Story: Benjamin Xornam Glover, Bolgatanga.
A 35-YEAR-OLD cattle dealer from Bawku has appeared before the Bolgatanga Magistrate Court for possessing ammunition without lawful authority.
Awudu Hamidu, who pleaded guilty, was remanded in prison custody to reappear on March 31, 2008.
Prosecuting, Detective Inspector John Agyuah told the court presided over by Mr. Hakeem Osman that on Monday March 11, 2008 at about 7:30 pm, the accused was arrested at Asanga, a suburb of Bawku by security personnel on patrol duties.
He said the accused who had flouted curfew hours was spotted by the security men however on seeing them, Hamidu fled. The prosecutor said the security men pursued him and arrested him.
According to him, a search on the accused revealed two AK 47 rifle magazines with a total of 46 live ammunitions.
Detective Agyuah said the security personnel interrogate the accused with the view of eliciting more information but the accused could not give them any explanation as to the source of the ammunitions.
He said Hamidu was therefore handed the police in Bawku who later referred him to the regional office for further investigation.
The Prosecution stated that since the case was still under investigation, he prayed the court to remand the accused in prison to allow further investigation to which the court obliged.
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
Tono Irrigation scheme to be rehabilitation (Daily Graphic, Wednesday March 19, 2008.Page 31)
Story: Benjamin Xornam Glover, Tono
THE Minister of Food and Agriculture Mr. Ernest A. Debrah, last Saturday cut the sod to mark the start of work on the rehabilitation of the Tono Irrigation Scheme in the Kassena-Nankana District of the Upper East Region.
The rehabilitation works, which has been on the drawing board for decades, would cost GH c 7.90 million cedis. It would include regarding and gravelling of the main access road in the scheme, re-gravelling of the dam wall and erosion control of the dam slopes and replacement of lost linings of concrete on the main and lateral canals.
There would be a construction of washing bays, culverts, water control gates and desilting of main drain.
Six construction firms have been engage to execute the project scheduled for completion in December.
The construction of the Tono Irrigation Dam started in 1975 and was completed in 1979.covering a total 2,440 hectares of irrigable area. However for the past 25 years that the project has been operating, no major maintenance has been carried on the facilities. This has led to a reduction of the original 2,440 hectares of irrigated land to the present 1,800 hectares.
The ceremony was witnessed by a cross-section of people, including traditional rulers. Also present was the Minister for Energy and MP for Navrongo Central, Mr. Joseph Kofi Adda.
Mr. Debrah expressed the hope that when the project was completed it will lead to improvement in economic well being of the people of Navrongo and its environs and Ghana at large.
He noted that the physical, economic and social sustainability of the scheme after the rehabilitation will depend on the collective effort of the farmers, the Irrigation Company of the Upper Regions,(ICOUR), management and the wider community who are direct or indirect beneficiaries of the scheme.
Mr. Debrah entreated the contractors who would work on the project to live up to expectation by ensuring quality output and deliver within the schedule.
The Minister disclosed that government in its bid to improve the rice sector intends to assist farmers in the vast rice valleys of Fumbisi with inputs and land preparation to crop a total of 1000 hectares of rice for a start.
The Upper East Regional Minister, Mr. Alhassan Samari in a speech read on his behalf by his deputy, Mrs. Agnes Asangalisah Chigabatia said the project was a demonstration of the government’s commitment to the accelerated development to the area.
“The project when completed will not only increase food production in the region but will also give more jobs to people and thereby put more money in the pockets of our farmers”, he said.
The Minister calls for public support towards the successful completion of the project to serve it intended purpose.
The Managing Director of ICOUR, Mr. Issa Bukari conveyed ICOUR’S appreciation to government for funding the project and added the project when completed would enhance the efficiency of water management to increase productivity also areas which hither to could not get water can now be put under cultivation.
The National President of the Farmers and Fisherman Award Winners Association of Ghana , Mr. Philip Abayori while commending the government for rehabilitating the dam appealed for the refurbish the rice mills to boost rice production in the area.
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THE Minister of Food and Agriculture Mr. Ernest A. Debrah, last Saturday cut the sod to mark the start of work on the rehabilitation of the Tono Irrigation Scheme in the Kassena-Nankana District of the Upper East Region.
The rehabilitation works, which has been on the drawing board for decades, would cost GH c 7.90 million cedis. It would include regarding and gravelling of the main access road in the scheme, re-gravelling of the dam wall and erosion control of the dam slopes and replacement of lost linings of concrete on the main and lateral canals.
