Phlosam Foundation supports Adaklu Vodze DA Primary School with Learning Materials
The Phlosam Foundation has donated assorted teaching and learning materials to the Adaklu Vodze DA Primary School in the Adaklu District, as part of efforts to promote quality education in rural communities.
The donation was made on Monday, 3rd November 2025.
Mr. Samuel Abisinu, the founder of the Foundation, said the gesture aligns with the organization’s vision of empowering pupils in deprived communities with the necessary resources to enhance academic performance.
He noted that education plays a vital role in community development, adding that every child deserves access to quality learning tools regardless of geographical location.
Mr. Abisinu assured that the Phlosam Foundation will continue to extend similar support to schools within the Adaklu District and beyond.
He reaffirmed the Foundation’s commitment to promoting educational development, mentorship, and community empowerment initiatives aimed at creating equitable learning opportunities for children.
Receiving the items, the Headmaster of the school, Mr. Edward Dzidza, expressed appreciation to the Foundation for the support.
He described the donation as timely, stating that it would help both teachers and pupils to improve teaching and learning outcomes.
Mr. Dzidza, however, appealed for further assistance in the provision of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) equipment.
He said the absence of computers was hindering the effective teaching of ICT in the school.
“We currently have no computer at the Adaklu Vodze DA Primary School, and this affects our ability to teach ICT as required. We are appealing to individuals, philanthropists, NGOs, government agencies, and benevolent organizations to support us with ICT materials,” he said.
SHS Food items theft:Three Officials of Somé SHS interdicted by GES.
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted three officials of Somè Senior High School in the Volta Region, pending an investigation into an alleged theft of food items.
The officials, Richard Ametorxe (Bursar), Yorm Dzikumu (Matron), and Alex Obuadi (Storekeeper), have been suspended with immediate effect.
The investigation was sparked by a search conducted by some alumni and the assembly member on the evening of Friday, May 24, as the bursar and matron were leaving the school.
The search uncovered food items, including tin tomatoes, mackerel, cleaning agents, and insecticide spray, among other items found in the Matron’s possession.
Furthermore, two other individuals, including an assistant headmistress and a cook, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a cartel stealing food items meant for students.
The assistant headmistress was subsequently detained by the police for further inquiry.
In a statement on Monday, May 27, 2024, GES announced that the three interdicted officers are to hand over their duties to the Headmaster of the school.
Meanwhile, an investigative committee has been established to look into the matter and has been given two weeks to submit its report to Management.
Find below the statement by GES
President Launches “One Student, One Laptop initiative.
The Ghana Smart Schools Project was officially launched on Monday, March 25, 2024. This initiative is a significant step towards enhancing e-learning and digitization in the country’s education system. The project aims to provide compromise teaching and learning, management system, digital learning,content, and electronic devices to all Senior High School (SHS) and Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) schools nationwide.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced that as part of this project, Smart Tablets will be distributed to 1.3 million SHS students across Ghana. These tablets are equipped with digital content to aid research, teaching and learning. Additionally, the government has plans to construct approximately 100 smart SHSs within the next two years to further improve the learning environment and educational opportunities for students.
This project aligns with the Ministry of Education’s digitalization agenda for pre-tertiary education and supports the government’s goal of preparing Ghanaian students for the 4th Industrial Revolution.
GNCFC Elects Regional Executives at Keta
The Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council (GNCFC) has held an internal election exercise to select it’s prospective executive members to stir their affairs in the Volta Region.
The Council, known for its commitment to matters concerning artisanal fishermen in the country and creating the platform to address their concerns and grievances, held the exercise to choose their Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, Organizer, Public Relations Officer(PRO), Treasurer and Financial Secretary respectively.
Delegates from all the 28 landing beaches in Atiteti-Fuveme to Aflao exercised their franchise with a total vote cast of 55 after one person who was contesting for the Vice-Chairmanship position, withdrew from the race.
After a successful election, Mr. Doe Nkekeshie, the Chief Fisherman for Anloga was elected the Regional Chairman with Mr. Abotsi Agbeko as the Vice Chairman.
Others were Mr.Victor Dzokoto as Secretary, Mr.John Adjaho as the Organiser, and Mr. Vance Kwaku Adedze as the PRO.
Mr. Joshua Agbesudo Kaleawo and Mr. Ekpe Honu Salah who contested the Treasurer and Financial Secretary positions respectively, went unopposed.
Mr. Seth Kedey, the National Public Relations Officer for the Council sworn the new Regional Executives into office and charged them to protect the interest of the fisherfolks in the region.
