PHOTOS: Journalists bag certificate in Corporate Governance

The Institute of Directors (IoD), Ghana, have honoured some Journalists in the Volta and Oti regions with certificate in Corporate Governance: Principles and Practices in Ghana, after a five day intensive training.

Over thirty journalists participated in the workshop,held at the Ho Technical University (HTU) between February 24 to February 28, and was facilitated by a Council Member of the Institute, Professor, John Kobla Aheto.

The seminar was under the auspices of the Volta Regional Chapter of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA, Volta), and Journalists from both local and national media organisations.

Have voice in fighting corruption - Nneka to Children

Another eventful week for Nneka in 6 communities, 3 in the Afadzato South and 3 in the Ningo Prampram districts has ended. We have reached out to over 300 children from the
R/C Basic Schools in Ve Golokuati during their Catholilic Week Celebration.

The theme for the year is on Corruption and how to fight against it.  It was amazing to see how much these children know about the menace. This softened the grounds for us to share with them  how to unite to fight against corruption. We hope, with these future leaders, society would be  corruption free as they grow. 

Follow ups on some of our Wards to some of the schools and even homes were revealing. It is sad to still see some children of school going age at home; this proves how much work we have on our hands as a nation. 

We were also very privileged to have delivered the Education Support given to 12 of our basic school children by our friends from TKM, (9 from the Afadzato South and 3 from the Ningo Prampram districts). The Headteachers and their guardians were full of gratitude to our supporters, TKM. 

We had the opportunity to join Jim Bourton Snr High School (JIBMASS) in their SRC Week celebration at  Logba Adzakoe. The Headmaster, Mr. Tenu and Mad. Ruth Frimpong and the entire staff were very generous in giving us  the whole of the afternoon to interact with over 900 students, on Quality Education in the Free Era, and their Role as Students. At the end of our deliberations the students agreed to focus on the positives rather than the challenges if they have to make the best out of the system. Come, Join us to Transform 'Africa one Child at a Time'.

Need a caterer for your events? Call Eugenia Catering Threshold

Eugenia Catering Threshold is founded by a young woman, a graduate from Lead International School in Mafi Kumasi, and holds  National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) Certificate in catering.

After completion of her 4 years programme, she worked with some well functioning Hotels in Accra and Volta region, including Accra city hotel, Abor regines beach resort in Keta and waterfront  beach resort as an assisting caterer.

Eugenia Catering is made up of a young energetic and determined ladies who understands self-employment and wants to take the burden off on government by creating jobs for themselves and others, they undertakes order for all kinds of events, including wedding, funeral, graduation ceremonies etc.

You can also call them on +233 (0) 556896824 to give your order and they're ever ready to deliver at anytime and to anywhere.

Below are photos of some meals from Eugenia Catering Threshold.

21 Western Togoland "army" recruits arrested

Personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces have arrested 21  suspected young men including  a lady who were receiving a military training by succesnist group, Homeland Study Group Foundation in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region.

A team of over 40 military personnel of the 66 Artillery Regiment in Ho, including two crime scene investigators from the Ghana Police Service, led by the Comanding Officer of the Regiment, Lt. Col. Benard Baba Pantoal rounded up at the training camp in a forest in Kpevedui, a suburb of Dzodze during the early hours of Monday, 17 February, upon having an intelligence of the camp.

The suspects were after their arrest lifted in a helicopter to Accra for further interrogations.

Lieutenant Colonel Baba Pantoah, told a team of Press men who accompanied the team to the scene that, about three other suspected separatists escaped before the arrests were made.

The Comanding Officer was optimistic that the suspects are separatists saying “What were they doing here around 2 am in this bush, in this  thick forest? We are convinced they are members but further investigations will establish other facts,” he said.

He said the suspects will be handed over to the Ghana Police Service for investigation.

Who are Home Land Study Group Foundation?

It is a succesnist group emerging from the Volta, Oti and some parts of northern Ghana, who are demanding for their independent. The people are led by one  Papavi Hogbedetor, an 80 year old man, who are demanding to be a country on its own, from Ghana and shall be called Western Togoland.

Residents of Ziavi-Woenanyo appeals for portable water and education

Residents of Ziavi-Woenanyo, a farming  community in the Ho Municipality of the Volta region have called the government through the office of the Ho Municipal Chief Executive, Mr. Kofi Pi-Bansah to get the community connected onto the national grid and among other developmental plans.

In an interview with Volta Premier FM, the Dutor, Togbe Abraham Nortsu stressed on their challenges and appealed to the government and stakeholders to aid them for quality education, electricity, health and potable water.

Accoding to him, there are no schools in the community, a situation that forced children of school going age to walk for  miles to a nearby community, Ziavi-Lume to have access to at least a basic education, this according to some parents, the lives of their worlds are not safe, most especially the girl child.

The situation has also led some children bellow the age of 15 to rent rooms and lives on their own in the community where there is a school.
The community also has no electricity power, which affects their daily activities and eventually affects the children's academic journeys.

On health, the community has no health centre to facilitate the resident, the people are forced to travel on motorbikes from the village to Ho to access health care. A situation which the Dutor described " we are been neglected".

The community has no source of portable water, while they depend on an aged borehole, constructed in the past two decades, they are appealing to the authorities to put Ziavi-Woenanyo unto the assembly's developmental initiatives.

The Municipal Chief Executive has promised to attend to the needs of the community.

Report by: Emmanuel  Xevi

VIDEO: Giant python has over 80 eggs in her belly

A man was spotted processing a python for meal, sources revealed that the giant snake was killed in around Ho and was processed into meat for consumption.

The snake also has over 80 eggs in her belly.