There would be a construction of washing bays, culverts, water control gates and desilting of main drain.
Six construction firms have been engage to execute the project scheduled for completion in December.
The construction of the Tono Irrigation Dam started in 1975 and was completed in 1979.covering a total 2,440 hectares of irrigable area. However for the past 25 years that the project has been operating, no major maintenance has been carried on the facilities. This has led to a reduction of the original 2,440 hectares of irrigated land to the present 1,800 hectares.
The ceremony was witnessed by a cross-section of people, including traditional rulers. Also present was the Minister for Energy and MP for Navrongo Central, Mr. Joseph Kofi Adda.
Mr. Debrah expressed the hope that when the project was completed it will lead to improvement in economic well being of the people of Navrongo and its environs and Ghana at large.
He noted that the physical, economic and social sustainability of the scheme after the rehabilitation will depend on the collective effort of the farmers, the Irrigation Company of the Upper Regions,(ICOUR), management and the wider community who are direct or indirect beneficiaries of the scheme.
Mr. Debrah entreated the contractors who would work on the project to live up to expectation by ensuring quality output and deliver within the schedule.
The Minister disclosed that government in its bid to improve the rice sector intends to assist farmers in the vast rice valleys of Fumbisi with inputs and land preparation to crop a total of 1000 hectares of rice for a start.
The Upper East Regional Minister, Mr. Alhassan Samari in a speech read on his behalf by his deputy, Mrs. Agnes Asangalisah Chigabatia said the project was a demonstration of the government’s commitment to the accelerated development to the area.
“The project when completed will not only increase food production in the region but will also give more jobs to people and thereby put more money in the pockets of our farmers”, he said.
The Minister calls for public support towards the successful completion of the project to serve it intended purpose.
The Managing Director of ICOUR, Mr. Issa Bukari conveyed ICOUR’S appreciation to government for funding the project and added the project when completed would enhance the efficiency of water management to increase productivity also areas which hither to could not get water can now be put under cultivation.
The National President of the Farmers and Fisherman Award Winners Association of Ghana , Mr. Philip Abayori while commending the government for rehabilitating the dam appealed for the refurbish the rice mills to boost rice production in the area.
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008
Chigabatia tours Tenkodogo prisons in Burkina Faso( Daily Graphic Monday March 17, 2008. Page 32)
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Mrs. Agnes Chigabatia (second left), the Deputy Upper East Regional Minister being assisted by the Regional Prisons Commander, Mrs. Florence Yeboah Acheampong(left) to present a gift to the Director in-charge of the Central East Province of Burkina Faso, Mr. Sibiry Neya after touring the prisons in Tenkodogo.Mrs. Yeboah Acheampong accompanied the deputy regional minister to Tenkodogo join the people to celebrate the International Women’s Day which fell on March 8.
While there, the Upper East Regional Prisons Commander and other members of the delegation seized the opportunity to visit her counterparts and share ideas on operations of the service in that country.
Mr. Neya informed the delegation that apart from the male prisoners who are fed once a day, women and children were fed thrice a day
At the female section, the delegation was shown a 72 year old women who was serving a two-month jail sentence for perpetrating female genital mutilation.
Mrs. Chigabatia took the opportunity to advice the woman not to engage in such acts that brought her to prison to which she obliged.
4 Chiefs, 28 assembly members boycott assembly inauguration
Story: Benjamin Xornam Glover, Paga
17/03/08
THE chiefs and people of Chiana, Kayoro, Katiu and Nakong, as well as their counterparts from the eastern part of the newly created Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East Region, boycotted the recent inaugural ceremony of the district.
Their action was in protest against the choice of Paga as the district capital instead of Chiana.
All the 28 elected assembly members from the western and eastern parts of the district also absented themselves from the function in protest against the siting of the capital at Paga.
The new assembly comprises 46 members made up of 32 elected and 14 government appointees. Only 18 out of the 46 assembly members attended the inaugural ceremony.
Despite the boycott, a colourful durbar was held at Paga with heavy military and police representation. The inauguration brought out the best of the rich cultural heritage of the people.
In attendance was the Paramount Chief of Paga, Pe Charles Awampaga, and other divisional and sub-chiefs from the area.
Among the distinguished personalities who witnessed the ceremony was the District Chief Executive for Kassena-Nankana, Mr Emmanuel Chegeweh; the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chiana-Paga, Mr Abuga Pele; the Minister of Energy and MP for Navrongo Central, Mr Joseph Kofi Adda; the DCE for Builsa, Mr Thomas Kofi Alonsi; and the National Co-ordinator of the National Youth Employment Programme, Mr Leo Kaba.