He also urged them to enforce the laws and policies that regulates the activities of the sector.
Mr. Doe Nkekeshie, on behalf of the newly elected executives, pledged to work unanimously and offer their best support to the fishermen in the Volta Region.
Keta EP Basic School celebrates Valentine’s Day with their parents
Students of Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) basic school at Keta central in the Keta municipality of the Volta region, have celebrated Valentine’s Day with their parents at the Keta market.
The move, was to express their appreciation and love to their cherished and caring parents.
The move was also aimed to commemorate this year’s Valentine’s Day celebration which is being celebrated in the second week of February every year.
The headteacher of the school,Madam Rebecca Ackumey Girraldo, in an interaction with the media disclosed that the other objective of the celebration was to honour parents for their immense supports to prioritise and contributed to academic works of the school.
“The students visited the Keta market and distributed items such as chocolates,biscuits and others to their parents and guardians to mark the day of love,” she said.
She further stated that “let me use this Valentine’s Day celebration opportunity to thank our parents and guardians for being with us all this while.”
She also thanked parents and guardians for all the necessary supports to the children when the need arises.
Madam Ackumey added that Valentine’s Day was not for the lovers or boy and girl relationship alone but also to express love to colleagues, school mates,neighbors among others.
Keta EP Basic school holds graduation ceremony for pupils
The Evangelical Presbyterian basic school in Keta in the Keta Municipality of the Volta region, have held a graduation ceremony for pupils.
The ceremony which was the first of it kind was aimed at motivating young ones to learn hard.
Madam Rebecca Akumey Girraldo,the headteacher of the school,told SandCity radio that the other objectives of the ceremony was to promote quality teaching and learning.
“Since the establishment of the school here, it never had a graduation ceremony before and we decided to use this opportunity to outdoor new gowns as well,” she stated.
She said the graduation ceremony was held for outgoing pupils from kindergarten two (KG2) to class one to commemorate the transition from one level to another.
She commended Mama Ewui Amegashie lll for the donation of the graduation gowns which would help in other subsequent graduations.
Madam Akumey further explained that since its establishment in 1806 it has produced a good number of students who acquired the needed access to quality education from well trained teachers.
She also outlined some other challenges such as inadequate teaching staff,insufficient water supply, and lack of school feeding programme in the school.
“Unavailability of teachers is affecting our academic performance and few staff here are under a serious pressure.”
She further used the opportunity and appealed to the individuals, coorperate organizations, philanthropists,Chiefs, and the government to held solve the challenges in order to put the school to its best.
Source: Mercy Elinam Amewuho/SandCity radio-Keta.
Ghana Revenue Authority begins the collection of Emissions levy from drivers
The Emissions Levy Act, 2023 (Act 1112), imposing a levy on carbon dioxide equivalent emissions from internal combustion engine vehicles, has been enforced by the Ghana Revenue Authority starting today, February 1, 2024.
The Emissions Levy Bill, approved by Parliament, imposes an annual charge of GH¢100 on all owners of petrol and diesel cars.
The government’s objective with this tax is to encourage the use of environmentally friendly energy sources for vehicle power, aligning with its commitment to climate-positive actions and carbon offset initiatives.
- Motorcycles and tricycles – GH¢75 per annum
- Motor vehicles, buses and coaches above 3000 cc – GH¢300 per annum
- Cargo trucks and articulated trucks – GH¢300 per annum
All persons who are required to pay the Emissions Levy are to register and pay the levy on the ghana.gov platform only. Under section 4(4) of Act 1112, a person required to issue a road use certificate (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) and other testing centres) shall demand evidence of payment of the levy before issuing a Road Use Certificate.
The GRA in a public notice published urged all vehicle owners to comply with the directive.
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta had previously announced the government’s plan to expand the Environmental Excise Duty to cover plastic packaging, industrial emissions, and vehicle emissions.
Poultry farmers lament over high cost of poultry feed for smooth productivity.
Poultry farmers in Akatsi,Weta and the surrounding communities in Akatsi South and Ketu North Municipalities of the Volta region, have lamented over the high cost of poultry feeds for smooth productivity. This according to them,has affected the poultry business as well as contributed to the low productivity in the areas.
Mr Dornoo Wonder, Manager of ‘Feed Nation Farms Limited,’ a poultry farm at Akatsi, in an interaction with Keta-based SandCity radio ,stated that the price of poultry feeds keep on increasing.
“Poultry farming is a lucrative business that many would like to indulge in but the cost incentive and others with its challenges tend to drive many away,” he stated.
