NPP TO SUFFER SKIRT AND BLOUSE VOTING UP NORTH

NPP TO SUFFER SKIRT AND BLOUSE VOTING UP NORTH
Despite Nana Akufo Addo’s all hands on deck nationwide tour meant to heal
wounds aftermath the NPP’s Parliamentary primaries, Kagbanye News investigations
have revealed that some aggrieved party members in various constituencies of the northern region are threatening to vote skirt and blouse in 2012.

Some of the constituencies where such entrenched stands have been taken are
Tamale central, Yendi, Tolon, Damongo/Daboya and the Gambaga/Nalerigu
constituencies.
In those constituencies, irritated supporters of some defeated Parliamentary
aspirants who have reservations about the outcome of the primaries have vowed
to vote massively for Nana Addo and reject the Parliamentary candidates at the
2012 ballot.
In view of these tormenting developments in the party, a group called the
Progressive NPP Youth (PRONY) in Tamale is mobilizing resources to embark on a
visit to the troubled constituencies to talk to their folks to rescind their
decision.
In the spirit of party unity, Ahmed Iddi Adakwa, President of the Progressive
NPP Youth called on all NPP members to deepen their party loyalty by
campaigning massively for Nana Akufo Addo and all the Parliamentary candidates
nationwide.
To him, it will be suicidal to vote for Nana Addo and reject some of his
Parliamentary candidates at the polls seeing that he will need an overwhelming
majority in Parliament to deliver his campaign promises.
“As NPP youth our major priority at this time should be moving from door to
door to solicit votes for our flag bearer and all our Parliamentary candidates
for a resounding victory in 2012” he stressed.
Ahmed Iddi Adakwa said the unfolding events in the ruling NDC should be seen by
NPP members as a tacit manifestation of the fact that Ghanaians will reject the
NDC in 2012 for which reason the NPP should remain united.

NDC YOUTH GROUP RESCUES VEEP

NDC YOUTH GROUP RESCUES VEEP
NDC youth group in Tamale called Suglo Malnyori 007 has slammed an Accra based
Non Governmental Organization, the Northern Youth for Development’s call on Vice
President John Dramani Mahama to resign his post over what the organization
described as government’s failure to successfully implement the Savanna
Accelerated Development Authority policy. Apart from the Vice President, the call was also directed at all the Ministers of State of northern extraction to resign their positions for not
doing enough to make the SADA policy play its expectant role towards the
development of deprived communities in northern Ghana.
Prince Hardi Adams, Executive Director of the Northern Youth for Development at
a news conference in Tamale and Bolgatanga threatened to organize a mammoth
demonstration against the Vice President if he fails to resign his post after
one week ultimatum.
It is against this backdrop the NDC Suglo Malnyori 007 group slammed the
Northern Youth for Development and vowed to organize a counter demonstration in
Tamale if the Executive Director, Prince Hardi Adams goes ahead with his planned
protest.
The Suglo Malnyori 007 group Secretary, Mohammed Awal was responding to issues
raised by the Northern Youth for Development at a news conference in Tamale.
He said the group was aware of political machinations hatched by various
interest groups to tarnish the image of Vice President John Mahama and pledged
the Suglo Malnyori 007 group members commitment to defend him at all times.

Mohammed Awal challenged those perceived detractors of the Vice President to
give him a break and allow him concentrate on accomplishing the Better Ghana
agenda.

