Story: George Folley Quaye, Wa
A 30-year-old teacher at Cherie in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region, Mr Wilson Dabuo, is to contest on the ticket of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) in the Lawra Nandom Constituency.
The aspiring candidate, who is also the assembly member for Nandom East Electoral Area, explained that his intention was as a result of what he termed “pressure” from the youth of the area.
“Having studied developments in the CPP, the youth think they need to entrust their destiny into the hands of a much more younger person,” he added.
He told the Daily Graphic in Wa that he had observed that there was a lack of interest in both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the constituency.
Beside that, Mr Dabuo said, by studying the political trend, Ghanaians were yearning for change and that the alternative was the CPP.
“Ghanaians want a new face as president and that person is Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom and the CPP,” he stressed.
He gave the assurance that if elected as the Member of Parliament for Lawra Nandom, he would use his experience as an assembly member as the basis for accelerated development.
Mr Dabuo predicated a resounding victory for the CPP come December 7, this year.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
KARNI TRADITIONAL AREA APPEALS TO GOVT (PAGE 29)
Story: George Folley Quaye. Wa
THE chiefs and people of the Karni Divisional Area, near Jirapa, in the Upper West Region have expressed their strong reservation about their placement under the newly created Lambussie District.
They have, therefore, petitioned the government to place the area under the Jirapa District.
In the petition, the chiefs said the recent Legislative Instrument (LI) placed part of the Karni Divisional Area under the Lambussie District, thus contradicting with the geographical contiguity.
“This situation has not only distorted the geographical contiguity and split of the Karni Area Council, but also created palpable physical barriers between families,” the petition added.
Explaining further, the petition said the Karni Divisional Area had three electoral areas out of which one was under the new Lambussie District, thus suggesting that majority of their people were in the Jirapa District.
“It, therefore, makes sense for the other electoral areas to be brought under the Jirapa District in order to make the divisional area complete,” it said.
The petition recalled that throughout history, the Karni Divisional Area belonged to the Jirapa paramountcy.
It warned that should the government fail to heed their request, the people would advise themselves appropriately in order to preserve the time tested traditional cohesion among them.
The petition was signed by the chief of the area, Naa B.A. Yaayiri, Mr Gbaraa Kodi (Tendana of Karni) and Mr Alexis Doozuch, secretary of the Karni Area. Youth and Development Association.
THE chiefs and people of the Karni Divisional Area, near Jirapa, in the Upper West Region have expressed their strong reservation about their placement under the newly created Lambussie District.
They have, therefore, petitioned the government to place the area under the Jirapa District.
In the petition, the chiefs said the recent Legislative Instrument (LI) placed part of the Karni Divisional Area under the Lambussie District, thus contradicting with the geographical contiguity.
“This situation has not only distorted the geographical contiguity and split of the Karni Area Council, but also created palpable physical barriers between families,” the petition added.
Explaining further, the petition said the Karni Divisional Area had three electoral areas out of which one was under the new Lambussie District, thus suggesting that majority of their people were in the Jirapa District.
“It, therefore, makes sense for the other electoral areas to be brought under the Jirapa District in order to make the divisional area complete,” it said.
The petition recalled that throughout history, the Karni Divisional Area belonged to the Jirapa paramountcy.
It warned that should the government fail to heed their request, the people would advise themselves appropriately in order to preserve the time tested traditional cohesion among them.
The petition was signed by the chief of the area, Naa B.A. Yaayiri, Mr Gbaraa Kodi (Tendana of Karni) and Mr Alexis Doozuch, secretary of the Karni Area. Youth and Development Association.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
GMA PREPARES FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY (Page 20)
Story: George Folley Quaye, Wa
THE Upper West Regional branch of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has lined up a number of activities to mark the 50th anniversary of the association.
The activities include a symposium on the low enrolments and registering the poor in the National Health Insurance Scheme; advocacy roles through radio panel discussion; reviewing the statistics on snake bites; and community durbar on guinea worm eradication at Funsi in the Wa East District.
Briefing the media in Wa, the Regional President of the GMA, Dr Abdulai Abukari, said for the last 50 years, the GMA had been active in the development of health policies in Ghana.
