The Order of the Volta is an

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from the Republic of

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

. It was instituted in 1960 and is awarded to people for their outstanding service to the country.Republic of Ghana: Order of the Volta
Medals of the World. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

Grades

There are three grades with a civil and military division each: * Companion (CV) - Civil Division, Military Division, Honorary Division * Officer (OV) - Civil Division, Military Division, Honorary Division * Member (MV) - Civil Division, Military Division, Police Division, Honorary Division The

ribbon bar A medal ribbon, service ribbon or ribbon bar is a small ribbon, mounted on a small metal bar equipped with an attaching device, which is generally issued for wear in place of a medal when it is not appropriate to wear the actual medal. Each cou ...

of the order is navy blue with red borders and a central black stripe.

Recipients

;Companions (CV) *

Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova ( rus, Валентина Владимировна Терешкова, links=no, p=vɐlʲɪnʲˈtʲinə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə tʲɪrʲɪʂˈkovə, a=Valentina Tereshkova.ogg; born 6 March 1937) is an engine ...

(1964) *

Azzu Mate Kole II Oklemekuku, Nene Azzu Mate Kole II, , known in private life as Frederick Lawer Mate Kole (January 1910 – 15 March 1990) was a Ghanaian paramount chief and statesman who served as the fourth monarch or king, Konor of the Manya Krobo Traditiona ...

(1969) *

Bawa Andani Yakubu __NOTOC__ Bawa Andani Yakubu, MV (1926 - 2002) was a police officer, politician and king. He was an Inspector General of Police in Ghana. He also served in the National Liberation Council (NLC) government. He was the Gushie-Naa or Gushie King u ...

(1969) *

Samuel Azu Crabbe Samuel Azu Crabbe (18 November 1918 – 15 September 2005) was a Ghanaian barrister, solicitor and jurist. He was the fifth Chief Justice of Ghana since it became an independent nation. Early life and education Samuel Azu Crabbe was born at ...

(1977) *

Kwabena Darko Kwabena Darko (born 23 October 1942) is an entrepreneur, minister of religion and former politician. He owns the largest privately owned agro-industrial concern in Ghana and is listed in “Who’s Who in World Poultry”. Darko is also known by m ...

(1978) * Robert K. A. Gardiner (1978) * George Commey Mills-Odoi (1978) *

Fred Kwasi Apaloo Frederick Kwasi Apaloo (9 January 1921 – 2 April 2000) was a Ghanaian barrister and judge who served as Chief Justice of Kenya from 1993 to 1995 and Chief Justice of Ghana from 1977 to 1986. He is the only judge to have served on the Supre ...

(1979) * Robert Patrick Baffour (1979) * V. C. R. A. C. Crabbe (1979) *

Abedi Pele Abedi Ayew ( ; born 5 November 1964), known professionally as Abedi Pele, is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and who served as captain of the Ghana national team. He is regarded as one of the g ...

(1996) * Mary Grant (1997) * Kofi Bentum Quantson (1997) *

Joseph Henry Smith Lieutenant General Joseph Henry Smith (born 9 January 1945) is the Ambassador of Ghana to the United States. Smith was the Minister for Defence of Ghana during President John Atta Mills' term of office from 2009 to 2013. He is also a former ...

(2001) *

James Aggrey-Orleans James Emmanuel Kwegyir Aggrey-Orleans, (11 October 1937 – 19 November 2018) was a Ghanaian civil servant and diplomat who served as Ghana's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ambassador of Ghana to the Republic of Ireland from Octo ...

(2006) *

Emmanuel Quaye Archampong Professor Emmanuel Quaye Archampong, was a Ghanaian surgeon and academic. He was an emeritus professor of the College of Health Sciences University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Legon. He was an honorary fellow of the American C ...

(2006) *

Joyce Aryee Joyce Rosalind Aryee (born 27 March 1947) is a Ghanaian former politician, business executive and minister. Aryee is recognized for having served Ghana for more than 40 years in both the public and private sectors. From 2001 to 2011, she served a ...

