The Paramount chief of Mepe Traditional Area, Togbe Kwadzo Azagba IV, has appealed to all donors supporting the victims of the Akosombo dam spillage to bring all relief items to the palace to ensure effective distribution.
The chief’s appeal stems from concerns that items donated do not go to victims but rather end up in individual hands who hoard them for personal use.
The acting Paramount Chief of Mepe, Rudolph Kwadzo expressed this misgiving prior to the presentation of food stuff and various relief items worth GH¢20,000 by the Avazorli Union of which Mepe is a member, to the flood victims in the town, last Friday (November 10).
He, therefore, appealed to all donor groups to hand over the relief items to the palace of the Mepe Paramount Chief to ensure an equitable sharing of the items among the displaced persons.
The acting paramount chief did not give further details on those perpetrating the fraudulent acts,
The other Avazorli communities are Ziavi, Kpedze-Todze, Etordome, Botoku, Ando (Ghana and Togo), and Kpando-Anyigbe.
The Paramount Chief of Ziavi, Togbe Kwaku Ayim IV led a delegation of Avazorli chiefs and queens in a touching visit to Mepe to present the items at palace.
The items included bags of gari, plantain, maize, corn flour, cassava dough, and a consignment of sachet water, bales of clothes and an undisclosed amount of money.
“We may be separated by distance but our strong bond of kinship will always hold us together,” said Togbe Ayim.
He entreated the chiefs and queens of Mepe not leave out physically challenged people in the sharing of the items.
Togbe Ayim gave an assurance that the other Avazorli groups would stand firmly behind their siblings in Mepe, in thick and thin, and always share their pain in times of suffering.
He entreated the people of Mepe to remain united in grief and wait patiently for life to return to normal as efforts by the government and other stakeholder organizations were underway.
However on his part, the acting Paramount Chief thanked the delegation. He said the kind gesture by the Avazorli Union was overwhelming and a true demonstration of love and goodwill towards the flood victims.
“This will further strengthen the unbreakable ties of unity among us,” he added.
The acting paramount chief gave an assurance that the items would be shared among the flood victims in utmost fairness.
