FISTRAD VOCATIONAL SCHOOL PASS OUT 34 STUDENTS IN WEAVING, DRESS MAKING AND EMBROIDERY.

The Foundation for Integrated and Strategic development FISTRAD in the Builsa North Municipality of the Upper East Region has on the 29th of December,2020 passed out 34 of their students who underwent a three years training program in weaving and dress making at the School.

The students during the three years training were also taken through arithmetic and entrepreneurial skills to equip them manage their shops effectively after the training.

Mr Richard Alando, the executive director of FISTRAD and Radio Builsa speaking at the passing out ceremony admonished the graduates to be truthful, hardworking and attach seriousness to their work to bring glory to their alma mater.

He appealed to husbands of the graduates, families and the Municipal Assembly to assist the graduates start up their trade.

He added that, the Vocational training School has been recognised by the National Accreditation board and awards NAVTI Certificates to all students who goes through training at the centre.

He hence encouraged the youth of the area to take advantage of the training at the school to improve their lot.

He further appealed to the Municipal Assembly and the Mp to assist the centre give skills training to the youth in the area to help reduce the high unemployment rate in the Municipality.

The Municipal Rural Enterprise Development Project Director Mr Akeeda Roger who chaired the function encouraged the graduates to team up with the Rural Enterprise Development Project and the Business Development Centre for assistance to start their trade.

Some of the graduates this outlet spoke to expressed gratitude to the management and staff of the Vocational school for taking them through knowledge acquisition aimed at shaping their future.

Derrick Abakisi-Noiyeng Radio.

FISTRAD VOCATIONAL SCHOOL PASS OUT 34 STUDENTS IN WEAVING AND DRESS MAKING.

The Foundation for Integrated and Strategic development FISTRAD in the Builsa North Municipality of the Upper East Region has on the 29th of December,2020 passed out 34 of their students who underwent a three years training program in weaving,dress making and embroidery at the School.

The students during the three years training were also taken through arithmetic and entrepreneurial skills to equip them manage their shops effectively after the training.

Mr Richard Alando, the executive director of FISTRAD and Radio Builsa speaking at the passing out ceremony admonished the graduates to be truthful, hardworking and attach seriousness to their work to bring glory to their alma mater.

He appealed to husbands of the graduates, families and the Municipal Assembly to assist the graduates start up their trade.

He added that, the Vocational training School has been recognised by the National Accreditation board and awards NAVTI Certificates to all students who goes through training at the centre.

He hence encouraged the youth of the area to take advantage of the training at the school to improve their lot.

He further appealed to the Municipal Assembly and the Mp to assist the centre give skills training to the youth in the area to help reduce the high unemployment rate in the Municipality.

The Municipal Rural Enterprise Development Project Director Mr Akeeda Roger who chaired the function encouraged the graduates to team up with the Rural Enterprise Development Project and the Business Advisory Centre for assistance to start their trade.

Some of the graduates this outlet spoke to expressed gratitude to the management and staff of the Vocational school for taking them through knowledge acquisition aimed at shaping their future.

Derrick Abakisi-Noiyeng Radio.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN HOPE CENTRE DONATES TO TEENAGE MOTHERS AND FOUR HEALTH FACILITIES IN BUILSA SOUTH.

The International Women’s Hope Centre an NGO operating in the Upper East Region of Ghana has donated assorted baby items to 147 teenage mothers and gallons of liquid soap to four health facilities in the Builsa South district of the Upper East Region.

The beneficiary health facilities include the Kanjarga Health Center, Dogninga Health Center, Gbedema Health Center and the Fumbisi Health Center which all received gallons of liquid soap to assist health workers in these health facilities practice proper hand hygiene in the mist of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The director of International Women’s Hope Centre Madam Gladys Anayem in handing over the baby items to the teenage mothers at separate events at Kanjarga, Dogninga, Fumbisi, and Gbedema all in the Builsa South district encouraged the teenage mothers to further their education or learn a trade to improve their lot.

She added that, babies are gifts from God and for that matter should be catered for.

She advised the teenage mothers to abstain from sex until marriage as this could lead them to having unplanned babies and other related sexually transmitted diseases.

