Journalistic Works - News Articles, Features And More of P. ATOGEWE WEDAM

Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has received special commendation from the Information Minister, Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah for his unrelenting resolve and willingness to devolve powers vested in him by the country’s 1992 Constitution, regarding the appointment of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs).   Information Minister, Hon. K. Oppong Nkrumah at the briefing The Information Minister made the commendation in his address at a press briefing in the Upper East Regional capital of Bolgatanga on Sunday, as a prelude to the Regional Town Hall scheduled for Monday, September 30, 2019. He said the president wasn’t selfish with legal state power vested in him and was thus following through with his government’s pledge to ensure that MMDCEs were elected by the Ghanaian electorate through universal adult suffrage. Hon. Oppong Nkrumah noted that, the successful passage of the Referendum to allow for the election of MMDCEs throughout the...

Pupils of the Punyoro JHS trying their hands on their computers Following a hint first made public by the Kassena-Nankana Municipal Chief Executive [MCE], Hon. William Aduum on 10 th September, 2019, some three Junior High Schools [JHS] in the Municipality have received 30 desktop computers and their accessories including scanners, printers and Uninterrupted Power Supply [UPS] units to guard the against power surges during times of usage. The recipient schools included the Pungyoro Junior High School, Doba Junior High School and the Gayingo JHS. Each school got 10 sets of the computers, 10 UPS units to match, a printer each, a scanner and a projector.  Hon. Aduum who led a team from the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications [GIFEC] to the beneficiary schools and witnessed the installation of the computers and the accompanying accessories last week, noted that the Information and Communication Technology [ICT] tools will greatly impact ICT teaching and le...

In the music cycles of the Upper East Region, one cannot ask every group of five people and at least, three of them would not recognise, the popular Gurune cum English rapper, Tilakou. Since he started music professionally in 2013 under a different name he has since rebranded as only Tilakou, he has refused to understand the meaning of the four-letter word “quit”. Tilakou delivering one of his hits at a show The rapper has had countless numbers of hits under his name which comes as no surprise to many who know his musical prowess and follow his carefully crafted dilute of Gurune and English play of words. Yet, two things that Tilakou’s hit songs always carry are; heavy meanings and lots of lessons for his ever-growing fans across the Upper East Region. A few of his songs that became instant hits and still play till date include "Seba Mimah", “Putuoo”, and "Latohme" which he featured Amoro. A good number of Tilakou’s songs can best be described as ever-gree...

In Ghana, many are of the view that a musician could only make it and be relevant if that musician moves into and settles in Accra, the national capital.   Yet still, many more others also hold the thinking that, lyrical warfare between and among musicians otherwise known as “beefing”, helps to market oneself.  Rap Naygar & Aphaska bond before the Navro Pio However, this beefing thing gets out of hand when it tears friends apart and beats the war drums among numerous fans of the musicians doing the beef. It even gets worse, when the beefing artistes descend so low into personal attacks and the revelations of things hitherto only known privately or kept within close associates.  Unfortunately, such was the level of beef between some two fore-most and fast-rising musicians from the Navrongo township in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region. The two known widely by their showbiz names, Rap Naygar and Aphaska both draw huge followings and...

The Bongo District in the Upper East Region took its turn today in presenting its 2020 composite budget in a series of regional budget hearings being presided over by a combined team made up of the Upper East Regional Budget Analyst Chief Mustapha Badimsugru Adam and his deputy, Mr. Inusah Suraj from the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and Madam Debora Ehsun, a representative from the Ministry of Finance. A section of stakeholders at the function     Bongo District Chief Executive [DCE,] Hon. Peter Ayinbisa Ayamga in his welcome address remarked that it had now become normal practice for his Assembly to meet critical stakeholders annually, to present its expenditure intensions as well as, revenue targets for the ensuing year. He said the objective was primarily to grant key stakeholders to critique the budget, ask questions for clarity and also, make meaningful suggestions into the whole budget document.  The DCE recalled that just last ...