{"id":933,"date":"2023-01-21T21:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T21:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=933"},"modified":"2023-01-21T21:16:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T21:16:00","slug":"volta-region-to-host-66th-national-independence-day-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=933","title":{"rendered":"Volta Region to host 66th National Independence Day celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEi5Y6_plwNyYVqpkvL8u-p7MaOHNHgbTTszl24Orj30Ec9zHSE48RCpsB4ELUfLzGVZ4oDVony3C05DkfV-d0kglv16lUFiiBstYQMEwpTSY4BQg9T2i8QtPM8_UZnLId1AY1meotPVHW0q8svX6ovayoF_58GT6R53k-VXZSTDh0hX3YaTONxVqQMi\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"470\" data-original-width=\"750\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEi5Y6_plwNyYVqpkvL8u-p7MaOHNHgbTTszl24Orj30Ec9zHSE48RCpsB4ELUfLzGVZ4oDVony3C05DkfV-d0kglv16lUFiiBstYQMEwpTSY4BQg9T2i8QtPM8_UZnLId1AY1meotPVHW0q8svX6ovayoF_58GT6R53k-VXZSTDh0hX3YaTONxVqQMi\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Roboto Condensed&quot;, Arial, &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.7143px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 20px;\">The Volta Region will host this year\u2019s National Independence Day celebration.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">The venue will be the 5,000-capacity Ho Youth Resource Centre (located at Adaklu Tsrefe).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">The Director of Operations at the Office of the President, Lord Commey, led a delegation from the Office of the President to announce these to the Volta Regional House of Chiefs (VRHS) yesterday<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">He said the decision was taken by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to market the rich and vast cultural and tourism potential of the Volta Region to the rest of the country and the outside world, and boost the area\u2019s local economy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">Chairman<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">Mr Commey, who is Chairman of the National Independence Day Celebration Planning Committee, was accompanied by heads of various security agencies and officials from the Office of the President, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">\u201cThe Independence Square in Accra alone can no longer take up this key national event,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">He appealed to the traditional authorities to support the celebration and make it a grand success.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">The President of the VRHC, Togbe Teprehodo IV, thanked President Akufo-Addo for choosing the region for the celebration, and gave an assurance that the VRHC would throw its full support behind the celebration and make it an unmatched event in the history of the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">Later in the day, the delegation, which included the Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa and the Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority, Pius Hadzide, inspected the venue where work on the field, stands, tracks, and other features were going on vigorously.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">The contractors, Wilkado, gave an assurance that the place would be ready well ahead of the celebration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">Delegation<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">The delegation also called at the Asogli Palace at Ho-Bankoe, and the Adaklu Traditional Council at Adaklu-Abuadi, to brief the chiefs on preparations towards the celebration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">At the Asogli Palace, the Warlord of Asogli, Togbe Adzi Lakle Howusu XII, said it was an honour for the Volta Region to host the event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; 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