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The leadership of Savannah United Hairdressers Association has received assistance from the Savannah Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji Iddrisu Sulemana aka Professor Kalamonia when they paid a courtesy call on him at his resident. The women expressed their joy and happiness at Chairman Kalamonia's warm reception and presented him with a letter asking for his support in expanding the association's activities, as well as inviting him to their inauguration ceremony. Prof Kalamonia praised the women's efforts and pledged his support for the organization's growth. He contributed GHc 1,000 to the association to help them carry out their activities. Mr. Kanyiti Saburu Kantama, popularly known as Alhaji NABCO, the aide to the Savannah regional Chairman, presented the money to the President of the association and his entourage for and on behalf of Professor Kalamonia. In response, the President thanked Professor Kalamonia for his ...

The Savannah Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP, Alhaji Iddrisu Sulemana affectionately called Prof Kalamonia has made a donation of items to the SAVANNAH REGIONAL ISLAMIC COUNCIL UNIT. The revered chairman met with the COUNCIL UNIT at his residence on Saturday, January 29, 2020 in Damongo. All the leadership of the seven constituencies including their regional executives were present at the visit. They discussed issues pertaining to the growth of the Islamic religion in the region and how stakeholders can help in making the Islamic Council a well structured and recognized institution in the region. As part of their discussions, leadership appealed for mobility support to aid them move round the entire region to enumerate the various Islamic clerics in the districts within the region. On the part of Chairman Professor Kalamonia, he presented a brand new Apsonic motorbike to the Savannah regional Islamic Council and an undisclosed amount of money and...

Mr Issah Mohammed, the Savannah Regional Director of Communications of the NPP, has charged media practitioners in the region with promoting the infant region positively to attract investors. According to the maveric communicator, the sort of stories authored about the region can influence how people perceive it. He urged the media to stop publishing bad reports and instead focus on positive stories that will lift and encourage investment to the region. Director Issah stated during a media tour in the region that "if on a daily basis the stories we ourselves are publishing out of here to the rest of the country and the world at large are gory stories; stories of insecurity; stories of inability to do anything positive in these areas, if these are the kind of stories we are telling, we will not be complimenting the efforts at attracting investments into these areas." Mr. Issah stated that the government and other power structures have been working hard to attract inv...

Samuel Abu Jinapor, the minister for lands and natural resources, is urging the chiefs and people of the Bole Traditional Area to assist his ministry in developing the country's small scale mining sector. According to the Damongo MP, who is on a five-day working visit to the country's five northern regions, the current regime is not against small-scale mining in the country, but it is against irresponsible mining that degrades the environment. On his final working visit to the Savannah Region, the sector minister addressed chiefs and people of the Bole traditional area, urging the good people of the area to adopt eco friendly mining processes that will profit everybody. Meanwhile, the Bole zonal Branch of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners petitioned the Lands and Natural Resources Minister to consider enrolling five communities in the Bole area in the government's flagship community mining scheme initiative. The miners are pleading with hi...

Alhaji Iddrisu Sulemana, affectionately known as Professor Kalamonia, the Savannah Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, has urged the newly sworn in Municipal and District chief executives to include everyone in their administrations. Prof Kalamonia made this call as the region's already-confirmed five MDCEs took the oath of the district chief executive's under the local government act to become officially known as MDCEs of their respective assemblies. “Don’t say I am the DCE, say we are the DCEs including constituency, polling station, electoral area, regional executives to regional minister. Let’s acknowledge everybody to be part of us” - prof Kalamonia noted On the 7th of October, 2021, the Magistrate of the Bole District Court, His Worship, Edward Essel, swore in one Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) and four District Executives (DCE's) who had been confirmed by their respective Assemblies. The event was supervised by the Savannah Regional Mini...

The Member of Parliament for the Effutu Constituency and Deputy Majority Speaker, Hon. Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin has donated to TESCON UEW Scholarship Scheme in his bid to offset the burden on some students of the Association. Earlier this semester, the Leadership of TESCON UEW, rolled out a policy to help it's members, who for various reasons could not pay their school fees. A window of opportunity was created to all members especially, continuing students to apply and at the end of the application process, more than 200 applications were received out of which 112 members were shortlisted and 61 members out of the shortlisted number had their fees paid in part. Leadership yesterday convened a meeting with the beneficiaries and presented copies of the receipts to them. The President of the Association, Mr. Ebenezer Opoku Boahen, entreated the beneficiaries of the scheme to take advantage of the opportunity to study hard to become useful citizens in the future to con...

A level 300 Art Education Student at the University of Education, Winneba, Kanyiti Sabura Kantama has been adjudged the Most Dedicated Tertiary Student Politician at the just ended Central Tertiary Awards. Several students from various tertiary institutions in the central region converged at the GNAT HALL in Cape Coast for the award scheme, which took place on Friday, August 13, 2021. The hardworking Communications Director of Tescon-UEW who double as the President of NAGS-UEW walks home with a citation and a plaque as the Most Dedicated Student Politician. Known for his communication proficiency, Kantama has been a vociferous campaigner for the ruling New Patriotic Party in the Damongo Constituency of the Savannah Region and has since risen to become the Aide to the maverick NPP Savannah Regional Chairman, Professor Alhaji Sulemana Iddrisu (Kalamonia). He is admired by many within the NPP fraternity as a promising communicator with a refined voice who communicates eff...