He mentioned the production of a blueprint for the implementation of primary health care in Ghana, and playing of pivotal role in the setting up of the college of physicians and surgeons, as some of the achievements of the GMA.
Dr Abukari stated that with the passage of time, the GMA had gained both local and international recognition as a credible professional organisation.
"Through various policy and health advocacy initiatives, the GMA has also made crucial interventions in Ghana's health delivery thereby establishing itself as a major player whose deeds have benefited not just its members, but the entire citizens of Ghana," Dr Abukari added.
Dr Abukari called for support and participation of all stakeholders, especially the media to make the golden jubilee of its association a success.
THE Upper West Regional branch of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has lined up a number of activities to mark the 50th anniversary of the association.
The activities include a symposium on the low enrolments and registering the poor in the National Health Insurance Scheme; advocacy roles through radio panel discussion; reviewing the statistics on snake bites; and community durbar on guinea worm eradication at Funsi in the Wa East District.
Briefing the media in Wa, the Regional President of the GMA, Dr Abdulai Abukari, said for the last 50 years, the GMA had been active in the development of health policies in Ghana.
He mentioned the production of a blueprint for the implementation of primary health care in Ghana, and playing of pivotal role in the setting up of the college of physicians and surgeons, as some of the achievements of the GMA.
Dr Abukari stated that with the passage of time, the GMA had gained both local and international recognition as a credible professional organisation.
"Through various policy and health advocacy initiatives, the GMA has also made crucial interventions in Ghana's health delivery thereby establishing itself as a major player whose deeds have benefited not just its members, but the entire citizens of Ghana," Dr Abukari added.
Dr Abukari called for support and participation of all stakeholders, especially the media to make the golden jubilee of its association a success.
BAC TRAINS 46 IN POMADE MAKING (Page 20)
Story: George Folley Quaye, Wa
THE Business Advisory Centre (BAC), under the Rural Enterprises Project (REP) in the Jirapa-Lambussie District in the Upper West Region, has trained 46 people in pomade, hair food, powder and soap making.
The training programme was part of the REP's intervention to reduce poverty and improve the living standards of the people.
The specific objectives of the workshop were to expose the participants to new and improved methods of manufacturing the products and to encourage them to consider self-employment as a viable career option.
The participants were taken through eight different types of soap making—bar, box rail, cake, mini, ball, washing powder and Azuma blow soap and manufacturing various types of creams — hair, wax, 'obateng' cream and medicated sulphur cream and powder.
The Regional Head of the BAC, Mr Mohammed A. Moomin, in his address, said the REP was a government project designed to improve the living conditions in rural areas, by increasing the income of women and vulnerable groups, especially.
He appealed to the people to patronise the services of the BAC in order to get the full benefit of the project.
Mr Moomin urged the beneficiaries of the programme to practise the knowledge and skills they had acquired.
The Deputy District Co-ordinating Director for Jirapa-Lambushie, Mr Safo William Mumuni, in his closing address, commended the participants for their active interest in the programme.
He assured them of the district assembly’s readiness to assist serious-minded entrepreneurs to improve upon their businesses.
Mr Mumuni seized the opportunity to encourage the youth to venture into private businesses and also appealed to the public to patronise the products of those who had been trained.
He stated that only four out of the eight districts in the region namely, Nadwoli, Sissala East, Sissala West and Jirapa-Lambussie, were benefiting from the project.
One of the resource persons, Mr Abdulai Samaila, stressed that the products had been tested and accepted nation-wide, adding that they were of good quality.
THE Business Advisory Centre (BAC), under the Rural Enterprises Project (REP) in the Jirapa-Lambussie District in the Upper West Region, has trained 46 people in pomade, hair food, powder and soap making.
The training programme was part of the REP's intervention to reduce poverty and improve the living standards of the people.
The specific objectives of the workshop were to expose the participants to new and improved methods of manufacturing the products and to encourage them to consider self-employment as a viable career option.
The participants were taken through eight different types of soap making—bar, box rail, cake, mini, ball, washing powder and Azuma blow soap and manufacturing various types of creams — hair, wax, 'obateng' cream and medicated sulphur cream and powder.