He further debunked the report from the Poultry Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), that stated that the reduction in prices of maize has led to reduction in price of poultry feeds,fowls and eggs.
He said the high cost of poultry feeds was attributed to importation and high cost of ingredients in preparing the feeds.
“I have about 20,000 birds which l prepared the feeds for locally to reduce the high cost involved though it is costly considering the price of the various ingredients.”
He said other ingredients for the feeds which include soya beans,oyster shell,maize,concentrates,wheat among others were of high cost that ranges between ₵200.00 and ₵500.00.
Mr Seth Amuzu, another poultry farmer who spoke to SandCity radio during a visit to the farm, lamented about the increasing price of farm inputs which contributed to high cost of productivity.
They appealed to individuals, coorperate entities, philanthropists and the government to help solve their challenges for safe and easy business.
They also urged the general public and their customers to patronage their products for better business transaction.
Sandcityradioonline.com
Source Mercy Elinam Amewuho
Western North: Over 137,000 SHS 1 students yet to report due to financial challenges.
The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) in the Western North Region states that about 137,000 fresh senior high school students are yet to report to school despite gaining admission.
CHASS bemoans that although schools reopened for fresh SHS students on December 4, 2023, a little over half of the total candidates placed in schools in the Western North Region are yet to report to their respective schools due to financial challenges faced by their parents, most of whom are cocoa farmers.
Speaking to the media,the President of CHASS in the Western North Region, Nana Amo Amankwah, expressed concern about the situation.
“As we speak, in a number of the schools, those who have reported are just a little above half of the number placed, and that is our concern. The Western Regional Director of Education gave an update that about 137,000 students have not taken up their admissions yet. According to them, they are facing financial challenges.”
He urged the fresh students to ignore the requirements on the prospectus and report to school, as provisions have been made by the government for a smooth academic session.
“A good number of the schools have mattresses, so we just want them to come. They should not think about the items on the prospectus so long as they can get a towel and sponge; they should come. They don’t have to get everything on the prospectus before they come.”
Prospectus, other expenses incurred by parents outweigh govt spending.
A study conducted by Africa Education Watch, an educational civil society organization, has revealed that expenses on prospectuses and other items by parents outweigh the costs incurred by the government under the Free Senior High School program.
The education think tank stated that parents spent GH¢2,477 on prospectuses for their wards in boarding schools and an additional GH¢4,000 on other personal items, including 60% on provisions, 10% on transportation, 10% on books, 10% on upkeep and 10% on personal effects like toiletries, sanitary pad among others during the 2023/2023 academic year.
It’s a shame for an NDC Youth to join the NPP-Fifi Kwetey
General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has stirred controversy with repeated attacks on Volta Youth joining New Patriotic Party (NPP) with remarks characterizing elections in Ghana as an “Ashanti-Ewe affair.”
During a tour of the Volta region with NDC flagbearer John Dramani Mahama, Kwetey urged people from the Volta Region to view every election in Ghana as a direct competition between Ashantis and Ewes.
Encouraging the people in the region to embrace the NDC as their political “religion,” Kwetey suggested that individuals should remain committed to their chosen political affiliation, regardless of its performance in government.
He emphasized that just as people in the Ashanti Region and, to some extent, the Eastern Region, support the NPP, there should be no stigma if those in the Volta Region support the NDC. In a divisive statement, Kwetey declared, “Ghana politics is Ashanti vs. Ewes, and that is why as a Voltarian, you must take NDC like your religion.
Whether good or bad, you must stand by it and defend the party with your life.”
He expressed concern about the decreasing support for the NDC in the Volta Region as a result of Volta Youth joining NPP, noting that some youth in the region were shifting allegiance to other political parties. He called it “shameful” and urged Voltarians to hold onto the political foundation that has shaped their culture.
This is not the first time Kwetey has made such ethnocentric comments.
In a previous instance, during a regional retreat for NDC executives in January 2023, he urged Voltarians to treat the party like a religion and worship it like “God.”
These remarks had already received widespread condemnation.
The comments have sparked criticism from various quarters, with the NPP Volta Regional Chairman, Makafui Woanya, rejecting the notion of blind allegiance to a political party. Woanya emphasized that the NPP would depend on its achievements in the region to win the support of the people.
The majority caucus in parliament also condemned Kwetey’s comments, with Frank Annoh-Dompreh, the Majority Chief Whip, expressing shock and disappointment. He urged against taking the country’s ethnic and religious tolerance for granted and called on Kwetey to retract his statement.
THE LENSE 