Come join the 2020 Independent Day excursion in Volta

The Ghana Tourism Authority in partnership with Ho Technical University's campus radio, Volta Premier FM is to organize a day excursion in some parts of the Volta region on independent day.

The tour is open to the general public and costs adults Ghc120.00 , and children Ghc100.00 only.

Places to visit are, Keta Lagoon and sea defence site, Kpetoe Kente village, Fort Prinzenstien, Atorkor slave market and Lighthouse in Woe.

The tour is scheduled for Saturday, 7 March 2020, after independent day celebration on Friday, and is themed " Beyond the year of return, tracing our heritage, appreciating our identity "

Ghana is one of Africa's historical country with over hundreds of tourists attraction sites including natural tourist destinations such as, Atewa forest, a large rainforest, Tafi Atome monkey site, Likpe caves, slavery markets, Wli waterfalls, Mountain Afadzato among others.

Do you want to be a Journalist? Come to Kings Multimedia College

Kings Multimedia College is a private Journalism and related courses institution based in the Volta Regional capital, Ho.

The Institute is founded by a well experienced broadcast Journalist, who has over two decades of working experience and currently with the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) in the Volta region.

The college offers the following short courses, Presentation, Sport presentation, News reading and writing, Production, Reporting, Camera handling, Photo Journalism, Djing, Event management and drama, the school is located opposite Miracle Life Hospital (Letsa Hospital) behind the Ho sports stadium.

Tuition fee at Kings Multimedia College is very moderate and there are both retired and practicing Journalists ready to transform your dream int0 reality.

There are also hostel facilities for students outside the Municipality and job opportunities is assured.

See photos of how NDC held a presser on galamsey along river Pra

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) earlier today, Sunday 16, February held a press conference on illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. 

The presser was held along the banks of river Pra in Twifo community in the central region.

Photo Source: TV3 

Stop water pollution and pay bills to get more water - GWCL

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has reiterated the call on the general public to desist from polluting water bodies in the country and adhere to the right thing.

According to the Director of Media and Public Relations of GWCL, Stanley Martey, it costs the company a huge sum of monies to treat polluted waters for consumption, this he said also accounts for lost, affects effective service delivering and increment of tariffs.

" our river bodies are been polluted, who are polluting the river bodies?, it is we the citizens. now pollution of river bodies has an impact on the volumes of water that we extract for treatment, for consumption and so if you pollute the result is we are unable to produce enough it affect you the public or the consumer so our expectation is that we do our things right, let us stop polluting of our river bodies so that we can have a very good water extract and treat for the people, now if you pollute it apart from that the volumes will drain it also make cost of production very expensive then it could eventually affect our tariffs" He bemoaned.

Mr. Martey, said this on Friday,14 February in Ho, where a year Performance Improvement Program (PIP) contract was signed between the company and the State Interest and Government Authority (SIGA), formerly State Enterprise Commission.

He advised customers of the GWCL to pay their bills regularly and desist from illegal connections since such activities will not help the development we all calling for.

" if you also do not pay your Bill's regularly and promptly the way you should it will also affect us because we need money to invest back into the system, so if the little that we have to use in investing into the system so that we could treat you well or we could serve our customers well, and the money is not coming how are we going to serve you? So the consumer also has a role to play by paying his Bill's promptly and paying regularly "

On malpractices, the Officer said " you have another role by refusing to involve yourself in malpractices against the company, like illegal connections, bypasses and indiscriminate use of water, if you are paying for water doesn't also mean you should just use it unnecessarily because is you do that, it affects the pressure and in the line and it affects the next consumer" he noted, hence such unacceptable use of water should be put to a stop.

The contract is a year deal signed by board members and directors of GWCL, aimed to improve on performances and there will be a reward for regions that will meet the target and sanctions for those who will fail to meet it, this will last throughout 2020.

UHAS SRC lunches School mobile App

The Students Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), led by it's President Abraham Norman Nortey, have lunched a mobile App "UHASMobile".

The App has features of Constitution, Notice board, Admission, Executive, Help and News, and was officially launched over the weekend at UHAS North Campus, in Ho.

According to the SRC President, Abraham Norman, the idea to create such a novelty came in last year, 2019 when he was adjudged the best tertiary student across the country. He said he has observed that, many tertiary institutions such as University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has a school App which UHAS did not, so he thought it wise to create one when he became the students leader.

He said the initiative will facilitate students on the University's activities via technology than the traditional means of having access to information.

" there have been a lot of challenges students face when it comes to information and a world without proper communication and information it leads to a mess, so the SRC thought it very prudent that at least to bring this initiative forth for the students to have almost all the University resources or information in just a single click"  he noted.

Mr. Abraham Norman indicated that, an amount of Ghc3,000.00 was used with a voluntary supports from some resource persons to come out with the App.

The local President of National Union of Ghana Students(NUGS) of UHAS, Mawuli Agbe, was optimistic the App will go along way to aid both students and outsiders.

" this App is not only going to students who are already in the University but it is going to help students who will apply into the university as well in the sense that it will serve as opportunity for them to know the entry requirements of the university, the cut-off point and to know the various departments and what the various courses entails " he said.

Some students at the event were grateful for the initiative and praised the SRC Executives for the move.

The University of Health and Allied Sciences has two campus in the Volta region, Hohoe campus and Ho as it's main university environment.  The University currently have a staff strength of 642, which entails 290 Senior Members, 153 Senior Staff and 199 Junior staff. The University in this year, 2020 graduated 36 graduates and 402 undergraduates .

UHAS was established in the year 2012 as a specialist University for Science and related courses, it was started
with a first batch of 154 students and currently has 4,898 student populace.

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