Mother's Shea empowers rural women in four communities with motorkings

Mother's Shea empowers rural women in four communities with motorkings

Mother's Shea limited, producers of premium quality Shea Butter and African Black soap has supported rural women in four communities in the West Gonja Municipal of the Savannah Region with motorkings.

The empowerment scheme is aimed at motivating the women to double up their efforts in the picking and gathering of Shea nuts and assist them carryout their daily self help livelihood support routines.

At a short ceremony to hand over the machines, Theophile Bama, the supply Chain Manager of Mother's Shea said their company works directly with the women as cooperatives through the various communities and from time-to-time try to find solutions to their social problems.

He disclosed that they got financial support from Global Shea Alliance to purchase the motorkings, adding that, Global Shea Alliance has a target of helping 600 women groups in the West Gonja Municipal.

According to him, they carefully selected the beneficiary communities based on the quantity of nuts the company got from the twenty-four(24) groups they were currently working with, revealing that this year, Global Shea Alliance is not directly involved in buying Shea nuts but has gotten a buyer for all nut reserves.

He said hitherto, they had supported the women with 200 boots, 200 hand gloves, four first aid boxes and smart phones to aid them in their Shea picking and running their cooperatives.

In handing over the keys of the motorkings to the four beneficiary communities, the Assemblyman for the Canteen Electoral Area, Ananpansah Bartholomew Abraham admonished the women to take very good care of the machines so that they live to serve the intended purpose.

He said unity and respect for dissenting views among the women is key to keeping the cooperatives running.

From the Samakuse Cooperative consisting of ten communities, Kpiri community and Sori Number 1 were lucky to be selected as beneficiaries of the motorking support and from the Kanyitiwale Cooperative consisting of 14 groups, Tailorpe and Busunu communities received their share of the motorkings.

The Assemblyman said he was particularly happy that women from one of his communities(Kpiri) were getting one of the motorkings, stressing that,it will go a long way to ameliorate the plight of the women in hunting and gathering nuts among other livelihood activities.

He pledged to always be there for the women in a collective effort to address their vulnerabilities, whilst advocating for a better price for Shea nut and a designated regulatory body for the Shea nut industry to guarantee better pricing and value addition.

He pledged the continuous commitment and working ties of his communities to Mother's Shea for future mutual benefits.

Mark Osman Mbamba, the Northern Area Manager of Mother's Shea encouraged the women to keep up the spirit of perseverance and unity, adding that, Mother's Shea will always be there for them.

He said the women have been committed to Mother's Shea for year's and hence, the need for the intervention.

He reiterated the point the Assemblyman made on the need for proper maintainance of the motorkings so as to motivate Mother's Shea to do more for them in the future.

Kichitowura Hudu thanked the women for the many years of committed service to Mother's Shea which he indicated had eventually paid off.

He encouraged the women to remain united and keep working together....

Jennifer Atinga and Lansani Fati, Chairperson's of Sakuse Cooperative and Kanyitiwale Cooperative respectively expressed gratitude to Mother's Shea and their partners for the intervention.

They prayed for a continuous cordial working relationships for future mutual benefits.

Source: Ananpansah Bartholomew Abraham

Task ahead of 2024 is daunting, elect competent leaders - Regional organizer aspirant to delegates

Task ahead of 2024 is daunting, elect competent leaders - Regional organizer aspirant to delegates

The Savannah Regional Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Inusah Abdulai has urged delegates of the National Democratic Congress to root for competent leaders as the party readies itself to form the next government.

In a declaration of intent notice exclusively available to Ghanaweb Reporter, Ananpansah Bartholomew Abraham,he disclosed that the task ahead of the NDC in 2024 was onerous and daunting, since it was incumbent on the party to rescue Ghanaians from the untold hardship unleashed by the super incompetent Nana Akuffo-Addo - Bawumiah led NPP family and friends government.

"Dear delegates and comrades, the task ahead of the party in 2024 for the seek of emphasis is onerous and having served this great party in various capacities and now as Regional Organizer,I have gathered enough experience in grassroot mobilization to continue in the resilient path of rallying the wishes and aspirations of the rank and file of the party for a consolidated victory.

