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

The Naara Rural Bank [NRB] Ltd., established in 1981 in Paga in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, has exceeded the Bank of Ghana’s 1,000,000.00 Ghana Cedi Minimum Capital Requirement by a little over an extra one million Ghana Cedis. The Bank of Ghana is mandated under the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act - Act 930, 2016 to fix a minimum capital requirement at stipulated time frames for banks operating in the country.   Mr. Robert Simple Atiiru, the Board Chairman giving hid report   Board Chairman of the bank, Mr. Robert Simple Atiiru in his report at the 29 th Annual General Meeting held in Navrongo over the weekend, disclosed this enviable feat chalked by the bank. In the report spanning the period 2017-2018, he stated this with joy, “distinguished shareholders, our bank ended the year with the Stated Capital of 2,067,736.00 Ghana Cedis which exceeded the threshold of the minimum capital requirement of GHC1,000,000.00...

A seven-member District Census Implementation Committee [DCIC] with the mandate to oversee the successful conduct of Ghana’s 2020 population and housing census [PHC], has been inaugurated in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region. Membership of the Committee comprised the District Coordinating Director, the District Planning Officer, District Information Officer and the Director for the Ghana Education Service. The rest are a representative from the Bongo Traditional Council and District Directors for Health and the National Commission for Civic Education.  The C'ttee Members taking their oaths The Ghana Statistical Service [GSS] is the lead state implementing agency for the census but will usually collaborate with other strategic state institutions for an effective conduct of any census. According to international best practices, a sovereign country ought to conduct a population and housing census every 10 years and as it stands, Ghana’s current population records...

The Upper East Regional Minister, Hon. Tangoba Abayage who is rated by many political watchers as a foremost contender for the Navrongo Central Constituency seat on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party [NPP], presented her nomination forms Thursday afternoon to the party’s constituency office.     Hon. Tangoba, Speaking to the crowds at the party's office Hon. Tangoba pledged to the party’s excited constituency executives and a thick crowd of jubilant party supporters from across the constituency that, her campaign message was one based on relevant issues that mattered to the Constituency’s people and that, there was no time to burn on any personal attacks. She emphasised that “we are going to lead an issue-based, policy-based, manifesto-based as well as, a pragmatic and bold decisive campaign that will be unmatched”.   She gave her word that, she had given straight instructions to all her campaign handlers not to indulge in “politics of insults” and tha...

One of Ghana’s rap sensenations that orgainsers cannot bill shows and risk leaving out, Teflon Flexx has sent a passionate appeal to government to as   matter of urgency, establish a fund which will provide ready cash for musicians to invest their trade. Teflon Flexx who hails from Wiaga in the Upper East Region of Ghana with birth name, Christopher Akaateba, made the appeal in an interview last Friday on TV3’s flagship morning show, New Day as he featured on the segment dubbed “one on one with Teflon Flexx”. The rapper stressed that, the time had come for government to make such an intervention in the country’s music industry because to him, the nation stands to make huge financial gains from such a venture as taxes will be paid while interests, will also be computed on monies disbursed from the fund. Rapper Teflon Flexx on the TV3 New Day Show The artiste who used to base in Tamale and now based in Ghana’s capital of Accra, mentioned neighbouring Nigeria as one such cou...