The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has hinted that the old facility in Wa which was, hitherto, referred to as the Upper West Regional Hospital will be converted into a Municipal and Psychiatric Hospital. He said the facility could become a pure Psychiatric Hospital in the near future to serve the…
The Kid Brother of Football Star Manuel Agogo has hit hard on Ghanaians for the Disregard exhibited towards his brother during his time of need. Agogo junior resides in Wa In the Upper West Region. Speaking to Upperwestmedia Team, the Young Man Stated that even if individuals were to contribute Ghc1 each in support to…
Two NDC communicators in Wa have held an argument Spree on social media over a management role in the party. One of them identified as Yahayya Fuad described a management role of another by name Tuurosung Sayibu as Cheap adding that the he wouldn’t stoop low to accept such a task assigned to Sayibu. He…
The NDC constituency primaries will be held in Upper West on 24th August 2019 and several people will pay keen attention to certain constituencies. The election to be held in order to elect Parliamentary candidates for the party in the eleven constituencies of upper West is expected to be held at the Wa UDS Auditorium…
Campaigning to be elected to lead the National Democratic Congress in the Sissala East and the west constituency has become intense among 8 aspirants few days before the internal elections. After the filing and subsequent vetting that passed all eight contestants, the upcoming constituency primaries are scheduled to take place on the 24thof August 2019.…
Since I have been up Upper West , I have started noticing how the tribal markings, or scarifications are different. In the south, the markings I see are usually the kind made at infancy or in early childhood. I understand the scars can be made for a variety of reasons: identification, decoration, health or spiritual…
Alhaji Amidu Sulemana, former Member of Parliament for Sissala West Constituency has stated that he has no preferred candidate among the three seeking to succeed him in the impending National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primaries. “I have heard that some people are going around and indicating that am supporting or sponsoring some candidates as against…
The Upper West Regional Youth commanders of the opposition party, NDC, led by a brilliant and smart young man, Nicodemus N.B.D Dery and the national youth organisers led by our industrious youth commander, Mr. George Opare Addo, a.k.a Pablo trained and built the capacities of the youth commanders from the various branches to the constituency…
Farmers in Sissala East Municipal and its environs(Sissala West District) who thronged to a distribution centre to access few subsidized fertilizer clearly depicts signs of the area acute shortage of fertilizer and thus have left many in scramble for as crops are yearning for fertilizer. Sissala East Municipal is currently touted as the second best…
The Students Representative Council of Wa Polytechnic has announced on its Facebook handle, the introduction of Advanced Certificate Program in catering for Technical Students willing to upgrade i n the stated area. The program is fully fletched and has commenced for the 2019/2020 Academic year. The HND option according to the SRC President will be…
The President of the Republic, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has charged the Chiefs and People of the Wa West district to join the fight against smuggling of government subsidised fertilizer by few miscreants and greedy criminals to enrich their pockets. He said the money government uses to support the farmers with inputs and…
If I ever become the PRESIDENT of GHANA, I would put a legislative instrument in place to stop all students not to study in UK, USA and France. There will not be any government scholarships to these cooperations and who ever that goes to study there can’t practice (work) in Ghana and Ghana won’t accept…
The Upper West Region recorded 72 road crashes in the first half of this year, Ghana Police Service has said. The figure represented a slight increase over last year’s figure of 63 for the same period. The number of serious cases also increased from 17, in the first half of 2018, to 37 for the…
The Vector Control unit of Zoomlion Ghana limited has undertaken a training programme for its staff in the various districts in the upper west region to enhance their technical knowledge in effective larval source management. Larval source management entails all activities undertaken at mosquito breeding sites to reduce mosquito population and control other vector-borne diseases.…
The Upper West Region recorded an HIV prevalence rate of 0.83 per cent; the highest in the five regions of the north. The region is also 12th highest nationwide, according to the 2018 National Estimates and Projections for HIV/AIDs. The data indicates that Lawra District had the highest prevalence rate of 2.02 per cent followed…
