Bolgatanga (Ghana)

Type: City
Name: Bolgatanga (Ghana)
Country: Ghana
Latitude: 10.79
Longitude: -.85
population: 39,870
First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Youth Alive undertakes adolescent sexuality project

Ghana News pluginsYouth Alive Ghana, local non-governmental organisation, has embarked on a two-year project to help raise people’s consciousness about the need to increase awareness of reproductive and sexual health among young people and improve their ... [Published Graphic Ghana - 15 hours ago]
First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

PPP Presidential Aspirant Tours UE

Ghana News pluginsDr Nduom interacting with party supporters at Tindonmolgo as part of his grassroots campaigning.THE presidential aspirant of the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has toured the Upper East Region with a call on each ... [Published Graphic Ghana - 15 hours ago]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Viable District Sub-structures and Citizens' Participation: Whose Responsibilty?

(A GNA feature by Fatima Anafu-Astanga)Bolgatanga (U/E), May 20, GNA - âI like to see a man proud of the place he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of himâ, Abraham Lincoln once said.Democracy is beautiful when participation ... [Published Ghana News Agency - May 21 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Government is committed to pass Affirmative Action Bill ? Minister

Alhaji Limuna Mohammed –Muniru, Upper East Regional Minster, on Thursday reiterated Government’s commitment to pass the Affirmative Action Bill into law.The Minister, who specifically directed the message to gender advocates, was addressing a public durbar ... [Published VibeGhana.com - May 18 2013]
First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

First fruit smoothie café starts business in Bolgatanga

Zaare Smoothie is made up of the finest and carefully selected natural tropical fruits.Proceeds from the fruit drink would go into projects to address the urgent needs of the youth.Mr John Kingsley Kurugu, Executive Director of the NGO noted that foods ... [Published Ghana News Agency - May 14 2013]
First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 2 reports

SADA urged to establish educational fund

Second Cycle Students from the Upper East Region have made an appeal to the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority(SADA) Secretariat to consider setting up an educational fund to cater for needy students in the area.The students made the appeal when ... [Published GhanaHomePage - May 05 2013]
First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 2 reports

Child Protection Network expresses worry about street children in U/E

Most of the street children are school children, who had abandoned schooling and are being used by traders to do menial jobs, such as selling of food items and water.The situation gets worse in the night as many of them remain on the streets and sleep ... [Published Ghana News Agency - May 05 2013]
First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 2 reports

Bui feeds national grid with 133 megawatts

Ghana News pluginsThe first of three units of the Bui Hydroelectric Power Project came on stream yesterday to add 133 megawatts (MW) of power to the national grid.The remaining two units are expected to be completed by the end of the year to bring the ... [Published Graphic Ghana - May 05 2013]
First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

TB Patients Cry Out

Despite series of public education on the need for family members to support tuberculosis infected relations, some persons undergoing treatment of the disease say they are still being stigmatized and discriminated against.They said the stigmatization ... [Published Modern Ghana - May 03 2013]
First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

Ghana: Presbyterian Church Speaks On National Issues

Bolgatanga In the wake of several challenges confronting Ghana, the Upper Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has come out clearly to state its position on how the institutions mandated to carry out certain functions should go about their duties, ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 03 2013]
First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

Coalition bemoans spate of alcohol consumption in Upper East

Bolgatanga, May 3, GNA - Coalition of NGOs in health has bemoaned the spate of alcohol consumption among the youth in Upper East Region and called on stakeholders, particularly government to help address the menace.The Upper East Vice Chairman of the ... [Published Ghana News Agency - May 03 2013]
First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 2 reports

MOFA to draw up a five-year programme to control anthrax

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) is to draw up a five- year programme to help curb the perennial outbreak of anthrax in the Northern and Upper East Regions.The Sector Minister ,Clement Kofi Humado made this known, when he visited the Upper ... [Published Citifmonline - Apr 27 2013]

Quotes

The MCE, at a meeting with journalists at Bolgatanga, on Monday, said "I set up the task force with good intentions to decongest the town and to ensure that land developers obtain permits to prevent people from building at unauthorised places"
...Deputy Director of Communications for the CPP, Kwame Jantuah told journalists the party's message remains one; "that both NDC and NPP have not helped the country in that they have not applied the nation's resources to good use. Ghanaians must realize that a vote for CPP will make a lot of difference in their lives. Ghana must work again" he stated
"We are here as witnesses to what promises to be peaceful, transparent, credible, free and fair elections" Chief Obasanjo said on arrival in Accra on Monday 3rd December, adding that given Ghana's reputable history, the 7th December presidential and legislative...
"I saw him some few times during his visits to our region. I heard him preach peace all the time in his speech. So I wanted very much to be here to bid him farewell" said 65-year-old Lawson Nartey, who was dressed in black with a red ribbon around his neck

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Youth Alive undertakes adolescent sexuality pro... [Published Graphic Ghana - 15 hours ago]
PPP Presidential Aspirant Tours UE [Published Graphic Ghana - 15 hours ago]
Viable District Sub-structures and Citizens' Pa... [Published Ghana News Agency - May 21 2013]
Time bomb: Our markets are prone to fire outbreaks [Published Graphic Ghana - May 20 2013]
Government is committed to pass Affirmative Act... [Published VibeGhana.com - May 18 2013]
Stakeholders in agriculture sensitised on WAAPP II [Published GhanaHomePage - May 18 2013]
Bolgatanga Polytechnic Governing Council appeal... [Published Citifmonline - May 17 2013]
Stakeholders validate final draft document of G... [Published Ghana Business News - May 16 2013]
Women Call For Immediate Passage Of Affirmative... [Published Modern Ghana - May 16 2013]
Biennial Conference of Ghana Hotels Association... [Published Republic of Ghana - May 16 2013]
CSOs demands passage of Affirmative Action Bill... [Published Ghana News Agency - May 15 2013]
First fruit smoothie café starts business in Bo... [Published Ghana News Agency - May 14 2013]
Dialogue on TB prevention [Published Graphic Ghana - May 14 2013]
Government asked to transform legal AID into Co... [Published VibeGhana.com - May 13 2013]
GSPD implements Justice Empowerment Project in ... [Published GhanaHomePage - May 12 2013]
Red Cross Society marks Day in Upper East [Published GhanaHomePage - May 09 2013]
Low patient attendance as doctors resume work [Published Myjoyonline.com - May 09 2013]
Upper East Jubilee Park in deplorable condition [Published GhanaHomePage - May 07 2013]
MTTU Recoils On Planned Exercise [Published Ghanaian Chronicle - May 07 2013]
Committee exonerates S-Poly Registrar [Published GhanaHomePage - May 07 2013]
SADA, MoFA recruit agric extension officers [Published Graphic Ghana - May 07 2013]
The proliferation of filling stations and fuel ... [Published Ghana News Agency - May 06 2013]
‘Govt Must Be Truthful Workers’ [Published Daily Guide Ghana - May 06 2013]
SADA To Support MOFA Recruit Agriculture Extens... [Published Peace FM - May 06 2013]
SADA To Support MOFA Recruit Extension Officers [Published Republic of Ghana - May 06 2013]
SADA to support MOFA recruit extension officers [Published Peace FM - May 06 2013]
SADA urged to establish educational fund [Published GhanaHomePage - May 05 2013]
Child Protection Network expresses worry about ... [Published Ghana News Agency - May 05 2013]
Upper East Students appeal to SADA to establish... [Published Peace FM - May 05 2013]
Bui feeds national grid with 133 megawatts [Published Graphic Ghana - May 05 2013]
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