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Four hospitals in the Upper East Region have each received over 100 boxes of German-made baby lotions for onward distribution to patients under their care including babies, their mothers and pregnant women. The hospitals include the Bongo District Hospital, the AfriKids Medical Centre, the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital and the Navrongo War Memorial Hospital. An Elated mother holding her own share of the package TEERE, a Bolgatanga-based Non-Governmental Organisation [NGO] with a national outreach, made the donation at separate brief ceremonies to these hospitals on Boxing Day. TEERE is primarily, a local-governance-centered NGO which has since successfully implemented its flagship programmed christened “the TEERE Local Governance Forum” [TLGF], across three districts in the Upper East Region. Chief Executive Officer [CEO] of TEERE, Professor Avea Nsoh who led staff of the NGO to do the various presentations revealed that, the consignment of the baby lotions was delivered

BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM                                                                  21 st  December, 2018        DISTRICT INFORMATION OFFICER – BONGO The Bongo District Assembly in the Upper East Region has achieved almost 100 percent of its Internally Generated Fund [IGF] target for the year. The Assembly had earlier in 2018, set and approved an amount of 232,122.72 Ghana Cedis to be mobilised from local revenue sources within its jurisdiction. Bongo District Chief Executive [DCE], Hon. Peter Ayinbisa Ayamga made this disclosure in his sessional address at the Assembly’s 3rd Ordinary Meeting held in Bongo last Friday. He said as at November 2018, a total amount of 230,118.18 Ghana Cedis had been mobilised representing 99.03 percent of the set target. He attributed this feat to effective supervision by the Assembly’s Revenue Officers and the relentless efforts of a Revenue Task Force that was put in place. Mr. Ayamga also disclosed that the Assembly received its Com

NHIS MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL GOES DIGITAL                                       11 th December, 2018 The National Health Insurance Authority [NHIA], is set to implement a nation-wide scale-up of a new product on its services platform known as, the NHIS Mobile Membership Renewal & Authentication Project. This mobile renewal of membership on the Scheme which has since been operational, will be officially launched by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo next Wednesday, December 19, 2018. At a stakeholders’ meeting held in Bolgatanga with the media, some selected organisations and other strategic regional Heads of Department, a Deputy Director of Corporate Affairs at the NHIA Headquarters, Mr. Oswald Essuah-Mensah stated that the scale-up of the Project comes on the background of a successful pilot implemented in the West Mamprusi District of the Northern Region and in the Asuogyamang District of the Eastern Region during the early parts of this year. He explained that un

The Bongo District Director of the Department of Agriculture, Mr. Edgar Dra has acknowledged government’s relentless efforts and programmes towards the development and modernisation of Ghana’s agricultural sector stressing that, the theme for the 34 th National Farmers’ Day “Agriculture: Moving Ghana Beyond Aid”, further indicates the importance and seriousness the Nana Addo-led administration places on agriculture.      Delivering his welcome address at the district’s farmers’ day event held in Beo-Akayonga on Friday, Mr. Dra noted for instance that, the successful implementation of the flagship “Planting for Food and Jobs” [PFJ] Programme which is in its second year in 2018, had impacted significantly on the yields of farmers in the area. He said the programme had also reduced the production cost of crops such as maize, rice, soy beans, pepper and tomato while there had been an upward trend regarding the area cropped during the farming season. The Agric Director also disc

The District Chief Executive [DCE] for Bongo in the Upper East Region, Mr. Peter Ayinbisa Ayamga has assured members of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations in the district that, the Assembly will not divert statutory funds meant for Persons With Disabilities [PWDs] not matter the financial difficulties the Assembly may be facing. Bongo DCE, Mr. Peter Ayinbisa Ayamga , making a statement  The DCE gave the assurance in an address he delivered on Tuesday December 4, 2018 at a ceremony to disburse funds to some 58 beneficiaries selected from across the district. This assurance is timely as it comes just a day after the celebration of the International Day for PWDs. According Mr. Ayamga, the disbursement which totaled 65,634.00 Ghana Cedis was the 3rd to be done by the Assembly in 2018 as some two earlier disbursements had already taken place amounting to 113,089.50 Ghana Cedis.   He gave the breakdown as 47,776 Ghana Cedis covering income-generation activit