Order of the Volta

{{Short description|Ghanaian order of merit}} {{Infobox order |title = Order of the Volta |image = |caption = |awarded_by = <br />35px<br />President of Ghana |type = Order |motto = |day = |eligibility = |for = |status = Currently awarded |head_title = Grand Master |head = President of Ghana |chancellor = |commander = |grades = companion, officer, member |former_grades = |established = 1960 |first_induction = |last_induction = |total = |recipients = |individual = |higher = Order of the Star of Ghana |lower = |image2 = 100px |caption2 = Ribbon bar of the order }}

The '''Order of the Volta''' is an order of merit from the Republic of Ghana. It was instituted in 1960 and is awarded to people for their outstanding service to the country.<ref name="description">[http://www.medals.org.uk/ghana/ghana003.htm Republic of Ghana: Order of the Volta], Medals of the World. Retrieved 9 May 2015.</ref>

== Grades == There are three grades with a civil and military division each:<ref name="description"/> * 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 of the order is navy blue with red borders and a central black stripe.<ref>[http://www.medals.org.uk/ghana/ghana-ribbons.htm Orders, Decorations and Medals of – Ribbon Chart], Medals of the World. Retrieved 9 May 2015.</ref>

==Recipients== ;Companions (CV) * Valentina Tereshkova (1964) * Azzu Mate Kole II (1969) * Bawa Andani Yakubu (1969) * Samuel Azu Crabbe (1977) * Kwabena Darko (1978) * Robert K. A. Gardiner (1978) * George Commey Mills-Odoi (1978) * Fred Kwasi Apaloo (1979) * Robert Patrick Baffour (1979) * V. C. R. A. C. Crabbe (1979) * Abedi Pele (1996) *Mary Grant (1997)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Provencal|first=E. N. O.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IaxnW86XtfQC&q=col+retired+john+maxwell+ewa&pg=PA22|title=Our National Heroes (1)|newspaper=The Mirror|issue= 2,208 |date=22 March 1997|page=22|publisher=Graphic Communications Group|language=en}}</ref> * Kofi Bentum Quantson (1997)<ref name=":0" /> * Joseph Henry Smith (2001) * James Aggrey-Orleans (2006) * Emmanuel Quaye Archampong (2006) * Joyce Aryee (2006) * Melody Millicent Danquah (2006) * Francis Lodonu (2006) * Ivan Addae Mensah (2006) * Ajoa Yeboah-Afari (2006)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ajoa Yeboah-Afari receives 'Millennium Excellence Award for Journalism and Media Personality'|url=https://gna.org.gh/2021/07/ajoa-yeboah-afari-receives-millennium-excellence-award-for-journalism-and-media-personality/|website=Ghana News Agency|date=2021-07-18|access-date=2025-12-01|language=en-US|last=GNA}}</ref> * Patrick Awuah Jr. (2007) * Charles Agyin-Asare (2007) *Paul Victor Obeng (P. V. Obeng) (2007) * Atukwei Okai (2007) * Mensa Otabil (2007) * Fred Amugi (2008) * Sam Korankye Ankrah (2008) * Grace Bediako (2008) * Eric Christopher Djamson (2008) * Bert Koenders (2008)<ref>[http://www.government.nl/news/2008/10/21/koenders-honoured-with-ghanaian-decoration.html Koenders honoured with Ghanaian decoration], Government of the Netherlands, 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2015.</ref> * Kwaku Sakyi-Addo (2008) * Roland Issifu Alhassan (2008) * Clifford Nii Boi Tagoe (2008) * Francis Allotey (2009) * Kwaku Ohene-Frempong (2010)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/health/kwaku-ohene-frempong-dead.html|title=Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, Expert in Sickle Cell Disease, Dies at 76|first=Gina|last=Kolata|newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 19, 2022}}</ref> * A. K. B. Ampiah (2011) * Bridget Katsriku (2011) * David Ghartey-Tagoe (2011) [https://wire.farmradio.fm/spotlights/ghanaian-broadcaster-receives-honour/#:~:text=Mr.,Station%20in%20Ghana%2C%20in%202009. Ref] * Harry Sawyerr (2011) *Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang (2011)<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Online|first1=Peace FM|title=Prez Mills Explains What Went Into Selection Of National Award Recipients|url=http://m.peacefmonline.com/pages/local/news/201110/74322.php|date=14 October 2011|access-date=28 November 2020|website=m.peacefmonline.com|language=en-US|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726214036/https://m.peacefmonline.com/pages/local/news/201110/74322.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al Saud (2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Prince-Talal-Receives-the-Companion-of-the-Order-of-the-Volta-Award-366121|title=Prince Talal Receives the Companion of the Order of the Volta Award|first=Mahmoud|last=Jajah|publisher=Ghana Web|date=3 July 2015|access-date= 26 April 2018}}</ref> * Agnes Aggrey-Orleans (2015) * Kwabena Duffuor (2015) * Joshua Alabi (2016) * Commodore Stephen Obimpeh (2016)<ref name=OV2016>{{cite web|url=http://citifmonline.com/2016/10/30/mahama-confers-national-honors-on-33-personalities-photos/|title=Mahama confers national honors on 33 personalities|work=Citi FM|date=30 October 2016|access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref> * Kofi Totobi Quakyi (2016)<ref name=OV2016/> * Alhaji Iddrisu Huudu (2016)<ref name=OV2016/> * Dr Kwabena Adjei (2016)<ref name=OV2016/> * Vice Admiral Matthew Quashie (2016) <ref name=OV2016/> * Major General Richard Kwame Opoku-Adusei (2016)<ref name=OV2016/> * Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Mawuli Biekro (2016)<ref name=OV2016/>

;Various

*Kwame Addo Kufour *Mrs Regina Ayerko Apotsi *Marian Ewurama Addy<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Busia |first1=Kofi |title=Obsequies - Late Prof. Marian Ewurama Addy |journal=African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines |pages=489 |date=28 January 2014|volume=11 |issue=2 |pmid=25435638 |pmc=4202662 }}</ref> *Peter Ala Adjetey *Ivor Agyeman-Duah<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Agyeman-Duah-to-launch-book-on-Soyinka-315580|title=Agyeman-Duah to launch book on Soyinka|website=GhanaWeb|date=5 July 2014}}</ref> *Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo *Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku Sr. *Gladys Asmah *Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu *James Barnor<ref>[http://futureofghana.com/tag/james-barnor/ "James Barnor recognised at the Ghana National Honours and Awards Ceremony"], ''Future of Ghana'', 31 October 2016. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013144540/https://www.futureofghana.com/james-barnor-recognised-at-the-ghana-national-honours-and-awards-ceremony/ |date=13 October 2022 }}.</ref> *Aida Desta *Ablade Glover *Enoch Teye Mensah *Paa Kwesi Nduom *Hackman Owusu-Agyeman<ref>{{Cite web|title = President nominates personalities for National Awards|url = http://www.modernghana.com/news/170882/1/president-nominates-personalities-for-national-awa.html|website=Modern Ghana|date=21 June 2008|access-date = 12 May 2015}}</ref> *Nathan Quao *Frank Gibbs Torto

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Volta Category:Awards established in 1960 Category:1960 establishments in Ghana