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

  Some three town roads within the Bongo township, capital of the Bongo District of the Upper East Region are being constructed in the Assembly’s efforts to open up the immediate communities as well as ease travelling in and outside the capital. The roads include the Bongo central market-Tingre-Atampiisi stretch, the filling station-Valley View-old Fire Service road and the Apiogea-Abagre stretch of road. The Contractor Working On the Apiogea-Abagre road District Chief Executive [DCE] for Bongo Hon. Peter Ayinbisa Ayamga who led some reporters on a tour to inspect the progress of works on the said roads, observed that the roads had been left to deteriorate through the decades to the extent that they were almost unmotorable especially during the rainy seasons. He said his administration therefore decided to source funding to put the roads back in good form to remove the bottlenecks his constituents were facing regarding movement via these roads. All the roads put together, totaled...

  The Upper East Regional House of Chiefs [UE-RHC] has sworn into office two new executives, the President and his Vice to lead the House for the next four years. They are the Paramount chief for the Chiana traditional area, P Ɛ Ditungdini Adiali Ayagitam III and Naba Anonsona Anthony Abisa III of the Mirigu traditional area respectively. Together, they take over from the immediate past President, the Naga Naba and his Vice, the Bo-Naba. P Ɛ Ditungdini [1st from left] & His Vice taking oaths The Bolgatanga High Court-two Judge, His Lordship Justice Asmah Akwasi Aseidu who administered the official oaths on the two simultaneously, stated that they were legally recognised and empowered by the law to lead and give direction to the House as mandated by the positions they occupied and wished them well. In his maiden address to the House delivered shortly thereafter, President P Ɛ Ditungdini on behalf of his Vice, thanked his colleague chiefs for electing them last month and ...

  The Second Lady, Her Excellency Hajia Samira Bawumia has started a four day tour of the Upper East Region, with a courtesy call on the paramount chief of the Builsa Traditional Area, Nab Azantilow Azagsuk II and also addressed a durbar of the chiefs and people of the area during which she extolled the good deeds of President Nana Addo’s government to the public.   The 2nd Lady At The Sandema Durbar   Hajia Samira appealed to the chiefs and people of the area to vote massively for the New Patriotic Party [NPP], to retain it in government so that President Nana Addo and his administration would continue such good interventions and development including the Free Senior High School for which, additional promises have been made for expansion to cover tertiary levels of education and the inclusion of free textbooks and free school uniform, absorption of examination and library fees. She also mentioned the Planting for Food and Jobs Programme as one timely intervention that...

  The President, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has given strong assurances to the chiefs and people of the Upper East Region that, he has no intentions of abandoning his promises for the comprehensive development of the region and other parts of Ghana. He said this was by far, manifested in his successful implementation of the free Senior High School Programme, the fertilizer subsidy intervention and the Planting for Food and Jobs Programme amongst others. Prez Nana Addo gets briefing on Bolga-Bawku road President Nana Addo was speaking at the palace of the Tong-Rana, Paramount Chief of the Talensi traditional area in the Talensi District during a courtesy call on the chief which marked the commencement of his two-day working tour of the Upper East. This tour, also becomes the President’s first visit to the Upper East Region since his acclamation as the flag bearer for the ruling New Patriotic Party [NPP] in the 2020 general elections. He emphasised that “the year of roads” ...

  The Government of Ghana’s National Cyber Security Advisor Dr. Albert Antwi-Boasiako, has made urgent calls to Cabinet to pass the draft cyber security Bill with speed and urgency which he posited, will strengthen the legal regime to induce the required deterrent as far as cyber-crime is concerned. He noted that the Bill when passed, will also guarantee the protection of critical information infrastructure which can be structured in such a way that institutions meet certain stated and approved benchmarks for the safeguarding of clients’ data.  Dr. Antwi-Boasiako Making His Presentation   Dr. Antwi-Boasiako made the call in an interview in Bolgatanga, capital of the Upper East Region at the end of a day’s senisitisation workshop for staff of the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council and staff of other State Agencies including Municipal and District Assemblies. The workshop, organised by the National Cyber Security Centre [NCSC] of the Ministry of Communications falls i...