Bolgatanga market women outraged over new fee

Aggrieved women at the Bolgatanga old market are outraged over what they term as exorbitant market fees being slapped on them by the Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly.

According to them, the GH¢ 360.00 being charged by the assembly as market fee for the year 2014 is unacceptable, adding that the amount has been imposed on them without the assembly engaging them to come to a common agreement.

They are therefore demanding a significant reduction in the recent tariff considering the current economic hardship coupled with the low sales ahead of the yuletide.

The women say they were taken aback when the MCE denied having any knowledge over the new tariffs upon enquiry.

The market women say though they honour their tax obligations each year, the assembly had been insensitive to their plight, as it has failed in its mandate to make the market conducive for sound trading.

Despite the agitation from the market women, the assembly believes they have acted responsibly to addressing some of the problems faced by the market.

To them, the aggrieved women are being instigated by their leadership who seem to politicize every issue concerning the market.

According to the Assembly, the women were in December last year engaged to discuss the fixing of this year’s fees.

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Bolga East MP gives to his alma mater

 

Dr Ayine, MP Bolga East

   

The NDC Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga East Constituency, Dr Dominic Ayine, has presented five computers and accessories to students of Bongo Bio Junior high school in the Upper East Region. 

The donation was in response to a request made to Amandi Energy Ghana Limited, an Israeli Company by the MP.  

It also forms part of the MP’s initiative to enhance quality education through ICT. In an interview with Radio Ghana’s Isaac Asare, Dr Ayine said plans are afoot to extent the gesture to other schools in the constituency.

 He charged the beneficiary school to make productive use of the computers to help promote effective teaching and learning. 

Students at the school were also encouraged to put their minds to studying in order to become useful citizens for the country.  

Meanwhile, Dr  Ayine, who also doubles as the Deputy Attorney General is being assisted by fiends and well-wishers to construct a modern office complex for the party in the constituency. 

The ongoing project which is expected to be commissioned in the first quarter of next year is 70 percent complete and has six offices and a conference room. 

This includes an office for the constituency executives, the chairman and the MP. According to Dr Ayine, the project is in fulfillment of his campaign promise made during the course of the primaries. 

The office complex when completed will facilitate the smooth running of the party’s activities in the constituency.

 Mr Ayine spoke on the significance of the project since it is one of its kinds in the region and the country at large.

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Bolgatanga SHS Temporarily closed down

     

             

02/12/14                         Bolgatanga SHS Temporarily closed down

The Bolgatanga Senior High School popularly known as BIG BOSS has been temporarily closed down by management and governing board of the school following student unrest which began yesterday. 

Last night some of the students went on rampage destroying school property and setting ablaze a personal vehicle belonging to the one of the Senior Headmasters, Thomas Apana. Mr Apana is alleged to have caused the death of a final year student after he was chased by the master to go for morning assembly. 

The students were given an hour ultimatum to vacate the school to allow the police conduct full scale investigation to unravel the mystery behind the death of the deceased student whose corpse is currently deposited at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital morgue. 

The Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Thomas Agbanyo, who narrated the incident to Radio Ghana denied earlier reports that suggests the personnel deployed to the school to maintain law and order used tear gas on the rampaging students causing injury to some students in the process. 

Early this morning, management of the school met to deliberate on the way forward in resolving the matter. After careful deliberations, management in consultation with the Regional Security Council, REGSEC decided to close down the school till police investigations are over. 

The official pronouncement of the decision provoked an uproar from the students. The District Director of Education, Mr Joachim Farrah, mince no words when he made the pronouncement.

Mr Farrah and the District Chief Executive for Talensi, Edward Awunnore, supported the measure describing it as unfortunate. 

The decision he noted, is in the best interest of the students since they cannot be sure what will happen in future. 

He said though the timing was wrong as students are preparing to write their end of term and mock examination, it decision was still necessary especially when lives are involved.

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Leaders advised to be wary of Sycophants

Rev Awuni (Extreme right) next is the wife followed by the Presbytery Chairperson , Rev Esmond Nagba

                

Narration:   The Chairperson of the Upper Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Reverend Esmond Nagba, had cautioned political and religious leaders to be wary of those he referred to as sycophants. 

He said most often, people holding positions of trust fail in their duties as leaders because they are coached by people who do not share in their vision. 

He observed that such people contribute to the woes of visionary leaders through their corrupt practices. 

To him, they serve as counsellors and advisors whereas in actual sense they are detractors serving as agents of destructions. Rev Nagba, expressed the sentiments in an interview with Radio Ghana..

            Upper Presbytery inducts New District Minister

Meanwhile, the Upper Presbytery led by the Chairperson, Rev Esmond Nagba, has inducted Reverend James Kwame Awuni, as the new District Minister in-charge of the Bolgatanga Peniel Presbyterian Church. 

Dignitaries including the National Director of the Development and Social Services of the church, Rev. Daniel Edmund Kofi Asante and other congregational heads were present at the occasion. 

Also in attendance were family and friends of the new minister. Rev Kwame Awuni succeeds Rev. Amegyei Antwi, who is now the District Minister for Akyem Abuakwa Presbytery in the Eastern Region. 

 In a sermon to usher in the new minister, Rev Nagba urged the congregation not to live careless lifestyles bearing in mind there can never be tomorrow. 

He said heaven is real and therefore behooves them as  Christ believers to live under the dictates of Christ in order to meet the Lord in heaven. 

Rev Nagba moreover admonished the congregation to prepare themselves adequately for the second coming of Christ by letting their daily lives be guided by the virtue of truth, humility, patience and steadfastness. 

This, he noted requires adequate preparation both physically and spiritually.  Rev Nagba, gave positive testimonies of the new minister and prayed that his tenure will bring total transformation to the church.

 He further advised him to remain focused and consider placing the welfare of the presbytery high above all other personal interest. 

In a brief remark, the new district Minister thanked the general assembly for the confidence repose in him. He pledged to raise a democratic and Christ centered church, where members will be nurtured to live a life of true holiness. 

He also promised an open door policy and impressed on the entire presbytery to assist him to succeed by offering constructive advice and criticism where necessary. 

Rev Awuni, currently holds a master degree in Business administration from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. 

He is married with a wife and 3 children. 

The induction ceremony which was on the theme: ‘Be Filled with the Holy Spirit: Prepare to meet the Lord’, also saw the official ordination of 7 directors of the presbytery who are currently manning the various departments under the church. 

Their responsibility is assist in the day to day activity of the Upper Presbytery and also serve as an advisory body to the Chairperson.

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