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

The Navrongo Teachers’ Cooperative Credit Union [NATCCU], has held its 19 th Annual General Meeting [AGM] in Navrongo, capital of the Kassena-Nankana Municipality in the Upper East. The event which came off over the weekend was under the theme, “Credit Union, Reliable Place to Sustain Your Future”. The most-immediate previous AGM of the Union was held on February 17, 2018.  Board Chairman, Mr. Isaac Amuriyaga presenting his report Board Chairman of the NATCCU, Mr. Isaac D. Amuriyaga who presented the Board of Directors’ Report covering the period 1 st July, 2017 to 30 th June, 2018, announced that, the Union managed to pay interest on members’ savings to the tune of 285,828.80 Ghana Cedis [GH₵] despite the adverse financial sector crisis that caused some big banking institutions to fizzle out of the system. This he noted, indicated a rise in interest payments compared to the GH ₵ 282,807.91 figure paid in the 2016-2017 financial year. Mr. Amuriyaga disclosed furt...

Upper East Regional Minister, Hon. Paulina Patience Abayage has called for the support and wise counsel of the Paramount Chief of the Bongo Traditional Area, Naba Baba Salifu Lemyaarum and his colleague paramount chiefs across the region, to enable her administer the region more effectively and holistically. The Minister made the call when she paid a courtesy call on the Bo-Naba this Tuesday to formally introduce herself to the chief, his divisional chiefs, elders and subjects. It will be recalled that since Hon. Abayage assumed office on November 8, 2018, she shortly thereafter undertook series of these courtesy calls that have already taken her and her entourage to the palaces of the Naga Naba, Navro Pio, Tongo Rana, Paga Pio, Nakong Pe, and Katiu Pe among others. She singled out the Bo-Naba for praise for his relentless efforts in women empowerment and other social cum development issues relating to women and children. She herself, a gender advocate with focus on women’s r...

The Upper East Regional Minister Hon. Paulina Patience Abayage, has commended rural banks in Ghana stressing that, the concept of rural and community banks has over the decades bridged the gap that hitherto existed between rural and urban dwellers regarding financial transactions. The Minister gave the commendation in her keynote address at the 28 th Annual General Meeting of the Naara Rural Bank [NRB] held over the weekend in Navrongo, capital of the Kassena-Nankana Municipality. She also observed that, this class of banks had the responsibility of mobilising savings in rural communities, investing these savings for good returns and to use the funds to provide credit through loans to micro and small-scale enterprises in their operational areas. This the Minister noted, would subsequently trigger the needed growth and development in the local economies.    UE/Regional Min. Hon. Paulina P. Abayage looks on attentively as a speaker was on the floor Madam Abayage als...

Navrongo-based music duo, DND has successfully held its planned 2018 musical concert at the Phena Guest House in Navrongo, capital of the Kassena-Nankana Municipality. The show came off on 29 th December, 2018 and formed part of efforts by the DND group to touch base with their fans and to regularly interface with these numerous fans across communities in the area. Since the release of the group’s maiden album in 2008 titled Di Ki W έ Lei, an all-gospel album with one Hiplife track, the two brothers – Rap Naygar and Aloozo have never stopped working. They went on to drop hit single after hit single much to the admiration of their ever-demanding loyal fans and the general public; they released Testimony featuring G. Kliff [a Tamale- Based Rapper and Song Writer], they dropped Shake It Up and featured Upper West’s top act, Game Boy on it and they also out-doored Bazugle Dance featuring mighty Yaa Pono. Meanwhile they also did a collabo with Macassio on their hit single named Kee...

Four hospitals in the Upper East Region have each received over 100 boxes of German-made baby lotions for onward distribution to patients under their care including babies, their mothers and pregnant women. The hospitals include the Bongo District Hospital, the AfriKids Medical Centre, the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital and the Navrongo War Memorial Hospital. An Elated mother holding her own share of the package TEERE, a Bolgatanga-based Non-Governmental Organisation [NGO] with a national outreach, made the donation at separate brief ceremonies to these hospitals on Boxing Day. TEERE is primarily, a local-governance-centered NGO which has since successfully implemented its flagship programmed christened “the TEERE Local Governance Forum” [TLGF], across three districts in the Upper East Region. Chief Executive Officer [CEO] of TEERE, Professor Avea Nsoh who led staff of the NGO to do the various presentations revealed that, the consignment of the baby lotions was delivered ...

BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM                                                                  21 st  December, 2018        DISTRICT INFORMATION OFFICER – BONGO The Bongo District Assembly in the Upper East Region has achieved almost 100 percent of its Internally Generated Fund [IGF] target for the year. The Assembly had earlier in 2018, set and approved an amount of 232,122.72 Ghana Cedis to be mobilised from local revenue sources within its jurisdiction. Bongo District Chief Executive [DCE], Hon. Peter Ayinbisa Ayamga made this disclosure in his sessional address at the Assembly’s 3rd Ordinary Meeting held in Bongo last Friday. He said as at November 2018, a total amount of 230,118.18 Ghana Cedis had been mobilised representing 99.03 percent of the set target. He attributed this feat to effect...

NHIS MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL GOES DIGITAL                                       11 th December, 2018 The National Health Insurance Authority [NHIA], is set to implement a nation-wide scale-up of a new product on its services platform known as, the NHIS Mobile Membership Renewal & Authentication Project. This mobile renewal of membership on the Scheme which has since been operational, will be officially launched by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo next Wednesday, December 19, 2018. At a stakeholders’ meeting held in Bolgatanga with the media, some selected organisations and other strategic regional Heads of Department, a Deputy Director of Corporate Affairs at the NHIA Headquarters, Mr. Oswald Essuah-Mensah stated that the scale-up of the Project comes on the background of a successful pi...