27-08-09 The Deputy Country Representative of UNICEF, Rene Van Dongen, has paid a courtesy call on the Upper East Regional Minister, Mark Woyongo at his office in Bolgatanga. He was accompanied by personnel from the Ghana Health Service and representatives from UNICEF. The visit was to enable him learn more about the region and also know their concerns and challenges. This was also his first maiden visit to the region since his assumption of office. Mr. Dongen pledged his outfits support in the area of sports, education and health. He commended the Regional Health Directorate for deploying health volunteers to assist doctors and nurses in the performance of their duties. This initiative, according to him, has helped the region, address most of its health problems, even though the region can boast of only few qualified doctors. He again pledged his commitment to liaise with other UN agencies to support the region in terms of development since UNICEF cannot shoulder all the responsibilities. Mr. Dongen expressed his preparedness to team up with other UN agencies to help restore peace at Bawku, which according to him, has been a source of worry to the UN. Mr. Woyongo, who enumerated a number of problems in the region, also expressed dissatisfaction about the fallen standard of education in the area and called on UNICEF to come to their aid by providing basic logistics and infrastructure, particularly, at the second cycle institutions. He said inadequate teaching materials coupled with lack of computers poses a major challenge in the area of education in the region.
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