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MCE TO STAFF − CULTIVATE AND MAINTAIN A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO WORK 23/06/2026

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The Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive [MCE], Hon. Roland Atanga Ayoo has called on staff of the Assembly to build and maintain a positive attitude to work as he noted that any wrong or awful attitude of even a single staff could present a bad image for the Assembly in the eyes of the public. He further charged the staff and various departments not to abdicate their core functions to the Assembly’s committees but rather, remain up-to-the-beat and take full discharge of their duties. He emphasized; “the Committees are only complementing your work for which you get paid at the end of every month”. Hon. Ayoo was addressing a Management Meeting this Tuesday morning (June 23, 2026) at the Assembly’s conference hall. The meeting was a convergence of all Heads of Department as well as, other Unit Heads of decentralized state institutions. He said for instance the fact that sanitation and revenue task forces or committees exist within the Assembly’s framework, should not be the main yardst...
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MODERN INFROMATION VANS DELIVERED TO THE ISD IN UPPER EAST 9th APRIL, 2026

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The Upper East Regional Minister, Hon. Donatus Akamugri Atanga says the Government of Ghana  has procured and distributed some 40 multipurpose information vans to several regional and district offices of the Information Services Department (ISD) across the country; a move he explained is to strengthen public education and effective information dissemination throughout Ghana Hon. Donatus Akamugri (middle) .  “This intervention to the ISD is not an isolated effort but forms part of Government’s broad reform efforts hinged on the Resetting Ghana Agenda and aimed at repositioning the ISD from a traditional civil service organization into a modern , dynamic and technology-driven institution; capable of effectively communicating Government’s policies and programmes to the people”.  Hon. Akamugri was speaking this Thursday morning at the forefront of the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council to present three of the information vans to the ISD in the region. He said as par...
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NCCE EMPOWERS CITIZENS TO ENHANCE SOCIAL AUDITING 24th FEBRUARY, 2026

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Participants At The Engagement The Kassena-Nankana West District Office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has engaged stakeholders at a social auditing committee meeting in Paga this Tuesday morning.   This is in tandem with the NCCE’s civic engagements on the Rule of Law and the fight against corruption under the Participation, Accountability and Integrity for a Resilient Democracy (PAIReD) Programme. It is geared at improving local governance, accountability and transparency. PAIReD is primarily funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). It is co-financed by the European Union and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). GIZ Ghana, is implementing the programme in consonance with Ghana’s Ministry of Finance, while the NCCE is one of the leading local implementing agencies. Gangu Paul Kwame, Ag. Dir., NCCE Acting District Director for the NCCE, Mr. Ganvu Paul Kwame said the engagement was to empo...
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DCE ENGAGES TRADITIONAL RULERS, YOUTH GROUPS ON IGF 17th FEBRUARY, 2026

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The District Chief Executive [DCE] for the Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East Region, Hon. Stephen Aeke Akurugo has begun a seven-day stakeholders’ tour to all the seven paramount traditional areas in the district to hold discussions with the chiefs, their divisional chiefs and elders as well as interact with youth groups on the best possible collaborations that could soar the Internally Generated Fund [IGF] of the Assembly.   Hon. Stephen Akurugo At Mirigu Naba's Palace   Hon. Akurugo began the tour on Tuesday, February 17 and his first point of call was at the palace of the Mirigu Paramount Chief, Naba Anthony Abisa Anonsona Atasige III. He appealed to the chief and traditional council to show keen interest in the revenues emanating from the Mirigu market by assisting to educate his people on the need to honour their taxes and levies to the Assembly. He explained that, central government allocations alone could not meet the development needs of the communities, ...
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ISSD STAKEHOLDERS ATTEND WORKSHOP IN PAGA 5th FEBRUARY, 2026

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A day’s stakeholders’ refresher workshop on the Intersectoral Standard Operating   Procedure [ISSOP] to guide partner-state institutions/departments on the implementation of the UNICEF-sponsored programme; the Integrated Social Services Delivery [ISSD] Programme, has taken place this Thursday morning in Paga, capital of the Upper East Region’s Kassena-Nankana West District [KNWD].    Victoria Asuliwonnu, Dir. SW & CD   In her remarks on the overview for the workshop, the District Director for the Department of Social Welfare and Community Development, Madam Victoria Asuliwonnu disclosed that, the ISSD Programme has the primary objective of enhancing social services delivery through strengthening of intersectoral collaborations. She noted that the workshop   would provide all the partner departments/institutions the opportunity to hold relevant discussions regarding their peculiar roles and cross-sector functions as well as inputs expected of each of them for...
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WORKS ON DACF PROJECTS GOING WELL, ON SCHEDULE - DCE 28th JANUARY, 2026

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   Hon. AKURUGO [In Reflector] At The Mirigu CHPS The Management of the Kassena-Nankana West District Assembly in the Upper East Region has completed three days of inspections and site visitations to various projects’ sites across the district. The projects, financed under the District Assemblies’ Common Fund [DACF] included some under the health, roads, water and education sectors. The District Chief Executive [DCE] Hon. Stephen Aeke Akurugo who led a technical team from the Assembly including the District Coordinating Director, Mr. Mohammed Issaka, the District Planning Officer, the Physical Planning Officer, Internal Auditor and District Works Engineer, to carry out the inspection, said he was generally impressed with the progress of work. Though he acknowledged that, the contractors were working within schedule, he charged them to double-up their efforts as users of the projects and the public were in dire need of essential health services, good roads and constant water...
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OUR ASSEMBLY REMAINS RESOLUTE ON DEV'T DRIVE - DCE 20th DECEMBER, 2025

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As Management of the Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East Region brings the 2025 working year to a close, the District Chief Executive [DCE], Hon. Stephen Aeke Akurugo has shared with the residents of the district and the general public, some important projects the Assembly has resolved to execute at the commencement of the 2026 working year. In his presentation of the Executive Committee’s [Execo] report at the Assembly’s last and third ordinary meeting for the year held on Friday, December 19, 2025, the DCE disclosed that befitting toilets cum urinal facilities will be constructed at all the major markets in the district, a modern livestock market also earmarked for construction in the capital, Paga while water facilities will be provided at major markets in the district. Additionally, a number of market sheds shall be put up at the Chiana market and the district’s roads sector will also receive appropriate attention as access routes are to be constructed to aid smooth f...
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