Tag: Upper East Region
Next NDC government to establish farmers’ mechanisation centres
The next National Democratic Congress (NDC) government will establish farmers' mechanisation centres in all farming districts to boost productivity, Mr John Dramani Mahama, the...
Mahama to commence three-day tour of Upper East Region
Mr John Dramani Mahama, the Flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is scheduled to begin a three-day campaign tour of the Upper...
SAPIP to supply combine harvesters to rice farmers
Mr Felix Ngmenkaara Darimaani, the National Programme Coordinator of the Savannah Zone Agricultural Productivity Improvement Project (SAPIP) says a contract has been awarded for...
Residents appeal for the tarring of Garu-Bawku road
Residents of Garu in the Upper East Region have appealed to government to work on the Garu-Bawku highway to help reduce the rate of...
Remembrance Day for Veterans marked in Upper East Region
Ex-servicemen and other security agencies in the Upper East Region Wednesday held memorial ceremony in Bolgatanga to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Remembrance...
Residents call on government to hook Abilatinga community to electricity.
Residents of Abilatinga, community in the Garu District of the Upper East Region have appealed to government for extension of...
We urgently need electricity and water-Kandema residents
Residents of Kandema, a community in the Builsa North District of the Upper East Region are appealing for extension of electricity and construction of...
Include Nutrition and Post-harvest losses in Party Manifestoes
Mr Emmanuel Wullingdool, a development worker in the Upper East Region, has urged political parties to include nutrition and post-harvest losses in their manifestoes,...
COVID-19: UER ranks second in active cases
The Upper East Region has recently recorded 21 active cases of COVID-19, which makes it the second Region with the highest number of reported...
Paga Airstrip to be reopened-President
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the Paga airstrip in the Kassena-Nankana West District would be reopened after recommendation by a team of...
Vigilantism law will not just be on paper-President Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the Vigilantism and related offences Act 999 will be fully enforced without fear or favour.
The Vigilantism and...
Prices of foodstuffs on the increase in Bolgatanga
Traders in the Bolgatanga Central market in the Upper East Region have expressed worry at the increasing prices of foodstuffs during the harvest season...
President inspects completed Namoligo dam
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday inspected the completed Namoligo Dam in the Talensi Constituency in the Upper East Region.
The Namoligo Dam, one...
Bongo DCE hands over boreholes to two communities
Mr Peter Ayamga Ayinbisa, the Bongo District Chief Executive (DCE) in the Upper East Region, has handed over two boreholes to two communities as...
Bilinsa youth fill pot-holes on Chuchuliga-Sandema road
The youth of Bilinsa, a community in the Builsa North District of the Upper East Region has filled pot-holes on the Chuchuliga- Sandema link...
President Akufo-Addo to tour Upper East Region
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to begin a two-day tour of the Upper East Region to commission some completed projects and inspect...
GRNMA supports members in Upper East Region
The Upper East Regional Chapter of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) on Monday presented a cheque for GHC8,000.00 to two members...
Thirteen were absent from BECE exams in Bolgatanga East District
Thirteen pupils were absent from the BECE Examination underway in the Bolgatanga East District of the Upper East Region.
Though more girls were registered to...
Fumbisi rice farmers anticipate bumper harvest
Rice farmers at Fumbisi in the Builsa South District of the Upper East Region say they expect a bumper harvest if it continues to...
VEEP leads delegation to flood affected areas in Upper East
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has led a government delegation to the Upper East Region to assess the impact of the floods due to...
Vice President begins two-day tour of Upper East Region
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has arrived in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional capital, to begin a two-day working visit to the region.
The...
Batuisa residents appeal for potable water
The Chief and people of the Batuisa community in the Builsa South District of the Upper East Region, have appealed to the government for...
Tempane Constituency, most united in the North – Kpemka
Mr Joseph Dindiok Kpemka, the Member of Parliament for the Tempane Constituency in the Upper East Region has described the Tempane Constituency as...
Trax Ghana donates start-up Kits to trained artisans
About 22 artisans trained in various vocational skills in the Talensi and Nabdam districts of the Upper East Region have received start-up kits and...
Residents of Teyoko appeal for Potable water
Residents of Teyoko Community in the Bawku West District of Upper East Region have appealed for boreholes to ease the perennial water crisis in...
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...
NaBCo impacting positively on graduates in Bolgatanga
The Implementation of the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) by the government is positively impacting on the livelihoods of trainees in the Bolgatanga Municipality of...
Misiga Residents accessing health services in a kiosk
Residents of the Misiga Electoral Area in the Bawku Municipality of the Upper East Region are accessing health care services in a kiosk due...
Residents of Teyoko appeal for Potable water
Residents of Teyoko Community in the Bawku West District of Upper East Region have appealed for boreholes as the source of potable water to...
Naarango community in dire need of a classroom block
The Naarango community in the Pusiga District of the Upper East Region is in dire need of a six-unit classroom block as the only...