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MLGRD DIRECTS SPEEDY WORKS ON GPSNP PROJECTS IN BONGO 23rd APRIL, 2020

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Ghana’s Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development [MLGRD], Hon. Augustine Collins Ntim, is on a monitoring visit to some regions and selected beneficiary districts across the country which are enjoying varied projects under the Ghana Productive Safety Net Project [GPSNP]. Hon. Collins Ntim [Hands Raised] At The Cashew Nursery The Deputy Minister who is also the Member of Parliament [MP] for Offinso-North in the Ashanti Region, was therefore in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region this Thursday afternoon to monitor the progress of such projects in some two communities of the district. Meanwhile, as many as 11 of the region’s 15 municipalities and districts, have been enrolled onto the project and were receiving projects specific to their peculiar needs. Some of the districts include the Bongo, Garu, Talensi, Builsa North and Binduri districts among others. Hon. Ntim’s first stop during the Bongo District monitoring, was the Zamwengo dam ...

BONGO D.A HANDS OVER PROJECT SITES UNDER 1-MILLION DOLLAR PER CONSTITUENCY 20th April, 2020

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Authorities of the Bongo District Assembly in the Upper East Region have handed over five project sites among many others, to contractors for execution under the government’s flagship development policy known as the 1-Million US Dollars Per Constituency. Funds under this policy are transferred by the Ministry for Special Development Initiatives to the Northern Development Authority [NDA], for payments to contractors carefully selected for demand-driven projects across districts in the five northern-most regions of Ghana.  Bongo DCE - Hon. Peter Ayinbisa [hands raised] at one of the sites.   The Adaboya D/A Primary school’s dilapidated teachers’ quarters is one of the sites handed over Monday morning during which, the District Chief Executive [DCE] Hon. Peter Ayinbisa Ayamga disclosed that, it was to receive major renovation works to the tune of 400,000.00 Ghana Cedis. The quarters located right opposite the school, is a four-apartment facility with the capacity to a...

UE COVID-19 CASE IS CONTAINED & CLINICALLY STABLE – HON. TANGOBA 5th APRIL, 2020

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The Upper East Region’s first positive Corona Virus [COVID-19] case, a young pregnant woman in her thirties, has been formally put into quarantine at a holding facility within the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital and is being given the requisite health care. This follows reports in the traditional media and social media platforms over the last 48   hours that, the woman in question under the instructions of her husband and help from him, “escaped” from admission at the regional hospital.   Hon. Tangoba, Responding To Questions But speaking at a press briefing at the Residency on Sunday April 5, 2020, Upper East Regional Minister Hon. Tangoba Abayage stated categorically that, “ the Patient is clinically stable and in good health as of today at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital – her sore throat and cough have subsided and she is able to eat without any discomfort or difficulty”. She also revealed that,   the health authorities and the regional COVID-19 Rapid Response ...