The PFJ program brought alot of relief to me and most leaders - Former NPP constituency secretary

Planting for foods and jobs program is one of the social intervention policies by the Nana led NPP government introduced to bring relief to most farmers. Especially, farmers in the Upper West, East and Northern regions of Ghana.
Since this program started last year, it has supported most farmers in terms  of access to fertilizer and availability of improved seeds for farming.
Farmers have since had a great relief of going through difficulties to get money to buy fertilizers in the open.
Now, farmers can easily buy these fertilizers because government has subsidized almost half of the amount and farmers pay the remaining half.

  Last year, even the half price farmers were required to pay was also divided into halves for farmers to pay part before the farming season and pay the remaining half after the farming. However, as humans, most people could not pay back their remaining half causing government to review the policy on the method of payment and method of picking the fertilizer from the warehouse.

   For Last year, because of the low recovery rate, the whole policy has been reviewed to improve efficiency in the system. It was based on this the former NPP constituency secretary in Sissala East granted a panel conversation to Radford FM yesterday on their evening current affairs program, titled, “Trending issues”.
As we speak this year, the fertilizers for the two Sissala districts have not arrived yet because of the fear of smuggling by some dealers in the community. Due to this change, there has been a delay of the release of fertilizer or coupons so that farmers can buy fertilizers in the open market at the same subsidized price. When asked, Hon. Benin Sulemani who was once an assembly member for Kpeviera-Yalia electoral area, said that the introduction of this PFJ program brought great relief to him personally and most farmers.

  He added that, fertilizer came as low as ghs28 per bag and no reasonable farmer would walk to him to buy something he or she can also equally buy. Hon. Sulemani said,  If this program fails, the burden will come to most of them people look up to in the community. He therefore adviced the leaders for the two Sissala districts to sit up and allow a task force to monitor the collection and distribution of the fertilizer that enter the two districts so that it does not fail. He also added that the MCE and DCE  should not only sit in their offices and think everything is going on well but should also from time to time conduct some research to see if farmers have received the fertilizers and how they are using them to increase the recovery rate.

  Hon. Benin also added that l, having learnt some lessons from the last farming season, the government has brought some light changes into the system, he said instead of farmers paying half and paying the rest later,  this time, they would pay all the half before they access the fertilizer and also government will no longer bring fertilizers but will allow agents to buy this fertilizer and thus farmers can buy from them at a reduced government subsidise price.

   Other speakers on the panel discussion included a former DCE Hon. Robert Baka and a former assembly member for Zongo electoral area Hon. Fuseini Liman aka 24hours, 24hours also said if the government is serious on reducing smuggling then they should distribute the fertilizers that come to the various Fascons warehouses in some of the selected communities in the area. He said this alone will reduce the pressure in the municipal capital giving way for people to monitor their activities, it is a good policy introduced by the government but if they also let it fail it can dwindle their chances in the two Sissala districts -he added.

  Hon. Robert on the other hand  believes that the district does not have a strong data base about the amount of fertilizer that comes in and the amount of fertilizer that leaves the district, he said if they have how come some bags could not be accounted for,  he said the local leaders in the district should rise above all other things and put the right measures in place to make the program successful here.

SEA nomination forms out finally - SEA organizers l coconutnews24

  The organizers for Sissala Entertainment awards through a whatssap communique have today officially outdoored the nomination forms for the awards, they are therefore calling artists, mangers, promoters, producers and entertainment personalities to start picking their forms at vantage points. In their communique this morning, they only indicated one point that artists can pick this forms.
  In their communique, they indicated that artists can pick their forms at Agasto mobile link directly opposite Tumu commercial bank in Tumu, they also indicated that person's can called the following numbers for this forms or any further information about the awards; 

0207508291/0506265100 

Below are the categories for nomination; 

Anas Aremeyaw Anas exposes HOT FM presenter l coconutnews24

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All Efforts to reach the Honorable Member for Tumu Zongo proved futile- Former DCE Robert Baka Wavei laments l coconutnews24

Former DCE for the Sissala district, Hon. Robert Baka Wavei has revealed through Radford FM’s current affairs program tireless efforts he advanced to reach the current assembly member for the Tumu zongo electoral area, Hon. Luri Bagon. According to the former DCE, he has sent for the honorable member on four consecutive occasions yet the assembly member has still not showed up.

Lamenting the incident, the former DCE revealed that he even went as far as sending the father of the member to get him for a discussion but has still rejected his calls with no reason.

He further added that the father of the honorable member even met him, the former DCE and quizzed whether his son had met him in person, and he responded a no.

Hon. Robert confessed that there has been an issue in the electoral area that he wants to advice the assembly man on but since he has rejected his calls he will still wait and anytime he gets him he will make his concerns known to him.

   The former DCE was responding to the issue of advice and how he as DCE had received it and how he has also advised other leaders to succeed in their work. He also said it was because of the advice he called on the assembly member for the area and that during his   tenure as DCE he got alot of information and advice from " Truck pushers ".

He recalled that they had always requested for a drink in return to offer him information. Hon Robert said through their advice he helped the assembly to raise enough revenue for the development of the district. Other panelists also spoke on the subject matter, stating the various ways they have received advice and how they have also given advice.

  All this follows the call from the deputy upper west regional minister Hon. Amidu Chinnia on how advice can help an individual or group to succeed.

