Over the past few weeks, I have observed with shock and dismay the level of penetration of the illegal logging in our poor and underserved District. Trees such as “kakalaa, nyua, taang, dor” as referred to in our local dialect are being fell indiscriminately without recourse to the repercussions on our vegetation cover. In fact,…

The Speaker of the 8th Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin arrived in his home region, Upper West Region, today, to a rousing welcome. This is the Speaker’s first visit to his hometown after his historic election as the Speaker of Parliament on January 7, 2021. On his arrival, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin, paid…

“Mr. Speaker, I am very grateful for the opportunity to speak briefly on the mediocre state of basic school buildings in the Sissala West District. My statement is occasioned by the alarming revelation by my District Director of education in an interview with Ghanaweb published on Friday 22nd January 2021, who said that 50% of…

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Daffiama Bussie Issa District (DBI) in the Upper West Region have admonished the Chief and people of Owlo Community to demand more from their elected representative and government. The call was made by a retired Civil Servant Mr. Paul Y. Badii who is a former District…

A former District Director of National Commission for Civic Education in the Wa East District Mr. Paul Y. Badii has admonished the Chief and peoples of Owlo Community to avoid been self-serving and rather focus on the collective good of their community. He expressed worry as to the growing petty demand some people make from…

Masahudu Adam Jabagdao, Assembly Man for Kambali Electoral AreaAmidst several controversies surrounding the coronavirus vaccine from Russia,  Assembly Member for Kambali Electoral area,  who doubles as Professional nurse with the Kaleo Ahmadiyya Clinic has taken his jab of the covid-19 vaccine in Wa. Mr. Masahudu Adam went to his social media handle to assure the…

A cross-section of women in Wa have raised concerns over what they described as untold hardships on their lives due to joblessness and high cost of living. They said the unforgiving destitution on their lives is largely due to lack of capital to establish themselves in petty jobs to help sustain their lives.   Speaking…

Residents of Doggoh, a community in the Kunzokala Electoral Area of the Jirapa Municipality have appealed to the Jirapa Municipal Assembly and the government to at least build a Kindergarten for the community.   A resident of the community, Bagooro Alfred said this has become necessary to end the situation where children have been traveling…

Residents of Dorimon in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region say inadequate hospital beds at the Dorimon Health Centre is hindering quality healthcare service delivery. According to the residents, some pregnant women and patients received treatment on the floor due to inadequate beds at the facility. This, they said, is negatively impacting…

  An eleven-year-old class four pupil of the Bugubelle Basic School, Miss Rafatu Bayi was drown, after she went to wash her clothes at the Bugubelle dam on Tuesday. An eyewitness told the Ghana News Agency that, Bayi went to the dam in the company of her friends to wash their clothes when the incident…