The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV has led the Ghana-Chinese Enterprise Chamber of Commerce to make a staggering donation of GHC550,000.00 to the communities affected by the Akosombo Dam Spillage within southern Volta.
He was joined by chiefs and elders from the Asogli State, along with management and staff of Sunon Asogli Power, China Jiangxi International Economic and Technical Cooperation Limited and the China Enterprise Chamber of Commerce in Ghana.
The cash, together with some relief items were donated to six constituencies: South Tongu, North Tongu, Anlo, Ketu South, and Keta, which were affected by the Akosombo and Kpong Dams spillage.
The items included about 200 pieces of student mattresses with pillows, 80 bags of 25kg sacks of rice, 20 cartons of cooking oil, among other vital items.
Togbe Afede stressed on the need for positive reflection and better introspection into the cause of the floods and the damage it has caused, in order to device means of averting a similar occurrence of such magnitude in the future.
“Let us draw lessons from what has happened to us. Let us become better citizens of this community. Nobody should be antipathetic bystander, we should work together to uplift this community, drawing lessons from the disaster that has befallen us, so we can turn it to our advantage. Sometimes, good follows bad, it is only through our own effort that we can convert what we have suffered into opportunities, into strengths, into great efforts that will unite us and bring progress to this community; progress probably that might not have happened but for the lessons that we would have learnt,” he advised.
The items were received by Dzifa Abla Gomashie, Member of Parliament for Ketu South, on behalf of the other five MPs. The team also visited some affected areas, including the Sogakofe power station, Comboni hospital, and Comboni Senior Technical School.
At the time of the visit, the power station was in full operation, while repair works were ongoing at the Comboni Hospital and the Senior Technical School, respectively.
Chairman of the Sunon Asogli Power, Yang Qun, who doubles as the Chairman of the Ghana-Chinese Enterprise Chamber of Commerce and Li Yaohong, Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy expressed their sincerest sympathy to the people affected by the flood.
Togbe Afede with his chiefs and people of Asogli had on October 21, made a donation of GHC 100,000 to the three Tongu constituencies. After touring the affected areas, engaging with the victims and assessing the extent of damage, Togbe Afede promised them of mobilising more support for them, true to his words, seven weeks down the lane, a huge support was garnered.
Source: Office of the Agbogbomefia