Representatives of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment and a number of heads of decentralised departments and agencies also graced the occasion.
In President Kufuor’s inaugural address read on his behalf by the Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Alhassan Samari, he called on the people to work in unity to ensure that absolute peace prevailed, since it was a pre-requisite for development.
“You must allow unity to permeate all your dealings at the individual and collective levels,” he stressed.
President Kufuor urged the assembly to be proactive and performance-oriented, adding that they must come out with innovative ways of generating revenue and improving revenue collection.
Mr Chegeweh said the creation of the new district would accelerate development in the area.
He stated that education, health and agriculture, among other sectors, would see rapid development.
“Employment avenues shall be created in all these sectors for the unemployed, especially the youth, thereby reducing poverty in the area,” Mr Chegeweh said.
On behalf of the chiefs and people of the new district, the DCE expressed appreciation to the President for giving them a new district, which, he said, was a great legacy for which the NPP government would forever be remembered by the people.
To ensure the smooth kick-off of the new assembly, Mr Chegeweh stated that the Paga Town Council offices would be used temporarily as the District Assembly offices while the motel close to the Paga Crocodile Pond was to be rehabilitated and turned into offices for the decentralised departments of the assembly.
On residential accommodation, the DCE said four two-bedroom bungalows and 18 chalets near the Paga Crocodile Pond would be rehabilitated for officers that would be posted to work in the district.
He announced that the government had allocated two vehicles, five tractors and a computer and accessories, and in addition GH¢30,000 had been allocated to the new district to facilitate a smooth kick-off.
Mr Chegeweh called on members of the new district assembly to work in unison, bury all differences and forge ahead in the best interest of the citizens of the area.
A Bolgatanga Circuit Court Judge, Mr Osei Kwame, swore the assembly members in. They took the official oath and the oath of secrecy.
17/03/08
THE chiefs and people of Chiana, Kayoro, Katiu and Nakong, as well as their counterparts from the eastern part of the newly created Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East Region, boycotted the recent inaugural ceremony of the district.
Their action was in protest against the choice of Paga as the district capital instead of Chiana.
All the 28 elected assembly members from the western and eastern parts of the district also absented themselves from the function in protest against the siting of the capital at Paga.
The new assembly comprises 46 members made up of 32 elected and 14 government appointees. Only 18 out of the 46 assembly members attended the inaugural ceremony.
Despite the boycott, a colourful durbar was held at Paga with heavy military and police representation. The inauguration brought out the best of the rich cultural heritage of the people.
In attendance was the Paramount Chief of Paga, Pe Charles Awampaga, and other divisional and sub-chiefs from the area.
Among the distinguished personalities who witnessed the ceremony was the District Chief Executive for Kassena-Nankana, Mr Emmanuel Chegeweh; the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chiana-Paga, Mr Abuga Pele; the Minister of Energy and MP for Navrongo Central, Mr Joseph Kofi Adda; the DCE for Builsa, Mr Thomas Kofi Alonsi; and the National Co-ordinator of the National Youth Employment Programme, Mr Leo Kaba.
Representatives of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment and a number of heads of decentralised departments and agencies also graced the occasion.
In President Kufuor’s inaugural address read on his behalf by the Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Alhassan Samari, he called on the people to work in unity to ensure that absolute peace prevailed, since it was a pre-requisite for development.
“You must allow unity to permeate all your dealings at the individual and collective levels,” he stressed.
President Kufuor urged the assembly to be proactive and performance-oriented, adding that they must come out with innovative ways of generating revenue and improving revenue collection.
Mr Chegeweh said the creation of the new district would accelerate development in the area.
He stated that education, health and agriculture, among other sectors, would see rapid development.
“Employment avenues shall be created in all these sectors for the unemployed, especially the youth, thereby reducing poverty in the area,” Mr Chegeweh said.
On behalf of the chiefs and people of the new district, the DCE expressed appreciation to the President for giving them a new district, which, he said, was a great legacy for which the NPP government would forever be remembered by the people.
To ensure the smooth kick-off of the new assembly, Mr Chegeweh stated that the Paga Town Council offices would be used temporarily as the District Assembly offices while the motel close to the Paga Crocodile Pond was to be rehabilitated and turned into offices for the decentralised departments of the assembly.
On residential accommodation, the DCE said four two-bedroom bungalows and 18 chalets near the Paga Crocodile Pond would be rehabilitated for officers that would be posted to work in the district.
