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The Paga District Police Commander, ASP Mr. Ziaullah Khalil Ibrahim has assured citizens in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region and voters in the Chiana-Paga Constituency that, the Police will apply the law firmly and fairly during and after the country’s 2024 general elections. He gave the assurance this Thursday afternoon whilst addressing a meeting with political party youths in Paga and stressed that; “we the Police will not consider family ties and friendships while dealing with all election-related issues”.   ASP Khalil Making His Presentation The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) with funding from the European Union (EU), convened the meeting as part of efforts to ensure peaceful and violence-free elections. This also falls under the bigger EU sponsored programme named; Preventing and Containing Violent Extremism (PCVE).   ASP Khalil noted that though the Chiana-Paga constituency has some worrying numbers of known hot-spots, the d...

The Kassena-Nankana West District Chief Executive (DCE), Hon. Gerard Ataogye has assured farmers and Ghanaians that, the Nana Addo-led government will continue to do all it can, to ensure sustainable food security in Ghana. This it will do, “by working with developmental partners and non-governmental organisations in channeling all resources and expertise towards food security through the implementation of various climate-resilient agricultural practices”, he explained. Hon. Ataogye, the DCE Hon. Ataogye gave the assurance while addressing farmers at the district’s event of the 40 th Farmers’ Day celebrations, held at the Mirigu Primary School park this Friday on the theme, “Building Climate-Resilient Agriculture for Sustainable Food Security”. He observed that the theme was very apt not only for food security for the country but will also go a long way to help farmers adapt to changing weather patterns that will then lead to increased yields, ensuring consistent food productivity a...

The disability community in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region has benefited from a cash disbursement to the tune of 80,000 Ghana Cedis. Numbering 40 in all, the beneficiaries each received a cheque for 2,000.00 Ghana Cedis. The monies were made available from the Disability Fund, a component of Ghana’s District Assemblies’ Common Fund. The Government of Ghana promulgated the disability Fund in 2005 the fund, with the aim to build the capacity of persons with disabilities (PWDs), particularly those outside of formal employment, to enable them engage in livelihood generation activities.   It began with an initial two percent [2%] proportion of the Common Fund and later got raised to three percent [3%] resulting from advocacy efforts by various stakeholders. At a brief ceremony held this Friday at the district office of the Social Welfare and Community Development (SW&CD), the District Director of the department, Madam Victoria Asuliwono disclosed t...

As Ghana readies herself to hold her 9th general elections on December 7, 2024, Upper East Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Mr. James Abdulai Ayaala has observed that all previous eight episodes of elections were generally peaceful, with accompanying smooth transitions of power. The NCCE Director thus charged Ghanaians not to do anything untoward that has the tendency to jeopardize all the beautiful democratic credentials the country has toiled for and gained through the periods. “From 1992 to date, it has come to be accepted in Ghana that, democracy is the best system of governance and all well-meaning Ghanaians ought to keep building on this path”, he emphasized. Mr. Ayaala was speaking at the second meeting of the Kassena-Nankana West District Inter-Party Dialogue Committee meeting held this Thursday at the Assembly’s conference hall. The district’s NCCE office convened the meeting to allow for deliberations among the 40 members of the Com...