(2006) *

Melody Millicent Danquah Melody Millicent Danquah (6 January 1937 – 18 March 2016) was a Ghanaian pilot. She was the first female pilot in Ghana and one of the earliest in Africa. She followed in the footsteps of Lotfia Elnadi who was the first Egyptian woman as well a ...

(2006) *

Francis Lodonu Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu (born 19 November 1937) is a Ghanaian Roman Catholic Bishop. He was the bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Ho until his retirement in 2015. Early life Lodonu grew up at Gbi Atabu, three kilometers from Hohoe. He atten ...

(2006) *

Ivan Addae Mensah Ivan Addae-Mensah, (born 10 January 1942) is a Ghanaian chemist and university administrator who served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon from 1996 to 2002. He is an Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the same instit ...

(2006) * Patrick Awuah Jr. (2007) *

Charles Agyin-Asare Archbishop Charles Agyinasare (English pronunciation: / ɑdʒɪnəsɑ:ri / born 22 March 1962) is a Ghanaian pastor who founded the Word Miracle Church International, later Perez Chapel International, a Pentecostal-Charismatic ministry in Ghana. ...

(2007) *

Paul Victor Obeng Paul Victor Obeng KSG also known as P. V. Obeng (19 August 1947 – 17 May 2014) was a Ghanaian mechanical engineer and politician. He was the chairman of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology council. In 2010, he was appointe ...

(P. V. Obeng) (2007) *

Atukwei Okai Atukwei John Okai (15 March 1941 – 13 July 2018) was a Ghanaian poet, cultural activist and academic. He was Secretary-General of the Pan African Writers' Association, and a president of the Ghana Association of Writers. His early work was pub ...

(2007) *

Mensa Otabil Mensa Otabil (born August 31, 1959), is a Ghanaian theologian, motivational speaker, and entrepreneur. He is the founder of International Central Gospel Church headquartered in Accra, Ghana. He is also the founder and Chancellor of Central U ...

(2007) * Fred Amugi (2008) *

Sam Korankye Ankrah Reverend Sam Korankye Ankrah (born 23 February 1960) is a Ghanaian minister and televangelist who serves as the Apostle General of the Royalhouse Chapel International, a church in Ghana with more than 30,000 members. He is also the first vice pre ...

(2008) * Grace Bediako (2008) *

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(2008) *

Kwaku Sakyi-Addo Kwaku Addo Sakyi-Addo is a journalist from Ghana, who was the country correspondent for both Reuters and the BBC between 1993 and 2007. He currently hosts a political talk show on Asaase Radio in Accra. Education Kwaku Sakyi Addo received his e ...

(2008) *

Clifford Nii Boi Tagoe Clifford Nii Boi Tagoe, (born 6 October 1949) is a Ghanaian academic who is the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana. He has been teaching anatomy for over 25 years in Ghana and abroad and in 2000 he became Professor of Anatomy and ...

(2008) *

Francis Allotey Francis Kofi Ampenyin Allotey (9 August 1932 – 2 November 2017) was a Ghanaian mathematical physicist. Together with Daniel Afedzi Akyeampong, he became the first Ghanaian to obtain a doctorate in mathematical sciences, earned in 1966. Early ...

(2009) *

Kwaku Ohene-Frempong Kwaku Ohene-Frempong (13 March 1946 – 7 May 2022) was a Ghanaian pediatric hematologist-oncologist and an expert in sickle cell disease (SCD). Ohene-Frempong grew up in Ghana and was a standout athlete in track-and-field, later competing for ...

(2010) * A. K. B. Ampiah (2011) *

Bridget Katsriku Bridget Katsriku is a Ghanaian public servant and currently the Chairperson of the Public Services Commission and the first female Chairperson of the Public Services Commission of Ghana. She was sworn into office by the late President John Atta ...

