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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, ...

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...

   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...

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...

Hon. Akurugo (in Smock "L") Presenting Ultimate Prize  Kassena-Nankana West District Chief Executive [DCE], Hon. Stephen Aeke Akurugo has highlighted the growing threats posed by bushfires which has become an annual unpleasant phenomenon in the district. He noted that each dry season some unscrupulous people often ignite bushfires that cause a lot harm to the environment stressing; “bushfires devastate farmlands, harm and kill livestock, stored produce and also degrade soil fertility, undermining the tireless efforts of our farmers”.  Hon. Akurugo made this observation in his keynote address the district’s celebration of Ghana’s 41 st National Farmers’ Day held in Paga on Friday, December 1, 2025. He thus called for the adoption of safe and responsible farming practices that safeguard the environment while vigilance must be kept to report to the authorities, persons who deliberately set fires for selfish interests such as hunting bush meat. The DCE made passionate appeal t...

MP [in reflector jacket]; DCE [in white smock]  The Kassena-Nankana West District Assembly has cut sod for the construction of projects across the health, education and water sectors in the district. The projects, all valued at 3,589,504.23 Ghana Cedis are for the benefit of the Boania community, the Paga Senior High School and the Mirigu community among others. Boania for instance, gets a modern 3-Unit classroom block with ancillary facilities including a staff common room, headteacher’s office, store, 4-seater toilet facility and a changing room for girls to assist in fixing themselves during their monthly flows. This project is costed at 1,392,245.14 Ghana Cedis and is scheduled to be completed within six calendar months. The District Chief Executive [DCE], Hon. Stephen Aeke Akurugo and the Member of Parliament for the Chiana-Paga Constituency, Hon. Nikyema Billa Alamzy, jointly performed the sod cutting ceremonies at three different project sites this Monday afternoon. They u...