Taimako Plant and Herbal Medicine to bring head porters home

Taimako Plant and Herbal Medicine to bring head porters home
Rural-Urban Migration has become a plague that bedevils the country and North in Particular, retarding socio-economic development in the north resulting to the mass movement of the youth to the Southern sector in search of non exiting jobs. Several efforts by Government, Non-Governmental Organizations, Philanthropists and stakeholders to end this canker are yielding results over the past decades.
For this reason, Taimako Plants and Herbal Medicine has taken a bold initiative to embark on a sensitization program in Accra and Kumasi to educate head porters otherwise known as Kayayee to see the need to come back home to exploit the numerous potentials in farming in the north.
Hajia Hajara Ibrahim Taimako, Head of Food Processing at the Taimako Plant and Herbal Medicine made this revelation in an exclusive interview with Fiila News at her office in Tamale.
According to Hajia Hajara, the company has taken the initiative as it’s cooperate social responsibility to ensure that those women down south must return home for good to ensure the development of the north. The company which is into herbal medicine, food processing and others has products such as dry mango chips, Yam and Cassava flour, dry plantain chips, dry coconut chips and a lots of variety of traditional herbal medicine.
Hajia Hajara said the initiative taken by the company came to reality due to the buffer stock which she believes will employ a hold lot of people in the north.
She indicated that most women especially head porters go through a lot of ordeal situations before making a living.
She therefore appealed to parents to advise their wards and wives to come back home saying that home sweet home.
She called on Government, Non-Governmental Organization to join hands to eradicate the canker from the north and get employable skills for those vulnerable.

Tamale ICT calls for support

Tamale ICT calls for support
The Northern Regional Manager of the Tamale Information Communication Technology Training Center, Iddrisu Abubakari has appealed to Government, Non-Governmental Organizations and Philanthropist to come to the aid of the center with more computers to enable it facilitate its operations effectively.
He said the center only has 23 computers for both internet service and the training of students are woefully insufficient. The center which is powered by Ghana Community Network Service (GCnet) was established in 2008 to meet the ICT needs of the people in the region.
According to Abubakari, additional computers will help ensure effective teaching and learning as well as facilitate easy access to the global village at the center. The manager of the ICT center hopes that the center quest of providing ICT education to the youth in the region will be the thing of the past as appropriate steps are outlined to ensure effective literacy in ICT among the youth in the region and the country as a whole.
The center currently runs both certificate and Diploma programmes in data management among other ICT related courses.
Mr. Abubakari further appealed to the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly to support them with more classrooms outside the main auditorium of the center. He said the center pursuit to educate the youth in ICT will be a mirage if stakeholders in the region fail to support the center with the requisite facilities.
Speaking to Fiila News in an exclusive interview, Abubakari announced that the center will soon affiliate to the Ghana Telecom University to run degree programmes in ICT.
He therefore advised parent to encourage their ward in ICT education to be able to meet the demand of the global market completion.

DCE PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR UDS

DCE PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR UDS
The District Chief Executive for East Manprusi, Adam Imoro has assured authorities and students of the University for Development Studies his persistent support to students who will embark on their Third Trimester Field Practical programme (TTFP) in his district.
The DCE said the good people of his district are ready to welcome the students to the district will all support and cooperation for them to embark on their field practical programme.
Hon. Imoro, a member of the Alumni Association of the University made this assurance in an exclusive interview with Fiila News at the 2nd National Congress dinner night of the alumni in Tamale over the weekend.
The DCE also called on members of the alumni to help uplift the image of the university by helping upcoming graduates to get employed to lift the image of the university high saying the sky is the limit for the university.
The East Manprusi district he said is endured with tourist attraction like the Gambaga witch camp, the Gamba escarpment among others with the hospital nature of citizens in the area.
In the area of peace, Hon. Imoro reassured students of his district being a haven of peace.
Hon. Imoro however advised that authorities should make proper consultation with the assemblies before dissemination of students to various districts.
The DCE lauded the initiative and called on the university authority to revamp the programme to meet the aim for the establishment of the university to bridge the teeming developmental gap between the north and the south for a better Ghana.

