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 Damongo: farmers unhappy with tractor owners over the cost of ploughing Farmers in the West Gonja municipality municipal assembly of the Savannah region are unhappy over high cost of tractor ploughing. The farmers during a phone-in on PAD FM 95.1, lamented over what they call over pricing of ploughing.  The unhappy farmers on PADFM's Friday morning program "what's it", which is designed to allow listeners to phone with challenges affecting their everyday live, expressed dissatisfaction over the cost of GHC200 ploughing per an acre, which they say will affect the number of acres they intend to farm this year.  Last Friday, the over one hour program recorded over 80% contributions from the farming communities who said the price of ploughing per acre is unacceptable considering the cost of fertilizer, chemicals (well known as condem) and other farm inputs, indicating that this could lead to  food insecurity in the near future if not well checked. The farmers pleaded wi...

 Savannah region: Gas shortage hits Damongo township. Damongo, the Savannah regional capital has been hit by an acute shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas. Information reaching this  source indicates that residence in the capital and surrounding communities are unhappy with the situation which is about a month and describe the situation as worrying. As of 26th June, checks from the only Gas station, Trinity Oil in the area shows that there is "No Gas". Close source say the delay of Gas at the only Gas station is as a result of change of company (supplier), which might even delay longer into the middle of next month in getting Gas. Residents in the municipality who depend on Gas for cooking and others said this is due to people of the area depending on just one Gas service station.  Residences are compelled to move to Tamale in order to get their cylinders filled with Gas, which they say is affecting their cost of living due to transportation cost looking at the current eco...

 PAD FM GCRN; Community Entry - Siri No.1 chief promises  youth support and the success of project. As part of Ghana Community Radio Network's -Sustainable Development Goals (GCRN - SDGs) anchoring a civil society model towards localizing the SDGs project, PADFM in Damongo, Savannah regional capital of Ghana had its community entering on the 24th June, 2022 in Sori no.1 community which was chosen in collaboration with the Reference Group members on 10th June, 2022 in accordance with the work plan. Ghana Community Radio Network (GCRN) seeks to empower communities across 22 community radio stations in Ghana, that are at the fore front of their own development and must be able to interpret, prioritize and the take action regarding their burning SDGs with the core SDGs objective "Leave No One Behind". At Sori No.1, the chief and some community elders, youth could not hide their excitement of seeing us in their community with such a great project. Many expressed their exciteme...

 Prof Kalamonia, Abu Jinapor and others attend social events On Sunday, 19th June, 2022, the NPP Savannah Regional Chairman Alhaji Iddrisu Suleimana (Professor Kalamonia) together with the Hon. MP for Damango Constituency who doubles as minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor attended and graced some social events in the region. The team first attended the final funeral rite of party sympathiser at Damango called Abukari fitter, who passed to eternity on Thursday, 16th June, 2022, caused by electrocution. At the funeral grounds, an undisclosed amount of cash was donated by the team to the family and wife of late Abukari fitter. The team also attended the child naming ceremonies of other party members at Damongo and moved to Larabanga to grace the marriage ceremony of one Gaddafi, also a party member.  Chairman Kalamonia and his entourage moved to Daboya/Makarigu constituency to join the MP for the constituency Alhaji Mahama Asei Seini to commiserate with th...

 Hon. Iddrisu Abdul-Rahman, the assemblyman for Yipala/Nabori electoral area in the West Gonja municipal assembly of the Savannah region has on Monday, 20th June, 2022, disclosed that he has absorbed all extra classes cost for all JHS final year students at Yipala until they write their B.E.C.E The Assemblyman is empowering Yipala Junior High school final year students by taking full cost of extra classes organized by the school towards their final examinations. Hon. Rahman called on the students of Yipala to take their studies serious in complementing his efforts by learning very hard. He urged them to study hard to attain  a 100% pass mark by performing more than their predecessors. The assemblyman, who visited the school, challenged the students to come out with good results at the end of their B.E.C.E examination and also promise to support each and every student if they attained 100% pass mark in their final B.E.C.E examinations. Hon Rahman explained that supporting the s...

