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The Kassena-Nankana Municipal hospital in Navrongo, widely known and called the War Memorial Hospital, has recorded an impressive achievement in the area of maternal mortalities. As of years 2015, 2016 through to 2017, up to about six maternal deaths were recorded per annum.   Hon. Paulina handing over the items to Dr. Majeed But the Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Dr. Majeed Alhassan disclosed over the weekend that, this worrying number had since been cut down drastically to only one recorded case as at end of 2018. The doctor made the disclosure during a visit by the Upper East Regional Minister, Hon. Paulina Patience Abayage to donate some assorted items including diapers, several cartons soft drinks, packs of toilet roll and detergents among others to the hospital’s Children’s Ward. Hon. Abayage last paid a similar visit to the same unit of the hospital in 2018 with gifts to children on admission and also, carried out some decoration works in the ward. ...

Upper East Regional Minister, Hon. Paulina Patience Abayage has given some life-blood to efforts geared at boosting teaching and learning in the region by presenting 200 pieces of dual desks to the Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service [GES] for onward distribution to schools across the region. The Desks ready for delivery   Hon. Abayage formally did the presentation at a brief ceremony at the Residency to the officers from the regional education directorate which was also witnessed by district directors of education. She said the presentation of the desks was her birthday gift to schools across the region, especially those that were in dire need of such educational logistics so as to help improve teaching and learning. Her birthday is in June and comes on the 30 th day of the month. She noted that as the main oversight body over schools in the region, the GES Director was better placed to select the beneficiary schools but appealed to the directorate...

There are many people in our world today, who will only wine and dine with their families, close associates and with people who can give something back but the Upper East Regional Minister, Hon. Paulina Patience Abayage isn’t part of the status quo. Hon. Paulina Abayage presenting the items to Magr. of the Home Hon. Abayage on Wednesday afternoon donated a package of assorted food items to the Mother of Mercy Babies’ Home in Sirigu in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region as a prelude to the celebration of her birthday that drops this Sunday, 30 th June, 2019. The items included four maxi-bags of rice, one bag of sugar, one box of frytol cooking oil comprising four gallons, five cartons of malta guinness, 10 bags of sachet water and 30 loafs of bread. The minister’s donation to the home also included some packed-lunch she later ate in communion with the home’s inmates while helping to feed others. Hon. Abayage disclosed that friends and well-w...

The Upper East Regional Minister, Hon. Paulina Patience Abayage has charged parents to do everything possible to educate their children, especially the girl-child stressing that “if you want your children to sit at the decision making table in the future, you must invest in their education”. Hon. Paulina P. Abayage delivering her address The Regional Minister threw the charge in her address at a durbar of Queen Mothers and Women of Kusaug in the Bawku Traditional Area in the Upper East Region. The durbar was under the theme “The Role of Women in the Kusaug Traditional Area in Development”.  She noted that, most decision-making positions in today’s world have been taken by men and using herself as an example, remarked that it would only take a proper education to push women up there. Hon. Abayage stated that government had demonstrated a strong urge to promote quality education through the implementation of the Free Senior High School programme, the Ghana School Fee...

The Upper East Regional branch of the Ghana Red Cross Society [GRCS] has presented assorted working tools to about 400 Disaster Risk Reduction volunteers from five communities in the Bongo District to enhance their efforts in mitigating the adverse effects of various forms of disasters. The Rescue Tools as displayed The Regional Manager of the GRCS Mr. Paul Woomah, who did the presentation in the Bongo-Soe community on Monday, mentioned the beneficiary communities as Azorsidaana, Asebre, Ania-Kunkua, Akebka and Atonobugoro. He disclosed that the presentation had come on the back of a successful training of the volunteers that was carried out in the latter parts of 2018 by his outfit in conjunction with the National Disaster Management Organisation [NADMO] and the Ghana National Fire Service. Mr. Woomah said each of the five beneficiary communities would receive a package comprising 15 pieces of First Aid kits, five live jackets, 15 welling boots, two mega phones, two wheel ba...