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ROTARY INT.TO HELP BUILD PEACE                                                    June 22, 2012 BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM AG.PRO-UE/RCC An international non-governmental development oriented organization, Rotary International, has pledged to work closely with government and other organizations to ensure peace and stability in the Upper East Region during this year’s electioneering campaigns and beyond. The President of the Bolgatanga Goodwill club of Rotary International, Pastor Emmanuel Atia, made the pledge on the behalf of Rotary International at Bolgatanga during a ceremony to officially outdoor the Bolgatanga Rotary club and also, present it with a charter to complete its admission into Rotary International since it was accepted on 17 th August, 2011. Rotary International which operates in over 200 cou...

PRESS RELEASE SIX DISTRICTS IN UPPER EAST TO BENEFIT FROM JAPANESE GRANT Six of the nine districts in the Upper East Region will from September this year start benefiting from a three million US dollars grant from the Japanese Social Development Fund (JSDF). The grant which will be piloted over a three year period as an income generation intervention will complement the World Bank’s funded Ghana Social Opportunities Project (GSOP). The Bongo District, Talensi-Nabdam, Builsa, Bawku West, Kassena-Nankana West and Garu-Tempane districts have been selected to benefit from the JSDF whose funds will go directly to support the poorest of the poor in the respective districts. The Deputy Upper East Regional Minister, Mrs. Lucy Awuni who chaired a meeting attended by the project consultants from the World Bank, the National Board for Small Scale Industries [NBSSI], the District Chief Executives [DCEs] from beneficiary districts and other stakeholders, tasked the DCEs to put in place desk o...

TWO NEW VACCINES FOR CHILD HEALTH LAUNCHED IN UE June 01, 2012 BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM ISD-BOLGATANGA MUNICIPAL The Upper East Regional Health Directorate has successfully launched two new vaccines in addition to other numerous initiatives all geared towards reducing under-five child morbidity and mortality in the region. The two new vaccines launched under the theme: “Two More Vaccines for Healthier, Happier Children” are pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines. Upper East Regional minister Mr. Mark Owen Woyongo who did the launch said as Ghana strives to achieve the Millennium Development Goals four and five by the 2015 deadline, a lot more resources must be channeled into the prevention of maternal and infant deaths. He observed that as per a World Health Organisation report, Ghana has made significant progress in immunisation coverage from an initial 4% with only one antigen in 1985 to a national coverage of 90% with nine antigens in 2012. The ...

SADA WILL CLOSE EDUCATIONAL GAPS May 26, 2012 BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM ISD-BOLGATANGA MUNICIPAL The Savannah Accelerated Development Authority [SADA] which has been given priority on government’s development agenda will not only bridge the development gap between the south and the northern parts of Ghana but will also close up the gaps between well-endowed and less endowed educational institutions across the country. Mr. Mark Owen Woyongo, regional minister for the Upper East region who made this disclosure in an address at the seventh speech and prize giving day of Awe Senior High/Technical School in Navrongo said SADA is poised to fast track development in agriculture, health, road and education among other sectors. Touching on the theme for the occasion “bridging the gap between less endowed and well endowed Senior High Schools in Ghana”, the regional minister pledged his preparedness to collaborate with the school’s authorities to push for a b...

SHAANXI MINING [GH] LTD. BUILDS $1,000,000 BRIDGE FOR GBANE COMMUNITY May 17, 2012 BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM ISD-BOLGATANGA MUNICIPAL The Upper Regional Minister, Mr. Mark Owen Woyongo has finally broken the ground for the construction of a 1,000,000 Dollar bridge over River Oun at Gbane in the Talensi-Nabdam district of the Upper East region. Last week precisely on 9th May, 2012, a similar ceremony held in this same community to commence the construction works was disrupted by a section of angry small scale miners who also operate in the Gbane community. The chaos left in its wake a number of wounded miners both Chinese and Ghanaians with one drilling rig belonging to the Shaanxi Mining Ghana Limited burnt to ashes. The regional minister shared in the grief of the Chinese mining company which lost about US $3.5 million as a result of the rioting by the small scale miners and pledged that government is committed to ensuring that such incidents are never r...

GOVERNMENT SPENDS 121 MILLION DOLLARS ON RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN UE BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM 28 -02 - 12 ISD – BOLGATANGA The Government of Ghana is spending 121 million US Dollars on a rural electrification programme that will extend the national electricity grid to 500 communities in the Upper East region. This rural electrification programme is one of three projects that President John Evans Atta Mills promised the three Northern regions of Ghana. The Deputy Energy Minister, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini made this known at a brief ceremony held at the Upper East regional minister’s office in Bolgatanga to officially introduce the project contractor, Thengashep [Gh] PTY Limited, a South African contractor. He revealed that the project came to fruition as a result of an assessment done by the Energy Ministry on access to electricity in Ghana. In that assessment, it came to light that the Northern region, Upper East region and Upper West region had accessibility rates of 43.52...

MORE STAKEHOLDERS CALL FOR IMPROVED TOMATO SEEDS February 27 2012 BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM ISD – BOLGATANGA A farmers’ group in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East region christened Tomato Producers Association of Nyariga [TOPAN] is soliciting the support and authoritative voices of more stakeholders such as the Northern Star Tomato Factory, the Irrigation Company of Upper Regions [ICOUR], the Ministry of Food and Agriculture [MOFA] and others in order to press home the urgent need for government to provide improved seeds for tomato cultivation in the country. In a welcome address at a stakeholders meeting held in Bolgatanga, a trustee to TOPAN Honourable John Akparibo observed that since the liquidation of FASCOM which used to extend tremendous seed and fertilizer support to farmers, no single company in Ghana has taken up that responsibility. Hon. Akparibo said the absence of improved seeds has impoverished many tomato farmers as the crop is attacked by diseases at its early ...