The Regional Head of the BAC, Mr Mohammed A. Moomin, in his address, said the REP was a government project designed to improve the living conditions in rural areas, by increasing the income of women and vulnerable groups, especially.
He appealed to the people to patronise the services of the BAC in order to get the full benefit of the project.
Mr Moomin urged the beneficiaries of the programme to practise the knowledge and skills they had acquired.
The Deputy District Co-ordinating Director for Jirapa-Lambushie, Mr Safo William Mumuni, in his closing address, commended the participants for their active interest in the programme.
He assured them of the district assembly’s readiness to assist serious-minded entrepreneurs to improve upon their businesses.
Mr Mumuni seized the opportunity to encourage the youth to venture into private businesses and also appealed to the public to patronise the products of those who had been trained.
He stated that only four out of the eight districts in the region namely, Nadwoli, Sissala East, Sissala West and Jirapa-Lambussie, were benefiting from the project.
One of the resource persons, Mr Abdulai Samaila, stressed that the products had been tested and accepted nation-wide, adding that they were of good quality.
WA SCHOOLS HOLD SOCIALISATION MEETING (Page 20)
Story: George Folley Quaye, Wa
A Cluster of schools in Wa in the Upper West Region, which are in an exchange programme with schools in the United Kingdom, have held a socialisation meeting in Wa.
The programme, known as the connecting classrooms project, is a British-sponsored programme, which aims at exchanging curricula of selected schools in sub-Saharan Africa with the United Kingdom.
The programme covers various areas in the schools curricula, including literacy, sports, culture and health.
The partner countries in Africa are Kenya and Ghana.
The cluster of schools taking part in Wa are the Wa Model and the Limanyiri Junior High schools as well as the Wa Methodist School for the Blind.
Addressing the socialisation meeting, the Programme Co-ordinator and Headmaster of the Wa School for the Blind, Mr Sampson Akurugu, gave a detailed history and purpose of the project.
He was also happy about the performance of the schoolchildren, who provided music during the function.
A Cluster of schools in Wa in the Upper West Region, which are in an exchange programme with schools in the United Kingdom, have held a socialisation meeting in Wa.
The programme, known as the connecting classrooms project, is a British-sponsored programme, which aims at exchanging curricula of selected schools in sub-Saharan Africa with the United Kingdom.
The programme covers various areas in the schools curricula, including literacy, sports, culture and health.
The partner countries in Africa are Kenya and Ghana.
The cluster of schools taking part in Wa are the Wa Model and the Limanyiri Junior High schools as well as the Wa Methodist School for the Blind.
Addressing the socialisation meeting, the Programme Co-ordinator and Headmaster of the Wa School for the Blind, Mr Sampson Akurugu, gave a detailed history and purpose of the project.
He was also happy about the performance of the schoolchildren, who provided music during the function.
ZOOMLION EVACUATES TONNES OF WASTE IN WA (Page 20)
STORY: George Folley Quaye, Wa
ZOOMLION Ghana Limited, a waste management company, has evacuated 321 tonnes of waste from a number of refuse sites in the Wa Municipality.
The sites included areas around Koroyiri, Children's Park, Tampalipaani, Jebogu, Domoyiri, Tagrayiri, Kamballi and Sandamuni.
According to the Upper West Regional Supervisor of the company, Mr Daniel Martey, the evacuated waste had been sent to the final disposal sites at Sombo, a suburb of Wa.
He said the company was determined to ensure a clean environment as a measure of improving the living conditions of the people.
"We believe that a clean environment will go a long way to eliminate or reduce certain sicknesses like malaria from our communities," he added.
Mr Martey advised residents of Wa to maintain a clean environment in order to be healthy at all times.
He gave the assurance that the company would extend the exercise to the rest of the districts in the region.
Mr Martey, therefore, called for support and co-operation from the district assemblies.
ZOOMLION Ghana Limited, a waste management company, has evacuated 321 tonnes of waste from a number of refuse sites in the Wa Municipality.
The sites included areas around Koroyiri, Children's Park, Tampalipaani, Jebogu, Domoyiri, Tagrayiri, Kamballi and Sandamuni.
According to the Upper West Regional Supervisor of the company, Mr Daniel Martey, the evacuated waste had been sent to the final disposal sites at Sombo, a suburb of Wa.
