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Government must take bold step to restore peace in Bawku – Overlord of Kusaug 
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Government must take bold step to restore peace in Bawku – Overlord of Kusaug 

Zugraan Naba  Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, the overlord of the Kusaug Traditional area in the Upper East Region, has urged the government to take bold steps backed by law to restore lasting peace to Bawku.   He said the government needed to punish  erpetrators of the violence in the area to ensure peace and to prevent further loss of lives and destruction of property for socioeconomic development.  He made the remarks when he addressed celebrants at this year's Samanpiid festival in Bawku.  The celebration also marked the 40th anniversary of Naba Azoka II as the Overlord of  Kusaug Traditional Area in Bawku held on the theme: "40 years of selfless leadership, consolidating the peace, unity, and development of Kusaug".   The Samanpiid festival, which m...
Prof Opoku Agyemang condemns Government for supplying expired rice to school
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Prof Opoku Agyemang condemns Government for supplying expired rice to school

The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has condemned the government for knowingly supplying expired rice to feed students in senior high schools. The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, blew the cover on the government’s feeding of students in senior high schools with the expired rice, after it was rebaggedand the expiry date extended. Addressing the chiefs and people of Sorbelle in the Sissala West Constituency as part of her campaign tour of the Upper West Region, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang described the scandal as shameful and insensitive. She wondered why the government would supply schools with expired rice knowing very well that it is unwholesome for consumption. Prof. Opoku-Agy...