Save them now, the sad story of Kulfuo Health center i coconutnews24

  Water they say is life, without water there will be no life, this and many reasons cause government's, corporate bodies and other individuals to invest heavily on water resources. In some countries water is such a scarce commodity that they struggle to get it unlike in Ghana where the situation is relatively better. In those countries, people sometimes will have to spend millions and millions to get water to drink not to talk of water for washing and other domestic purposes. In Ghana we spend less money or sometimes no money to enjoy this commodity.
That notwithstanding, in Ghana too as others get this commodity very easily others will have to travel long distance to access this commodity. The story of Kulfuo health center is no different from the many problems that face other institutions in the district.
  Kulfuo is a community located in the Sissala East district of Upper West Region, it shares boundaries with Pieng from the North, Tarsor from the South, Sakai from the West and Nyanduanu from the East. It has a lot of government projects but coconutnews24 will like to focus on the only health center they have. This health center serve communities around it like Nyanduanu, Kroboi, Challa and others. They have one key problem and that is water accessibility for the workers and patients that use the facility. The center has a very beautiful and fine borehole at its center to serve the facility, but this borehole is not in good condition. Today coconutnews24 spoke to a staff at the health center by name Tijani Yaapie, he said for you to fetch water in that borehole you will have to pomp for more than 20 minutes before water comes out from the borehole, he said they go through hell to access water there and said they want to appeal to government, NGOs and concerned communities to help them convert this borehole into a mechanized tap for easy usage. He said they have made several appeals to some concerned community members but are yet to see something concrete done on that structure.
  Out of curiosity, coconutnews24  tried to pomp the borehole to see the truth of what the worker had said and the story turned out to be true. We had to pump for more than 15 minutes before water could flow, therefore corroborating the story told by Mr Tijani Yaapie . The health center is appealing to the general public to help them mechanized their only borehole to help them fetch water early to go to work on time. The staff there are always reluctant to fetch water there first because for the first person, it is often an up hill task. The Kulfuo health center also needs means of transport for emergencies, expansion of the facility and many more.

Leaked Kwesi Botchwey report recommended unity tour and not unity walk l coconutnews24.com

   Even before we officially see the Kwesi Botchwey report, the ruling New Patriotic Party ( NPP) government seem to have more details concerning the report than many other Ghanaians. One of their communication officers from Sissala West in the Upper West Region Mr. Abass Karim has said that, the leaked Kwesi Botchwey report did not recommend unity walk but rather recommended a unity tour. He insisted that the opposition party has implemented the report very wrongly, saying that it is not only the ten regional chairmen who have engaged in this illegality in their own party but the whole party led by former president John Mamaha started it when they wrongfully engaged in the unity walk. He also argued that, regarding what the regional chairmen did, there where two conflicting schools of thoughts. While  some in the party like Kofi Adams and co supported the walks, others such as Rockson Adei think the action was wrong and they must be reprimanded.
   Mr. Abass remarked that he supports the position of those who said it was wrong because they said those who were arguing in that direction were making reference to their party constitution. He said the other side who thinks their action was right never mentioned their party constitution, Mr. Abass was responding to the actions of the ten NDC regional chairmen who openly called on the former president to consider coming back to lead the party. He also touched on the controversy between the former president John Mamaha and vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on the Ghana Post GPS saying that the vice president hit the nail on the head when he responded to the former president in like manner. Mr. Abass also commented on the  rosewwod issue, presiding member confirmation and the budget to be read on Wednesday by finance minister.
Mr. Abass was speaking on a Tumu based radio station Radford FM on a program called news review, a program hosted on every Saturday that highlights all the major issues of the week. He said that he thinks his government will work to create jobs for the jobless youth in the country.

