newly created Oti region but not to create the region only to leave it without developing the area. The MP said, the NPP government should have considered creating of avenues that will give jobs to the youth in the region, bring infrastructure development including water and sanitation.

    He, however, noted that the Oti region have benefited from the NDC government over the past years under infrastructure development such as the E-Block, roads, schools and health infrastructures.

    Mr. Ablakwa, therefore, called on the people to vote for the NDC in the come December 7 elections if they want completion of abandoned projects in the area. He said Mr. John Dramani Mahama is a visionary leader hence they should make history by bringing him back to power in 2021 to enable the next John and Jane government to develop the area and give job opportunities to the people.

    On her part, Prof. Jane Naana urged the constituents not to consider “skirt and blouse” but vote for John Mahama and the NDC Parliamentary Candidate, Kwadzo Aboagye, this to enable the NDC to have majority in parliament to enable smoothness in the course of developing the region.

    She is expected to tour Karachi East, West, Nchumuru, Nkwanta South and North as part of her two-day tour of the Oti region started on Friday, 29 October 2020.

    Source: rainbowradioonline.com

  • Oti to have more police personnel IGP

    The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. James Oppong-Boanuh, has assured the chiefs and people of the Oti Region of an increase in police strength in the region.

    He said this when he paid separate visits to the chief of Dambai and Nifahene of Choke Traditional Area, Nana Kwaku Beyennor II, and Oti Regional Minister Kwasi Owusu Yeboah, as part of an engagement with major stakeholders in the region.

    While both Nananom and the Regional Minister commended the police in the region for their work and conduct, they also requested that the number of law enforcers is beefed up.

    Mr. Yeboah also appealed to the IGP to set up special operations units for rapid response and marine operations in the region, to which the IGP responded positively.

    Mr. Oppong-Boanuh, who was also in the region to inspect the operational capabilities and readiness of the Regional Police Command as far as the December election is concerned, charged the personnel at a durbar of police officers at Dambai to use all lawful means to arrest perpetrators of crime promptly but advised that where the immediate arrest is not possible due to the circumstances, the perpetrators must be arrested to face the law in the least opportune time.

    The durbar also discussed other matters, including the welfare of police personnel.

    Source: Class FM

  • Akufo-Addo promises a bridge over Oti River

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has promised to construct a bridge over the Oti River to enhance economic activities of the region.

    Addressing a durbar of chiefs and people of Kete-Krachi in the Krachi West Constituency of the Oti Region, the President said the bridge was currently at the design stage to determine where it would be located, adding: “No matter what happens, the construction of the bridge will happen.”

    He said the Finance, and Roads and Highways ministries had reached the final stages of negotiations with Messrs FDN/INTORL, a Dutch Company, for funding and commercial agreements to build a 1.6km composite bridge over the Oti River at Dambai and Dodiokope.

    “Feasibility studies have been completed for works to commence upon receipt of the requisite approvals from Cabinet and Parliament,” he said.

    “Upon completion, this bridge will relieve communities in these areas of the long waiting periods and excruciating slow movement of people, goods and services by ferry across the Oti River.”

    The President inspected a 15-kilometre rehabilitation of the Kete-Krachi Town roads at the cost of GH¢58 million, which is expected to be completed in 12 calendar months.

    It was awarded to the First Sky Company Limited by the Regional Department of Urban Roads with scope of work covering drainage construction, earthworks, pavement works and asphalt overlay.

    President Akufo-Addo said the people of the area would also benefit from a potable water plant, as would be done for other parts of the country, from the Aqua Africa Project.

    He said the government had not relented on its promises to upgrade the Kete-Krachi Town roads, the Midwifery and Nurses Training School, the Military Barracks, and senior high schools to Get-Fund projects.

    “I have the Kete-Krachi and the entire Oti Region at heart. I am the one who created the region and anything that would bring development to the area is what the Akufo-Addo Government will pursue.”

    The President urged the electorate to vote massively for him and all parliamentary candidates in the region for more development projects.

    He expressed gratitude to the Krachiwura and the people for acknowledging the good works the New Patriotic Party had done for them.

    Mr Kwasi Amoako Atta, the Minister of Roads and Highways, said the construction of the bridge would cost an estimated 125 million Euros.