 West Gonja assembly begins processes to demolish all structures on pavements and waterways. The West Gonja municipal assembly will on Monday, 20th June, 2022, embark on a campaign to demolish all structures on pavements and developments along waterways across the municipality to help avoid perennial flooding in the area. The exercise is to also pave for the capital city to obtain the necessary mark for the secondary cities program. In May 2022, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo directed Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to ensure that developments along waterways and obstructions to the free flow of water are removed. The President tasked the MMDAs to ensure developers adhere strictly to the planning laws of the country and sanction any staff who issue permits for structures to be built on waterways. A monitoring team, the President indicated, has been established to report to him on the progress of the directives, adding Chief Executives of the MMDAs wo...

 Check out the salaries of Article 71 officeholders from 2017 to 2020 In June 2019, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in accordance with, Article 71 (1) of the 1992 Constitution inaugurated a 5-member Committee which is to make recommendations to him and Parliament on the salaries and allowances payable, and the facilities and privileges available, to article 71 office holders. The composition of the Committee, done on the advice of the Council State, is chaired by Prof. Yaa Ntiamoa Baidu, an eminent scientist and marine conservationist, former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon, and Chairperson of the Board of the Millennium Development Authority. The terms of reference of the Committee are to make recommendations in respect of emoluments and other privileges for article 71 office holders, as specified under the Constitution; and to examine any other relevant matter which the Committee deems appropriate to its work. Article 71 (1) and (2) of the 1992 Constit...

 iVALLEY GHANA ORGANIZES SAVANNAH REGIONAL CONSULTATIVE STAKEHOLDER MEETING AT DAMONGO As part of efforts to contribute to the growth and development of Savannah region, improve employment and to gather consensus on potential and the role of web development technology in the local digital economy, iValley Ghana, an innovation hub in Damongo, in the Savannah region organized its second stakeholder meeting on Thursday, 9th June, 2022, in partnership with Ghana Tech Lab to gather consensus on the potential and the role of web development technology in the local digital economy and also how it propels youth employment in the community and the region at large. The meeting was themed; The Role of AgriTech in Transforming the Local Economy for Job Creation and Economic Development. The meeting brought together 40 stakeholders from the six (6) pillars within the Ecosystem namely, Human Capital, Support Infrastructure and Hubs, Accessible Market, Media and Culture, Access to Finance and Go...

 Yagbonwura admonishes Gonjalanders to plant more trees to save vegetative cover. The King and Overlord of Gonja Kingdom Yagbonwura Tutumba Bore Essa (I) has called on his subjects across the country to embrace the Green Ghana project initiative embarked upon by the Lands and Natural Resources ministry, led by Samuel Abu Jinapor, Member of Parliament for Damongo Constituency to help save the country's vegetative cover. Speaking through his Chief Linguist Alhaji Afuli Losina, during the 2022 Green Ghana Day program on June 10, 2022, the King said the country's vegetative cover has been destroyed overtime and the project has come at the right time to save the forest. Yagbonwura Tutumba Bore Essa (I) added that Gonjalanders must be proud and happily embrace the Green Ghana project because it will help the area rediscover the lost forest that has been selfishly destroyed through illegal commercial charcoal and logging. Yagbonwura Tutumba Bore Essa (I) further stated that women and ...

 Damongo Catholic Diocese Commissions Polyclinic Facility At Tinga  The Bishop of the Domongo Catholic Diocese Most Rev. Peter Paul A. Yelezuome has expressed gratitude to the Provincial Sisters - Franciscan Missionary Mission (FMM), the Provincial  Lucion Central Franciscana of Germany (development office of the FMM in Germany),   the chiefs and people of Tinga for helping to build a beautiful polyclinic for the area. Most Rev Peter Paul commended them at a ceremony to commission a newly built health facility, Blessed Maria Assunta Polyclinic (B-MAP) at Tinga in the Bole district of the Savannah region on Saturday, 4th June, 2022. Most Rev Peter Paul in a short address to bless the health facility, explained that during the era of Arch Bishop Phillip Naamey as the Most Rev Bishop of Damongo Diocese, together with his team, paid a visit to the then Tinga chief, Tingawura Abdulai (the current Bolewura's father), and the chief appealed to Bishop Philips to get som...