TAMA ASK TO TACKLE SANITATION AND WATER AGGRESSIVELY

TAMA ASK TO TACKLE SANITATION AND WATER AGGRESSIVELY
The Planning Officer of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly (TAMA), Al-hassan Ibrahim has asked the Assembly to tackled sanitation and water related problems aggressively and revolutionary to in order to do away with the sanitation problems and the perennial water crisis in the Metropolis.
According to the Planning Officer, stringent measures should be put in place by enacting bye-laws to prosecute culprits at the law court. Mr. Ibrahim made this suggestion at a workshop organized by TAMA to review the 2010-2013 sanitation and water development plan for the metropolis.
The workshop which brought together various stakeholders in the sanitation and the water sector, deliberated on challenges and the way forward for the sanitation and water development plan.
The Metropolis over the past decades has been bedeviled with sanitation and perennial water crisis where residents have to work far distances for water.
The plan will among other things form the basis for future investment in water and sanitation, hygiene promotion integration and the promotion of water sources and bodies will also be ensured by collaborating with traditional authorities, communities, landowners and the appropriate Non-Governmental Organizations and public institution to adopt good agronomic practices and resource to manage the sanitation and perennial water crisis in the metropolis.
In a presentation, the Budget Officer of the Assembly, Hope Dziekpor announced that the implementation of the plan will cost 3,120,000 Ghana cedis, explaining that 2,080,000 cedis out of the total cost will be financed by their development partners while the assembly and the beneficiary communities will bear the remaining 1,040,000 cedis.
He further enumerated that the plan is designed to increase sanitation coverage from 20 percent in 2010 to 50 percent by 2013 and also to organize capacity building for effective service delivery.
Participant therefore advised the assembly put up a very strong team on the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) which requires more resources, logistics and commitment of staff to function effectively.

NORTHERN PRESBYTERY DONATES TO FLOOD VICTIMS

NORTHERN PRESBYTERY DONATES TO FLOOD VICTIMS
The Northern Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has donated one hundred maxi bags of maize worth over one hundred Ghana cedis to flood victims in the Central Gonja district of the Northern region.
The donation was part of the churches cooperate social responsibility in the catchment areas to ensure the less endure feel part of the society. Presenting the items, Rev. Dr. Martin Bugri Nabor, the Chairman of the Northern Presbytery, said the church is emulating the messiah’s kind gesture he showed to the vulnerable in the society.
He stated that Jesus Christ healed sick, fed the hungry cast out demons and made friends with those who were neglected in their communities.
Adding that if the savior and the messiah were to be within the society physically, he might not stop the water but he would have given shelter, food and love to his people. The chairmen in a brief sermon pray against future floods and disasters and called on others to emulate the kind gesture the Savior showed to his people by contributing their quota to the wellbeing of the citizenry.
The spillage of the Bugri Dam in Burkina Faso some month ago led most people homeless whiles others lost their properties worth several millions of cedis in the district.
The Deputy Coordinating Director, Abubakari Yussif who received the on behalf of the victims commended the Presbyterian Church for the able to understand the plight of the people by providing the spiritual and physical needs of the victims.
He said the aid had come at the appropriate time to relief the affected communities.
Mr. Yussif assured the Northern Presbytery that the item will be given to the targeted group.
He therefore appealed for more aid from other benevolent organizations to support the flood victims in the district.

JUBILEE OIL EXHIBITION OPENS IN TAMALE

JUBILEE OIL EXHIBITION OPENS IN TAMALE
The Centre for National Culture in collaboration with the Jubilee partners at the weekend opened a three-day exhibition in Tamale to showcase various aspects of Ghana's oil finding and its effects for the country's socio-economic development.
The exhibition which ends today, showcases captivating photos and text information about how the country's oil was discovered, explored and developed.
Its objective is to educate the citizenry to understand all that they need to know about the oil industry in the country.
The Communications Manager of Tullow Ghana Limited Gerhard Mensah on behalf of the jubilee partners described the country's oil field as "a world class project" because of its premium quality.
The communication manager called on Ghanaians to be cautious about their expectations of the oil industry saying it will not be the universal remedy in solving all the developmental challenges of the country.
Deputy Northern Regional Minister, San Nasamu Asabigi said government's plan was to use the oil revenues to invest in the people because human beings were at the centre of any developmental activity.
Mr. Asabigi called on students to show keen interest in the oil industry in their areas of studies. He urged all to visit the exhibition centre and learn more about the country's oil industry.
Ghana formally began production of oil on commercial quantities from her Jubilee Oil Field in December last year, producing 120,000 barrels of crude oil on a daily basis.
After the exhibition the jubilee partners in an interaction with the media call for collaborative efforts of the media to sensitize the people more on the oil exploration in the country.
Mr. Mensah also bemoaned the reportage of most of the media houses in the country about the oil industry.
He also promised that the jubilee partners will organize sensitization workshop for media men and women in the country to curtail the situation.

