Abstract

BACKGROUND OF STUDY AREA The South Tongu District is one of the twelve districts in the Volta Region of Ghana. The district lies in the southern section of the region. It is bounded on the north by the North Tongu District, on the east by the Akatsi District, on the South by the Keta District, all in the Volta Region and on the west by the Dangbe East District in the Greater Accra Region. The total land area occupied by the district is approximately 400 square kilometres. The district capital is Sogakope. It is about 150km from Ho, the regional capital, 86km from Aflao, the eastern border town and 128km from Accra, the national capital. The Volta river which passes through the district on its way to the sea is spanned by the lower Volta bridge at Sogakope. Figure 1. shows a map of the study area.