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The Kassena-Nankana West District Chief Executive (DCE), Hon. Gerard Ataogye has assured farmers and Ghanaians that, the Nana Addo-led government will continue to do all it can, to ensure sustainable food security in Ghana. This it will do, “by working with developmental partners and non-governmental organisations in channeling all resources and expertise towards food security through the implementation of various climate-resilient agricultural practices”, he explained. Hon. Ataogye, the DCE Hon. Ataogye gave the assurance while addressing farmers at the district’s event of the 40 th Farmers’ Day celebrations, held at the Mirigu Primary School park this Friday on the theme, “Building Climate-Resilient Agriculture for Sustainable Food Security”. He observed that the theme was very apt not only for food security for the country but will also go a long way to help farmers adapt to changing weather patterns that will then lead to increased yields, ensuring consistent food productivity a...

The disability community in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region has benefited from a cash disbursement to the tune of 80,000 Ghana Cedis. Numbering 40 in all, the beneficiaries each received a cheque for 2,000.00 Ghana Cedis. The monies were made available from the Disability Fund, a component of Ghana’s District Assemblies’ Common Fund. The Government of Ghana promulgated the disability Fund in 2005 the fund, with the aim to build the capacity of persons with disabilities (PWDs), particularly those outside of formal employment, to enable them engage in livelihood generation activities.   It began with an initial two percent [2%] proportion of the Common Fund and later got raised to three percent [3%] resulting from advocacy efforts by various stakeholders. At a brief ceremony held this Friday at the district office of the Social Welfare and Community Development (SW&CD), the District Director of the department, Madam Victoria Asuliwono disclosed t...

As Ghana readies herself to hold her 9th general elections on December 7, 2024, Upper East Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Mr. James Abdulai Ayaala has observed that all previous eight episodes of elections were generally peaceful, with accompanying smooth transitions of power. The NCCE Director thus charged Ghanaians not to do anything untoward that has the tendency to jeopardize all the beautiful democratic credentials the country has toiled for and gained through the periods. “From 1992 to date, it has come to be accepted in Ghana that, democracy is the best system of governance and all well-meaning Ghanaians ought to keep building on this path”, he emphasized. Mr. Ayaala was speaking at the second meeting of the Kassena-Nankana West District Inter-Party Dialogue Committee meeting held this Thursday at the Assembly’s conference hall. The district’s NCCE office convened the meeting to allow for deliberations among the 40 members of the Com...

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), has partnered border security agencies from several border stations across the Upper East Region for a simluation exercise (SIMEX)   at the Paga Border. The SIMEX was to afford the various border security operatives an opportunity to test their readiness and ability to work together, share timely information and to operate under one unified Emergency Operations Command (EOC), for the proper and effective handling of a real-life influx situation at the borders. Containment Camp   The SIMEX which came off this Tuesday at the Paga border in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, was on the background of separate district and regional stakeholders’ engagements last week. NADMO, which is the lead and organiser of these engagements and SIMEX, sourced funding from the   International Organisation for Migration (IOM).  These exercises formed part of the National Cross-Border Humanitarian Crises Repos...

The Paga district hospital, located at the centre of the Kassena-Nankana West District is the reigning best district hospital in the Upper East Region, for the year 2023. The regional health authorities settled on the hospital after rigorous indicators and measurement tools were applied to similar hospitals across all the 15 administrative districts in the Upper East Region. A Section Participants at the Review Authorities of the district’s directorate of health services made this disclosure during presentations at the half-year performance review meeting held this Wednesday in Paga under the theme; “Implementation of the Network of Practice (NoP) in the Kassena-Nankana West District; the Role of Stakeholders”. All nine (9) sub-districts under the district health directorate made presentations on the work of their facilities from January to midyear 2024; including their success stories, challenges and the way forward. District Director of Health Services, Mr. Alshassan Lawal who se...

  A police-community dialogue session to help build trust and cooperation between the two parties has taken place in Kajelo in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region.   The dialogue meeting held this Wednesday afternoon at the Baloo Junior High School park, formed part of efforts by the National Commission for Civic Education [NCCE] in engaging communities nationwide in the prevention and containment of violent extremism.  A Section of The Community Members The intervention, dubbed Preventing And Containing Violent Extremism [PCVE] is under the sponsorship of the European Union and is being implemented by all metropolitan, municipal and district NCCE offices in Ghana. The Kajelo dialogue had a total of six communities in attendance. They included Kayilo, Biba, Baloo, Navem, Batiu and Nabio. In his welcome address to start the day’s proceedings, the District Director of the NCCE, Mr. Robert Dampare observed that, violent extremism still poses a signi...