    Nana Mprah Besemuna III, President of Oti Regional House of Chiefs, commended President Akufo-Addo for the developmental projects for the region.

    “For all these things that you have done for us, we say one good turn deserves another. We the people of Krachi and Oti will push you up for the good things you have done,” he said.

    He commended the President and the entire Government for the sterling leadership and efforts in handling the covid-19 pandemic, making the country to achieve a near defeat of the virus.

    Nana Besemuna appealed to the President to replace the pontoon linking Kete-Krachi to Kwadjwo-Krom in the Sene District, solve the erratic electricity supply and open a technical university in the area.

    Source: GNA

  • Oti region still NDC stronghold in spite of split from Volta Ephson

    Pollster Ben Epshon has revealed that the Oti region will be a stronghold of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in spite of the split from the Volta region.

    Mr Ephson said on the Elections 360 programme with co-host Stephen Anti on TV3 that the split of the region by the Akufo-Addo administration will have no effect on the voting pattern in that part of the country.

    “Oti region will still be an NDC stronghold,” he said on the programme on Monday, October 12.

    Mr Epshon further explained that anytime any of the two leading parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the NDC lost less than 70 per cent of votes in their strongholds they go ahead to lose the elections.

    “You will have to win a certain percentage. For example, any time the NPP has won less than 70 percent in Ashanti and less than 60 percent in Eastern region, they lose the elections because that is your stronghold.

    “In Volta region, a new book I am working on shows that the NDC lost over a hundred thousand votes in Volta region alone compared to 2012.

    “So if you strong hold you are losing votes and you are losing votes in the other places. And that is the cause of apathy.”

    Source: 3 News

  • Some 398 register for mop-up in Oti Region

    A total of 398 applicants have been issued with the new voter identity cards by Electoral Commission (EC) in the two-day mop-up registration exercise in the Oti Region.

    Mr Nuhu Mahama, Oti Regional Director of Electoral Commission (EC) told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that males were 21, while females recorded 20 applicants.

    He said a total of 37 applicants were 19 years with 320 being above 20 years.

    Mr Nuhu said a total of 263 presented Ghana card as evidence of eligibility, with 133 applicants showing passports.

    He said a total of 20 applicants were challenged with 1 person being a disabled person during the mop-up exercise.

    Mr Nuhu expressed gratitude for the turnout during the voter’s registration exercise in Oti Region.

    He was also grateful for not recording any incident from June 30, which ended on August 6, 2020 in all the polling stations and thanked all applicants for their commitment, which contributed to the success of the exercise.

    The breakdown under mop -up in Oti Region are: Jasikan /Buem constituency 35, Biakoye constituency 18, Kadjebi constituency 17, Krachi East constituency 51, Krachi West constituency 26, Krachi Nchumuru constituency 20, Nkwanta South constituency 204 and Nkwanta North constituency 27.

    A provisional figure of 300,750 was realised before the mop-up exercise.

    Source: GNA

  • Power supply improves in Volta and Oti region amid coronavirus

    Power supply and its reliability in the Volta and Oti regions have improved significantly following intensified maintenance works, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has said.

    The Company said the move was to enable people to stay at home to help curb the COVID-19 pandemic.

    The Ghana News Agency (GNA) was told the availability of electricity in the Volta Region stood at 97.52 percent.

    Mr Delali Oklu, the General Manager of ECG, Volta/Oti regions, said as part of efforts to improve on supply, the Company recently commissioned Special Maintenance Teams at the regional and district levels, to identify, detect and submit faults for immediate redress.

    He said as a result of numerous maintenance activities, feeders at Ve-Golokwati, Asiekpe-Waya, Kpetoe and Nkwanta, which used to have frequent power cuts had seen massive improvement.

    A feeder is a high tension line that sends electricity to the transformer for distribution to customers.

    Mr Oklu said the exercise had also improved voltage profile of the supply system, leading to increased quality of power and reduction of outages in the catchment areas.

    He urged prepaid customers to use the ECG Power App to pay bills to minimise physical contacts and congestion at the offices.