"By the grace of God and with your prayers,I wish to notify that I have successfully picked nomination forms to rerun for the position of Regional Organizer for the Savannah Region in the forthcoming Regional Delegate Congress,"he stated.

He used the occasion to congratulate the party and all branch executives for a successful branch elections and to wished all constituency executive aspirants the very best of luck in the impending constituency executive elections, stressing that,"the great NDC will emerge victorious, stronger and ever united in the final analysis".

In a renewed spirit, the Regional Organizer said his dream is to continue the good work he started in properly reorganizing the base of the party towards rescuing Ghana from the failed NPP government, adding that,"I have diligently served in the mandate you gave me by touching the base of every constituency and branch of our region with the required resources, even in challenging times just to ensure the success of the party. I enjoyed working tirelessly with you and can't rest now until our collective mission of recapturing power from the super incompetent NPP government is accomplished".

He pledged to bring on board positive energy, renewed hope for the grassroots beyong 2024, transparency in leadership and the mobilization of every energy and resources needed to ensure victory 2024. 

Source: Ananpansah Bartholomew Abraham

Laribanga Imam supports final year BECE candidates

Laribanga Imam supports final year BECE candidates

The Chief Imam for the Laribanga Community in the West Gonja Municipal, Alhaji Mumuni Zanakawa has donated complete Mathematical sets to all the final year students in the Laribanga Electoral Area.

This he said was his little contribution towards supporting the students to write their exams well and produce better results for the community.

At a short ceremony to hand over the items, the religious leader admonished the students to imbibe the spirit of hardwork, respect for their teachers and discipline, adding that, "discipline and the fear of God are key ingredients to success in life".

Whilst encouraging parents to invest heavily in the education of their wards, he ask the school pupils to hasten slowly in life, be patient and take their studies very seriously since, the future belongs to them.

He offered special prayers for all the candidates and expressed confidence in the ability of the students to make the Laribanga community very proud in the impending Examination.

The Assemblyman for the Laribanga Electoral Area, honourable Karim Amidu, thanked the Imam for his continuous support to the Laribanga Community, noting that this was not the first time he was rolling out such an intervention.

He requested for special prayers for the students and the teachers, cautioning the children against indulging in any exam malpractices.

He said the only sure-way to the future is hardwork, diligence and the support of God, urging the students not to relax but continue to work hard towards achieving their ultimate goal.

The Assemblyman used the occasion to wish the students the very best of luck in their exams , pledging the full support of the community.

On behalf of the students and various schools,the headmasters expressed gratitude to the Iman for the kind gesture and encouraged the pupil to put the materials into good use.

This is the second time the Chief Imam was making such donations after assuming the office of Chief Imamship of Laribanga in July 2021.

Source: Ananpansah Bartholomew Abraham

Canteen Assemblyman secures massive support for BECE candidates in electoral area

Canteen Assemblyman secures massive support for BECE candidates in electoral area

The Assemblyman for the Canteen Electoral Area in the West Gonja Municipal of the Savannah Region, honorable Ananpansah Bartholomew Abraham has secured support for all final year Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates across his electoral area.

Described as one of the most hardworking and development oriented young leaders of his time, the Assemblyman secured complete Mathematical Instruments and Bic Pens for all the candidates in this year's BECE in his electoral area.

One-Hundred and Twenty-One (121) Marshals and Pens were secured through the financial support of three natives of Canteen resident in the United States of Americ(U.S.A) and distributed to candidates in all the four Junior High Schools in the electoral area, thus: Canteen J.H.S. Block A., St. Anne's J.H.S. Block A., Canteen J.H.S. Block B., and St. Anne's J.H.S. Block B.

In what can be christened as "giving back to society",the Assemblyman disclosed that he launched an appeal through a 'request note' on behalf of the community to the three natives of Canteen resident in the U.S.A (Cletus Achibongo, Fatawu Mahama and Seidu Bangam) for financial aid to procure the materials having realized the difficulties most students go through in acquiring some of these examination kits.

