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Participants At The Engagement The Kassena-Nankana West District Office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has engaged stakeholders at a social auditing committee meeting in Paga this Tuesday morning.   This is in tandem with the NCCE’s civic engagements on the Rule of Law and the fight against corruption under the Participation, Accountability and Integrity for a Resilient Democracy (PAIReD) Programme. It is geared at improving local governance, accountability and transparency. PAIReD is primarily funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). It is co-financed by the European Union and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). GIZ Ghana, is implementing the programme in consonance with Ghana’s Ministry of Finance, while the NCCE is one of the leading local implementing agencies. Gangu Paul Kwame, Ag. Dir., NCCE Acting District Director for the NCCE, Mr. Ganvu Paul Kwame said the engagement was to empo...

The District Chief Executive [DCE] for the Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East Region, Hon. Stephen Aeke Akurugo has begun a seven-day stakeholders’ tour to all the seven paramount traditional areas in the district to hold discussions with the chiefs, their divisional chiefs and elders as well as interact with youth groups on the best possible collaborations that could soar the Internally Generated Fund [IGF] of the Assembly.   Hon. Stephen Akurugo At Mirigu Naba's Palace   Hon. Akurugo began the tour on Tuesday, February 17 and his first point of call was at the palace of the Mirigu Paramount Chief, Naba Anthony Abisa Anonsona Atasige III. He appealed to the chief and traditional council to show keen interest in the revenues emanating from the Mirigu market by assisting to educate his people on the need to honour their taxes and levies to the Assembly. He explained that, central government allocations alone could not meet the development needs of the communities, ...

A day’s stakeholders’ refresher workshop on the Intersectoral Standard Operating   Procedure [ISSOP] to guide partner-state institutions/departments on the implementation of the UNICEF-sponsored programme; the Integrated Social Services Delivery [ISSD] Programme, has taken place this Thursday morning in Paga, capital of the Upper East Region’s Kassena-Nankana West District [KNWD].    Victoria Asuliwonnu, Dir. SW & CD   In her remarks on the overview for the workshop, the District Director for the Department of Social Welfare and Community Development, Madam Victoria Asuliwonnu disclosed that, the ISSD Programme has the primary objective of enhancing social services delivery through strengthening of intersectoral collaborations. She noted that the workshop   would provide all the partner departments/institutions the opportunity to hold relevant discussions regarding their peculiar roles and cross-sector functions as well as inputs expected of each of them for...