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Of Akufo-Addo’s 88 Hospitals, Journalist Asks President 5 Critical Questions

I humbly request Ghanaians to ask the following questions on the President’s promise to build 88 hospitals in some districts across the country. What happens to La General Hospital in Accra which they (government) promised to build months ago. Health centers in district capitals are nothing to write home about. …

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UW/R: The Third Deadly Disease we Are Confronted With is Stigmatization – Dr Bin Salih

Lawra, Ghana – Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, has lamented that apart from COVID-19 and meningitis that are currently threatening the lives of people, there is a third pandemic known as stigmatization. According to the Minister, there is severe stigmatization against suspected COVID-19 and those who had …

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Tamale Police Brutalities: Changli Residents Petition Interior Minister

Tamale, Ghana – Residents of Changli, a suburb of Tamale have petitioned the Minister of the Interior to transfer senior police officers at the Northern Region Police Command who sanctioned the dawn raid of their community that saw at least 200 residents severely brutalised. The residents are also demanding a …

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UW/R: First Covid-19 Patient Fully Recovers

Wa, Ghana – First confirmed COVID-19 patient in the Upper West Region has recovered fully and ready to be integrated back to the society. This was revealed by the Upper West Regional Minister Dr Hafiz Bin Salih when he visited the Sissala West District and the Sissala East Municipal to …

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UW/R CSM: Togbe Afede Donates Towards Treatment of Victims And Research For Vaccines

Wa, Ghana – President of the National House of Chiefs and Paramount Chief of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV has donated a cash amount of Ghc50,000 to the Upper West Regional Hospital to support the fight against Cerebrospinal Meningitis which has claimed the lives of some 40 people. His …

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NPP Savannah Regional Chairman Writes: Fighting The Unseen Enemy; The Efforts

Fighting the Unseen enemy; The efforts Ever since Ghana recorded a case of the novel virus, covid19, somewhere in the middle of March 2020, a lot of efforts from all angles have yielded positive results to the society. A quick glance down memory lane suggests that there were many calls …

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Covid-19: Prince Imoro Andani Supports Vogu Community Clinic

Vogu, Ghana – Board Chairman of the Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development (GIISDEC), Prince Imoro Andani has donated relief items to the Vogu Community Clinic in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region. The Vogu Clinic was co-funded by Canada Fund and Prince Imoro Andani in memory of his …

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CEAL Trains Farmers on Compost Manure Preparation Amidst Fears of Fertiliser Shortage Due to COVID-19

Tamale, Ghana – A leading agriculture NGO in the North East Region of Ghana, the Centre for Ecological Agriculture and Livelihood (CEAL), has commenced training of 10 selected smallholder famers on how to prepare good compost manure. Under its newly designed project dubbed “Organic Education for Farmers” (OE4F), it uses …

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UW/R: 5 of 6 New Covid-19 Cases Have Been in The Country Over 3 Weeks – Dr. Salih

Wa, Ghana – Five of the six new coronavirus cases recorded in the Upper West Region had been in the country for more than three weeks, that is according to the Regional Minister Dr Hafiz Bin Salih. “Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I wish to inform you that of the six (6) …

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UW/R: “Outbreak of Meningitis in The Region is Quite Worrisome” Regional Minister

Wa, Ghana – Upper West Regional Minister, Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih, had admitted  the “outbreak of meningitis in the region is quite worrisome”. According to the Minister,  “As from 1st January 2020 to 12th April, 2020, the cumulative suspected cases of meningitis stood at 258 of which 40 persons died. “The …

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