HAWKERS DEMAND MAYORS HEAD
It nearly became a tremor when the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly embarked on a demolishing exercise led by the Metropolitan Chief Executive, Alhaji Haruna Abdulai Friday within the premises of the Metropolitan Assembly.
The exercise saw verbal assault and threats on the mayor of Tamale but through the timely intervention of the Military the situation comes to normalcy.
Hawkers around the Metropolitan assembly have mounted unauthorized structures along the Tamale-Bolgatanga trunk-road.
The exercise was to evacuate hawkers within the premise to ensure that all ceremonial roads within the metropolis are devoid of unauthorized structures.
The exercised was brought to a halt when the hawkers alleged that the assembly granted them a verbal permit adding that the assembly did not serve them notice of the demolishing exercise before embarking on the exercise.
According to the hawkers, the first time the assembly asked them to relocate from the place, they pursued the matter to the Acting Chairman of the ruling NDC, Alhaji Sofo Azoka who said he had contacted Friday and he said they should stay.
But in an interview with the Public Affairs Director of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly, Issah Musah said the allegations of the hawkers are baseless.
He also denied allegations of a bribery scandal with the inspection guards of the assembly.
Mr. Musah reiterated that the assembly has exhausted all diplomacies with the people and they will use all powers under their jurisdiction to evacuate them.
He warned that all unauthorized structures along ceremonial roads in the Metropolis are to be demolished.
The Public Affairs Director therefore called on residents of the metropolis to be law abiding and respect authority.
Friday, May 6, 2011
FILTH ENGULF TAMALE METROPOLIS
FILTH ENGULF TAMALE METROPOLIS
Keeping the city out of rid of filth was one of the core principles of the Mills led NDC administration but the situation has seemed to become a mirage in most part of the country and Tamale Metropolis in particular.
It was of no surprised that the cholera outbreak strikes the country and Tamale was of no exception as most suburb of the Metropolis is engulfed with filth.
Lamakarah, Zogbeli, Nyohini and Lamashegu are of the list where gutters are choked with pungent choking smells which are within the central business town of the Metropolis.
Residents around these areas sit unconcern about the situation waiting for the Metropolitan Assembly’s intervention.
In an interview with some residents around Zogbeli, they claimed the responsibility to distilled gutters and keep refuse dumps clean is place on the Assembly not residents.
Most residents lambasted the Metropolitan Assembly for it inability to keep the metropolis rid of filth.
The Metropolis is likely to lose its pride of being the neatest city in the country if strict interventions are not taken to address the sanitation problem in the Metropolis.
When our newsmen spoke with the Assembly Member of Zogbeli electoral area, Mohammed Polo was regretful about the sanitation problem in his electoral area and promised to address the situation as soon as possible.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
NCCE CALL ON POLITICAL PARTIES TO RESPECT THE RULE OF LAW
NCCE CALL ON POLITICAL PARTIES TO RESPECT THE RULE OF LAW
The National commission on Civic Education (NCCE) in the Northern Region has taken its turn in the on-going celebration of the 11th annual constitutional week celebration with a call on political parties in the country respective the rule of law in the country.
The Northern Regional Director of the NCCE, Haruna Husheini Sulemana said in a speech that political parties in the country has taken the law into their own hands who used their political powers to allow the foot-soldiers to foment troubles.
The Director made the called at the launch of the 11th annual constitutional week celebration in the Northern Regional Capital Tamale. This year's celebration which was under the theme: the State of Ghana's Democracy 2011 will be used to examine the country's democratic credentials in view of the incoming general elections.
He however noted with regret that pavilions mounted for the youth in the north by political leaders are avenues to promote laziness, poverty, violence and unemployment in the country.
The NCCE Director assured Ghanaians that the Commission will not relent on its efforts at creating and sustaining awareness of constitutional democracy for the achievement of political, economic and social stability of the country.
An Educationist, Alhaji Adam Y.M.B Ibrahimah who was the Guest Speaker, called on political parties in the country to revolve their manifestoes around the directive principles of state policy, ascribed in the 1992 Constitution.
He advised that successive governments should continue with the uncompleted projects of previous administrations, to ensure an accelerated socio-economic development and to end the many abandoned projects dotted around the country.
The National commission on Civic Education (NCCE) in the Northern Region has taken its turn in the on-going celebration of the 11th annual constitutional week celebration with a call on political parties in the country respective the rule of law in the country.
