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The political instability in Burkina-Faso and Mali continues to exert undue stress on the health sector in the Upper West Region, Dr Damien...

Mr. Divine Kutortse, the Enterprise Support Officer at the Africa Continual Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, has encouraged Ghanaian businesses to harness the enormous potential of the AfCFTA for the growth of their businesses. He said Ghanaian businesses needed to position themselves and deviate from the norm of trading in…

Workers in the Upper West Region have called on the government to ensure that the review of the Labour Law is completed and brought into action by the end of th

Naa (Professor) Edmond Mwinyem Delle Chiir VIII, the Paramount Chief of the Nandom Traditional Area, has urged workers in Ghana to go on the negotiation table with the government to get their concerns addressed. He also urged the government to listen to the concerns of the workers to help meet…

The Upper West Regional Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on Sanitation (RICCS) has achieved about 70 per cent Open Defecation Free (ODF) coverage of the region with 815 out of 1,167 communities attaining ODF status. Out of the 815 ODF communities achieved, 13 communities were declared ODF within the first quarter of…

Work Harder To Improve Performance At Public Basic Schools – Chief Director

Mr Peter Maala, the Chief Director at the Upper Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) has urged teachers to work harder to improve performance and make public basic schools a preferred choice to attract more children to help reduce cost on parents. He said there was a public perception that private basic…

Investing in Early Childhood Development is important as that period lays the foundation for health, well-being, learning, and productivity throughout a person’s life. It also has an impact on the health and well-being of the next generation, Madam Esenam Kavi De Souza, Acting Country Director of Children Believe, a non-governmental…

Mr Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, a Deputy Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (LGDRD), has called for effective stakeholder collaboration to ensure the successful implementation of the Gulf of Guinea Northern Regions Social Cohesion (SOCO) project. He said the project, which was being implemented in 48 districts in the…

Mr Ibrahim Wemah, the Upper West Regional Chairman of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), says members of the union are going through a lot of hardship due to the rising cost of living in recent times. He explained that the wages and salaries of their members were woefully inadequate to…