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 2024 general elections is going to be 'count yours and I count mine - Hon Adam Mutawakilu Garlus Former Member of Parliament for Damongo Constituency, Adam Mutawakilu Garlus has urged NDC delegates to vote him massively in the May 2023 primaries to lead the party in the constituency for the 2024 general elections because it's going to be  "count your legacies and I count my legacies".   The former ranking member of mines and energy committee in parliament of Ghana has on Friday, 24th February, 2024, stated that the 2024 parliamentary elections of the Damongo constituency is going be based on outputs of candidates and parties.  This comes after he picked the NDC parliamentary nominations form to contest in the upcoming primaries for Damongo constituency.  Making the statement on Damongo based Community Radio station, PAD FM 95.1mhz morning show, Garlus believes that, the current Member of Parliament has developed scars on his performance and person interms of ou...

 Forestry Commission presents GHC50K cash, 20 bags of rice to support Yagbonwura's funeral  Damongo - Feb 22 - Abdulai Zulkaninu The Forestry Commission has presented some fourty bags of rice, schnapps and cash amount of fifty thousand Ghana cedis (GHC50, 000) to the acting head of the Gonja state Sonyowura Kanyiti I and his cabinet at the Jakpa Palace in Damongo on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. The Chief Executive officer of the Forestry Commission John Allotey, Deputy CEO Sule Nelson Nyadia, Executive Director of Wildlife Division Benard Asamoah Boateng, Operations Director at Wildlife Umaru Faruk, Ali Mahama Mole National park manager, Public Relations Officer Joyce Kwafu and staff members of the Forestry Commission were some members of the delegation.  Presenting the support to the Gonja state at Jakpa Palace, the CEO of the Commission John Allotey explain the Forestry Commission has enjoyed peaceful working relationship with the Gonja traditional authorities and as s...

 Former MP for Damongo constituency to declare his parliamentary intentions tonight.  Hon Adam Mutawakilu Garlus, a former Member of Parliament for Damongo Constituency is set to declare his intentions to contest for the position of NDC parliamentary slot for the Damongo constituency on Kasha FM in Damongo on 22nd February, 2023, at 8pm. This was contained in message from his special aid Kudus Seidu Gbeadese on 22nd February 2023, stating that the former law maker for the constituency will make his intentions known to contest on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the up coming NDC parliamentary elections in the Damongo constituency.  Hon. Adam Mutawakilu Garlus lost the Damongo constituency seat to the New Patriotic Party (NPP)'s Lawyer Samuel Abu Jinapor in the 2020 elections The former legislature was the MP for the Damongo constituency for two terms, spanning from 2013-2021. He was also once a DCE of the West Gonja District, between 2009 and 2012. ...

 Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Held Engagement With Mining Investors in South Africa On wednesday, 8th February, 2023,  Lawyer Samuel Abu Jinapor, the minister for lands and natural resources had "a Ghana Day event", under the theme “Leveraging a Century of Mining to Enhance Value Addition for the Development of Ghana” at the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa. The purpose of this event was to make a pitch for increased investment in the Ghanaian mining industry.  The Minister outlined some investment opportunities in Ghana in the mining sector, touching on the stable democracy, respect for rule of law, on his official Facebook page sited by this news portal, read "I highlighted some investment opportunities across the entire value chain, from upstream exploration, to mining, refining and downstream production" "I urged investors to consider Ghana for mining investment, particularly, having regard to our stable democracy, v...

Salaga-South MP and President John Dramani Mahama commission ultramodern 6 - unit classroom block at Bagabaga The Member of Parliament (MP) for Salaga - South Constituency, Hon Hajia Zuwera Mohammed Ibrahimah, together with Former President John Dramani Mahama, on Thursday 9th February, 2023 commissioned a six-unit classroom block with other ancillary facilities in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region. The newly commissioned classroom block at Bagabaga can boast of modern and standard fittings such as staff office, store room, washrooms, furniture, white maker boards among  others.  At a short but impressive ceremony to commission and handover the project to the East Gonja Municipal Education Directorate, the MP Hon Zuwera Ibrahimah explained that the completion of the School is in fulfillment of a pledge she made to the community members of Bagabaga, Kakoshie, Kokolombo, Techipe and other neighbouring communities during the 2020 general elections, who personally...

