Journalistic Works - News Articles, Features And More of P. ATOGEWE WEDAM

N/R GETS NEW RIO STEPMBER 07, 2009 BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM ISD-GAMBAGA A former public relations officer to the Northern Regional Co-ordinating Council, Mr. Ibrahim Abdulai Alex has been appointed the new Regional Information officer (RIO) for the Northern Region. Mr. Alex who assumed office on August 03, 2009 has rendered dedicated service to the Information Services Department (ISD) for the past 37 years within which he got promoted from one portfolio to another through hard work and desire to learn more. The new RIO takes over from Mr. Akamboe Ayeribasia who has since withdrawn his services from the ISD. In an interview with the Gambaga Office of the ISD, Mr. Alex said he has been nursing a passion to become a journalist and this passion pushed him to grab an opportunity to work as a Cinema Commentator with the ISD in 1972. In his early working life, he stationed at the Bolgatanga Municipal assembly, Damongo and Gonja Districts where he worked in various capacities. Mr.

POOR PLANNING LEADS TO UNCOMPLETED PROJECTS-DCD AUGUST 31, 2009 BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM ISD-GAMBAGA VIA TV The Coordinating Director of the Mamprusi East district assembly of the Northern region, Mr. Ivan Ziniebom Gam has observed that improper planning and hasty decision taking are the cause of many uncompleted projects dotted across the country. He made the observation when he appeared before the Ghana@50 Commission of inquiry to render account for the use of resources made to the assembly during Ghana’s 50th anniversary. The coordinating director told the commission that the Mamprusi East district received 21,100 Ghana@50 branded drinking cups and calendars on June 14, 2008. Again on October 20, 2008, the assembly received from the Northern regional coordinating council 83 boxes of mathematical sets for onward distribution to school children in the district. Mr. Gam said having taken delivery of a number of assorted Ghana@50 items, the then district chief executive Mr. Peter Bag