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Queen mother leads mobilisation in UWR
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Queen mother (right) comissions healthcare facility in UWR
With support from USAID Office of Transitions Initiative (USAID/OTI), the Queen mother of Duong in the Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West Region, Pognaa Rosemary Bangzie on Thursday commissioned and handed over a facility to the Duong community to support healthcare delivery.
The facility comprised two-bedroom nurses’ apartment, adolescent health centre with consulting room, a store room and washrooms which were constructed with 80 percent of support from USAID/OTI and 20 percent support from the community and other benevolent individuals
She indicated that due to the problem, the delivery room at the only Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound in the community was converted into accommodation for a live-in midwife to enable her attend to emergency cases, especially at night.
She said the issue of staff accommodation came up at community meetings in January and she decided to take up the initiative of mobilising the community members and lobbying other benevolent individuals for support.
“I came out with the anthem “one bag of cement from every Duongbie” (natives of Duong) residing or outside the community strategy to start this project and was surprised to get more than 130 bags of cement in less than one week of appeal”, she stated.
She noted however that when the building was raised to lentil, there was no hope of getting support to complete the project until she met the USAID/OTI team and presented her proposal to them for assistance.
“Duong Community will forever remember the USAID/ OTI team for the great support; the total contribution of USAID/OTI to this project amounted to GH¢360,000.00 which is about 80 percent of the total cost of the entire project”, she highlighted.
As the Regional Focal Person for Adolescent Health, the Queen mother said her passion for adolescent health and girl-child empowerment led her to include an Adolescent Health Centre to provide privacy to teenagers seeking reproductive health services and guidance.
“As the saying goes “charity begins at home”, I want to start in my traditional area to help reduce teenage pregnancies by providing a platform for young people to seek education, counselling and the needed information for a healthy life”, she said.
Pognaa Bangzie appealed for additional support to furnish the facility, provide a kitchen and to also renovate the CHPS compound.
She reiterated her resolve to continue working with the community to lobby for support to help develop the community and also charged the nurses and community to take good care of the facility.
The handing over ceremony was attended by the Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, representatives from USAID/ OTI and some traditional authorities.
From Lydia Darlington Fordjour, Duong
Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, has detailed the steps he took to alert state institutions about a land dispute he feared could turn violent.
This comes after the recent violence linked to the Gomoa land dispute a few days ago.
Speaking on Joy News on September 3, 2026, in Accra, A Plus rejected suggestions that the government failed to act on his warning, insisting that the Ministry of Interior took the necessary steps after receiving his letter.
According to him, shortly after becoming the Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, he wrote to the Lands Commission to seek clarity on the boundaries between Gomoa Central and Effutu.
He explained that his decision was aimed at preventing possible confrontations over administrative and traditional boundaries.
The Lands Commission, he noted, later provided him with a comprehensive report outlining the boundaries of the Gomoa and Effutu lands.
A Plus further disclosed that he wrote to the Ministry of Local Government to seek clarification on where the Gomoa Central District begins and ends.
After receiving responses from the two institutions, he wrote to the Ministry of Interior, raising concerns about an area he described as being deep within Gomoa Central but where votes cast during elections were counted as part of another constituency.
He questioned why an area that, according to the reports he received, falls within Gomoa Central was being linked to Effutu for electoral purposes.
The Gomoa Central MP also raised concerns about the location and naming of a police headquarters in the area.
According to him, the Ghana Police Service established a police station in the disputed area and named it the Effutu North District Police Headquarters.
He argued that although the police station was important for maintaining security, its name could create the impression that the disputed land belonged to Effutu.
“The Lands Commission has also given us a report that indicates that this place is not Effutu. So how can you come and put Effutu North Police Station inside Gomoa Central?” he questioned.
A Plus maintained that the police station should be renamed the Gomoa Akronkwanta Police Station to avoid further tension over the dispute.
He stressed that he followed due process by engaging the relevant state institutions and providing them with all the information he had gathered.
According to him, the Ministry of Interior also conducted its own investigations and subsequently wrote to the Ghana Police Service regarding the matter.
The police later invited chiefs connected to the dispute for discussions, he explained, but expressed concern that nearly a year later, there had been no known outcome.
“We have not heard anything,” he stated.
A Plus maintained that the relevant institutions acted after his warning but indicated that the matter remained unresolved following the police engagement with the chiefs.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Over 650 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates in the Suhum Municipality have received support ahead of their transition to Senior High School (SHS).
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Suhum, Lydia Sarah Ohenewaa led the initiative on Friday, September 4, at the Suhum Main Station, where beneficiaries were given trunks, mattresses and buckets to aid their preparation for boarding school.
Outstanding BECE candidates were also rewarded with hampers and cash prizes.
Addressing students, parents and community members, the MCE urged the graduates to stay focused on their education and work hard to achieve their goals.
She appealed to individuals, corporate bodies and philanthropic organisations to support students from less privileged backgrounds who face challenges continuing their education.
The intervention was undertaken in partnership with the SOL Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting vulnerable and less privileged members of society.
The event brought together students, parents, education stakeholders and community members to celebrate academic excellence and support learners in need.
The gesture is expected to ease the financial burden on parents and motivate the beneficiaries to strive for academic excellence.
The MCE and the SOL Foundation reaffirmed their commitment to initiatives that promote education and support disadvantaged groups.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