A Great King Has Fallen - Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Mourns Yagbonwura   The Minister for lands and natural resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor who could not withstand the sadden death of the Gonjaland King took to his official Facebook to express his heartfelt condolences to the entire people of the Gonja kingdom. "A dark cloud hovers over the entire Gonjaland, and the people of Damongo and the whole of Savannah Region have been orphaned by the demise of our Overlord, the President of the Savannah Regional House of Chiefs, Yagbonwura, Tuntumba Boresa Sulemana Jakpa I". He wrote on his Facebook page Lawyer Samuel Abu Jinapor, Mp for Damongo who is also minister for lands and natural resources recounted some of the great achievement that most people don't know of the late Yagbonwura Tuntumba Bore Essa I, stating "Yagbonwura Tuntumba Boresa Sulemana Jakpa I distinguished himself in all spheres of life, throughout his long service as a public servant at the Mini...

Gonjaland Youth Association President Calls Support for Acting head of state of the Gonja Kingdom Lawyer Mohammed Amin Osman, the President of the Gonjaland Youth Association has Called for support for Sonyowura, the acting head of state of the Gonja Kingdom at the Jakpa Place. Sonyowura Kanyiti ( I ) became the acting regent following the death of the Gonjaland King, Yagbonwura Prof. Tuntumba Bore-Essa I  Members of the Association have also expressed their appreciation to the Youth of the Kingdom for the support and solidarity in the processes leading to the burial of the late King and overlord.  This was contained in a statement  on Tuesday, 7th February, 2023 by the president of the Gonjaland Youth Association and issued by the PRO Borejinkpr Habibu Muftawu sited by this news portal which read; "We encourage all the people of Gonjaland to give Sonyowura and all other chiefs the needed support to enable them deliver on their mandate as bestowed on them in accordance wi...

MP for Damongo and Savannah Regional NPP Caucus supports Sonyowura with food items The member of Parliament for Damongo, who doubles as minister for lands and natural resources and caretaker minister for trade and industry, Samuel Abu Jinapor has presented some foodstuffs to Sonyowura Kanyiti who is the caretaker Yagbonwura of the Gonja kingdom following the death of the late Yagbonwura on Sunday 5th February, 2023. The donation was to support the acting Gonja Chief to take care of sympathizers ahead of the performance of the funeral rites of the late Yagbonwura, Sulemana Tuntumba Bore Essa I. The foodstuffs include 20 bags of rice, 2 bags of maize, 1 bag of Cassava, 50 bags of water, 1 can of cooking oil, a pack of snaps and an amount of 6, 000 Ghana cedis The donation was made by some party executives of the NPP on behalf of the Minister led by the Savannah Regional Chairman and his vice, constituency chairman of Damongo at the Jakpa place on Tuesday, 7th February, 2023. The acting Y...

 Savannah Regional NPP expresses Condolences over the death of Gonjaland King, Yagbonwura Prof. Tuntumba Bore-Essa I  Members of the New patriotic Party in the Savannah Region have expressed their condolences to the Gonja Traditional Council over the death of their overload of the Gonja kingdom, Yagbonwura professor Tuntumba Bore-Essa I The late overload of the Gonja kingdom who doubled as president of the Savannah Regional house of chiefs ruled for 13 years His demise was announced on Sunday, 5th February 2023. A statement signed by the secretary of the Savannah Regional NPP, Mohammed Issah read "The New Patriotic Party in the Savannah Region is devastated and endured to accept the most difficult news or reality in Gonjaland". "The demise of our overload calls for introspection, togetherness and sense of oneness about the future of the Gonja kingdom". The statement added  *Read the full statement below* For Immediate Release. 06. 02. 2023. *THE NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY ...

 Caretaker of ministry of Trade and Industry, Lawyer Samuel Abu Jinapor meet with the German Federal Minister for finance On Friday, 3rd February, 2023, Hon. Samuel Abu Jinapor Caretaker Minister for Trade and Industry joined the Minister for Finance and the Governor of Bank of Ghana, at a meeting with the German Federal Minister for Finance, Hon. Christian Lindner, and other members of the diplomatic community.  The discussions which was centred on the future of the compact with Africa, an initiative of G20 under the presidency of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2017, which is aimed at developing comprehensive, coordinated, and country specific Investment mompacts between individual African countries, international organizations, and other partners, to promote private investment in Africa. In a Facebook post sited by this news portal by the caretaker minister indicates that "Ghana is already making strides with this compact, particularly, with the ease of doing business, t...