MINISTER CUT SOD FOR A 154 KL FEEDER ROAD AT KUKOBILA

MINISTER CUT SOD FOR A 154 KL FEEDER ROAD AT KUKOBILA
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Kwesi Ahwoi has cut a sod for the construction of a 154 kilometer feeder road worth 6,886,834 Ghana cedis at Kukobila in the savelugu-Naton district of the northern region.
The 154 kilometer feeder road was out of 600 kilometer feeder roads to be constructed under the Northern Rural Growth Programme.
The construction feeder road from Kukobila to Tamalgu is to open up irrigated production areas to link with the major road to improve market access for the high value fruit and vegetables that are produced in the target areas and also to ensure all year round farming.
The Minister in the sod-cutting ceremony at Kukobila said the government under the leadership of John Evans Attah Mills is committed in developing the agriculture sector in the country.
According Mr. Ahwoi, government has placed the rapid socio-economic development of northern Ghana as a top priority and that necessitated the establishment of the Savana Accelerated development Authority (SADA).
The minister was optimistic that the dry season irrigation farming will help alleviate poverty and hunger which constitute the twin curse of the north.
He stated that the development of the irrigated Agriculture is no longer a choice or luxury but an obligation given the recent erratic rain fall pattern especially in the north due to the effect of climate.
The initiative which is co-financed by the government of Ghana, African Development Bank, and international Fund for Africa Development (IFAD) is also targeted to construct a warehouse in every district that will store up to 75,000 maxi bags of grains.
Mr. Ahwoi also announced that MOFA under its Medium Term Agricultural Sector Development plan for 2011 t0 2015 has targeted to develop 500,000 acres of irrigated land nationwide stating categorically that a large proportion will be in the northern sector.
Roy Ayariga, the National programme coordinator of NRGP in his address said NRGP is tackling the agricultural sector the way government is expected from the primitive module to the advance technological module of farming in the country.
He added that unless Ghana moves away from the traditional to technological approach of agriculture then we can never alleviate poverty and hunger in the country.

NYUPED DESCEND ON VEEP

NYUPED DESCEND ON VEEP
A Non Governmental Organization called the Northern Youth for Peace and
Development (NYUPED) has called on Vice President John Dramani Mahama and all the Ministers of State of northern extraction to resign their positions for not doing enough to make the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) policy to be on tenterhooks towards the development of the three northern regions Ghana.
It observed that the NDC’s promise made to the masses through the SADA policy formed part of the assigned reasons the people in the northern sector voted massively for the party.
The NYUPED mentioned that the NDC during the 2008 elections promised to make two hundred thousand million US Dollars as seed money to address the socio-economic needs of citizens of the northern sector under the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority concept which was not fulfilled.
The Executive Director of the Northern Youth for peace and Development, Prince Hardi Adam made the called at a news conference held in Tamale over the weekend.
According to Prince Hardi the people in the three regions in the north have observed with regret and bewilderment that apart from the twenty one thousand million cedis in the Kufour government left for that purpose, the current administration only deposited a blank cheque of twenty thousand Ghana cedis in SADA’s account.
The Northern Youth for Peace and Development therefore threatened to mobilize people in the three Northern Regions to hit the streets if the President John Mills led NDC administration after one week fails to make available the needed resources to the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority to function effectively.
Prince Hardi Adam advised electorate not to allow politicians continued use them for their parochial interest.