He announced that the government had allocated two vehicles, five tractors and a computer and accessories, and in addition GH¢30,000 had been allocated to the new district to facilitate a smooth kick-off.
Mr Chegeweh called on members of the new district assembly to work in unison, bury all differences and forge ahead in the best interest of the citizens of the area.
A Bolgatanga Circuit Court Judge, Mr Osei Kwame, swore the assembly members in. They took the official oath and the oath of secrecy.
Exploring tourism potential of the Upper East Region -—NCRC shows the way
Article: Benjamin Xornam Glover
17/03/08
THE Upper East Region abounds in several tourist attractions, which are potentials for investment. Despite those potentials, the region lacks the necessary infrastructure, such as hotels, restaurants and other services to support and market the industry.
The general belief is that investment in that sector of the region’s economy with its well-known multiplier effect, as well as backward and forward linkages, would help create job opportunities in areas that had such tourist endowments.
Examples of Natural Conservation sites in the Upper East and the Upper East Region are the Widnaba eco-tourism site, the Paga Crocodile Ponds and the Tongo hills and shrines.
Widnaba is a fascinating Kusasi cultural site that also offers the Red Volta River Valley's many natural rewards.
The story of the Widnaba people began long ago on Kusanga land in Burkina Faso. When the chief landlord died, the very numerous Kusanga clan overburdened the land. His surviving three sons and a daughter decided to search for new lands with the eldest son's horse. The youngest brother remained at Zooga, where there were good harvests and delivery of two baby, signs of good luck.
The eldest brother settled on the next land, where there were even better harvests and the delivery of three young horses, which were exceptional signs of good luck. He named the land Widnaba or Horse Chief. The other two siblings eventually founded Tilli and Kusanaba.
The Kusaasis are called "the people of the earth", as they believe the chief god, Winam, created all animals, plants and people from the earth, and continues to dwell with his creations in the atmosphere. Spirits of the deceased can commune with the chief spirit while remaining close to their surviving families. Ancestral spirits play an active role in Kusaasi traditions, beliefs and families.
At Widnaba, visitors go out in guided hikes in the scenic hills north of Widnaba and Zebilla allow fantastic views far into Burkina Faso.
The Tongo Hills and Tengzug Shrines are also a must see tourist destination in the Upper East Region.
This unique, beautiful, culturally rich landscape is a proposed UNESCO World Heritage site. The hills, with their wondrous rock formations, caves, and natural rock shelters, are the sacred cultural centre of the Talensis.
Numerous sacred shrines, including the paramount, ba’ar Tonna’ab ya’ nee, nestle in the cliffs above the village of Tengzug.
For centuries, the many agriculturists in the Tongo Hills were harassed by slave raiders from conquest states both north and south, and many ended up as Akan forest kingdom slaves.
More slave raiders, supplying new slave owners, returned in the 1880s–90s.
The Tongo Hills have been widely known as a site of sacred power since the late 1800s. The ancestor shrine, Tonna’ab, was also a refuge and potent symbol for those who resisted "pacification" — the hills were among the last areas in Ghana to submit to British rule.
In 1911 and again in 1915, the British evicted the Talensis to end that resistance, and all access to sacred sites was banned. However, by the 1920s, it was clear that the great ancestor shrine Tonna’ab could not be destroyed. The vibrant Talensi communities of the Tongo Hills show the same tenacity today.
The Paga Crocodile Pond is a culturally protected sacred pond grove with a resident population of “friendly reptiles” that enjoy a local taboo banning anyone from harming them.
In a bid to promote community-based tourism, an Accra-based non-governmental organisation, Nature Conservation Research Centre (NCRC), has taken the initiative to develop those sites and market those eco-tourism sites in the region.
NCRC is a Ghanaian non-profit, private voluntary organisation implementing conservation initiatives to promote a greater awareness and protection of the natural, historic and cultural diversity of Ghana and ultimately the West African sub-region.
With funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other partner agencies, NCRC is working to develop a network of community-based destinations that link tourism development with environmental, historic, and cultural conservation.
According to the National Eco-tourism Co-ordinator of NCRC, Mr Bob Nakuku, the organisation was working to develop a network of community-based destinations that link tourism development with environmental, historic, and cultural conservation.
He said the goal was to create sustainable income-generating ventures benefiting the community, and conserving local wildlife, environment and culture.
He stated that a tourism management team comprising local community members directed the project at ground level with advice from a volunteer stationed at the rural village.