He ask the students and the community to thank God for the lives of the three able sons of the land, describing them as a blessing and God-sent to the community following the enomous support to the community and his administration not only in education,but in the area of water supply, praying other well meaning sons and daughters of Canteen to follow their good example.  

"There is indeed, great blessing in giving back to your community,"he stressed.

According to him,the donation of the materials will go a long way to assuage the burden of parents and motivate the students to put up their best in making Canteen proud this year, noting that past performance of students in the BECE in the electoral area has not been anything good to write home about even though, there has been a marked improvement in last year's performance.

He said he has supported final year students with this intervention twice in the past before and pledge to continue to intervene in finding solutions to the developmental challenges of the community.

He said as an Assemblyman, he will continue to commit himself to exploring every available means to support the delivery of quality education in the electoral area at all the levels, adding that,over the years, he has demonstrated this commitment accross the electoral area through the distribution furniture, sports kits, Teaching Learning Materials (TLMs ) among other motivational packages.

The Assemblyman used the opportunity to announce an award scheme to be instituted by his office called, "the Assemblyman End of Year Award," where three best students from each form starting from this academic year will be identified and and giving a package as a motivation to the others.

The Savannah Regional Exams Officer for the Ghana Education Service, Akuro B. Amos together with the Regional Basic School Coordinator, , admonished the students to take their studies seriously,follow exams instructions and put the materials donated into good use.

They extended profound gratitude to the Assemblyman for liaising with able sons of Canteen in the diaspora to secure the support for the students, praying God to replenish the effort of the three sons and encouraged them and other able Canteen Yaara to continue to support the good intentions and development exploits of the Assemblyman.

The Regional Officers called on the community to take the education of their wards very seriously and continue to support and pray for the Assemblyman to bring development to the area, especially in the areas of education.

The School Improvement Support Officer (SISO) for Canteen Circuit who doubles as the Presiding Member of the West Gonja Municipal Assembly, hon. Mumuni Mohammed persuaded the students not to let the three sons and the Assemblyman down, since they truly have them at heart.

Mr. Yakubu Castro, the immediate past School Improvement Support Officer (SISO) for the Circuit donated assorted canned drinks to refresh the students and the gathering in recognition of what he described as,'the hardwork, resilience and commitment of the Assemblyman to improving educational standards in the community.

He disclosed that he and the Assemblyman for the past years have written several letters,made numerous appeals and follow-ups in an attempt to get befitting school blocks constructed for Agric Settlement and Canteen Primary Schools where pupils were currently studying in century long dilapidated structures and was happy to announce that, the efforts have yielded fruits since, two different sources have developed interest in rescuing the situations with works scheduled to start soon.

On behalf of the School Management Committees (SMCs) and Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) of the beneficiary schools, Mr. Adongo Charles Akapari thanked the three sons of Canteen for their continuous support to the community and the administration of the Assemblyman, encouraging them to keep up the spirit of service to humanity.

He described the Assemblyman as a very hard-working and exceptional leader under whose regime Centeen has seen extra ordinary and unprecedented development, admonishing the community to continue to endorse and support him for continuous transformation.

He said the little the students can do is to learn hard,put the materials into good use and pass their exams very well.

The headmasters and students of the schools were full of appreciation for the kind gesture, pledging to put up their best to ensure the best of outcome for the community.

The chief Imam of the community and his entourage blessed the materials and offered special prayers for the candidates, encouraging them to go out there and make Canteen proud.

Source: Kumatey Godwin

Meet three brothers without primary school education who are now University graduates

Meet three brothers without primary school education who are now University graduates 

It is true that complementary education plays an important role in helping a child to learn other languages in school. Through Non-Formal Education Program, three brothers of the same mother and father who never attended school from Day Nursery through to Primary Six are now University graduates.

The three brothers hail from Dalaanyili, a village in the Nanumba South District of the Northern Region. They started their formal education by enrolling in Junior High School form one at Central Junior Secondary School in Bimbilla. 

The three brothers: John Uwumborjeemi Nlenkiba, Emmanuel N-yajache Nlenkiba and Abraham Njonaan Nlenkiba mastered their local language - Likpakpaanl through non-formal education. Thus, what is popularly known as "evening teaching" and through the knowledge gained, they were able to read and write English language effortless, which helped them to enroll in what is now known as Junior High school to continue with formal education.

