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VRA to implement long-term precautionary spills and enhance stakeholder engagement
In a bid to bolster environmental safety and preparedness, Ben Sackey, the Director of Environment and Sustainability Development at the Volta River Authority (VRA),...
VRA continues to provide relief items to persons affected by Akosombo Dam spillage
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has donated relief items to the North District Assembly to support individuals affected by the 2023 controlled spillage from...
VRA meets Interior Ministry, security agencies on possible precautionary spillage of Akosombo Dam
As part of the annual stakeholder engagements for the Volta River Authority's (VRA) emergency preparedness plan, officials from the VRA, led by Deputy Chief...
VRA’s controlled spillage won’t cause another havoc – Herbert Krapah assures
Minister of State-designate at the Energy Ministry, Herbert Krapah has assured Parliament that the Volta River Authority (VRA) is undertaking comprehensive measures to ensure...
MAKTEK AVRASYA, the region’s largest machine tools sector event, kicks off on 30 September
MAKTEK AVRASYA, dubbed “the fair of machine-making machines” is set to return for its eighth instalment at the Istanbul TÜYAP (www.TÜYAP.com.tr) Fair and Congress...
Akosombo Dam: VRA announces potential spillage of excess water
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has announced a planned spillage of excess water from the Akosombo dam.
Although the Authority is yet to announce a...
Rainstorm damages roof of VRA ‘resettlement quarters’ in Adokwanta
A rainstorm has left in its wake the destruction of property worth millions of cedis at Adokwanta in the Krachi East Municipality of the...
We will plant trees to maintain the Volta Lake – VRA
The Director of Environment & Sustainable Development at the Volta River Authority (VRA), Benjamin Arhin Sackey, has pledged to plant and nurture trees to...
VRA Senior Staff criticize revenue distribution under revised Cash Waterfall Mechanism
The Senior Staff Association (SSA) of the Volta River Authority (VRA) has expressed concerns about the impact of the revised Cash Waterfall Mechanism on...
VRA, GMet clash over cause of Akosombo Dam spillage disaster
As calls for a probe into the Akosombo Dam disaster intensify, the blame game over who caused the disaster has also heightened.
In a fresh...
It’ll be good to privatise ECG, GRIDCO and VRA but… – Dr Manteaw
Co-chair of the Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr Steve Manteaw has expressed dissenting views on the call of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei...
Dr Manteaw criticizes politicians attempting to take credit for VRA’s work
Co-chair of the Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr Steve Manteaw, has called for the dilution of government control over state enterprises in...
Diversify GRIDCo, ECG and VRA – Otumfuo tells govt
Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged the Akufo-Addo government to face the realities of the economic landscape and prioritize policies that foster the...
VRA refutes claims of power supply shortage
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has refuted claims made by Dr. Elikplim Kwabla Apetorgbor, the Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Power Generators, Ghana...
Current power outages not due to excessive export of electricity – VRA clarifies
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has denied being responsible for the recent power outages in the country.
This follows allegations that the Authority is excessively...
Current power outages due to excessive export of electricity by VRA – Independent Power...
The Independent Power Generators, Ghana (IPGG), has attributed the current power outages to the Volta River Authority’s excessive exportation of electricity to other countries.
Its...
Ablakwa threatens to sue VRA, government over Akosombo Dam spillage
The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has threatened to sue the government and the Volta River Authority (VRA) if...
Energy Minister, VRA summoned before Parliament today over Akosombo Dam Spillage
The Minister of Energy and the leadership of the Volta River Authority (VRA) are set to appear before Parliament today.
They are expected to provide...
Energy Minister leads VRA, NADMO to visit communities affected by Akosombo Dam spillage
Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh on Tuesday, 7th November, 2023 led officials of the Volta River Authority and the National Disaster Management Organization...
Majority to haul VRA officials to Parliament over Akosombo dam spillage
The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has called for the management of the Volta River Authority (VRA) to appear before the House to...
VRA ends Akosombo Dam spillage
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has ended its spillage of the Akosombo Dam.
However, VRA says it is still committed to its relief and rehabilitation...
VRA begins disinfection and fumigation exercise in Mepe as flood waters recede
The Volta River Authority (VRA), has initiated a major disinfection and fumigation exercise in communities affected by the flooding resulting from the Akosombo Dam...
VRA spends GH¢9m on flood victims
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has so far spent GH¢9 million to mitigate the plight of the 36,000 people who were displaced by floods...
VRA constructs bypass road to facilitate relief efforts in Mepe
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has constructed a bypass road connecting the St Kizito Safe Haven Road to the Battor-Mepe road in the North...
Akosombo Dam spillage: What is happening is just as we predicted – VRA
The Deputy Chief Executive In charge of Engineering and Operation at the Volta River Authority (VRA) says the flooding incident along the lower basin...
Akosombo dam spillage to continue or not; VRA sets records straight
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has revealed that the Akosombo Dam has not increased any further in the last 48 hours, weeks after rising...
VRA provides mobile toilets to flood-stricken communities
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has provided mobile toilets for the flood-stricken communities as a result of the Akosombod dam spillage.
Mepe, which is the...
Akosombo dam spillage: VRA to deploy psychologists to counsel victims
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has announced plans to deploy psychologists to counsel the people affected by the Akosombo dam spillage.
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer...
Akosombo dam spillage: If I were VRA boss, I would have resigned – MP
Member of Parliament (MP) for Domeabra-Obom, Sophia Ackuaku, has said she would have resigned from post if she were the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...
We’ll not increase the level of Akosombo dam spillage – VRA
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has indicated that it would not increase the level of spillage of water in the Akosombo Dam.
It...
Akosombo dam spillage: Ghana Meteo replies VRA
The Ghana Meteorological Agency has said it did not mislead the Volta River Authority (VRA) following the Akosombo and Kpong dams spillage.
This is in...
Parliament to summon VRA over dam spillage after devastating floods – Ablakwa
Member of Parliament for North Tongu Member, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said Parliament will summon officials of the Volta River Authority (VRA) to answer...
Keta MP threatens legal action against VRA
Member of Parliament for Keta, Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey has threatened legal action against the Volta River Authority (VRA) for failing to warn the affected...
Akosombo Dam: VRA reveals cause of intense spillage
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has explained that the Akosombo Dam is currently receiving over 200 percent more water around this time of the...
Akosombo Dam Spillage: VRA donates trucks of relief items to thousands of flood victims
The Volta River Authority (VRA), has donated relief items worth over a million Ghana Cedis to thousands of flood victims in all nine affected...
Akosombo dam spillage: Ghana Meteo misled us – VRA
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The Volta River Authority (VRA) has blamed the Ghana Meteorological Service for the devastation the spillage of the Akosombo dam has caused.
According to VRA,...
VRA disconnects Tain hospital from national grid over debt
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has cracked the whip on the Tain Government hospital by disconnecting its power supply over accumulated debt.
The disconnection...
VRA supports communities affected by ongoing dam spillage
The Volta River Authority (VRA), in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), has offered support to communities affected by the ongoing spilling...
Akosombo dam spillage: Okudzeto Ablakwa sends SOS message to VRA
Member of Parliament (MP) for the North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has urged the Volta River Authority (VRA) to slow down the spillage...
VRA, NADMO present relief items to Volta region flood victims
The Volta River Authority (VRA) and the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) have presented relief items to residents in the Volta region affected by...