“Development activities are dependent on community input, local workmanship, and communal labour. All revenue collected from the tourism project is managed by and for the village. Electricity, adequate drinking water facilities and a new school are just a few of communities' stated goals for the future,” he added.
In the Upper East Region, Mr Nakuku said NCRC partnered Community-Based Eco-tourism Project like the Paga Sacred Crocodile Ponds, Sirigu Traditional Arts Centre, the Widnaba Eco-tourism site, and the Tongo Hills and Tengzug Shrines.
He said under the intervention, visitor centres had been constructed, while guest houses and lodges had also been built at the various sites.
In addition, dustbins, sanitation equipment and directional signs had been provided to aid tourists visiting the sites.
The people, he added, had also benefited from several capacity-building workshops to empower them with knowledge on sanitation, first aid, and HIV/AIDS prevention, among others.
Mr Nakuku said the intervention of NCRC had also led to the creation of jobs for the youth in the respective communities.
The tourism sector in the Upper East Region has a great potential. With enough investment, it is hoped that the eco-tourism sites would be developed and in the long run, make the region the preferred tourism destination in the country, not to talk about the economic benefits that it would bring to the people.
17/03/08
THE Upper East Region abounds in several tourist attractions, which are potentials for investment. Despite those potentials, the region lacks the necessary infrastructure, such as hotels, restaurants and other services to support and market the industry.
The general belief is that investment in that sector of the region’s economy with its well-known multiplier effect, as well as backward and forward linkages, would help create job opportunities in areas that had such tourist endowments.
Examples of Natural Conservation sites in the Upper East and the Upper East Region are the Widnaba eco-tourism site, the Paga Crocodile Ponds and the Tongo hills and shrines.
Widnaba is a fascinating Kusasi cultural site that also offers the Red Volta River Valley's many natural rewards.
The story of the Widnaba people began long ago on Kusanga land in Burkina Faso. When the chief landlord died, the very numerous Kusanga clan overburdened the land. His surviving three sons and a daughter decided to search for new lands with the eldest son's horse. The youngest brother remained at Zooga, where there were good harvests and delivery of two baby, signs of good luck.
The eldest brother settled on the next land, where there were even better harvests and the delivery of three young horses, which were exceptional signs of good luck. He named the land Widnaba or Horse Chief. The other two siblings eventually founded Tilli and Kusanaba.
The Kusaasis are called "the people of the earth", as they believe the chief god, Winam, created all animals, plants and people from the earth, and continues to dwell with his creations in the atmosphere. Spirits of the deceased can commune with the chief spirit while remaining close to their surviving families. Ancestral spirits play an active role in Kusaasi traditions, beliefs and families.
At Widnaba, visitors go out in guided hikes in the scenic hills north of Widnaba and Zebilla allow fantastic views far into Burkina Faso.
The Tongo Hills and Tengzug Shrines are also a must see tourist destination in the Upper East Region.
This unique, beautiful, culturally rich landscape is a proposed UNESCO World Heritage site. The hills, with their wondrous rock formations, caves, and natural rock shelters, are the sacred cultural centre of the Talensis.
Numerous sacred shrines, including the paramount, ba’ar Tonna’ab ya’ nee, nestle in the cliffs above the village of Tengzug.
For centuries, the many agriculturists in the Tongo Hills were harassed by slave raiders from conquest states both north and south, and many ended up as Akan forest kingdom slaves.
More slave raiders, supplying new slave owners, returned in the 1880s–90s.
The Tongo Hills have been widely known as a site of sacred power since the late 1800s. The ancestor shrine, Tonna’ab, was also a refuge and potent symbol for those who resisted "pacification" — the hills were among the last areas in Ghana to submit to British rule.
In 1911 and again in 1915, the British evicted the Talensis to end that resistance, and all access to sacred sites was banned. However, by the 1920s, it was clear that the great ancestor shrine Tonna’ab could not be destroyed. The vibrant Talensi communities of the Tongo Hills show the same tenacity today.
The Paga Crocodile Pond is a culturally protected sacred pond grove with a resident population of “friendly reptiles” that enjoy a local taboo banning anyone from harming them.
In a bid to promote community-based tourism, an Accra-based non-governmental organisation, Nature Conservation Research Centre (NCRC), has taken the initiative to develop those sites and market those eco-tourism sites in the region.
NCRC is a Ghanaian non-profit, private voluntary organisation implementing conservation initiatives to promote a greater awareness and protection of the natural, historic and cultural diversity of Ghana and ultimately the West African sub-region.
With funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other partner agencies, NCRC is working to develop a network of community-based destinations that link tourism development with environmental, historic, and cultural conservation.
According to the National Eco-tourism Co-ordinator of NCRC, Mr Bob Nakuku, the organisation was working to develop a network of community-based destinations that link tourism development with environmental, historic, and cultural conservation.
He said the goal was to create sustainable income-generating ventures benefiting the community, and conserving local wildlife, environment and culture.
He stated that a tourism management team comprising local community members directed the project at ground level with advice from a volunteer stationed at the rural village.
“Development activities are dependent on community input, local workmanship, and communal labour. All revenue collected from the tourism project is managed by and for the village. Electricity, adequate drinking water facilities and a new school are just a few of communities' stated goals for the future,” he added.
In the Upper East Region, Mr Nakuku said NCRC partnered Community-Based Eco-tourism Project like the Paga Sacred Crocodile Ponds, Sirigu Traditional Arts Centre, the Widnaba Eco-tourism site, and the Tongo Hills and Tengzug Shrines.
He said under the intervention, visitor centres had been constructed, while guest houses and lodges had also been built at the various sites.
In addition, dustbins, sanitation equipment and directional signs had been provided to aid tourists visiting the sites.
The people, he added, had also benefited from several capacity-building workshops to empower them with knowledge on sanitation, first aid, and HIV/AIDS prevention, among others.
Mr Nakuku said the intervention of NCRC had also led to the creation of jobs for the youth in the respective communities.
The tourism sector in the Upper East Region has a great potential. With enough investment, it is hoped that the eco-tourism sites would be developed and in the long run, make the region the preferred tourism destination in the country, not to talk about the economic benefits that it would bring to the people.
Saturday, 15 March 2008
EC begins replacement of voter ID cards(Saturday, March 15, 2008 Daily Graphic Back Page )
...................Benjamin Xornam Glover reports from Bolgatanga that the EC in collaboration with the Bawku MunicipalSecurity Committee,(MUSEC) have postponed the Commission's programmes onreplacement of lost, torn or defaced voter identity cards thereplacement exercise of voter identity cards.The replacement exercise, which commenced yesterday morning has also been suspended in the Garu-Tempane District.The Upper East Regional Director of the EC, Mr. Adam Iddrisu Mahamawho disclosed this to the Daily Graphic at Bolgatanga on Friday said thereason for the postponement was as a result of the unstable securitysituation prevailing in the area. “We held a meeting with the MUSEC on March 12, 2008 and based ontheir recommendation it was decided that the exercise be postponed. A newdate will be announced later”, Mr. Mahama said. Due to renewed conflict in Bawku earlier this week, the Minister ofthe Interior on the advice of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC)re-imposed a curfew on the town and extended it to Pusiga; Zabugu, Binduriand Zoosi. The curfew will start from 3 pm to and ends at 7 am each day. Meanwhile Mr. Mahama has stated that the exercise in other parts ofthe region have started well. He said in all 278 replacement centers have been established in theregion for the exercise adding that Officials at the EC have dividedthemselves into three groups to supervise the programme.
Government committed to issues on women and children (The Mirror, Saturday, March 15, 2008 Page 37)
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Benjamin Xornam Glover, Tenkodogo, Burkina FasoThe Deputy Upper East Regional Minister, Mrs. Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia last Saturday, joined the women of Burkina Faso to celebrate this year International Day of women at Tenkodogo in the South East Province of Burkina Faso.
Mrs. Chigabatia made the comment in an interview with journalist at Tenkodogo, in the South East Province of Burkina Faso when she led a Ghanaian delegation to celebrate this year’s International Womens Day.
International Women's Day (8 March) is an occasion marked by women's groups around the world. This date is also commemorated at the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday.
The theme for this years celebration was “Female and HIV/AIDS, lets fight stigmatization and discrimination.” The celebration was preceded by a week long forum attended by several women organization in Burkina Faso to deliberate on challenges facing women in the fight against the pandemic.
Mrs. Chigabatia said in Ghana toe thirds of District Directors of Education were women while out of the ten regional directors of Education, eight were women, adding that the highest position in the judicial system was headed by a woman.
The First Lady of Burkina Faso, Mrs. Chantale Campaore stressed the importance of the celebration and said it offered women an an opportunity to evaluate their performance in the past and plan ahead particular when it came to the role of women in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
She also pledged her commitment to war against the deadly disease in her country.
The event was marked by a march past by a number of women’s organization drawn from all over Burkina Faso.
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