She thanked the president of the International Women’s Hope Centre madam Gladys Adochim, Relationship Under Construction, Heartbeat International and the founder of Onpoint Education Miss Mary Akuamoah Boateng for their support to the organization.

Madam Anyekumkase Leticia a Midwife at the Fumbisi Health Centre was grateful to the International Women’s Hope Centre for the donation to the health facility saying, the donation will go a long way to assist the facility in the practice of proper hand hygiene and laundry activities.

The beneficiary teenage mothers expressed gratitude to the International Women’s Hope Centre for the donation and keeping their hope alive when some of their parents had lost hope in them for getting pregnant at an early age.

They added that, the counseling given to them by Madam Gladys Anayem has uplifted their moral to work hard in becoming responsible adults in the society.

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NCCE IN BUILSA NORTH RE-ACTIVATE INTER PARTY DIALOGUE COMMITTEE AHEAD OF DECEMBER POLLS.

     Mr Jeffrey Adda NCCE Director.

The Builsa North Municipal Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has reactivated its Inter-Party Dialogue Committee (IPDC) to act as buffer zone to stem suspicions and anxiety among political parties in the constituency as the country heads to polls on December 7th.

The reactivated five-member Committee include Reverend Father Sabastian Aduku, Catholic Priest of the Christ the King Catholic Church in Sandema as Chairman, Mr Alikali Kunate, a representative of the Municipal Chief Imam as the Deputy Chairman and  Mr Jeffery Adda  the Municipal Director of the NCCE, as Secretary.

The rest are Mr Adeenze Robert of the Builsa North Municipal Elections Office as Treasurer, while Mr Rierselle Akanbon of the Builsa North Municipal Directorate of CHRAJ is the Organiser.

Addressing participants at the programme, Mr Jeffery Adda said credible and peaceful elections were critical components of democracy and good governance.

He noted that elections in most developing countries, especially in Africa, had unfortunately brought in their wake violence resulting in untold hardships, stress, and wanton destruction of lives and property.

He said Ghana was among the few countries in Africa that made significant progress with regards to free and fair elections since its return to constitutional rule.

“Ghana has chalked an impressive record of success, an unprecedented enjoyment of uninterrupted stable democratic rule. As a result, Ghana has been internationally acclaimed as one of the beacons of democratic governance not only in West Africa, but the African Continent as a whole,” He said.

Mr Adda said Ghanaians had, over the years, continued to uphold the supremacy of the Constitution, the rule of law, free, vibrant and liberalised media landscape and the promotion of democracy in general.

“As a result of Ghana’s record, there is the dire need to deepen and consolidate these democratic tenets and credentials. Ghana’s situation, therefore, provides enough justification for the re-activation of the IPDCs that will act as a buffer zone in the constituency to stem the tide of unnecessary suspicions and anxiety among political parties,” He said.

The IPDC is a platform that offers opportunity for the NCCE and its major stakeholders to engage with the electorate on issues concerning the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

The purpose of the IPDCs, as stated in the Sustainable Development Goal-16, is to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development.

On its operational areas, Mr Adda said the Committee would monitor breaches of the rules and regulations regarding the electoral process investigate cases of abuse and resolve petty conflicts or misunderstandings that may affect the process.

The MCE for Builsa North Mr David Amoabil Afoko who before becoming an MCE was the NPP chairman for the Builsa North Constituency recounted the success story of the committee during the 2016 elections.

“If you have ever witness war you would never hope for war, war does not bring development and the sad part is that it is the children who suffer the most when there’s war. Imagine there’s war and you need water to drink and there’s no water in your room’’

He said, peace was very critical to the socio-economic development of every society hence the many engagements of stakeholders in the electoral process over the week and the previous week with the aim of sustaining peace before, during and after the December polls.

Mr P .P. Apaabey Baba, Regional Director of the NCCE, said he was very excited to see the re-activation of the Committee in the District adding that the Committee performed very creditably during the 2016 elections  and pledged the Regional Directorates support to the committee.

Reverend Father Sebastian Adoku, on his part, urged leadership of the various political parties to ensure that the elections were conducted peacefully devoid of conflicts.

