Mepe: Leaders Charged Of Stealing, Rerouting, And Misappropriating Supplies Intended To Alleviate Flooding To Their Own Residences.

Togbe Kwaku Ayim IV, Paramount Chief of Ziavi (second right) presenting the items to Rudolph Kwadzo Gli (in spectacles), while some members of the visiting delegation and elders at the palace look on

Relief supplies intended for flood victims are allegedly being intercepted by some well-known people, including sub-chiefs, who then take them home and misappropriate them. This relates to the floods that occurred after the Akosombo and Kpong dams burst, leaving many people homeless.

Prior to the Avazorli Union, of which Mepe is a member, presenting food and other relief materials valued at GH¢20,000 to the town's flood victims last Friday (November 10), a palace spokesperson for Mepe, Rudolph Kwadzo Gli, voiced his reservations.

He, therefore, appealed to all donor groups to hand over the relief items to the palace at Mepe to ensure an equitable sharing of the items among the displaced persons.

Rudolph Kwadzo Gli did not give further details on those perpetrating the fraudulent acts, reports Graphic Online’s Alberto Mario Noretti.

The other Avazorli communities are Ziavi, Kpedze-Todze, Etordome, Botoku, Ando (Ghana and Togo), and Kpando-Anyigbe.

Togbe Kwaku Ayim IV, the Paramount Chief of Ziavi, led a group of Avazorli chiefs and queens on a heartfelt visit to Mepe to give the gifts to the palace.

A delivery of sachet water, bales of clothing, an undisclosed sum of money, and bags of gari, plantain, maize, corn flour, and cassava bread were among the commodities.

“We may be separated by distance but our strong bond of kinship will always hold us together,” said Togbe Ayim.

He pleaded with the Mepe chiefs and queens to ensure that those with physical disabilities were included in the distribution of the goods.

Togbe Ayim promised that the other Avazorli groups in Mepe would support and stand by their siblings during good times and bad, and that they would always be there to share their sorrows.

Unity in grief

While attempts were being made to address the issue by the government and other stakeholder organizations, he pleaded with the people of Mepe to be united in their mourning and wait patiently for life to return to normal.

Rudolph Kwadzo Gli, who accepted the goods on behalf of the Mepe people, said that the Avazorli Union's generous act was heartwarming and a genuine expression of compassion and sympathy for the flood victims.

He continued, saying, "This will further strengthen the unbreakable ties of unity among us."

He promised that the goods would be distributed as fairly as possible among the flood victims.

From Goshen in ancient Egypt, the Avazorli Union may trace their descent through Nostie in the modern Republic of Togo.

credit: A. M. N

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