Stakeholders from various backgrounds including traditional authorities and some selected opinion leaders and public servants, have met for a day’s deliberations on how best to handle the unending canker of teenage pregnancies and child marriages in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region. The meeting was convened by […]
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Emancipation, PANAFEST from Pikworo Slave Camp to Elmina
Beginning next year, the celebration of Emancipation Day and Pan African Festival (PANAFEST) will begin from the Pikworo Slave Camp in Nania in the Upper East Region, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Akwasi Agyeman, has announced. “Yearly, the celebration started from Accra but clearly […]
Continue readingChiana-Paga: Home to famous Paga Crocodile Pond – Constituents appeal for roads, bridge
The Chiana-Paga Constituency in the Upper East Region is home to the famous crocodile ponds which have put the region on the world tourism map. It is estimated that about 1,000 crocodiles live in all three ponds in the constituency. Tourists, including foreigners, visit the ponds to have a feel […]
Continue readingResidents of the Kassena West District and Kassena Nankana Municipality have appealed for the reconstruction of damaged bridges in those areas to ease transportation.
“These damaged bridges are very important since they enhance free movement of people and enable farmers to cart their produce to market centres,” a resident said. The appeal was made when the Upper East Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu, and a delegation from the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) inspected some of […]
Continue readingPikworo Slave Camp: Transit Centre for chained Africans
For many, Paga, the capital of the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region is known as a tourist destination in Ghana because it is blessed with friendly Crocodiles with ancestral connection. But, the history of the people Paga, Ghana and Africa cannot be told in total without the […]
Continue readingPublic understanding on patient’s charter deepened
Understanding the Patient’s Charter is key to creating a cordial relationship between clients and health service providers for improved quality of healthcare in communities, WaterAid Ghana, a Non- Governmental Organisation, has said. It said when patients and healthcare staff understood their rights and responsibilities in the delivery of healthcare services, […]
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