    “However, prepaid customers in Ho and Hohoe districts can still visit our offices or any private vendor to purchase prepaid credit for their meters,” he added.

    Mr Jones Makumator, the Regional Engineer, said the Company had replaced old and weak insulators and upgraded undersized electricity conductors (cables) for efficient power supply.

    He said it also carried out many injection projects in areas like Lolito, Dzodze, Ho-Barracks Newtown, Dambai-Kwame Akura, Anyako Kpota and Apedido, at a cost of GH¢ 511,616.36, to relieve overloaded transformers for continuous power supply.

    “The Company did these injection projects because now that a lot of people are home due to this pandemic, we envisaged that domestic demand for electricity was going to increase, hence the need to increase the capacity of some overloaded transformers to ensure that our customers experience stable power supply,” Mr Makumator added.

    He said ECG also started replacing rusted head gears along the coastal areas from Adina to Azizadzi and from Anloga to Anyanui at GH¢153, 229.78.

    “Once this project is completed, it will enhance the reliability of power supply to customers along the coast,” Mr Makumator said.

    He said the Company was also installing a voltage booster station at Hohoe to help improve the voltage profile and ensure uninterrupted power supply in the Municipality.

    Source: GNA

  • Maritime Authority uproots tree stumps in River Oti

    Mr Thomas Alonzi, Director for the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has said travelling on River Oti was now safe after the Authority started uprooting tree stumps in the River to prevent accidents.

    Tree stumps are said to have caused several boat accidents on the Lake, with some being fatal.

    The exercise is being done at Njari, Kudorkope, Tumpunja, Wolubu, and Ble Yi korpe communities in the Krachi East Municipality.

    Mr Alonzi who inspected the ongoing exercise said the aim was to provide safe passage for boats on the Lake.

    He said the Authority was determined to ensure that accidents on the Lake was reduced to the barest minimum and urged boat owners and operators to cooperate with the Authority to achieve its objective.

    Mr Alonzi expressed satisfaction at the extent of work done and hopeful the contractors, Kete Krachi Timber Recovery (KKTR) Limited would be on schedule.

    Mr Patrick Jilima Chartey, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Krachi East was grateful to the Authority for the exercise and expressed the hope that accidents on the River would be a thing of the past.

    Mr Checki Akwasi, a leading boat operator in the area said people who travelled from Accra to Kete Krachi, Chinderi, Banda, Buya and both Nanumba North and South mostly relied on boats or ferry to cross the River.

    Some passengers said they were happy that efforts were being made to ensure their safety and commended the Authority for the exercise.

    Source: goldstreetbusiness.com

  • 323 coronavirus patients recover in Ghana

    323 COVID-19 patients have recovered, the Ghana Health Service has announced on Friday.

    The GHS further said that Ghana’s COVID-19 cases have now reached 4,012.

    The new figure represents an increase of 921 cases from the last update announced on Thursday by the GHS.

    The death toll however remains at 18.

    The Greater Accra region still leads as the nations hotspot with 3,436 cases with the Ashanti Region following closely with 210 cases.

    With the Bono Region recording its first case on Thursday, the Savannah, Ahafo and Bono East areas are the only Regions yet to record a case.

    Below are the Regional count from the highest to lowest

    Greater Accra Region 3,436

    Ashanti Region 210

    Eastern Region 96

    Central Region 58

    Western North Region 56

    Western Region 35

    Volta Region 32

    Upper East Region 26

    Oti Region 24

    Upper West Region 20

    Northern Region 16

    North East Region 2

    Bono Region 1

    Savannah Region 0

    Ahafo Region 0

    Bono East Region 0

    Source: Class FM

  • Police give chief 48 hours to produce banished boy

    The Nkwanta South Police Command has given Nana Poku Antoh III, Paramount Chief of Tutukpene in the Oti Region, 48 hours to produce a 17-year-old boy he had banished for stealing.

    The lad, a primary six pupil of the Tutukpene Municipal Assembly Basic School, was on Friday, April 24, allegedly caught breaking into a room, and was the same day, banished by the Chief and his elders.

    Superintendent Lawson Lartey, the Municipal Police Commander of the Oti Region, summoned the community leadership over the matter and said failure to produce the boy would land them in the grips of the Law.