RE: ALL EFFFORTS TO REACH THE HONORABLE MEMBER FOR TUMU ZONGO ELECTORAL AREA PROVED FUTILE - FORMER DCE, ROBERT BAKA WAVEI LAMENTS

In an exclusive interview with the Assemblyman for the area, Hon. Luri Bagon, he confirmed  that the former DCE sent for him. However, he denies claims of not wanting to see him.

The honorable member further revealed  that he also went to Hon. Robert’s house on three occasions but never met him in person.

“Each time I went there i met only his wife but as an elderly person of his nature i did not want to call him or meet him outside his home”, he said.

Hon. Bagon however added that if the former DCE insist on meeting him outside, which is something he wanted to avoid because of his elderly position, he would make up for that, he revealed to me.

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250 young Ghanaians to be employed in the Upper West region, Acting regional minister I coconutnews24

  The acting regional minister for the Upper West region Hon. Amidu Chinnia have yesterday launch a online digital marketing program that will create 250 jobs for young men and women in the ICT world in the Upper West region, he said this system is one of governments initiative to create jobs for the youth in the region. He made this announcement immediately after the launch on his official facebook wall in the early hours of yesterday. During the launch, he stressed that this program will equip the youth with skills development and entrepreneurial abilities.   
  Here is what the acting regional minister said on his facebook wall " I launched the online digital marketing program today at the regional library. 250 young people from the region are going to benefit from the program. Skills development and entrepreneurship are key in government agenda to create jobs thereby reducing unemployment and poverty of our people. Earlier in the day i received a team that's implementing the 11th European development project in all 11 districts of the region."

Profile of late Dr. Hilla Limann I coconutnews24

The forgotten President
Dr.Hilla Limann was born at Gwollu in the Upper West Region of Ghana on 24th December,1934. His parents were Bibini Yonu  and Mma Hayawah. 1st lady Fulera Limann was his wife. He attended the lawra Confederacy Native Authority Primary School in the Upper West Region and later went to Government Middle School, Tamale and Teachers Training College Tamale.

At the Training College,Dr. Limann took part in local and district Council politic, where he also taught at for a year as a pupils teacher in Tumu. He later attended London school of Economics,University of Paris and had his PhD in Political science and Constitutional law.

In 1956 to 1960, Dr Hilla Limann was the District Councillor for Tumu District Council , Upper West Region. He became the foreign officer from 1965 to 1979 in the country. He was also the head of Chancellery of the Ghana embassy in Togo,Lome and the counselor for the Ghana permanent Mission in Geneva .
On 24th September,1979, Dr Hilla Limann was sworn in as the President of the 3rd Republic of Ghana on the ticket of the PNC party. As the President of the country recovering from military distress, he attained  lots of achievements for the country ranging from development,governance and foreign policy among others.
During his incumbency, Dr Hilla Limann raised funds to complete and inaugurate the Kpong Dam and also on the course of completing the Bui Dam after it had been abandoned following the overthrown of Dr Kwame Nkrumah.These two Dams have contributed massively to the energy supply of the country.He also contracted STX in North Korea to build four Cargo ships for the Black Star Line and introduced "Tata" buses into the country .In the agricultural sector, Dr Limann introduced the irrigation system in Northern region which lead to bumper harvest of rice to support the economy.
On 31st December 1981, Dr.Hilla Limann was overthrown by Lt.J.J Rawlings ,who was the Chairman of the AFRC.
He sadly passed away on January 23rd,1998 out of a natural cause and buried at Gwollu ,his home town.
Dr Limann is the President who served the shortest tenure in the political history of Ghana. Regardless of His short period in office , he achieved a lot for Ghana  which is unprecedented.Indeed he was a great leader and needs to be celebrated.

FACHOBOI ELDERS GIVE A STERN WARNING TO THE YOUTH I COCONUTNEWS24

    The Fachoboi Students Union held their annual general to discuss pertinent issues related to the community. The following people were in attendance; the chief, unit committee member, women representative, PTA representative, assembly member, graduates and all students as well as community members.

The leadership of the union said this was the sixth to seventh year the association was running, they said their main objective is to get all children of school going age into school. All in all the meeting was a success as this and other matters were discussed.

A notable aspect of the meeting however was when the association gave the opportunity for the elders and the community members to advice the youth. Most of those who spoke centered their speech on the spate at which school girls were dropping out of school. Contributing to the discussions, the elders said most of the perpetrators were their own youth who lure these girls sometimes out of school. They added that the youth in the community should allow the children to complete their education first. They also added that even though the community members are not supposed to intermarry, such things are happening.
The Assembly member added his voice and reminded the youth that incest carries a minimum sentence of 25 and that any perpetrator caught will face the full rigours of the law. He also added that girls should be given the peace of mind to pursue their educational career.

Speaking to the president of the association on the sidelines of the meeting, Mr. Ibrahim Afuo, he said the association was very worried at the level at which the girls drop out of school and end up cohabiting with men. He said the association was taking up the challenge to educate both parents and their children on how to eradicate the menace.  Mr. Afuo also said the association was very particular concerning how students were learning in school and whether they were making the good grades to compete with their colleagues in the cities and towns. The association also awarded the best student in the BECE from Fachoboi for her outstanding performance in the just ended examination.

Nuratu Nyame was happy that her efforts had been recognised. She was given two complete exercise books to help her in school from the association.