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The Upper East Regional Minister Hon. Tangoba Abayage has stated that, her Region has had its fair share of development projects over the past three years under the Nana Addo administration and that, even more would come as government was not going to relent on its development and job creation agenda.   Hon. Tangoba giving her Address @ the event Hon. Tangoba made the statement in her address at a press soiree organised by the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council and held at the Residency last Friday evening. She said though by mandate government was enjoined to ensure equitable spread of the proverbial “national cake”, it also took good lobbying skills by herself and Management of the RCC, to attract some of the critical development projects the region had gotten. She disclosed for instance that, several forms of educational infrastructure, had either been completed and handed over to schools or were at various stage of completion across all the 15 Municipalities...

The Upper East Regional Minister Hon. Tangoba Abayage, has formally made public her intention and readiness to contest the Navrongo Central constituency primaries on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party [NPP] against Ghana’s 2020 general elections come December this year. Hon. Tangoba Abayage, RM - UE at the Soiree Speaking at a press soiree organised by the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council and held at the Residency this Friday evening, Hon. Tangoba stated emphatically, “just this morning, I paid the required fees and duly picked nomination forms to contest our party’s primaries which will be in April 2020 and that is it”. It will be recalled that, Hon. Tangoba was Ghana’s Ambassador to Italy where she served creditably for the interest of Ghana for about two years till she was recalled and appointed as regional minister to her home-region, Upper East. Hon. Tangoba is the first female to head the Upper East Region as Regional Minister since the region’s...

The recomposed Bongo Assembly, resulting from the December 17, 2019 District Level Elections has been officially inaugurated at a colourful ceremony in the district’s capital, Bongo in the Upper East Region. Hon. Peter A. Ayinbisa, Bongo DCE giving his address In his welcome address to open the day’s proceedings, Bongo District Chief Executive [DCE], Hon. Peter Ayinbisa Ayamga made a pledge that under his administration, decisions taken by the Assembly will be promptly implemented so as to satisfy the development aspirations of the people. He urged the newly sworn-in Assembly Members to ready themselves for regular dialogue with Management of the Assembly as “the work of the District Assembly requires a great deal of collaboration between Assembly Members on one hand, and Management as well as Heads of Department on the other”. Hon. Ayinbisa who doubles as the Parliamentary Candidate for the ruling New Patriotic Party [NPP] in the 2020 general elections disclosed that, ...

The Maltaaba Community Bank [MCB] which is an indigenous bank belonging to the people of the Bongo District in the Upper East Region, maintained consistent year-on-year growth in most of its key financial indicators by the close of the financial year ended 31 st December, 2018. Board Chairman, Mr. Francis Atintono presenting his report   Board Chairman of the Bank Mr. Francis Atintono who made this disclosure in his report at the bank’s 7 th Annual General Meeting [AGM] held in Bongo over the weekend emphasised that, the relentless efforts of the bank’s Management and staff made the bank achieve this feat in the face of high Non-Performing Loans in the Rural and Community banking sector during the period under review. The AGM also coincided with the bank’s 10 th Anniversary. According to the Board Chair, the bank’s Total Deposits appreciated from 4,845,658.00 Ghana Cedis in 2017 to 5,703,143.00 Ghana Cedis in 2018 whilst its Net Worth also shot up from 608,118.00 ...