John Uwumborjeemi Nlenkiba is the 3rd born of the mother of nine children. He enrolled in Central Junior Secondary School from 1990-to-1993, where he became the Assistant School Prefect (ASP) and was able to emerge as the second best students with aggregate eight (08) in the Basic Education Certificate Examination. He proceeded to the Wesley Grammar Secondary School and after successfully passing SSSCE, he gained admission into Ghana Christian College and Seminary, where he pursued Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies. 

He grew from there and became a pastor before proceeding to the University of Ghana where he graduated with Master of Arts in the study of Religion. He currently reads and writes in languages such as English, Likpakpaanl, Dagbani, Mampruli, Twi and Arabic.

He currently serves as a pastor and a part time lecturer at the Ghana Christian and Leadership Training Institute based in Tamale.

Emmanuel  N-yajache Nlenkiba is the second to last born. He also started his education at the Central Junior Secondary School from 2001-2004 and after becoming successful in the B.E.C.E, he gained admission into the Ghanata Senior High School but dropped out due to financial challenges. He re-enrolled in Fumbisi Preparatory J.S.S and came out with aggregate 11, gaining him admission into Nandom Secondary School where he read General Science. After WASSCE,he gained admission into Ankaful Mental Health Nurses Training College where he graduated with Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing. He served as a Psychiatric Nurse for seven years in the Presbyterian Health Center in Widana in Upper East Region.  He then proceeded to the University of Cape Coast where he is now in final year pursuing Bachelors Degree in Psychiatric Nursing.

Abraham Njonaan Nlenkiba is the last born of their mother, he and his immediate elder brother enrolled in J.S.S in the same year. Abraham got aggregate 10 and gained admission into Notre Dame Seminary Secondary school in Navrongo, where he offered General Arts Program and also served as the Development Prefect of the school. He gained admission into the University of Ghana where he read Bachelor of Arts Degree Program in Social work with Sociology. After graduating in 2014, he taught as a subject teacher in Holy Spirit Senior High School in Chamba from 2015-2018, and got an appointment with Ghana Education service where he was posted to the Bimbilla Senior High School as a subject teacher for one year. He took his transfer to Tamale Girls' Senior High School where he serves as a subject teacher till date. He is also currently pursuing Bachelor of Laws Program.

The story of these three brothers can only point to one thing; Non-Formal Education or teaching a child to read and write using the his own language can produce equal if not more results to formal education.

Source: Ananpansah Bartholomew Abraham

Lets revive lost spirit of communal labour, maintain good sanitation to prevent spread of diarrhoeal diseases - Assemblyman

Lets revive lost spirit of communal labour, maintain good sanitation to prevent spread of diarrhoeal diseases - Assemblyman

The Assemblyman for the Canteen Electoral Area in the West Gonja Municipal, honorable Ananpansah, B. Abraham has reiterated the need to maintain good community sanitation in order to prevent the spread of hygiene-related diseases. 

Commenting on the recent outbreak of poliomyelitis in parts of the Savannah Region on the Kareyanche Super Morning Show on PAD FM hosted by Anane Beatrice, the Assemblyman who doubles as the Founding Father of the Damongo Youth Parliament (DYP) said most of these diseases which are preventable, are directly linked to poor community sanitation.

He further stressed that poor sanitation can reduce human well-being and impede economic and social development with some 829,000 people in low and middle-income countries dieing as a result of inadequate water, poor sanitation and hygiene each year. 

Urging stakeholders to act as such,the young Assemblyman said access to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation are human rights recognized by the UN General Assembly in 2010 and the Sustainable Development Goal Target 6.2 calls for adequate and equitable sanitation for all.

He said it was disheartening to hear about the outbreak of polio in the region at a time we were still battling with Yellow Fever and the novel Coronavirus pandemic.

According to him, the least we can do as stakeholders and community leaders to secure the future of the children is to join hands to ensure a clean and safe environment, since the reverse can lead to many diarrhoeal diseases, including polio virus which affects children.

