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Hon. Akurugo Greets Sirigu Chiefs The seven paramount chiefs in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, have been called upon to ensure absolute peace and tranquility in their respective traditional areas as such atmosphere would pave the way for development and businesses to thrive, leading to improved living conditions for citizens. The District Chief Executive [DCE], Hon. Stephen Aeke Akurugo made the call during separate courtesy calls on the chiefs at their respective palaces. Speaking at the Paga Pio’s palace on day two of the visits, Hon. Akurugo stated, “I acknowledge that occupying the seat of DCE is not as easy task and so, my humble appeal to you my revered paramount chiefs, is to keep your various traditional areas peaceful at all times so that the development we all desire can thrive”. The DCE added, “I also require your positive cooperation and wise counsel to enable me steer the affairs of our beloved Kassena-Nankana West District effectively”. He a...

Inspection Team at Paga New Market Site The Kassena-Nankana West District Chief Executive [DCE], Hon. Stephen Aeke Akurugo has charged contractors executing works on various SOCO projects across the district to speed up and meet their project delivery timelines or risk losing the projects. The DCE threw the charge this Wednesday, June 4, 2025 when he led a team of technical officers from the Assembly to inspect the progress of ongoing progress in Paga town, Nania, Kajelo and Kandiga.  DCE and His Team at The Navem Culvert Site   Hon. Akurugo also tasked the district’s engineer to keep up with regular monitoring and field visits to the project sites so as to ensure the projects were being done according to specification and with the right quantities and quality of materials. The DCE and his team first stopped at the Paga new market project site during which the contractor was molding pavement blocks and kerbs for the landscaping of the market floor. The team then made ...

The Kassena-Nankana West District Chief Executive [DCE], Hon. Stephen Aeke Akurugo has charged the management and staff of the Assembly to strengthen interdepartmental collaboration for effective service delivery to the public as well as, to hasten the execution of developmental projects. “You should not for instance see the sanitation issues in the district as being solely a matter for environmental health but ask yourself what complementary role your own department can play to add up”, the DCE stated. Hon. Stephen Aeke Akurugo, DCE   He was speaking at his maiden staff durbar held this Friday at the Assembly’s conference hall, following his formal assumption of duty on May 5, 2025. He had earlier on May 9, held a similar meeting with the Assembly’s Management where each head of department/unit made brief presentations on the mandate of their outfits and other relative matters.  The DCE said the staff durbar was to afford him the opportunity to meet all the staff on one platf...

The Ghana Integrity Initiative [GII] has in conjunction with the National Commission for Civic Education [NCCE], held an anticorruption community forum with members of the Paga-Nania and Bisao communities in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region. The forum was on the topic “Joining Efforts to Fight Corruption – The Role of The Citizen Under NACAP, The Role of the Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre [ALAC]. Joseph M. Azam, GII Zonal Focal Person The Nania forum comes just a day after a similar engagement was held with the people of Doba in the neighbouring Kassena-Nankana Municipality and forms part of the GII’s Mobile ALAC clinics, targeted at bringing rights education to citizens particularly, women, girls and other groups to empower them to demand accountability from duty bearers. Giving a brief on the GII and the purpose for the day’s engagement, the Northern Regional ALAC Officer and GII’s Zonal Focal Person, Mr. Joseph Makido Azam disclosed that the GII was e...

The Upper East Regional Minister, Hon. Donatus Akamugri Atanga has called on the chiefs and people of the region to call on him any time and make time to meet him regularly for ideas sharing and discussions that have the potential to cause the needed development and progress the region has been yearning for. “Please do not see me as a boss! I am only a liaison between you, the people and the appointing authority”, he stated.  Hon. Akamugri, Seated At Sirigu Naba's Palace Hon. Akamugri made the call last Friday, March 7, 2025 when paid separate courtesy calls on the paramount chiefs of Sirigu, Mirigu and the Paga traditional areas. These visits to the paramount chiefs have been going on for more than a week now as it has become a not-to-be-discarded norm in the political administration of the region whenever newly appointed regional ministers assume office. So, Hon. Akamugri was simply following precedence; affording him the opportunity to formally introduce himself to the chiefs ...

The National Commission for Civic Education’s (NCCE) Paga office in the Kassena-Nankana West District (KNWD) of the Upper East Region, has organised a quiz competition for some four selected Junior High Schools in the Paga enclave of the district. The schools included the T.I Ahmadiyya , Paga JHS “A”, Paga English/Arabic   and the Tedam Junior High Schools. Robert DAMPARE, NCCE Dist. Dir. The District Director for the NCCE Mr. Robert Dampare in a brief stamen to commence the competition stated that the quiz was unique and not like just any other quiz in that, “this event is more than a test of knowledge – it is a celebration of our democracy, our constitution and the bright future that lies ahead for Ghana’s youth”. He added that main objective of the competition was to promote a deeper understanding of the 1992 Constitution among students in a fun and engaging way. According to Mr. Dampare, Ghana’s Constitution has created room for civic education to be used as an important st...

A total of 560 school pupils, coming from eight (8) Primary Schools and six (6) Junior High Schools across the Kassena-Nankana West District (KNWD) of the Upper East Region, took part in the district’s celebration of Ghana’s 68 th independence anniversary. Paga E/A  Primary Sch. Pupils The parade was held in the district’s capital, Paga and was themed; “Reflect, Review, Reset”. Ghana’s two major political parties; the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), also took part in the march past, carrying various placards throwing “shade” at each other. The District Coordinating Director for the KNWD, Mr. Abubakari Amadu stood in as acting district chief executive, receiving the anniversary salute from the marching students. In his speech shortly before the march past began, Mr. Amadu lauded government’s decision at the drastic cutting down on the cost hitherto incurred in the national celebrations of the annual event, emphasizing that t...