Tag: Bongo District
Lungu-Awaa Bridge in a deplorable state
The Lungu-Awaa Bridge in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region is in a deplorable state.
The bridge, which is located on the Lungu-Awaa-Vea...
Teenage girls appeal for sanitary pads to maintain menstrual hygiene
Teenage girls in Anafobisi community in the Bongo District, Upper East Region, has appealed to benevolent bodies to support them with sanitary pads to...
No COVID-19 case recorded in Bongo – GHS
The Ghana Health Service has debunked claims suggesting that two persons have been tested positive to Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) in the Bongo District...
Assemblyman to focus on improving quality basic education
Mr Lawrence Ake-emah-Kapoe, the Assemblyman for the Nayorigo-Bungu Electoral Area in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region has pledged to work effectively...
Shea butter processing factory to employ about 250 people in Bongo District
A shea butter processing factory, to be constructed under the government’s ‘One District, One Factory’ programme at Bogrigo, in the Bongo District...
Bongo District Adjudged Ghana’s Hob for Investment Opportunities
Historically Background of Bongo
The Bongo District, located in the Upper East Region is one of the 254 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in...
Bongo District to stay committed to stopping open defecation
The Bongo District Assembly in the Upper East Region has reaffirmed its commitment to ending open defecation across all communities in the District by...
NCCE, GRA takes tax compliance education to Bongo
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) have educated tax payers on the need to honour their tax...
CESRUD Empowers 80 Women Groups In U/E
The Centre for Sustainable Rural Development (CESRUD), a Non- Governmental Organization (NGO), working at Sumbrungu in the Upper East Region has supported and empowered...
NGO proposes six-months leave for nursing mothers
The Integrated Youth Needs and Welfare (NTYON), a Non-Governmental Organisation in the Upper East Region has called for the extension of maternity leave from...
Heavy downpour destroys buildings and properties at Bongo District
A rainstorm, which hit the Bongo District, uprooted trees, broke down electricity poles and damaged the roofs of buildings.
Mr Peter Ayamga Ayinbisa, the District...
MOFA provides Bongo farmers with 6,040 bags of fertilizers
The Bongo District Directorate of Agriculture has taken delivery of 6,040 bags of NPK fertilizer from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) as...
I wont tolerate absenteeism – DCE
Mr Peter Ayamga Ayinbisa, the District Chief Executive of the Bongo District Assembly, has said he would ensure that absenteeism and lateness to work...
Smallholder farmers develop ethnic farming methods in Bongo
Some Smallholder farmers in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region are exploiting indigenous farming technologies to preserve their food stuff for storage...
Church Rehabilitates Alcoholics And Drug Addicts
The World Light Temple Church in Bolgatanga has helped in rehabilitating a number of youth identified as alcoholics and those addicted to narcotic drugs...
GPEG Project improves quality education delivery
A research conducted by the Turning Point Developing Consulting in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region, had revealed that there...
Quality Of Pre-School Level Education Improved In Bongo
There has been a significant improvement of quality education delivery at the Pre-school level in the Bongo District of Upper East Region, research has...
KFHI donates foot-wears to school children, Zoomlion in Bongo District
Korea Food for the Hungry International (KFHI) , has donated foot-wears to some school children and staff of Zoomlion Company Limited, a waste management...
Bongo: 18 Students Benefit From Educational Fund
The Educational Endowment fund dubbed, “the Bonaba Educational Endowment fund”, was launched by Naba Baba Salifu Aleemyaarum, the Paramount Chief of the Bongo Traditional...
VSLA mediation controls domestic violence
It was pioneered by Tree Aid Ghana , NGO and its partner.
Under the VSLA...
Ghana to observe World Desertification and Drought Day in Bolgatanga
Addressing the media in Bolgatanga on Thursday , the Regional Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) who is also...
Better Ghana Agenda On Course In Bongo District – DCE
The DCE who announced this at the 59th Independence Celebration, at Bongo, mentioned Education, Health, Youth Empowerment and Rural Electrification as some of sectors...
U/E: Peace finally as Yorogo disputers resolve differences
Interventions of the Upper East Regional Peace Council (RPC), have begun to reap positive results as parties to a 10- year land dispute at...
IDA Sponsored Water Supply System Project To Be Completed Soon
The Small Town Water Supply System project sponsored by the International Development Association of World Bank is to be completed in July.
The Chief Executive...
14-year-old girl Dies of Meningitis in Bongo District
One person in the Bongo District has been confirmed dead, following the outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in the area.
Speaking to the Ghana...
More than 500 households benefit from LEAP this year in Bongo District
The Bongo District Assembly in the Upper East Region under the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Expansion programme, disbursed GH? 357, 666.00 to 1,803...
PWDs calls for technical aids
The Chairman of the Ghana Federation of the Disabled in charge of the Bongo District, Upper East Region, Mr. Akalga Samuel Asampana, has...
Women group help to reduce rural urban migration
A 148-member women?s group in the Bongo District has over three years, contributed an amount of 500,000 Ghana Cedis under the Village Savings and...
Nutritional status of pupils to be improved in Bongo District
A new nutrition programme aimed at improving the nutritional status of school children was on Friday launched in the Bongo District of the Upper...
Beo Senior High/ Technical cry for help
The Interim Management Board and Staff of the Beo Community Senior High/Technical School in the Bongo District have appealed to cooperate bodies and philanthropists...