Mion, Ghana – The Chief of Mion traditional area in the Northern Region, Mion Lana, Alhaji Abdulai Mahamadu has taken a giant step to support needy school children in the area. He is to launch an Education Endowment Fund to solicit for support from charity organizations and philanthropists to achieve …
Read More »UWR: Institute of Directors Calls on Regional Minister
Wa, Ghana – The Upper West Regional Executive Committee of the Institute of Directors has called on the Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih in his office to officially announce its presence in the region. It is the seventh branch to be inaugurated in the country to ensure …
Read More »GSFP: Less Than 10% of Caterers Purchase Local Farmers Produce – SEF Report Reveals
Tamale, Ghana – It has been discovered that after over a decade of introduction of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) which serves school children hot meals every day, the programme has not been able to achieve its third objective of economic empowerment among farmers as less than 10 percent …
Read More »The Sterling Achievts of Alhaji Shanni Mahama in Yendi Constituency as MP and Deputy Agric Minister During The Busia’s Regime
The Yendi Constituency of the Northern Region will inarguably become one of the centres of attraction for many political watchers in the upcoming Parliamentary Primaries of the ruling NPP, as the contest between the aspiring candidates keeps becoming much more contentious and interesting. All three aspirants Hajia Abibata Shanni Mahama …
Read More »S/R: Damongo Residents to March Over Dev’t Decentralisation
Damongo, Ghana – The capital of the newly-created Savannah Region is to witness its first-ever demonstration as a result of a decision to spread the various departments of the Regional Coordinating Council to all the district capitals in the region. Dwellers in the regional capital are protesting that the creation …
Read More »UWR: Be Fair And Accurate in Your Reportage – Minister Tells Media
Wa, Ghana – The Upper West regional Minister Hon Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih has called on the media to be fair and report accurately on issues to their audience. He said the media has a major stake to national development and must be fair and accountable to its audience. The …
Read More »UWR: Results in Agric Justifies Govt’s Investment in Sector – Minister
Gwollu, Ghana – The Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, says government’s investment in the agricultural sector is yielding the expected results of improving food production and transforming the economies of farmers. He said the results on the ground were testimonies that if the government continued to invest …
Read More »AWO Fields is Leveraging PFJ Programme to Create Jobs – CEO
Daffiama, Ghana – The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AWO Fields, a farming company in the Daffiama/Bussie/Issa District, Madam Joyce Okrah says her company is leveraging the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme to help create jobs for the people. This, she said, has contributed to reducing the incidents …
Read More »N/R: Your Service is to God – Min. to Teachers
Tamale, Ghana – Northern Regional Minister Salifu Saeed has commended the work of teachers in some basic schools in the Tamale metropolis on the first day of school after the reopening. “We appreciate some of the challenges you go through as teachers but that notwithstanding, we believe that service to …
Read More »IFC Awards Winners of Maiden EDGE Students Competition
Accra, Ghana – A 20 year old architectural engineering student of the Central University, David Gifat Ampiaw, has emerged the topmost winner of the maiden IFC Students Architectural Design Competition organized by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Olufemi Abodunrin and Cheryl Omani-Baah of the same institution emerged second and third …
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