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Ghanaians woke up to the sad news of the passing of Mr. Clement Kubindiwor Tedam in the wee hours of Friday, 26 th April, 2019. The late Hon. C.K Tedam, as he was affectionately called by family and close associates, was born in 1925 in Nandom in the Upper West Region of Ghana. Late C.K. Tedam    Late C.K Tedam was a Royal from the Paga Paramountcy in the Upper East Region of Ghana, he was a teacher by training and became a politician much later due to his passion to influence decision making that could inure to the benefit of his people both locally and nationally. He subsequently won elections for the very first time in 1954 as an Independent Candidate. He was a founding member of the Northern People’s Party in the politics of the then Gold Coast. Thereafter, Mr. Tedam won elections again in 1956 on the ticket of this party he had helped to establish. Following his demise therefore, many Ghanaians have begun mourning the late statesman and telling the world, ...

The Bissa community in the Pusiga District of the Upper East Region of Ghana, has celebrated its annual Zekula Festival under the theme; “Unifying the Youth for Peaceful Co-existence Through Culture and Education”. “Zekula” in the Bissa language, simply means unity and thus, the festival under the auspices of the Bissa traditional authorities and the Bissa Development Association [BDA], is celebrated annually as a convergence event for all Bissas both in and outside Pusiga District as well as Bissas in the diaspora, to meet for familiarisation and deliberations to enhance development in the area. The 2019 edition of the well-patronised festival, marked the 15 th in the series. It was held at Kulungugu, a vital town that cannot be discounted in the narration of Ghanaian history and which has become the regular grounds for the event for over a decade now. Upper East Regional Minister, Hon. Paulina Patience Abayage in her address as Guest of Honour at the festival observed ...

The Upper East Regional Minister, Hon. Paulina Patience Abayage has given high marks and strong commendation to the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo-led government for taking concrete steps towards the actualisation of the Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Dam Project. The Upper East Region’s Talensi district with estimated population of 81,194, is the host of this all-important project. Upper East Reg. Min., Hon. Paulina P. Abayage Speaking at the event The Regional Minister gave the commendation at a press conference jointly put together by the Volta River Authority [VRA] and the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council to enlighten the media about the works done so far and what was outstanding. The conference also focused on the benefits of the project while the authorities used the opportunity, to solicit suggestions as well as, address questions from the media.   Hon. Abayage noted that unlike “succeeding administrations that mostly made rhetoric statements about the project in the...

The Municipal Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education [NCCE] in the Builsa North Municipality of the Upper East Region, has concluded a month-long public education on the Accountability, Rule of law and Anti-corruption Programme [ARAP].  An Official [hand raised] At One Of The Sessions The ARAP intervention is a European Union [EU]-sponsored anti-corruption programme being implemented in collaboration with the Government of Ghana with the NCCE as the lead-implementing agency. The education campaigns were mainly carried out in the Bilinsa community of the Municipality during which, selected staff of the NCCE and staff from partner agencies including the Ghana Police Service and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice [CHRAJ], took terms to sensitise community members on the need for all and sundry to help fight the menace of corruption in the district and in Ghana, as a whole. Acting Municipal Director of the NCCE, Mr. Jeffer...