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

The incumbent Member of Parliament [MP] for the Bongo Constituency in the Upper East Region, Hon. Edward Abambire Bawa, has retained the seat for yet another four-year term to represent the people of Bongo in Ghana’s Parliament. It will be indeed, his second term in the Ghanaian Legislature. Bongo DCE [1st] & Hon. Bawa [3rd] at Bongo Assembly Inauguration Jan,2020 Hon. Bawa came tops after gaining the highest number of valid votes cast beating some three other contestants. He polled 26,268 votes representing 58.50 per cent of valid votes cast whilst his closest contender, Bongo District Chief   Executive [DCE], Hon. Peter Ayinbisa Ayamga, who was the New Patriotic Party’s [NPP] Parliamentary Candidate with 17,276 votes, indicating a percentage of 38.48. The other candidates were Hon. George A. Afari who contested on the ticket of the Progressive People’s Party [PPP] gained 1,548 votes being 3.44 percent of valid votes cast and Hon. Richard Akaamah, the candidate for the ...

  The Events and Programmes Department of the famous and plush A.A Country Side Hotel in Paga, is set and ready to treat patrons, lovers of great live musical performances and the general public to a night of unforgettable entertainment come 24 th December, 2020.   Two of the Upper East Region’s finest crop of musicians in the contemporary Kassena-Nankana music industry are billed to serve music lovers the best dose of best-selling songs live on stage back-to-back on the eve of Christmas Day under the event dubbed “CHRISTMAS EVE LIVE MUSICAL CONCERT”. The young and evergreen Anthony Zunga, affectionately known and called by many as Holy Bird or the King of Kassena-Nankana Music, will be rocking the stage on the 24 th night   of this December, 2020 with elcetrifying performances of his hot singles including the latest – “ Nabiina Korri Chira Ba Dwoi We ”, “ Vangi Si Ku Di ” , “ Wiira Di Torna ” amongst a host of the others you are all familiar with. Meanwhile from U...

The 2020 general elections of Ghana have been set in motion with the successful conduct of the very first round of voting undertaken by the Electoral Commission [EC] of Ghana. This first-round ballot casting is usually referred to as the Special Voting. As a consequence, the Special Voting in the Bongo Constituency of the Upper East Region like elsewhere across Ghana, took place successfully in Bongo on Tuesday 1 st December, 2020 without any incident. The expected number of voters as per records at the District's Electoral Office totaled 739 but on the day of the poll, only 699 of the number turned up and voted. The implication is that, some 40 of the persons who had earlier submitted their details as special voters, failed to show up at the poll. The Special Voting the EC explained in parts, is always conducted for mainly the country's security personnel who will be deployed for duties on election day as well as any other persons who will be unable to present themselves to ...