Checkout colourful smocks displayed at Bawiesibelle traditional council inauguration on Friday i coconutnews24.com

Inauguration of the Bawiesibia traditional council in the Sissala East district of the Upper West region. Present at the ceremony were the H. E Sahunuri Mogtari Council of State member, Hon Regional Minister Alhaji Sulemana Alhassan, Chieftaincy and religious affairs minister Hon. Kofi Dzamasie, chief director from the ministry, chief Director of the UWRCC Alhaji Abubakari Abdulia, Alhaji Atake of Akate farms.
10/11/2017(Friday )
  coconutnews24.com picked this information from Facebook, it was colourful indeed. Now that the council have been open officially, they can do more things on their own.
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Show interest in your school welfare issues, Welfare executives to all teachers l coconutnews24.com

   The executives of Sissala East Welfare Association have charged all teachers in the district to take their welfare issues very seriously, since it can help them in future. The executives numbering four were present at the studios of Radford Fm this morning. The executives included; the association chairman Hon. Naliwie Salifu Balubie, vice chairperson Madam Dorcas Lulua, secretary Mr. Moro and PRO Mr. Bashiru Bapagu. They were there to talk about the association and how the association was progressing. They spoke on a  program called time with Ghana Education Service. They also enlightened the listening public on a number of issues on the program.
   The chairman, Mr. Naliwie Salifu advised all teachers in the district to show more commitment to issues relating to their welfare, he advised headteachers to educate their staff more on the relevance of the association. The vice chairperson Madam Dorcas said all teachers in the district are at liberty to join the association including all workers from Ghana Education Service. She also advised all teachers to keep their records very carefully. The secretary Mr. Moro advised all headteachers who double as welfare teachers in their various schools to give out the positions to other teachers so that the headteachers can supervise their activities. He remarked that combining both will make it difficult when it comes to accountability issues. The PRO Mr. Bashiru Bapagu underscored the need to join the association, saying that the benefits were enormous because the teacher and his or her family stand to benefit enormously from the association. He said the association has a blue print constitution that it is working with and that there will be no discrimination whatsoever.
  The team also concluded by calling all teachers to support the association to implement its plans. The executives ended by pledging  to work with all their hearts to make the association vibrant.

ACT!ONAID to construct a six unit classroom block for Kulfuo at a cot of over Ghs500,000.00 i coconutnews24

Action Aid Ghana, a non governmental organization which operates in the Sissala East and now at Wa has promised the people of Kulfuo a six unit classroom block with all the infrastructure it needs for academic work. The organization has operated in the Sissala East District for over a decade and is still carrying out projects in certain communities especially in the area of education. They have constructed schools, dams and provided scholarships for brilliant but need children in the area . They have beneficiary communities in which they work in and Kulfuo is one if those beneficiary communities in the district. All beneficiary communities have a fair share of interventions and Kulfuo will be benefitting from one of these interventions in the coming months.
    At a small community durbar  yesterday organized by ACTIONAID at the Kulfuo chief's place, the director for ACTIONAID in the Sissala East District Mr. George Dery announced their intention to construct the six unit classroom block for the community. He said the facility will be equipped with all it needs to operate. He also added that the classroom block will come with furniture, a library, a borehole, playing equipment and other female friendly facilities. Mr. Dery said the school is intended to retain more girls in school, he also added that the school will be a mixed school but will focus more on girl child education and how the girls can be motivated to learn and not dropout. Mr. George said the bidding process for the construction of the building has already been done, and his outfit is in the process of selecting a contractor  in the coming  weeks for work to commence. He added that, when the final contract is signed it will take close to five months to finish the project. He disclosed that the physical infrastructure will cost not less than Ghs500,000.00 to complete the whole project.
   Mr George was accompanied by the circuit supervisor for Tarsor/Kulfuo circuit Mr. Salifu Narimah and the DCE for Sissala east Hon. Karim Nanyia, both representatives spoke about the benefits of the school infrastructure saying that they should let their girls stay at home and attend the school. The community members were full with praises for the Mr. George and his organization for not forgetting about their community and called all community members to support the project, the thanked the sponsors for the programs. The project will be sponsored by a UK based organization called     People's Post Code Lottery (PPCL).

Meet the two northern stars in Ghana i coconutnews24

   The legendary Apaco of Quendar entertainment have made a great move in his music career, he has met one of the celebrated musician in the whole northern Ghana and a national superstar who just won the new artist of the year at the just ended Vovafone Ghana music awards. Am talking of no other person than the northern germ Fancy Gadam of Gadam entrainment. The two met some few days ago and as we speak the manager of Quendar entertainment have introduced Apaco to Gadam.
   This information was picked on the private wall of Agasto mobile link who also doubles as the CEO for Quendar entertainment. He said the introduction is done and they will be in talks to come out with collaboration in future. Check them out.