Abutia-Kpota – a pretty community with focus on development
Abutia-Kpota in the Ho West District of Volta Region is on record for the bountiful production of rice, yam, cassava, maize and other foodstuffs.
In the absence of a market in the community, the harvests from the farms at Abutia-Kpota are transported to neighbouring Abutia-Kissifli where middlemen buy them readily for onward distribution to other parts of the country.
The clean and settler community, believed to be more than 200 years old, is a key town alongside Abutia-Teti and Abutia-Kloe, experiencing modern facilities and reforestation efforts.
Abutia-Kpota’s history reflects broader Ewe migration patterns and colonial administration, with its own traditional leadership (Dufia) paying allegiance to the Paramount Chief of Abutia.
The community, with a population of more than 3,000, has potable water, electricity, and a health centre.
Its beauty lies in the surrounding green vegetation, charming landscape, serene environment, and the friendly nature of the people.
Abutia-Kpota, where no one goes hungry, also has a rich culture, which is readily evident in the annual Tortsogbe Pilgrimage, during which sons and daughters of the community, from far and near, meet at home to take stock of activities of the past year and plan for the future.
The day, which is celebrated on the first day of January, is also to thank God and the ancestors for their protection of the community and her children.
During this year’s pilgrimage, the Chief of Abutia-Kpota, Togbe Tsali IV, highlighted the need to preserve the Ewe language.
“Our culture is embedded in our language, so let us teach our children our language,” he maintained.
Togbe Tsali said the growing trend in which children from the community living elsewhere in the country were losing their mother tongue and culture was very sad.
He said parents must also give Ewe names to their children, even if not exclusively.
“Our children can have Ewe and foreign names as well, but not only foreign names,” he explained.
He, therefore, added his voice to the call on schools to teach vernacular at the kindergarten and lower primary levels.
Farmers’ Services Centre
Meanwhile, Abutia-Kpota, where there is no crime, has been selected for a Farmers’ Services Centre.
“This is great cause for joy,” said Togbe Tsali.
He called on the government to take quick steps to establish the centre to boost food production in the area, in the broader national interest.
SHS
Togbe Tsali, in October last year, reminded President John Dramani Mahama to fulfil his promise, more than eight years ago, to build a senior high school (SHS) at Abutia-Kpota, saying that would definitely make second-cycle education more accessible in the community.
For now, the road from Abutia-Kpota to Sokode, near Ho, has been awarded on contract, a move which raises very bright economic prospects for the area.
Churches
There are about 15 churches at Abutia-Kpota.
Togbe Tsali said the traditional authorities of Abutia-Kpota had nothing against the large presence of churches in the community.
“But we will not tolerate any church whose fanatical message causes division among families and the community,” he cautioned.
Togbe Tsali said Abutia-Kpota was poised for higher development pedestals and that required absolute unity among the people all the time.
It is also worth mentioning that the people of Abutia-Kpota are very patriotic and ready to contribute meaningfully to the development of the area.
For instance, a local development-oriented group in the community, Impregnable Youth, on October 29, 2025, donated a consignment of textbooks, customised exercise books, graph boards, and various teaching materials worth GH₵12,000 to the local E.P. Basic School.
