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The Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East Region is set to take over and commission some 12 completed projects in the coming weeks, for use by beneficiary communities under the Gulf of Guinea Northern Regions Social Cohesive Project (SOCO). The Assembly back in November 2023, handed over sites to contractors for the construction of various projects under SOCO, following successful community engagements and procurement processes. SOCO, a 150 million US Dollar credit facility from the World Bank,   basically seeks to improve the regional collaboration, socio-economic and climate resilience of border-zone communities in the target northern regions of the Gulf of Guinea countries, including Ghana, that are exposed to conflict and climate risks.  Hon. Ataogye, DCE District Chief Executive (DCE), Hon. Gerard Ataogye who disclosed this in an interview with the Information Services Department, this Thursday afternoon said of the total number, 10 were already completed and ready

  A day’s engagement forum with some selected youth in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, on youth participation and political violence, has taken place in Paga, the district’s capital.  A Section Of Youth Reps. at The Forum   The Participants were basically executives of some registered youth groups in the district as well as other identifiable groups such as the district chapter of the Ghana Federation of the Disabled.      Addressing the forum which was held on Friday March 15, 2024, the District Director for the Social Welfare & Community Development [SW & CD] directorate, Madam Victoria Asuliwono observed that in Ghana today, there have been some pockets of violence and that, politics is often the chief factor in most instances. She thus commended the UNICEF for funding the engagement forum stressing that, “this day has been set aside to engage the youth to enable them understand and appreciate the consequences of political violence on themselves

The District Chief Executive [DCE] for the Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East Region Hon. Gerard Ataogye, has praised Ghana and Ghanaians for the country’s perpetual and enviable reputation as the beacon of democracy in Africa and the commendations the country continues to receive globally, for her stability in governance. Hon. Ataogye [midddle] Addressing the Parade The DCE who was addressing a parade of several hundreds of school children at Ghana’s 67 th Independence Anniversary celebrations held in the Paga township on Wednesday, 6 th March, 2024, empahsised that, “our respect for the principles of democratic governance, accountability, human rights and the rule of law, has enabled us to oversee eight uninterrupted presidential elections and peaceful transition of power in the 4 th Republic through the ballot box from one party to the other”. He therefore charged all Ghanaians to be inspired by this as the country reflects on her 32 years of democratic dispensatio