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 Savannah Region Has Numerous Business Opportunities – Mr. Ashong – lartey Edward The Director of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Mr. Ashong-Lartey Edward, stated that the Savannah region has several economic potential, thus the need for sensitization. He said this at the first GIPC regional sensitization meeting in Damongo, the Savannah regional capital, On May 24th, 2022. The Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC) was established by an act of parliament, the Ghana Investment Promotion Center Act, 2013 (Act 865), as a government agency charged with encouraging and promoting investment in Ghana, with the goal of creating an attractive incentives framework as well as a responsive, predictable, and convenient environment. GIPC establishes clear standards and norms for businesses and individuals when dealing with customers, regulatory bodies, and government authorities. According to Mr. Ashong-Lartey Edward, Director of Investor Services Division, the "regional sensit...

 The Savannah regional NPP chairman, Alhaji Iddrisu Suleiman, well known as Professor Kalamonia, has called on delegates of the region to vote to retain him as the chairman because there is still huge job to be done by the party in the area. Speaking to the media after the vetting and balloting, professor Kalamonia said NPP needs consistency in the Savannah region because there is still huge job ahead.  ..."this is not just a position to occupy but is a job to be done and I have done a good job. So the delegates from all the seven (7) constituencies should vote for me to make the NPP the biggest party in Savannah region". I am going for re-election as the regional chairman because I have a mission to complete, that is winning majority seats in the Savannah region of Ghana for the NPP. In the last general elections, the NPP got three (3) out of seven (7) seats in the region and now aiming higher to winning majority seats, he added. Vetting for the NPP regional executives elect...

SIBCI holds two-day Interstate stakeholder engagement on transboundary collaboration. The European Union-funded Savannah Integrated Biodiversity Conservation Initiative (SIBCI) held a two-day Interstate major stakeholder engagement on transboundary collaborations on the establishment of ecological connectivity between Mole National Park in Ghana, and Nazinga Game Reserve in Burkina Faso as well as Mole National Park and Comoe National Park in Cote d’Ivoire. This meeting was held at the Mole National Park on Wednesday 18th May to Thursday 19th May, 2022. The program was facilitated by the Nature and Development Foundation (NDF) with support from the Ghana Wildlife Society and the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission. The program sought to come out with ideas on protecting the corridors of the Mole National Park to Burkina Faso (Nazinga Ranch) and the Comoe park (Cote d' Ivoire), devising management approach for each connecting corridor; Mole-Nazinga corridor and Mole-Comoe c...

 NPP Youth Groups clash over filling of Nomination forms for Chairman Kalamonia Youth groups from more than three constituencies in the savannah region has clashed over the filling of nomination forms for the incumbent NPP savannah regional chairman, Alhaji Iddrisu Sulemana ( Prof. Kalamonia ) . The youth groups according to their spokespersons downloaded the nomination forms and raised an amount of Ghc 5,000 to file Kalamonia's nominations for him to re-run for the position of Savannah regional chairman of the New Patriotic party to show their support to the candidature of Alhaji Iddrisu Sulemana. Kanyiti Saburu Kantama who led the  youth groups, some constituency executives and a section of the regional executive committee of the NPP to file another nomination form on behalf of Chairman Kalamonia on Tuesday, 17th May, 2022 explained that, Professor Kalamonia is a responsible man from Daboya in the Savannah Region and a kind hearted, team player and loved by all because of hi...

 Abu Jinapor saves life of a 12 years old girl with a cash Donation of Ghc 10,000 The timely intervention of the member of parliament for Damongo constituency and Minister for Lands and natural resources, Hon. Lawyer Samuel Abu Jinapor who made a cash donation of Ghc 10,000 has saved the life of a 12 years old Busunu girl, Iddrisu Nazifatu who is suffering from a condition in her hip bone  and currently receiving treatment  at the Al - Shifaa hospital in Tamale.  The New patriotic party's chairman for the  Damongo constituency, Alhaji Adam Braimah who led a delegation of some constituency executives to present the Ghc 10,000 cash support to the family of the patient on behalf of the MP on Monday, 16th May, 2022 at the Al - Shifaa hospital explained that the gesture from the MP is to enable the family of Nazifatu to foot the bills incurred whiles receiving treatment at the hospital after a successful surgical operation on a condition which almost took the life of...

