Poor personal hygiene and unsanitary environmental management in the Bolgatanga Municipality and the rest of the Upper East Region have given health experts cause to warn residents to be wary of a possible cholera outbreak. The level of indiscipline and lawlessness in the management of sanitation issues in the Bolgatanga Municipality has become a major [...]
Stories from William N-lanjerborr Jalulah Since 2011, when the Bolgatanga Rehabilitation Training Centre was closed down due to lack of funds, the government has still not made funds available for the reopening of the centre. In 2011, the Upper East Regional office of the Department of Social Welfare was compelled to close down the training [...]
Stories by William N-lanjerborr Jalulah As Ghana joined the rest of the world on Thursday April 24, in commemoration of World Malaria Day, nurse trainees have been asked to promote the distribution and utilisation of Long Lasting Treated Bed-nets among the entire population, through public, household, and individual sensitisation. Dr. Koku Awoonor-Williams, Upper East Regional [...]
By William N-lanjerborr Jalulah The executives of the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) in the Talensi and Nabdam districts of the Upper East Region are worried over the numerous challenges facing the School Feeding Programme in both districts. The association expressed its displeasure at a meeting with the Talensi District Assembly and Ghana Education Service in Tongo [...]
By William N-lanjerborr Jalulah Vehicles and motorbikes owners and users in the Bolgatanga Municipality, who do not have driving licenses, custom duties and insurance, will from next week face the full wrath of the law, if they attempt to move their machines. The Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service has [...]
Stories from William N-lanjerborr Jalulah Members of the Konkomba community in the Upper East Region have underscored the urgent need for all Konkombas to use education to rebrand themselves, and let the world know they are not violent as they have been portrayed in sections of the media, or perceived by some people. By rebranding, [...]
From William N-lanjerborr Jalulah Human and vehicular movements came to a standstill on Sunday evening, at about 7:00 p.m., when an articulated truck ran over a 22-year-old woman, killing her instantly, on the Bolgatanga-Zuarungu stretch of the Bolgatanga-Bawku highway. The Upper East Regional Commander in charge of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit of the [...]
By William N-lanjerborr Jalulah For their action of splattering ‘Banku’ prepared for them on the walls and destroying cooking utensils, some 13 final year students of Tempane Senior High School in the Upper East Region have been suspended indefinitely. The students, who went mad last Friday, after the kitchen staff had served them with ‘Banku’ [...]
By William N-lanjerborr Jalulah The chief of Nangodi in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region, Naba Joseph Asaga, has said illegal mining, otherwise known as “galamsey,” is the source of poverty in Nabdam. He said this recently at his palace, when the acting Upper East Regional Minister paid a courtesy call on him, [...]
By William N-lanjerborr Jalulah Traders in the old Bolgatanga market, otherwise known as Ayiah Market, in the Upper East Region are calling on the authorities of the municipality to, as a matter of urgency, take measures to bring traders in the new market back to the old, in order to avert the current situation of [...]