Quoting from data, the youth advocate said more than 884 million people globally cannot access safe drinking water and nearly 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation facilities and hence resort to open defecation, a practice that can endanger the safety of drinking water and spread diarrhoeal diseases which mostly affects children.

Whilst calling on colleague Assembly Members, Chiefs and opinion leaders to join hands in reviving the gone spirit of communal labour, he impressed on the local Assembly to work through Zoomlion and other necessary agencies to collect heaps of garbage at the various dumping sites in the Municipality.

He urged the  general public to take the ongoing polio vaccination very seriously and get all children vaccinated by making time for the Ghana health service personnel who are doing the door-to-door vaccination

Throwing light on the topic of Teacher-Student relationship in schools,the Assemblyman who is also a Headmaster, indicated that it was against the GES code of conduct for a teacher to engage in any sexual activity with a student once the child is still a student under his care.

This he said, mostly cripple the students academically and emotionally and takes away the concentration of the child from the classroom anytime the teacher was around. He further stated, teachers get married to their student, no doubt about that,but in the course of your professional duty you don't allow your personal interest conflict with the performance of your official duties.

He concluded by challenging  parents to do more sex e

Source: Anane Beatrice

Staff of Jonokponto JHS holds educational durbar with chiefs and opinion leaders

Staff of Jonokponto JHS holds educational durbar with chiefs and opinion leaders

The staff of Jonokponto Junior High School in the West Gonja Municipal of the Savannah Region has held a durbar 'on ending child marriage/teenage pregnancies and improving learning outcomes' with the chiefs and opinion leaders of the Jonokponto community.

Aimed at encouraging parents to allow their children, especially the girl child to stay at school,the durbar brought together key players in the educational sector, the Assemblyman for the area, chiefs, school pupils,religious and opinion leaders of the community.

The headmaster of the school, Ananpansah Bartholomew Abraham, in an address said the durbar forms part of measures by the school to court community support towards improving teaching and learning in the school and augment efforts by World Vision Ghana to end child marriage among school going pupils in the Municipality and Savannah Region at large.

He said the school was privileged to be part of eight schools selected to participate in this year's soccer clinic organized by World Vision with the main goal of ending child marriage in the West Gonja Municipality and it was therefore, necessary to hold this durbar on our own to call on parents to join hands in safeguarding the future of the children.

"Infact, we have organized this durbar today as a way of consolidating the gains our girls made at the just ended soccer clinic. It is our hope that they and others will be motivated by this gesture to stay in school and learn their books. We also intend to use this platform to appeal to parents and opinion leaders to help us improve the enrollment situation of the school, and have a first hand interaction with community members on how we can collaborate to improve teaching and learning outcomes".

The honorable headmaster expressed gratitude to the Assemblyman for the area, the executives of both the ruling New Patriotic Party and the opposition National Democratic Congress for coming together to support the ceremony with assorted drinks, adding that,"it gladdens my heart to see executives of both the NPP and NDC joining hands to support the common goal of seeking better education for their wards".

He called on the Assemblyman for the area,the Parent Teacher Association and School Management Committee to take Keen interest in the running of the school and see to the renovation of the dilapidated teachers quarters, whilst commending them for the support they have been rendering to his administration over the period.

He pledged the commitment of he and his working staff towards improving teaching and learning in the school.

The Assemblyman for the area, hon. Kipo Yakubu pledged his continuous support for the school, stressing the need for parents to support the teachers in bringing up the children in the best possible way.

He thanked World Vision for selecting Jonokponto Junior High School for this year's soccer clinic and commended the leadership of the school for taking a step forward in rallying the community to give a brief on the outcome of the games.

 The Assemblyman use the occasion to advise parents to take the education of their children very seriously as his office work around the clock to lobby for opportunities and development prospects for the community.

The chief of the community thanked the teachers for the dedication and sacrifice, lauding the initiative as a worthy one. He said together with the Assemblyman,they will continue to support the school to take care of their children.

The chief Imam of the community offered special prayers to end the durbar with a call on the children to the religious in their dealings.

Source: Ananpansah Bartholomew Abraham