The Northern Regional Director of the NCCE, Haruna Husheini Sulemana said in a speech that political parties in the country has taken the law into their own hands who used their political powers to allow the foot-soldiers to foment troubles.
The Director made the called at the launch of the 11th annual constitutional week celebration in the Northern Regional Capital Tamale. This year's celebration which was under the theme: the State of Ghana's Democracy 2011 will be used to examine the country's democratic credentials in view of the incoming general elections.
He however noted with regret that pavilions mounted for the youth in the north by political leaders are avenues to promote laziness, poverty, violence and unemployment in the country.
The NCCE Director assured Ghanaians that the Commission will not relent on its efforts at creating and sustaining awareness of constitutional democracy for the achievement of political, economic and social stability of the country.
An Educationist, Alhaji Adam Y.M.B Ibrahimah who was the Guest Speaker, called on political parties in the country to revolve their manifestoes around the directive principles of state policy, ascribed in the 1992 Constitution.
He advised that successive governments should continue with the uncompleted projects of previous administrations, to ensure an accelerated socio-economic development and to end the many abandoned projects dotted around the country.
NCCE CALL ON POLITICAL PARTIES TO RESPECT THE RULE OF LAW
NCCE CALL ON POLITICAL PARTIES TO RESPECT THE RULE OF LAW
The National commission on Civic Education (NCCE) in the Northern Region has taken its turn in the on-going celebration of the 11th annual constitutional week celebration with a call on political parties in the country respective the rule of law in the country.
The Northern Regional Director of the NCCE, Haruna Husheini Sulemana said in a speech that political parties in the country has taken the law into their own hands who used their political powers to allow the foot-soldiers to foment troubles.
The Director made the called at the launch of the 11th annual constitutional week celebration in the Northern Regional Capital Tamale. This year's celebration which was under the theme: the State of Ghana's Democracy 2011 will be used to examine the country's democratic credentials in view of the incoming general elections.
He however noted with regret that pavilions mounted for the youth in the north by political leaders are avenues to promote laziness, poverty, violence and unemployment in the country.
The NCCE Director assured Ghanaians that the Commission will not relent on its efforts at creating and sustaining awareness of constitutional democracy for the achievement of political, economic and social stability of the country.
An Educationist, Alhaji Adam Y.M.B Ibrahimah who was the Guest Speaker, called on political parties in the country to revolve their manifestoes around the directive principles of state policy, ascribed in the 1992 Constitution.
He advised that successive governments should continue with the uncompleted projects of previous administrations, to ensure an accelerated socio-economic development and to end the many abandoned projects dotted around the country.
The National commission on Civic Education (NCCE) in the Northern Region has taken its turn in the on-going celebration of the 11th annual constitutional week celebration with a call on political parties in the country respective the rule of law in the country.
The Northern Regional Director of the NCCE, Haruna Husheini Sulemana said in a speech that political parties in the country has taken the law into their own hands who used their political powers to allow the foot-soldiers to foment troubles.
The Director made the called at the launch of the 11th annual constitutional week celebration in the Northern Regional Capital Tamale. This year's celebration which was under the theme: the State of Ghana's Democracy 2011 will be used to examine the country's democratic credentials in view of the incoming general elections.
He however noted with regret that pavilions mounted for the youth in the north by political leaders are avenues to promote laziness, poverty, violence and unemployment in the country.
The NCCE Director assured Ghanaians that the Commission will not relent on its efforts at creating and sustaining awareness of constitutional democracy for the achievement of political, economic and social stability of the country.
An Educationist, Alhaji Adam Y.M.B Ibrahimah who was the Guest Speaker, called on political parties in the country to revolve their manifestoes around the directive principles of state policy, ascribed in the 1992 Constitution.
He advised that successive governments should continue with the uncompleted projects of previous administrations, to ensure an accelerated socio-economic development and to end the many abandoned projects dotted around the country.
Friday, February 18, 2011
NANA ADDO STORMS UPPER WEST REGION
The falgbearer of the main opposition party in Ghna Nana Akufo Addo has storm the upper west region with his "all die be die" campaign as part of his familiarization visit to the galant suppoters and citizen of the region. Nana is set to tour all the constituencie in the upper west region. he is also set to visit various elephants youth wings in the region which the UDS branch of the party (TESCON) is one of is main stop pointn
TO BE CONTINUE............
TO BE CONTINUE............
