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Ho West Dist Assembly provides furniture for schools
The Ho West District Assembly has handed over 600 dual-desks valued at a cost of GHC 225,000 to the District Directorate of Education (DDE), for distribution to the various basic schools in the area.
The desks in addition to four teachers’ desks, and four cardboards were produced with funds from the District Performance Assessment Tool (DPAT) to augment the shortfall of furniture in the schools.
The (DCE), Mr Ernest Apau, said during the handing-over ceremony here a fortnight ago that the Assembly was committed to quality education and would take steps to eradicate the menace of furniture shortage in schools.
The Ho West District Director of Education, Madam Catherine Korsi Agordo expressed gratitude for the items and gave the assurance that they would be shared equitably among the schools.
In another development, work on the washrooms project at the Kpedze Market, Kpedze Lorry Park Dededo Market and Vane Market are 90 per cent complete.
The DCE said that the five projects were to ensure high standards of hygiene in the district.
Source:by GhanaianTimes
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TTH doctors declare indefinite suspension of emergency and outpatient service
Doctors at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) have declared an indefinite suspension of all emergency and outpatient services following the dismissal of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr Atiku Adam.
They have pointed to some challenging working environments that lack basic medical supplies and an insult to their dignity by top government officials.
In a statement released after an emergency general assembly meeting held at noon on Tuesday, the Doctors’ Association of Tamale Teaching Hospital (DATTH) announced that its members would no longer offer services at the General OPD, Antenatal Clinic, Specialist Clinic, and Paediatrics OPD.
Following their earlier press release, the Doctors’ Association of Tamale Teaching Hospital held an emergency General Assembly meeting at noon yesterday.
The Doctors after the meeting, demanded that with immediate effect, all members of DATTH should proceed on an indefinite suspension of all emergency and outpatient services, General OPD, Antenatal clinic, Specialist clinic, Paediatrics OPD.
This notwithstanding, they added that Inpatient Care shall continue.
Against this backdrop, they demand an unqualified apology from the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh and the Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini.
“We shall resume provision of emergency and outpatient services after we receive appropriate apologies,” they stated.
They further added that the management of the hospital should ensure that the following are available in the short term for them to work effectively.
Read the full statement below
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Police arrest suspect for stealing vehicle belonging EPA in Tarkwa
The Western Central Regional Police Command has arrested one person for stealing a Toyota Land Cruiser (PC) with registration number GS 1845-23 which is the property of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at Tarkwa in the Western Region.
The suspect, Salifu Gariba, was arrested by officers of the Northern Regional Police Command on April 16, 2025 at Kukobila, along the Tamale-Bolgatanga highway, and the stolen vehicle recovered from him.
Preliminary investigation indicates that the vehicle was stolen in the early hours of April 15, 2025 from the residence of an employee of the EPA at Budo City, a suburb of Tarkwa.
Suspect Salifu Gariba is currently in police custody and will be taken through the due process of the law.