(2011) * Harry Sawyerr (2011) *Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang (2011) * Prince

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(2015) * Agnes Aggrey-Orleans (2015) *

Kwabena Duffuor Kwabena Duffuor was the List of Mills government ministers, Finance Minister of Ghana. He has also served as the governor of the Bank of Ghana. He was named as one of the four best Central Bank Governors in the World at an IMF/World Bank meeting ...

(2015) *

Joshua Alabi Joshua Alabi (born 1 March 1958) is a Ghanaian academic and politician, who served as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) from 2012 to 2016. He previously served as the Rector of the same institution ...

(2016) * Commodore Stephen Obimpeh (2016) *

Kofi Totobi Quakyi Kofi Totobi Quakyi is a Ghanaian politician. He served as Minister for Information from 1985 to 1993 under the Provisional National Defence Council government and continued from 1993 to 2001 in the same capacity in the government of Jerry Rawli ...

(2016) * Alhaji Iddrisu Huudu (2016) * Dr Kwabena Adjei (2016) * Vice Admiral

Matthew Quashie Vice Admiral Mathew Quashie (23 March 1951 - 9 January 2020) is a Ghanaian naval officer and was the twenty-ninth Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces. He also served as the Chief of Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy from 3 April 2009 ...

(2016) * Major General Richard Kwame Opoku-Adusei (2016) * Rear-Admiral

Geoffrey Mawuli Biekro Rear Admiral Geoffrey Mawuli Biekro (born 28 August 1952) is a Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, shar ...

(2016) ;Various * Kwame Addo Kufour *

Marian Ewurama Addy Marian Ewurama Addy (née Cole; 7 February 1942 – 14 January 2014) was a Ghanaian biochemist and the first Host of the National Science and Maths Quiz. The first Ghanaian woman to attain the rank of full professor of natural science, Addy ...

Peter Ala Adjetey Peter Ala Adjetey (11 August 1931 – 15 July 2008) was the Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana from 2001 to 2005. Early life Peter Ala Adjetey was born on 11 August 1931 at Accra, the capital of Ghana. He obtained his basic education at St. P ...

* Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo *

Gladys Asmah Gladys Asmah (16 October 193924 June 2014) was a Ghanaian politician and Entrepreneur. She was a former Minister of Fisheries as well as a member of parliament for the Takoradi Constituency. She was also the former Minister for Women's Affa ...

* Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu *

James Barnor James Barnor HonFRPS (born 6 June 1929) is a Ghanaian photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered b ...

Aida Desta Princess Aida Desta (8 April 1927 – 15 January 2013), baptismal name Bisrate Gabriel, was the eldest granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie, eldest child and daughter of ''Ras'' Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework. She was the wife of '' Leul ...

Ablade Glover Ablade Glover Order of the Volta, CV (born 1934) is a Ghanaian artist and educator. He has exhibited widely, building an international reputation over several decades, as well as being regarded as a seminal figure on the West African art scen ...

Enoch Teye Mensah Enoch Teye Mensah (born 17 May 1946) is a Ghana, Ghanaian politician. He was a Minister for Education and a Member of Parliament in Ghana from January 1997 till January 2017. He is popularly referred to as E. T. Mensah. Education and early life ...

Paa Kwesi Nduom Paa Kwesi Nduom or Papa Kwesi Nduom, (born February 15, 1953) is a Ghanaian business consultant, politician, and founding member of Ghana's Progressive People's Party. A three-time nominee for president, he was the member of parliament for the ...

Hackman Owusu-Agyeman Hackman Owusu-Agyemang (born November 22, 1941) is a Ghanaian politician and former member of Parliament for New Juabeng North constituency of the eastern region of Ghana. He is a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana and a ...

Nathan Quao Nathan Anang Quao, (21 November 1915 – 15 February 2005) was a Ghanaian civil servant, educationist and diplomat who became a senior presidential advisor to the administrations of multiple Heads of State of Ghana. His last roles in governme ...

* Frank Gibbs Torto

References

Volta Awards established in 1960 1960 establishments in Ghana {{orders-medals-stub

Grades

Recipients

See also

References