The campaign is intended to created awareness on the effects of child abuse especially among children of school going age.

This leg of the campaign received support from music stars, M.anifest and Mzvee, and sports journalist, Gary Al Smith, among others.

Speaking to Citi News, the District Chief Executive for Kpandai, Atta Emmanuel Kofi Tatablata bemoaned the situation in the district where children of school going age are usually seen loitering during school hours.

“They are also sometimes engaged in farming and other income-generating activities when they should be in school and most parents do not care about the well-being of the children,” he added.

The DCE, therefore, urged parents to ensure that children get the best of education, healthcare, shelter, feeding, clothing and affection to enable them to develop their full potential.

“As parent or guardians, I urge you all to ensure that basic necessities are provided for the children to enable them to grow to be responsible leaders. I call on you to desist from the practice of taking out the female children from school and giving them out into early marriage as it denies them of access to education.”

On his part, the Regional Director of the Department of Community Development in the Northern Region appealed to all stakeholders to get on board to realign their activities towards addressing issues of child abuse, neglect, violence and exploitation that will prepare the children to be responsible leaders in the future.

The chief of Katiejeli, Nana Adjabaso also pledged the support of the community to help advocate for the prevention of all forms of abuse in the area.

This Child Protection Social Drive seeks to reduce the acceptance of social practices that have negative consequences on the protection of children by creating a critical mass of people capable to promote the adoption of behaviours favourable to the protection of children and adolescents.

This drive is targeting a reduction in cases of violence against children and adolescents.

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By: Mohammed Aminu M. Alabira/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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Speaking at a public forum held in Kete Krachie to seek public views on the proposal for a new region to be carved out of the existing Volta Region, David Yaw Chipa, the Vice President of the Nchumuru Youth Association, said it is their desire to leave the current Northern Region to join the proposed new region in order that development can be accelerated in the area.

[contextly_sidebar id=”r1qQGggdMdGhXolbG2LnXDGkbka1iyIN”]“When it comes to development, if you’ve been to Kpandai, for so many years, the place has been neglected. Most of the infrastructure, be it educational institutions and hospitals are all centered in Tamale, Damango and most of the big towns in the Northern Region. The access routes in our area are mostly footpaths. That is why we are appealing to the Commission to allow us to join the Oti Region.”

The Kpandai District is the gateway to the Northern Region from the Northern part of the Volta Region, and shares close boundaries with Banda to the South, Salaga to the West, Kpasa to the East and to the North is Nanumba. The Nchumurus who are said to be part of the Guans occupying that area of the Northern Region believe that joining the new region would not only bring development to their underdeveloped areas, but  it will also draw them closer to their counterparts in the Volta Region.

“Culturally, we belonged to a group of Guans and for what we call colonization, there was this history that the Germans allowed the Gonjas to rule over the Nawuris and Nchumurus. People still want to claim that the old theory must apply. But the fact that we are Guans and by tradition, we belong to the Guan fraternity, as you see the way we dress, our people are over here and we want to join them.”

Traversing about five regions in Ghana, the Volta Region is often described as a microcosm of all ethnic groups in the country housing the major tribes like Ewe, Guans, Akans, and minor tribes such Ga Adangbes, Nanumbas, Konkombas, Dangombas, Ewes, Nawuri, Gonjas, Tsekorti and Kortorkorli.

The Commission, led by Allan Brobbey, is holding public hearings in the region to seek the views of the people on the proposed split of the Volta Region.

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By: King Nobert Akpabli/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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It would also construct a 300KW dairy farm biogas power plant and irrigation dam as well as fertilizer production units in selected villages in the three regions of the north.

The programme is in partnership with the Renewable Energy and Environmental Conservation (REEC) Biopower, a subsidiary of Hi-Limit Group.

[contextly_sidebar id=”NyAHs9558a5aUOONpJ7nAe5JYpAnxv9n”]This was in a statement issued by Mr Emmanuel Larbi, the Chief Executive of Hi-Limit Group at the Kpandai District Assembly General Meeting for the commencement of the project.

The project, estimated at 660 million dollars, is to generate a total of 132MW of electricity from biopower plants and 35,200 hectres of centre pivot irrigation dams spread across the 44 districts of the three regions of the north.

The objective is to improve rural electrification development, food production and security, and job creation.

Mr Larbi said the Hi-Limit patent plant design would distribute electricity generated from dairy farm biogas plants to rural villages whiles at the same time using the biogas effluent (liquid fertilizer) dams for irrigation purposes.

Mr Mathew Nyidam, the Member of Parliament for Kpandai and Deputy Majority Chief Whip, expressed happiness at the commencement of the project in his district and affirmed government’s support to make it a reality.

Hi-Limit’s REEC Biopower is a Ghanaian company with operations in Africa, Europe, and Asia.

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Source: GNA

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