He advised the youth not to allow themselves to be used as instruments to cause mayhem. He charged politician to go beyond preaching peace to practicing peace. Saying ‘’ I condemn the acts of vandalism and politicians who are highly educated sinking so low to engage in extreme jubilation whenever their parties win an election thereby making mockery of the losing party’’ I condemn it in no uncertainty he added

The NPP constituency Chairman Mr Albert Atuga and Mr Amwani Anyewon Vitus representative of the Independent candidate pledged to ensure peaceful and violent- free elections.

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VISIONARY BULUK KICK STARTS VIOLENCE FREE ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND FACEMASK DISTRIBUTION IN TWO BUILSA DISTRICTS.

Visionary Buluk a non-governmental organization in collaboration with Oiltanking and the European Union have kick started a peaceful election campaign and the distribution of facemask to market women, drivers, queen mothers and media practitioners in the two Builsa Districts of the Upper East Region to help protect the constituence against the Covid-19 pandemic and ensure peace before, during and after the 2020 general polls.

In a presentation of over 1500 facemask and peaceful election stickers to the targeted groups at separate events, Mr Evans Adeba a member of Visionary Buluk called on all and soundry especially the youth not to allow themselves to be used by politicians to foment trouble as we go into the elections saying ‘’ they will use you to cause trouble, just for a chicken change and after they win power they enjoy with only their families forgetting people like you "the youth" contributed to their success’’

He added that people should not lose sight of the Covid-19 pandemic as the disease still prevails and people continue getting infected with the disease on daily basis. 

He called on the constituents to protect themselves as they go out to exercise their civic responsibility in the December polls.

The queen mother of Sandema Poknaab Atebalie Azantilow was grateful to Vissionary buluk and their conterparts for the initiative and called on all especially trotro drivers and their mates to give helping hands to the elderly who come to them for their services.

She said, the lorry station is the first point of call for anyone leaving or coming into the district hence the need for drivers and their mates to protect themselves against the covid-19 pandemic.

She called on Mothers to instil discipline in their children and causion them to refrain from fomenting trouble as we go into the elections.

The team later went round the Sandema market square distributing the facemask to market women plying their trade in the market.

They also had a Radio engagement at Radio Builsa a local Radio station operating in the Builsa North District of the Upper East Region.

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VOTE JAMES ABAKISI AND NANA FOR MORE DEVELOPMENT 2ND LADY TO BUILSA NORTH CONSTITUENTS

The Second Lady, Her Excellency Hajia Samira Bawumia has started a four day tour of the Upper East Region, with a courtesy call on the paramount chief of the Builsa Traditional Area, Nab Azantilow Azagsuk II and also addressed a durbar of the chiefs and people of the area during which she extolled the good deeds of President Nana Addo’s government to the public.

The 2nd Lady At The Sandema Durbar

Hajia Samira appealed to the chiefs and people of the area to vote massively for the New Patriotic Party [NPP], to retain it in government so that President Nana Addo and his administration would continue such good interventions and development including the Free Senior High School for which, additional promises have been made for expansion to cover tertiary levels of education and the inclusion of free textbooks and free school uniform, absorption of examination and library fees. She also mentioned the Planting for Food and Jobs Programme as one timely intervention that has since been providing fertilizers to farmers “at almost half-price” every farming season leading to boosted farm yields.

According to the Second Lady, “on December 7, we are voting for 1 Village 1 Dam, we are voting for the teacher training and nursing training allowances that have been restored and we are voting for NABCO so that our children who finish university will get jobs – we are voting a government that cares for us”.

Meanwhile, the NPP’s Parliamentary Candidate for the Builsa North Constituency, Mr. James Maurice Abakisi who spoke on behalf of his constituents commended government for several projects brought into the area and mentioned particularly that there were a good number of Senior High and Technical schools already and that the Builsa area had come of age to merit a tertiary school to absorb the thousands of graduating students from the second cycle schools.

When the Second Lady and her entourage made their second stop in Chiana-Asunia by almost 18:45GMT to address a durbar of the chiefs and people, Paramount Chief of the Chiana Traditional area PƐ Ditungdini Adiali Ayagitam III, commended Mrs. Bawumia for her construction of a shea butter/oil extraction plant in the Asunia community for the multitude of rural women in the larger Chiana area engaged in the picking, processing and sale of shea nuts for a living.