Friday, September 10, 2010
BURKINA FASO DAMS SPILLAGE WASHES AWAY ROADS AND BRIDGES IN CENTRAL GONJA DISTRICT
BURKINA FASO DAMS SPILLAGE WASHES AWAY ROADS AND BRIDGES IN CENTRAL GONJA DISTRICT
Water Spillage from the Bagre and Kapianga dams in neighboring Burkina Faso and severe floods caused by heavy downpour have washed away access roads and bridges linking satellite communities to Buipe, District capital of the Central Gonja District of the northern region.
The situation has cut off residents of the affected communities including Tuliwe, Aboase and Mpaha from the district capital thereby making life unbearable to them.
Assembly members representing the affected communities are therefore calling on government to rapidly respond to their predicament by giving immediate attention to the reconstruction of the washed away facilities.
Inadequate health facilities and lack of trained teachers refusal to accept postings to the district due to insufficient accommodation facilities are among other constraints affecting citizens of the Central Gonja District.
All these nagging issues came to light at the Second Ordinary General Meeting of the Central Gonja District Assembly held in Buipe on Wednesday 25.
Responding to some of the concerns, Hon. Amadu Seidu, Member of Parliament for Yapei/Kusawgu Constituency assured the assembly members of Ghana and Japanese governments and other development partners commitment to tackle most of the problems particularly that of the deplorable road network that is peculiar to most districts in the northern region.
He regretted that most of the well tailored development projects that begun under Jerry John Rawlings’ watch were abandoned by the erstwhile Kufuor led NPP administration but promised that all those projects will be re-visited by the President J.E.A Mills led NDC government in fulfillment of the Better Ghana Agenda.
He hence urged the assembly members to approach decisions bordering the district’s development on bipartisan lines and intensify their lobbying skills for projects to improve the living conditions of residents of their respective electoral areas.
Hon. Amadu Seidu further said plans have been far advanced by government to get all the deprived communities in the Central Gonja District connected to the national electrification project under the northern rural electrification programme.
On education, he said the GETfund in collaboration with the Ministry of Education is going to put up Kindergartens in almost every community as a means of making quality education accessible to all children of school going age in Ghana.
The District Chief Executive, Hon. Sualisu Biawuribe commended residents of Buipe for their cooperation with security operatives in the area whose operations have maintained the appreciable though relative peace in the area during the wake of skirmishes and other security threats related to the Buipe chieftaincy affair.
According to the DCE, the spate of highway robbery in the district has been considerably reduced with some of the notorious robbers whose activities endangered the lives of residents and other commuters being arrested by the security operatives.
Hon. Biawuribe announced that only one out of the hundreds of candidates in the district who wrote the Basic Education Certificate Examination for the year 2009 had aggregate 10 which he said needed concerted efforts to change the situation.
He added that the construction of mechanized boreholes and dams were underway in some underserved communities in the district to enhance peri-urban agriculture which in his estimation will boost food security in the district and beyond.
Hon. Biawuribe tasked revenue collectors of the assembly to maximize their internal revenue generating funds to complement the common fund allocation needed to execute the assembly’s development agenda to the fullest.
As part of efforts to improve the district’s human resource base, the DCE said a chunk of the assembly common fund and the MP’s allocation went into sponsoring brilliant but needy students of the area at all levels of education with emphasis on tertiary education.
Water Spillage from the Bagre and Kapianga dams in neighboring Burkina Faso and severe floods caused by heavy downpour have washed away access roads and bridges linking satellite communities to Buipe, District capital of the Central Gonja District of the northern region.
The situation has cut off residents of the affected communities including Tuliwe, Aboase and Mpaha from the district capital thereby making life unbearable to them.
Assembly members representing the affected communities are therefore calling on government to rapidly respond to their predicament by giving immediate attention to the reconstruction of the washed away facilities.
Inadequate health facilities and lack of trained teachers refusal to accept postings to the district due to insufficient accommodation facilities are among other constraints affecting citizens of the Central Gonja District.
All these nagging issues came to light at the Second Ordinary General Meeting of the Central Gonja District Assembly held in Buipe on Wednesday 25.
Responding to some of the concerns, Hon. Amadu Seidu, Member of Parliament for Yapei/Kusawgu Constituency assured the assembly members of Ghana and Japanese governments and other development partners commitment to tackle most of the problems particularly that of the deplorable road network that is peculiar to most districts in the northern region.
He regretted that most of the well tailored development projects that begun under Jerry John Rawlings’ watch were abandoned by the erstwhile Kufuor led NPP administration but promised that all those projects will be re-visited by the President J.E.A Mills led NDC government in fulfillment of the Better Ghana Agenda.
