Low level of Volta Lake exposes tourists attractions.

The low water level in the Volta lake has exposed a great part of the old Kete-Krachi town, with relics of its German and British colonial administration and early Islamic and commercial influences. On the West Bank of the lake, concrete structures said to be the sealed armoury of the German colonial administration and remnants of the barracks of the West African Frontier Force could be seen. On the eastern bank stands the grave and mosque of Alhaji Shehu Umaru Titibrika, a renowned Islamic scholar who introduced Islam to the Kete-Krachi area. Other places of the old town which are emerging from the bed of the lake are an airstrip, slave market, patches of bitumen on the old Kete-Krachi-Accra road, which was lined with trees said to be mangoes planted by the German colonial administration. The Member of Parliament for the area, Mr Sampson Apraku, who conducted officials round the site, said that the relics, which have a tourism and archaeological significance, need to be explored. Mr Frank Kofi Gah, Volta regional tourism officer said the relics are of landmark importance, worthy for further study and documentation for tourism and other purposes.

The low water level in the Volta lake has exposed a great part of the old Kete-Krachi town, with relics of its German and British colonial administration and early Islamic and commercial influences. On the West Bank of the lake, concrete structures said to be the sealed armoury of the German colonial administration and remnants of the barracks of the West African Frontier Force could be seen. On the eastern bank stands the grave and mosque of Alhaji Shehu Umaru Titibrika, a renowned Islamic scholar who introduced Islam to the Kete-Krachi area. Other places of the old town which are emerging from the bed of the lake are an airstrip, slave market, patches of bitumen on the old Kete-Krachi-Accra road, which was lined with trees said to be mangoes planted by the German colonial administration. The Member of Parliament for the area, Mr Sampson Apraku, who conducted officials round the site, said that the relics, which have a tourism and archaeological significance, need to be explored. Mr Frank Kofi Gah, Volta regional tourism officer said the relics are of landmark importance, worthy for further study and documentation for tourism and other purposes.