Tag: Wa
Upper West winning war against teenage pregnancy despite COVID-19
The Upper West Region has made strides in reducing teenage pregnancy despite COVID-19 pandemic, which engulfed the country in March 2020.
Available statistics from the...
Nobody will build Upper West Region for us – Eledi
Mr Clement Eledi, the President of the Upper West Regional Bar Association, says the development of the Upper West Region is in the hands...
Issues of child protection must concern all – Director
Mr Peter Maala, the Upper West Regional Coordinating Director, has indicated that issues concerning child protection and welfare ought to be a concern for...
Myriad of challenges affecting children with special education needs – NGO
The Necessary Aid Alliance, a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), has observed that there are myriad of challenges militating against performances of children with special needs...
REACH-STR Project offers Scholarships to 14 Masters/PhD students
The Resilience Against Climate Change-Social Transformation Research and Policy Advocacy (REACH-STR) Project has offered scholarships to 14 Masters and PhD students.
The students are from...
Prof Bagah wins UWR Council of State elections
Professor Daniel Anlieu-Mwini Bagah has won the Council of State Election in the Upper West Region to represent the region.
He polled 21 out of...
GIS firms up measures to curb illegal migration
The Upper West Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) says it has firmed up measures to ensure that illegal migration into and...
Chief targets Council of State position to develop UWR
Kuoro Bareche Nlowie Baninye II, the Chief of Niator in the Sissala West District, says he will make the development needs of the...
Council of State aspirant promises to lobby for salary and cars for Assembly members
Kuoro Barecheh Nlowie Baninye II, an aspirants for the Member of Council of State elections in the Upper West Region has promised to lobby...
COVID-19 is affecting Open Defecation Free campaign – RICCS
The Upper West Regional Inter-agency Coordinating Committee on Sanitation (RICCS) says COVID-19 is adversely affecting the Open Defecation Free (ODF) campaign in the Upper...
Upper West Police arrest 83 persons for flouting covid-19 protocols
The Upper West Regional Police Command has arrested 83 persons, comprising 66 males and 17 females, for refusing to wear nose masks in public...
Forty informal sector employers trained on ILO Convention 190
A total of 40 selected informal sector employers across the Upper West Region have been trained on the International Labour Organisation Convention 190 (ILO...
COVID-19: Police to arrest anyone who flouts protocols
The Upper West Regional Police Command said it will not hesitate to arrest and prosecute any individual or group of persons who flout the...
WaterAid Ghana donates handwashing facility, sanitisers to WMA
WaterAid Ghana has donated a foot-operated handwashing facility and 300 boxes, comprising 12 pieces each of hand sanitisers to the Wa Municipal Assembly (WMA)...
Fire guts seven shops in Wa ‘Kejetia’ Market
Fire razed seven shops at the Wa ‘Kejetia’ market in the early hours of Saturday, officials say.
The owners of the...
Successive governments failed to address issues of ‘Kayayee’ in Ghana – Research
There has been a failure on the part of successive governments to address the issues affecting ‘Kayayee’ (female head porters) in Ghana with regards...
Upper West ends 2020 with 66 per cent ODF coverage
The Upper West Region has ended the year 2020 with 779 communities out of a total of 1,169 communities in the region attaining Open...
Wa Technical Institute gets sickbay
Mr Osbert Salifu Dambia, the Vice Principal in charge of Administration at the Wa Technical Institute (WTI), has disclosed that a sickbay would soon...
Sombo community enskins new divisional chief
The people of Sombo at the weekend enskinned Naa Yelpoee Mwaamuo II as the new Chief of the Divisional Area in the Nadowli-Kaleo District...
COVID-19 Wa Technical Institute students to receive counselling
Students at the Wa Technical Institute will receive guidance and counselling to dispel possible fears among the students of contracting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as...
Ghana National Fire Service inspects fire safety equipment
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has inspected fire safety equipment and installations at the Upper West Regional Hospital in Wa.
The review...
Domestic fires lead as general fire incidents rise in Upper West Region
General fire incidents in the Upper West Region have increased from 198 in 2019 to 243 in 2020 with domestic fires leading the chart...
Accident deaths decreases in Upper West Region
Total number of persons killed through various road crashes in the Upper West Region have decreased from 58 in 2019 to 54 in 2020...
Bernard Mornah congratulates Alban Bagbin on his new position
Mr Benard Ambataayele Mornah, the People's National Convention (PNC) 2020 parliamentary candidate for Nadowli-Kaleo Constituency, has congratulated Mr Alban S. K. Bagbin on his...
Upper West NDC congratulates Bagbin
The Upper West Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress has congratulated Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin on his election as Speaker of the...
People of Wa hail Bagbin’s election as Speaker of Parliament
Some residents of Wa including; market women have hailed the election of Mr Alban Sumana Bagbin, as Speaker of the 8th Parliament of the...
MTN Ghana donates to Christmas Babies in Wa
The Upper West Region office of MTN Ghana has donated assorted items including baby oil, baby diapers, soaps and wrappers among others to...
There is sufficiency in Jesus’ sacrifice – Pastor Kumuyi
Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi, the General Overseer of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, has said the birth and death of Jesus Christ is sufficient...
FDA holds Carols Night and Nine Lessons in Wa
The Upper West Regional office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has held Carols Night and Nine Lessons in Wa in commemoration of...
NBSSI supporting business growth in UWR
Mr Mohammed Moomin, the Upper West Regional Manager of the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), said his outfit is working to help...