27-10-09 OLD CATERERS EXPRESSED JOY
Old caterers in the Kassena-Nankana District working under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) have expressed their satisfaction and appreciation to the Bolgatanga high court for ruling in their favour in a case concerning their termination of contract as caterers by the assembly. According to them the assembly gave a directive that the old caterers should vacate their job for newly recruited caterers who they described as NDC sympathizers. In their quest to fight their right, a writ was filed against the assembly for breaching their contract. These caterers are workers employed under the NPP regime and had been at their various basic schools scattered in the region. In an interview with Radio Ghana, some of the caterers said they did not understand why the assembly wanted them to vacate their post which to them was politically motivated because they had posses all the qualities as qualified and experienced caterers. They noted that despite their role as professional caterers, they are not associated with any party since they are working for the betterment of the district, the region and the nation at large. Therefore, terminating their appointment illegally as caterers was an indictment on their right. This made them filed the writ at the law court to express their displeasure to the assembly and the government to look into the matter for the right to be done since they are serving the nation. To them the court ruling had shown that everyone is capable of defending his or her right without fear or contradiction from any quarters. They described the ruling as fair and transparent and urged their other colleagues in the various regions to also stand up and fight for their right in order to deepen the country’s enviable democracy.
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26-10-09
26-10-10 NADMO DISPOSES OFF ROTTEN MAIZE
About 300 bags of maize, meant to be food aid for the 2007 flood victims in the Kassena-Nankana District of the Upper East Region has been disposed off after they were found to be in a bad state. Apart from the rotten maize some bags of cement are also lying at the NADMO stores badly spoilt. The Kassena–Nankana District Chief Executive, Emmanuel Andema, who made this known in an interview with Radio Ghana said it outfit in consultation with NADMO decided to release the piled maize at the stores for persons who were affected by the recent flood but later realized that they had been invaded by weevils. As matter of urgency a decision was take by the appropriate authorities to sell them as cheap as 5 Ghana Cedis per bag to farmers as animal feed due to their rotten nature. He blamed the previous officers for mishandling the food aid because they have instituted measures to safeguard them against pest and heat. According to him , the Member of Parliament for Navrongo Central was among those who bought some of the spoilt maize adding that the rest left at the stores had gone bad to the extent that they cannot be used in any way not even for animal consumption. The Newly appointed District Co-oordinator of NADMO, Mr Roland Ayalazoya explained that he only became aware of the rotten maize after he had taken over the office from the previous officer, Mr. Sylvester Navrose, in September this year. He stressed that the piled maize stock at the stores since 2007 was declared unwholesome for human consumption after frequent inspection conducted by the District Environmental Health Officer adding that about 30 bags of cement were also found at the stored quaked. Mr Ayalazoya emphasized that these relief items should have been kept properly after some of them were distributed to flood victims some years back. During a telephone interview with Mr. Navrose he said after the NDC took over power, a directive was given to him not to distribute any relief item to anyone so by the time he was leaving office he did not realize that some reserved stock of the maize were in bad condition.
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27-10-09 MANAGEMENT OF ZOOMLION INTERACTS WITH THE MEDIA
The management of the Bolgatanga office of Zoolion, Ghana, a waste management organization has urged media practitioners to help educate and address issues of sanitation to the general public. Explaining the rationale behind the organization of the meeting, the Regional Operational Supervisor of Zoolion, Mike Tagoe said it behooves on the media as the mouthpiece of the entire populace to sensitize and educate the public to ensure that good sanitary practices are exercise to avoid diseases. This, he said, would enable them to understand the operations of the company and the need to keep the environment clean. He noted that the company in its effort to combat poor environmental practices has signed an MOU with the municipal and district assemblies to provide waste containers and other services to the people. He advised residents in the Upper East Regional and beyond to embrace the National Malaria Control Programme (NAMCOP) instituted by Zoolion, Ghana as one of the safest and surest ways of protecting ourselves from mosquito bites to avoid contracting malaria a other related diseases. Mr. Tagoe attributed the high incidence of malaria cases to poor personal hygiene, poor environmental sanitation, indiscriminate disposal of waste, nonuse of treated insecticide bed nets; improper malaria treatment and lack of education which he said pose a great challenge. He therefore appealed to the media as the major stakeholders to help in the fight against best environmental practices to ensure a clean and better Ghana. Mr. Tagoe disclosed plans by Zoolion to establish compost and recycle plant to manage waste in the region. The Public Relations Officer of Zoolion, Mr. Francis Abirigo called on the general public to change their attitude towards waste disposal since the country waste many resources in the collection of waste daily. He hinted that 2016 tones of waste per average are collected in the municipality. In the course of the meeting the Regional Sanitation Supervisor, Mr. Derry Peter, and the Regional Pest Control Officer, Mr. Joseph Awuni also answered questions from the media.
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