Volta Region Security Problems Send Minister to Parliament

The Volta regional minister, Nana Kwasi Owusu- Yeboah, will today appear before Parliament to respond to two urgent questions concerning the region.

The questions which dwell on the security situation in the region, are expected to be asked by the member for Ho West, Francis Aggrey Agbotse, and Dr. Kwame Ampofo for South Dayi.

The former would attempt to quiz the minister on the causes of the numerous conflicts in the region and what the regional security committee (REGSEC) is doing to ensure peace, while the latter would also ask the minister what necessitated the heightened security situation in the Peki-Tsito disputed land area and measures taken to restore peace in the area.

The conflict areas are Nkonya/Alavanyo, Nkwanta, Peki-Tsito and Abutia Kpota/Abutia Agordeke which disturbances did not only claim many precious lives, but also grossly impeded progress and development in those areas.

The region, lying across the Volta Lake, is heterogeneous in nature with over 200 dialects. It stretches from the Gulf of Guinea in the south and joins the Northern region at Damongo, some 400 kilometres away, and is without doubt referred to as the yam basket of Ghana.

The Volta region which used to be called Trans-Volta Togoland (TVT) before independence can boast of the largest man-made lake in the world and has the highest human settlement in the country at Amedzofe standing at 2,800 feet above sea level, which makes it the coolest spot in the world.

That is not all; the region also has the highest fresh waterfall in the country, Wli Falls, as well as the highest mountain, Afadzato, all in the Hohoe district.

Recently, a member of the Ho district assembly, suggested to the government to take over the Peki-Tsito disputed land area for the establishment of a factory or university or military camp to end the conflict.