He hence urged the assembly members to approach decisions bordering the district’s development on bipartisan lines and intensify their lobbying skills for projects to improve the living conditions of residents of their respective electoral areas.
Hon. Amadu Seidu further said plans have been far advanced by government to get all the deprived communities in the Central Gonja District connected to the national electrification project under the northern rural electrification programme.
On education, he said the GETfund in collaboration with the Ministry of Education is going to put up Kindergartens in almost every community as a means of making quality education accessible to all children of school going age in Ghana.
The District Chief Executive, Hon. Sualisu Biawuribe commended residents of Buipe for their cooperation with security operatives in the area whose operations have maintained the appreciable though relative peace in the area during the wake of skirmishes and other security threats related to the Buipe chieftaincy affair.
According to the DCE, the spate of highway robbery in the district has been considerably reduced with some of the notorious robbers whose activities endangered the lives of residents and other commuters being arrested by the security operatives.
Hon. Biawuribe announced that only one out of the hundreds of candidates in the district who wrote the Basic Education Certificate Examination for the year 2009 had aggregate 10 which he said needed concerted efforts to change the situation.
He added that the construction of mechanized boreholes and dams were underway in some underserved communities in the district to enhance peri-urban agriculture which in his estimation will boost food security in the district and beyond.
Hon. Biawuribe tasked revenue collectors of the assembly to maximize their internal revenue generating funds to complement the common fund allocation needed to execute the assembly’s development agenda to the fullest.
As part of efforts to improve the district’s human resource base, the DCE said a chunk of the assembly common fund and the MP’s allocation went into sponsoring brilliant but needy students of the area at all levels of education with emphasis on tertiary education.
USAID LAUNCHES PAGE PROJECT IN TAMALE
USAID LAUNCHES PAGE PROJECT IN TAMALE
The United States Agency for International Development’s funded education project code named “Partnership for Accountable Governance in Education Project” for the three northern regions has been launched in Tamale.
The three years project which will be implemented in 46 districts across Ghana among other interventions seek to improve student achievement through strengthened educational governance and supervision.
Mr. George Appiah, Deputy Chief of party at the launch explained that the project is designed to support the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to achieve the policy goals and objectives of the Education Strategic Plan and it will be facilitated by Care International.
For the start, Mr. George Appiah announced that the USAID is making available a package of 241 motorbikes for distribution and each of the beneficiary districts are expected to receive at least five motorbikes each.
He said one of the many guiding principles of the project is to institutionalize accountability for results among stakeholders in education at all levels.
Hon. Sam Nasaamu Asabigi, Deputy Northern Regional commended the USAID for the initiative and concluded that it will improve the standard of education in the three northern regions.
He regretted that the northern regions have over the years recorded low grades at the Basic Education Certificate Examination level and in his estimation the PAGE project could make a difference.
The Partnership for Accountable Governance in Education is a USAID funded programme that started on June 1, 2010 and its activities are expected to support two out of Ghana’s four Education Strategic Plan objectives as laid in the Medium Term Development plan objectives for the education sector.
Participants at the launch included Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives, Regional and District Directors of Education and other stakeholders in education operating in the three regions of the north.
The United States Agency for International Development’s funded education project code named “Partnership for Accountable Governance in Education Project” for the three northern regions has been launched in Tamale.
The three years project which will be implemented in 46 districts across Ghana among other interventions seek to improve student achievement through strengthened educational governance and supervision.
Mr. George Appiah, Deputy Chief of party at the launch explained that the project is designed to support the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to achieve the policy goals and objectives of the Education Strategic Plan and it will be facilitated by Care International.
For the start, Mr. George Appiah announced that the USAID is making available a package of 241 motorbikes for distribution and each of the beneficiary districts are expected to receive at least five motorbikes each.
He said one of the many guiding principles of the project is to institutionalize accountability for results among stakeholders in education at all levels.
Hon. Sam Nasaamu Asabigi, Deputy Northern Regional commended the USAID for the initiative and concluded that it will improve the standard of education in the three northern regions.
He regretted that the northern regions have over the years recorded low grades at the Basic Education Certificate Examination level and in his estimation the PAGE project could make a difference.
The Partnership for Accountable Governance in Education is a USAID funded programme that started on June 1, 2010 and its activities are expected to support two out of Ghana’s four Education Strategic Plan objectives as laid in the Medium Term Development plan objectives for the education sector.
Participants at the launch included Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives, Regional and District Directors of Education and other stakeholders in education operating in the three regions of the north.
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