He said the company was determined to ensure a clean environment as a measure of improving the living conditions of the people.
"We believe that a clean environment will go a long way to eliminate or reduce certain sicknesses like malaria from our communities," he added.
Mr Martey advised residents of Wa to maintain a clean environment in order to be healthy at all times.
He gave the assurance that the company would extend the exercise to the rest of the districts in the region.
Mr Martey, therefore, called for support and co-operation from the district assemblies.
UPPER WEST EXPERIENCES HARSH HARMATTAN WEATHER ...(PAGE 20)
Story: George Folley Quaye, Wa
"I have never regretted for being posted to the Upper West Region five years ago. The only period that I feel uncomfortable in this part of the country, is during the harmattan season.
Although I have experienced serious harmattan during my five-year stay in the region, never has it been so severe like this year."
These were the words of Mr Ekow Amega, a public servant at Wa, about the severity of the dry weather condition in the region.
During his annual leave recently, Mr Amega had to run away from the unfriendly weather in the region by travelling to southern Ghana, precisely Sekondi in the Western Region.
He carried along broken lips and a dry skin. After only three days, his situation changed with the little cracks on his lips and body vanishing with the speed of lightening, apparently as a result of an improved weather condition.
After two weeks stay in southern Ghana, Mr Amega decided to return to Wa, thinking that the weather had improved for the better, only to meet the severest part of it.
The above scenario is what residents of the Upper West Region are going through. The worse part of the situation is early in the morning. Waking up in the morning to prepare for work is hell. No wonder some residents including Egya Mbir have called it "Little Europe".
Workers report to work during this period of the year with some of them sometimes reaching their workplaces around 9 a.m. as a result of the chilly weather condition. People in this region have procured different kinds of jackets to face the weather.
Schoolchildren feel very uncomfortable when going to school very early in the morning. One could see students and children struggling to walk to school, especially students of the T.I. Ahmadiyya Primary and Junior High schools, who walk about five kilometres from town to the SSNIT Flats, where their schools are located.
Other children who face the same problem are the students of Dan-Ibu International School, whose school bus picks them as early as 6 a.m. when their parents are comfortably asleep.
"When will this weather change to save us from suffering?" one frustrated student of Dan-Ibu school asked this reporter.
It is hoped that God would soon listen to the voices of these little children by reducing the severity of the harmattan to its barest minimum.
"I have never regretted for being posted to the Upper West Region five years ago. The only period that I feel uncomfortable in this part of the country, is during the harmattan season.
Although I have experienced serious harmattan during my five-year stay in the region, never has it been so severe like this year."
These were the words of Mr Ekow Amega, a public servant at Wa, about the severity of the dry weather condition in the region.
During his annual leave recently, Mr Amega had to run away from the unfriendly weather in the region by travelling to southern Ghana, precisely Sekondi in the Western Region.
He carried along broken lips and a dry skin. After only three days, his situation changed with the little cracks on his lips and body vanishing with the speed of lightening, apparently as a result of an improved weather condition.
After two weeks stay in southern Ghana, Mr Amega decided to return to Wa, thinking that the weather had improved for the better, only to meet the severest part of it.
The above scenario is what residents of the Upper West Region are going through. The worse part of the situation is early in the morning. Waking up in the morning to prepare for work is hell. No wonder some residents including Egya Mbir have called it "Little Europe".
Workers report to work during this period of the year with some of them sometimes reaching their workplaces around 9 a.m. as a result of the chilly weather condition. People in this region have procured different kinds of jackets to face the weather.
Schoolchildren feel very uncomfortable when going to school very early in the morning. One could see students and children struggling to walk to school, especially students of the T.I. Ahmadiyya Primary and Junior High schools, who walk about five kilometres from town to the SSNIT Flats, where their schools are located.
Other children who face the same problem are the students of Dan-Ibu International School, whose school bus picks them as early as 6 a.m. when their parents are comfortably asleep.
"When will this weather change to save us from suffering?" one frustrated student of Dan-Ibu school asked this reporter.
It is hoped that God would soon listen to the voices of these little children by reducing the severity of the harmattan to its barest minimum.
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