Tag: Wa
Wa market traders sensitized on food safety and hygiene
Traders in the Wa market have been sensitized on food safety and hygiene to ensure they guard against food poisoning and other food-borne...
Some hospital security personnel in Wa raise eyebrows over COVID-19 vaccine
Some hospital security personnel in Wa raise eyebrows over COVID-19 vaccine
A number of public and private hospital security personnel in Wa are raising eyebrows...
Information Minister urges media to promote local investment opportunities
Mr Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, the Minister of Information, has urged the media to dedicate attention to promote local communities and the investment opportunities there to...
Informal sector workers, others petition government to ratify ILO C190
Informal sector workers among others have petitioned the government to ratify the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 190 to outlaw...
Wa market women cry foul over COVID-19 funds
Members of the Wa Market Women Association are crying foul over their inability to access some of the COVID-19 funds created by government to...
Assault cases lead 2020 domestic violence chat in Upper West
Assault cases is leading the 2020 domestic violence chat with 144 out of a total of 384 reported cases according to the Domestic Violence...
Digital media can reduce unemployment rate
Mr Issahaque M. Serekpera Naa, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Yison Tech Hub, an Information Technology (IT) organisation, says digital media have the...
Upper West PMs congratulate minister
Presiding Members (PMs) of 10 out of the 11 Municipal and District Assemblies in the Upper West Region have congratulated Dr Hafiz Bin Salih...
Farmers advised to check information on seeds before buying
Farmers have been advised to check to ensure the right information is on the packaging material of all seed varieties before making a decision...
Agribusiness Fair and Conference to boost potential in North Western Ghana
The Market Oriented Agriculture Programme in North Western Ghana (MOAP NW) will host the second Agribusiness Fair and Conference from 19th to 20th May...
Either Bawumia for 2024 or mass defections – Alhaj Bamba
Alhaj Mohammed Shukurulah Bamba, a stalwart of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern Region, has appealed to party members to unanimously endorse...
Businesses express worry over increasing electricity tariffs
Some business operators in Wa, whose operations relied heavily on the use of electricity, have expressed worry over the high electricity tariffs, which is...
Public advised to opt for ADR in dispute resolution
Mr Brains Antwi Dwumah, Upper West Regional Coordinator of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), has advised the public to settlle disputes with them as...
Dombo University appeals for special funding to bridge infrastructure gap
Management of the Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS) has appealed for a special funding instrument to help bridge...
Clients express concern over encroachment on health facility
Some clients of the Wa Central Market Clinic in the Wa Municipality have expressed concern about the encroachment of the premises of the clinic,...
Death ‘hanged’ on the neck
A GNA Feature by Prosper K. Kuorsoh
Despite its important religious significance for Muslim women especially the married ones, the veil (Mayafi) is also increasingly...
Be patience with Parliament – Bagbin
Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament has appealed to the people of Upper West Region to exercise patience and have trust...
COVID-19 Vaccine is safe, get vaccinated – Nurses
Some nurses in the Upper West Region who received their COVID-19 jabs described the Covid-19 vaccine as safe and advised the public to get...
MTN donates more PPE to Upper West Regional Hospital
The MTN Ghana Foundation has donated more Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to management of the Upper West Regional Hospital to help protect staff of...
JICA trains community health officers on COVID-19
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has through the “CHPS for Life Project” initiated a two-day training programme on COVID-19 for a total of...
Over 9,000 health staff in Upper West to receive COVID-19 jab
Dr Damien Punguyire, the Upper West Regional Director of Health Services, has announced that about 9,500 health workers in the Region will be vaccinated...
Poor road network affecting livelihoods at Domowa
The people of Domowa, a farming community in the Wa West district have expressed worry about the poor road network linking other communities.
The...
Methodist Education Unit marks week with clean-up exercise
The Upper West Regional Methodist Education Unit (MEU) on Saturday organised a clean-up exercise at the Wa Naa's Palace as part of activities to...
ActionAid Ghana pushes for government to ratify ILO C190
ActionAid Ghana is advocating for government to ratify the International Labour Organisation’s Convention 190 (ILO C190) to ensure safer work environment for all especially...
Child malnutrition has dire consequences on the nation-Minister
Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Region Minister, has stated that failure to provide the nutritional needs of children has dire consequences for...
COVID-19, financial sector clean-up affect WACCU performance
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country has adversely affected the financial performance of the Wa Co-operative Credit Union (WACCU) for the...
Star Ghana initiates measures to improve maternal and child healthcare services
Star Ghana Foundation (SGF), in partnership with Community Development Alliance (CDA), have initiated a process to address the impact of COVID-19 on access to...
House of Chiefs calls for collaboration with MMDCEs for development
Naa Dikomwine Domalae, President of the Upper West Regional House of Chiefs (UWRHC), has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to maintain...
Remove your political hats and work as citizens-Minister
Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister has asked all departmental heads in the region to remove their political hats and work...
Minister calls for support to achieve government vision
Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister, on Wednesday, called on some eminent personalities in the region to seek their blessings and...