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The Divisional Queen mother in Bongo-Feo in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region, Pognaba Agamboka Felicia has won a national award in the Science and Technology category rdquo; at this year rsquo;s Ghana Chieftaincy Awards GCA held in Cape Coast.

The Divisional Queen mother in Bongo -Feo in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region,Pognaba Agamboka Felicia , -has won a national award dubbed”, Science and Technology category” at this year’s Ghana Chieftaincy Awards (GCA) held in Cape Coast. The award scheme seeks primarily to reward traditional rulers who…

"My son was an auto-mechanic apprentice for six years because I could not afford to pay for his passing out ceremony and to buy the tools for him to set up his own shop after his first three years of learning. “After we formed the Village Savings and Loans Association…

Mr Stephen Yakubu, Upper East Regional Minister, has called on traditional authorities and opinion leaders to uphold the Ghanaian cultural values from deteriorating to promote sustainable development. The Minister was speaking at this year’s celebration of the ‘Azambene’ a festival of the chiefs and people of Bongo in the Bongo…

Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders are the most recorded mental health conditions in the Upper East Upper East Region, Mr Edem Quarshie Ameglah, the Regional Mental Health Coordinator of the Ghana Health Service, has said. He said they were disorders with common symptoms including hallucination, delusion, thought echo, catatonia altered…

The government is to roll out a GH¢311.2m project in the Upper East Region to sustain peace and security by improving regional collaborations and socio-economic resilience in border and conflict communities.

The United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has called for strategic investment in promoting girl-child education and women empowerment to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “Women and girls make about 50 per cent of the population, even almost 52 per cent in Ghana, so empowering them means we are…

Farmers in the Upper East Region are expecting a good yield of sorghum and a ready market as their major buyer, Guinness Ghana Breweries, is ready to purchase the grain. Mr Issac Pabia, the Regional Chairman, Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), said most of its members cultivated sorghum and…

Farmers in the Upper East Region are expecting a good yield of sorghum and a ready market as their major buyer, Guinness Ghana Breweries, is ready to purchase the grain. Mr Issac Pabia, the Regional Chairman, Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), said most of its members cultivated sorghum and…

Some fish farmers and institutions in the Upper East Region are sustainably increasing fish production and contributing to the national fish stock for food and nutritional security. Government, under its Aquaculture for Food and Jobs programme, has empowered some youth groups and institutions in the region including the Navrongo Central…