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Basic schools from all circuits in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region this Wednesday, converged in Paga, the district’s capital, to battle it out for honours in a reading festival hosted by the district directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES). A Section of The School Pupils The reading festival comes under an intervention programme by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Ghana’s Ministry of Education known as the USAID/Ghana Accountability in Ghana’s Education System (SAGES) Strengthening Activity and with support from partners including Care, AfriKids, Crown Agents and School for Life. In his remarks to open the festival this Wednesday dubbed, the District Level Public Primary Schools Reading Competition, Kassena-Nankana West DCE Hon. Gerard Ataogye described the exercise as very relevant to the upbringing of the pupils because “children are able to recognize the importance of expression when they read”. He added that ...

  The Kassena-Nankana West District Chief Executive (DCE) Hon. Gerard Ataogye, has underscored the need for farmers in the district’s jurisdiction to be wary of the impact of climate change and to accordingly, adapt to the changes that come with it in order to enjoy the fruit of their labour.  Hon. Ataogye Speaking @ The Training Hon. Ataogye who was addressing a day’s training session on climate change and adaptation for some 24 selected youth farmers from six clusters across the district noted that, climate change is the doing of humans and it will thus take the same humans to adapt to these changes or risk losing out on many endeavours that have everything to do with the environment and ecosystem, such as the conduct of farming activities. The training held in the district’s capital, Paga this Tuesday, was organized by the National Youth Authority (NYA) and targeted mainly, the district’s youth who have invested their time and resources into the agric economy of the distr...

  Stakeholders involved in the selection of beneficiary farmers, the distribution of farm inputs and the actual implementation of the Planting for Food and Jobs Phase Two (PFJ II) have been cautioned to eschew all forms of political tendencies in order for the intervention to make maximum impact and benefit Ghanaian farmers who are in real need of the subsidies for their trade. A Cross Section Participants The Kassena-Nankana West District (DCE), Hon. Gerard Ataogye who gave the caution during a day’s orientation meeting held in Paga for zonal coordinators and community agents under the PFJ II, warned that he would not hesitate to cause the revocation of the appointments of anyone found culpable in the implementation process. He emphasized, “the process to recruit the district aggregators and you, the zonal coordinators and others, was publicly advertised and not a politicized thing, so put away your political lenses and let this juicy project of the Government succeed”. Hon. A...