    The Commander condemned the action of the community, saying the practice of banishment was not covered by Law and was an abusive act.

    Mr Lartey advised that traditional leaders worked more with State structures in fighting crime, and asked that they aligned customs and traditions to fundamental human rights.

    The Chief is said to have prohibited anyone from tracing the boy, with his family expressing fear of losing him to hunger and disease.

    “My son can die of hunger or be affected by this Coronavirus”, Afua Amoah, mother of the boy said, and appealed to the public to help find him.

     

    Source: myjoyonline 

  • Community banishes 17-year-old boy for stealing

    A 17-year-old boy has been banished from the Tutukpene community in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region for stealing.

    Mr Prosper Amoah, father of the boy, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that his son, a primary six pupil of the Tutukpene Municipal Assembly Basic School, was on Friday, April 24, allegedly caught breaking into a room, and was ousted by the community leaders, forbidding him from returning to the area.

    He said his son was taken to a nearby stream by the Chief and elders where he was ceremoniously banished – forced to cross the stream and had since not been seen.

    Mr Amoah said the Chief had barred everyone from trailing him.

    “They threatened to banish us also if we tried to follow him. I am very worried about the whereabouts of my son”, Mrs Afua Amoah, mother of the boy cried, appealing to relevant authorities to come to their aid.

    Nana Poku Antoh III, Paramount Chief of Tutukpene, debunked the incident when contacted by the GNA, saying “nothing of the sort occurred in my area.”

    Mr Innocent Komla Agbolosu, Head the Social Welfare Department in the Municipality said the purported banishment was unlawful, and promised to ensure that the incident was properly addressed.

     

    Source: GNA

  • Police Inspector butchered by angry residents in Oti Region

    Two Police officers are currently nursing various degrees of injuries after they were violently attacked by residents of Likpe Nkwanta near Hohoe in the Oti Region while on a COVID-19 operation.

    One is said to have suffered a machete wound while the other has been left with a gunshot wound as a result of the actions of the rampaging residents.

    According to police sources, the Hohoe Divisional Police Command received a distress call from Likpe Bala station indicating that Chief inspector Atigah the station officer of Likpe Bala police station and his men went to Likpe Nkwanta to disperse a social gathering.

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    That on their arrival they were attacked by the members of the group in which some of inflicted multiple Cutlass wounds on the chief inspector.

    A reinforcement was therefore called but upon arrival of the reinforcement from Hohoe Division the members of the group became more furious and started pelting stone at the rescuing team from Hohoe.

    Detective Inspector Joseph lra Nanaawala who was in charge the rescuing team from Hohoe tried to disperse the angry mob and in the process his weapon accidentally discharged and fired at his Left foot.

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    He was rushed to the Hohoe Municipal Hospital where he was admitted and responding to treatment.

    Chief inspector Atigah was also rushed to Jasikan District Hospital for treatment.

    The team managed to arrest one Raphael Sabo who was part of the angry mob and he is currently in custody assisting with investigations.

    Source: MyNewsGh

  • MDCEs, directors sign performance contract in Oti

    Municipal and District Chief Executives and their Coordinating Directors in all Assemblies in the Oti Region have signed performance contracts, the first, since the creation of the Region.

    The performance contract is an integral component of service delivery standards and performance management system, which are systematic processes for improving performance by developing the individual assessment of staff to enhance productivity, competencies and increased job satisfaction.

    The signing of the contract is in line with the Local Government Act 2016(ACT 936), which provides for the establishment and administration of the District Assemblies and operationalization of their activities.

    Nana Owusu Yeboa, Oti Regional Minister, said the management contract was to help the District Assemblies in the Region to improve their performances.

    He said the contract was to let staff of the MDAs to know and understand what was expected of them so they could discharge their duty effectively on key performance areas to promote their Departments and Units and also determined their career path.

    Nana Yeboa urged the MDAs to adopt strategic planning to allow all the agencies in Local Government to clearly define their objectives and work assiduously to improve the quality of life of the people.

    Mr Patrick Chartey Jilima, Municipal Chief Executive for Krachi East told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that, his outfit was determined to mobilize resources to enhance the development of the Municipality.

    Source: GNA