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

A frontline local governance-centered Non-Governmental Organisation [NGO] based in the Upper East Regional capital of Bolgatanga, TEERE has commended the President, H.E Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his bold decision announced about a fortnight ago bringing to an end, the decades old political appointments portfolio of Deputy Regional Ministers. The commendation was contained in a Press Release signed by the Deputy Chief Executive Officer [CEO] of TEERE, Mr. Maxwell Banu and issued on Monday, 1 st February, 2021. Dep. CEO, Mr. Banu at a Forum   The Release stated in parts that, the bold decision as may be widely known by now, forms part of efforts geared at reducing the hitherto, huge size of government seen since 2017 with the coming into office of the Nana Addo-led administration. It was therefore a big relief to the Ghanaian tax payer and political analysts as well as other stakeholders such as TEERE, when the Presidency through a Press Statement on January 21, 2021, announce...

  Some schools in the Bolgatanga East District of the Upper East Region are yet to receive the full complement of Personal Protective Equipment [PPEs] particularly, nose masks and liquid soap since schools formally re-opened a little over a week ago on Monday, 18 th January, 2021.  The GES Director, Mr. George Asira   This is resultant from transportation challenges and some form of ambiguity in the allocation procedures between the Bolgatanga Municipal Education Directorate and the Bolgatanga East District Education Directorate as the latter was curved out of the former a few years ago but yet seem not to be fully autonomous. In an interview the Information Services Department [ISD] had with the Bolgatanga East District Director of Education, Mr. George Asira this Wednesday morning, it came to light that there were some administrative bottlenecks regarding the full decoupling of the Bolgatanga East G.E.S from its mother-district [Bolgatanga Municipal] and thus on a nu...

The incumbent Member of Parliament [MP] for the Bongo Constituency in the Upper East Region, Hon. Edward Abambire Bawa, has retained the seat for yet another four-year term to represent the people of Bongo in Ghana’s Parliament. It will be indeed, his second term in the Ghanaian Legislature. Bongo DCE [1st] & Hon. Bawa [3rd] at Bongo Assembly Inauguration Jan,2020 Hon. Bawa came tops after gaining the highest number of valid votes cast beating some three other contestants. He polled 26,268 votes representing 58.50 per cent of valid votes cast whilst his closest contender, Bongo District Chief   Executive [DCE], Hon. Peter Ayinbisa Ayamga, who was the New Patriotic Party’s [NPP] Parliamentary Candidate with 17,276 votes, indicating a percentage of 38.48. The other candidates were Hon. George A. Afari who contested on the ticket of the Progressive People’s Party [PPP] gained 1,548 votes being 3.44 percent of valid votes cast and Hon. Richard Akaamah, the candidate for the ...

  The Events and Programmes Department of the famous and plush A.A Country Side Hotel in Paga, is set and ready to treat patrons, lovers of great live musical performances and the general public to a night of unforgettable entertainment come 24 th December, 2020.   Two of the Upper East Region’s finest crop of musicians in the contemporary Kassena-Nankana music industry are billed to serve music lovers the best dose of best-selling songs live on stage back-to-back on the eve of Christmas Day under the event dubbed “CHRISTMAS EVE LIVE MUSICAL CONCERT”. The young and evergreen Anthony Zunga, affectionately known and called by many as Holy Bird or the King of Kassena-Nankana Music, will be rocking the stage on the 24 th night   of this December, 2020 with elcetrifying performances of his hot singles including the latest – “ Nabiina Korri Chira Ba Dwoi We ”, “ Vangi Si Ku Di ” , “ Wiira Di Torna ” amongst a host of the others you are all familiar with. Meanwhile from U...

The 2020 general elections of Ghana have been set in motion with the successful conduct of the very first round of voting undertaken by the Electoral Commission [EC] of Ghana. This first-round ballot casting is usually referred to as the Special Voting. As a consequence, the Special Voting in the Bongo Constituency of the Upper East Region like elsewhere across Ghana, took place successfully in Bongo on Tuesday 1 st December, 2020 without any incident. The expected number of voters as per records at the District's Electoral Office totaled 739 but on the day of the poll, only 699 of the number turned up and voted. The implication is that, some 40 of the persons who had earlier submitted their details as special voters, failed to show up at the poll. The Special Voting the EC explained in parts, is always conducted for mainly the country's security personnel who will be deployed for duties on election day as well as any other persons who will be unable to present themselves to ...

The delivery of health care services, especially primary health care in the Kumbogsigo community, a suburb of the Bolgatanga East District in the Upper East Region, has received a boost following a donation of assorted medical equipment to health authorities in the area. The Medical Equipment as displayed at the durbar Chairman of the Kumbogsigo Development Association, Commissioner of Police C.O.P Mr. Patrick Atampubire Akologo made the donation on behalf of his colleagues over the weekend at the celebration of the annual Anongkua Festival by the chiefs and people of the Kumbogsigo community. The festival is a yearly traditional gathering at which, the chiefs and people celebrate in thanks-giving to their gods and ancestors for the bountiful harvest of the previous year. During the celebrations, the traditional leadership also solicits and raise funds for the execution of various development projects across the community. C.O.P Akolgo revealed that the package, made up of delivery b...

Vice President of the Republic of Ghana and the Running Mate to President Nana Addo of the New Patriotic Party [NPP] in the 2020 general elections, H.E Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia has terminated his campaigns in the Upper East Region following the demise of Ghana’s Ex-President, Jerry John Rawlings. Dr. Bawumia Speaking at the Bongo Durbar     Dr. Bawumia formally announced this termination at Zuarungu in the Bolgatanga East District of the region around 15:47 GMT at which time himself and his entourage had arrived there to address a durbar of the Chiefs and people of the area on the last leg of his three-day campaign tour of the region. He had earlier in the day, addressed similar durbars in Bongo in the Bongo District and in Sakote in the Nabdam district. He told the gathering that President Nana Addo had issued an official statement on the ex-president’s passing in which he declared seven days of national mourning in memory of late J.J Rawlings and the subsequent suspen...