Land encroachment is forcing the relocation of the only health centre in the Tonor Dzemeni – Anum Boso enclave shared by the Volta and Eastern Regions. The Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana Health Centre in Tongor Dzemeni serves hundreds of communities including islands on the Volta Lake but it is currently facing a serious threat to its expansion, as descendants of a family that donated a four-acre land for the facility sold off portions. Less than an acre of the allotment now remains, and an apartment store closely borders the facility on one side.
A new modern residential building also has its front walls just behind a new maternity block constructed as part of planned expansion. Right Rev. Lt.
Col. (Rtd) Bliss Agbeko, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the E. P.
Church has vehemently condemned the cornering of the health centre, saying there was currently no space for further development and upgrade of the facility. He said the Church would relocate the essential facility, which was strategically sited in the most populous community and one of the largest markets in the district, to a community that would facilitate its growth and expansion. A large tree avenue lining the frontage, which provided convenience for hundreds that visited the place daily, had also been destroyed in a bizarre act that angered many.
Sadly, what was supposed to be a joyful commissioning of a modern maternity ward with the latest equipment supplied by the Rotary Club, became a raw c.