The People of Chiana Waited into the Night

PƐ Ditungdini who is also the incoming President of the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs, disclosed that, the Second Lady had additionally put up three of such plants elsewhere in the Upper East Region not for economic reasons but owing to her passion and desire to lift rural women out of poverty. He asked for strict supervision of work at the facility upon installation of machines and also appealed for attractive price quotations for nuts in order to compensate for the labour of pickers.

H.E Hajia Samira ended the day’s tour at the Navro Pio’s palace in Navrongo around 22:00GMT. Here, PƐ Dennis Balinia Adda Asagepare II in his welcome address thanked government for giving his traditional area a fair share of development projects but appealed for the speedy construction of an ultra-modern theatre facility at the Navrongo War Memorial Hospital that was recently handed over to a contractor. He also appealed to the Second Lady to extend a helping hand to several associations of widows within the traditional area to improve their living standards.

The Second Lady promised to help the widows in whatever way she could since such women were often the breadwinners for their children from feeding to schooling and other responsibilities. She repeated her calls for the retention of the NPP in power so as to further solidify the gains made in development across the sectors. She said education was one critical catalyst for the nation’s rapid development and stressed that government had completed plans to offer loans to Ghanaian tertiary students without the guarantor scheme in as far as a student was only to provide a valid Ghana Card.

The Navro Pio Giving His Welcome Address

Upper East Regional Minister and the NPP’s Parliamentary Candidate for the Navrongo Central Constituency in the December general elections, Hon. Tangoba Abayage also addressed the gathering and noted that, government had done enough for the people of Navrongo that it would a bad decision not to renew the mandate of the Nana Addo-led government. She for instance cited the new status conferred on then the UDS Navrongo campus which has become a full-fledged university under the name; C.K Tedam University for Technology and Applied Sciences, the about 50 million Ghana Cedis Naga-Navrongo road currently under construction and the installation of traffic lights in the township to inject sanity on the streets.

Hon. Tangoba also mentioned the major rehabilitation works ongoing at the Tono Irrigation Scheme, which had never tasted any such magnitude of works close to 40 or so years of its existence, as one big achievement that could not be glossed over. She also gave firm assurances to the Navro Pio and his people that, the theatre project at the hospital will not suffer any setbacks because the funding source, government’s “1 Million US Dollars Per Constituency” was very solid and sound.

Mrs. Bawumia is scheduled to move on similar tours to the Bawku, Zebila, Pusiga, Talensi, Builsa South and other parts before leaving for the North East Region by the weekend.

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INCREASING INCIDENCE OF ROBBERY IN SANDEMA WORRING-ABAKISI

             James Maurice Abakisi 

Residents of Sandema and its environs now live in a state of insecurity following recent robbery attacks on mobile money vendors.

Mr. James Maurice Abakisi, NPP parliamentary candidate for the Bulsa north constituency is calling for a concerted effort in bringing the menace under control considering its replicative effect on the local economy, human life and property. The situation according to him is a source of worry as everyone including politicians are all potential victims.

He however described the politicization of the canker as unacceptable; the incidence of traders being robbed off their money is age old phenomena and can be traced to the days when our incumbent member of parliament served as deputy interior minister in the Mahama era.

Speaking to Radio Bulsa News Mr. James Maurice Abakisi hinted of a possible out of court settlement of the case involving leaders of the alleged demonstration against the police for doing little to curb the robbery menace within the Bulsa area. “If we the political leaders cannot defend these individuals then we don`t know what we are doing”. He said the alleged demonstrators did what they did for us all, hence the need to work around the clock to remedy the situation.

The parliamentary candidate urged residents to remain calm, co-operate with the police to maintain law and order, by being vigilant and watchful for strangers, and individuals with strange behaviors within their neighborhood by reporting such characters to the police. His involvement in finding a lasting solution to the menace is borne out of his love to serve the people.

According to Mr. James Maurice, plans are far advance for the establishment of a modern police station in Chuchuliga under the Northern Development Authority NDA, siting of a major police checkpoint at the Azinzin stretch of the Chuchuliga Sandema highway as part of measures to ensure police visibility in order to minimize crime.

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