 Jaksally Development Organization Donates to Nakwabi Children's Home, Appeals for More Support The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district, Madam Lonsina Barkisu Watara has called on traditional leaders, NGOs, CSOs, and other individuals to come to the aid of Nakwabi Children's Home, located at the Nakwabi community in the district. Mrs Losina Watara Barkisu said this will help keep the home running and caring for these innocent lives for a better future. Mrs Losina Barkisu stated this when Jaksally Development Organization's Director, Jeremiah Seidu visited the Home and made donations. The Nakwabi Children's Home is an organisation which has been catering for the homeless children and orphans for over a decade now and currently has about 22 children under its care. The organization's major source of income is through farming, where produce are used to care for the children as little as two weeks old. Mr Jeremiah Seidu, Executive Director of Ja...

 NCCE marks 2022 annual constitution week; holds engagement with security agencies in Savannah region The Savannah Regional National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) secretariat has held engagement with the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Immigration Service to mark the Year 2022 Annual Constitution Week.  The engagement was held on the theme "Three Decades of Uninterrupted Constitutional Rule: Revisiting the Agenda for Reforms", at the forecourt of the Ghana police service on 11th May, 2022, Damongo. The objective of the program among others include; 1. Enlightening participants on how the 1992 Constitution has fared over the years and if there is truly a justification for it's amendment, 2.Creating a platform for the citizens to ventilate their views on the way to sustain and consolidate the country's democratic successes even in the face of a possible amendment of the 1992 Constitution. The Deputy Regional Police Commander DCOP Eben Larby, in his welcome a...

 Accra: GCRN tasks Youth Focal Producers Digital Trainees to report for training at exactly 8am at ILGS Ghana Community Radio Network's crossing-borders consortium, which started it's workshop with the theme "community radio facilitating the localization of the SDGs" on the May 9, 2022 at the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) asked participants to report at the workshop venue at exactly 8am on Thursday, 12th May, 2022 instead of 8:30am According to Freda the lead facilitator,  the time review is necessary to meet up with work due to the limited days left for the training. GCRN is currently training 44 community radio staff who are youth across Ghana on digital training and capacity building to localize SDGs in their various communities by inculcating the SDGs in their reportage. The workshop that will end on Friday, 13th May, 2022, is supposed to impact over 44 youth community radio volunteers staff to carry out a project in selected communities within the ...

 S/R: Alhaji Iddrisu Sulemana Kalamonia seeks for re-election as NPP regional chairman The Savannah Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Alhaji Iddrisu Sulemana a.k.a Professor Kalamonia has officially declared his intention to seek re-election at the party’s regional delegates congress. Professor Kalamonia who is the current NPP Savannah Regional Chairman announced his intention at a press release to outline the party’s programme for the election of a flagbearer for Election 2024. In a press release, Alhaji Iddrisu Sulemana affirmed that he will seek re-election, thus recounting the hard work during his leadership that lead to NPP winning three (3) parliamentary seats in the region, which he said is unprecedented in the history of the region. Alhaji Iddrisu Sulemana  explained that his decision to re-contest was broadly engineered by delegates and grassroots of the New Patriotic Party NPP. Professor Kalamonia express his heartfelt thanks to his respected constit...

 NGO asks farmer to replace 100 shea trees  destroyed in his farm or face prosecution A Larabanga based farmer in the West Gonja municipal assembly of the Savannah region has been ordered to plant 100 shea seedlings or be jailed for 100 years for poisoning and killing 89 shea trees at his farm, located opposite the Mole national park air strips, near Monogri community with poisonous chemicals. The Director of JackSally Development Organization, Jeremiah Seidu visited the farm on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, to ascertain first hand information and to know reasons why the farmer decided to destroy 89 shea trees. The Larabanga based farmer (Fuseini) who admitted to have undertaken the barbaric act, apologized to the Director of JackSally Development Organization, after a visit to the farmer at his shop. The farmer explained that he destroyed or killed the shea trees to pave way for him to plant cashew. In a quick response, Jeremiah Seidu told the farmer that both cashew and shea tr...