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Bolgatanga MCE Hails “Enhancing Food Security Nutrition and Resilience Program” as Important Rex Asanga-- Bolgatanga MCE
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Bolgatanga MCE Hails “Enhancing Food Security Nutrition and Resilience Program” as Important

Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive, Mr. Rex Asanga, has praised the “Enhancing Food Security Nutrition and Resilience Program” as a crucial initiative towards building resilience among asylum seekers and their host communities. Apexnewsgh reports According to Mr. Asanga, the project represents a significant step in ensuring that these asylum seekers not only survive but thrive. He emphasized the importance of collective commitment to improving the lives of those in need. The 18 months programme is expected to address food security, nutrition, and resilience, Vulnerable populations will have improved access to nutritious food, Collaboration between the United Nations and Upper East Region Council and Initiative promotes economic development and sustainability. “This event underscores the importance of this initiative and our collective commitment to improving the lives of those who are most in need… The project represents a significant step towards fostering resilience among those populations, ensuring that they are not only able to survive, but thrive.” – Mr. Rex Asanga stressed  

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Bolgatanga: Insufficient number of refuse trucks hampering good sanitation Bolga MCE- Rex Asanga (right) Refuse tank (left)
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Bolgatanga: Insufficient number of refuse trucks hampering good sanitation

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Bolgatanga Rex Asanga, has expressed his concern about the insufficient number of refuse trucks available for the Bolgatanga Municipal assembly. Apexnenwsgh report Over a period of time, sanitation in the Municipality has become a serious issue, prompting Mr. Asanga to establish two sanitation-related policies: ‘Operation Clean Your Frontage‘and a monthly clean-up exercise. Mr. Asanga acknowledged in an exclusive interview with Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh that the Municipality’s population is high, and as a result, they have not yet developed the capacity to keep up with the increasing rate of solid waste. ZoomlionGh is a major actor and I think have about 20 to 21 spots where containers ought to be for them to be lifting and the assembly has about 14-16 spots where containers are supposed to be”. However, Mr. Asanga, also revealed that so far, the Assembly don’t have containers for various spots where we are supposed to be lifting and so, this simply means that there are some spots which is supposed to have containers but not having containers. But I want to believe things have expanded, in such areas we ought to have more containers. “The problem is that the containers cost a lot of money. The last time we procured some, I think they sold it to us for almost Fifty Thousand Ghana Cedis (Ghc 50,000.00)” The MCE however praised ZoomlionGh for their efforts as he encourages them to do more of the lifting of refuse waste within the Municipality. ‘’I think ZoomlionGh are doing their best, but I think they should be lifting more because the rate of lifting also helps. If you are doing it every 2 days or 3 days, is better than doing it ones in a week. We have been on them to increase the regularity’’. Mr. Asanga acknowledged that issues of sanitation caused them more money as an assembly. “That is where most of our money is going, we have an agreement with one of the fuel stations and the refuse trucks are free to go in there and fill their truck tanks all is to make sure they carry the refuse waste”. “We need more refuse trucks. Currently we have only two, one for the hard waste and one for the liquid waste. So, this our challenge, we have limited number of trucks that transport the refuse waste. Mr. Asanga told Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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We are the only regional capital that does not have an airport–Bolga MCE reminds Deputy Minister following delays…
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We are the only regional capital that does not have an airport–Bolga MCE reminds Deputy Minister following delays…

The Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive Mr. Asanga Rex has reminded the Deputy Minister for Transport that Upper East Region, is the only region without a regional airport in their regional capital. Mr. Asanga drew the attention of the Deputy Minister for Transport Hon. Frederick Obeng Adom during a consultative forum on electric vehicle policy organized by the Ministries of Transport and Energy in the region. “We are the only regional capital that does not have an airport. Maybe, it may not be directly under your ministry but I think it is our time and we can take it up”. The construction of an Airport for the people of the Upper East Region, has for the past years become a mouthwatering promise from both NPP and NDC. Unfortunately, the people themselves enjoy it when politicians used it to campaign in every election season, and after the election, nothing happens. During the tenure of the late Kofi Addah of blessed memories as Aviation Minister, an attempt was made but was unfortunately bedeviled with misunderstanding by the same people in dire need of the Regional Airport. However, the region lost the opportunity over the dispute of where to cite the regional airport, and since then, no other update has been witnessed as a result. Mr. Asanga was reminding the Deputy Minister for Transport of the importance of a regional airport following the delay they experience when they wanted to fly from WA to Tamale before coming for a meeting scheduled to start @9.00am in Bolga which was later shifted to 1:30 pm. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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1D1F: Yorogo leather, a factory only that Trade Minister is finding it….
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1D1F: Yorogo leather, a factory only that Trade Minister is finding it….

The Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive Rex Asanga has refuted claims by some individuals who hold the views that Bolgatanga Municipal has not benefited from any factory under the government policy of 1District 1Factory (1D1F). According to Mr. Asanga, the Municipality has benefited from the government’s policy at Yorogo. He said the leather factory is only not active currently because the Trade Minister has not been able to find suitable machines to kick start production. “We have a leather factory at Yorogo, the buildings are completed. The problem is that the Minister of Trade is finding it difficult to get suitable machines for the factory”. “Is a factory in the making, if the machines were there by now, is going to give employment to about 60 youths” The “One District One Factory” Initiative is a key component of the Industrial Transformation Agenda of the NPP Government. The concept was first introduced by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Presidential Special Initiatives during the past New Patriotic Party (NPP) Administration, as part of an integrated programme for Accelerated Growth and Industrial Development. Originally designated as the Rural Enterprises Development Programme, and later rebranded as the District Industrialisation Programme (DIP). It was designed as a comprehensive programme for rural industrialisation, involving the setting up of at least one medium to large scale factory in each of the administrative districts of Ghana. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Bolgatanga MCE reveals challenges witnessed in his first year in office
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Bolgatanga MCE reveals challenges witnessed in his first year in office

The Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive Rex Asanga counts the challenges he faced in his first year in office as the Municipal Chief Executive. Apexnewsgh.com report According to Mr. Asanga, moving butcher to their new abattoir and the grain market stand so tall among other issues he faced in his first year in office. “The first challenge that faced me as MCE was in the area of decongestion, where we had to move the butchers from where they are operating t a new abattoir that has been lying idle for 4 years, and the butchers were resisting movement. When we had to move the grain sellers from the new market back to the old market which has been abandoned for the past 15 years and people were even rearing pigs and cattle inside it and most of the stores were locked up and nobody was using those store and I had to move the grain because the grain in the market pulls a lot of people. When you go there now, almost all the stores are occupied and the grains market is very active”.“That was a big Challenge because the grain market and the butchers were not ready to move, but we had to stand firm on our fit and eventually i succeeded in moving them. He said He also described the opening roads exercise as another challenging adventure witnessed in some parts of the Municipality within his one-year period. “When we began to open the roads, especially in some parts of the municipality Doportidongo. People had containers on our roads and these roads are on our map but eventually, they have been taken over by buildings, containers, and all that, and we came and say we wanted to open our roads and there was resistance but we had to do the needful. Because, at the end of the day, is a good thing for almost everybody. This is going to continue this year. The first quarter of this year, we are going to open up more roads”. He explained Revenue Mobilization is noted to be a huge problem, especially when it comes to running the Assembly’s day-to-day activities. Mr. Aasanga during our visit hinted that the Assembly is going to take issues of revenue very seriously in the year 2023. “One of the challenges I think we are going to tackle seriously is in the area of revenue mobilization. I think as an Assembly we are not doing too well and the task force that I set up, I don’t whether is for the reasons of resistance or whatever, they more and less gave up and the impact has not been what we are expecting in terms of revenue mobilization. But, this year we are going to go head-on”. He stressed However, Mr. Asanga said street lighting was one of the problems the municipality was facing at the time assume office and almost everyone on the radio was calling on the Assembly to fix the streetlights. Meanwhile, he acknowledges that not getting a permanent solution to the continuous power outages is a big challenge for him in his first year. The MCE was speaking in an exclusive interview with Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/GhanaFor publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Bolgatanga: MCE appeals to the business community within to reduce prices of goods and services
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Bolgatanga: MCE appeals to the business community within to reduce prices of goods and services

Over a period, people residing in the Bolgatanga Municipality have lamented about the increasing cost of goods and services, especially within the municipality. Residents are dissatisfied that the cost of living in Bolgatanga a place believed to be one of the poorest regions in the country is robbing the shoulder with to the cost of living with those in Accra the nation’s capital. Meanwhile, there are perceptions that a few business moguls in the Municipality are taking the advantage of the vulnerable business atmosphere to increase their goods and services triple from the original price sold somewhere in Walewale or even Navrongo a nearby municipality. Foodstuffs in the Bolgatanga market have seen a massive increase between October 2022 and till date. Their simple excuse is the dollar, but when they are told that Cedis has started appreciating against the dollar since December 2022, their response will be like, those they are buying the goods from still sell at a high to them. Indeed, this has become a worry. A vegetable seller in the Bolgatanga market, will openly tell you that she increased her price of vegetables from Ghc2 to Ghc5,00 because of the dollar, then the question begging for an answer is, what is the link between a vegetable seller, a cassava dough seller popularly known moli to the dollar? However, when Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen visited the Bolgatanga Municipal Chief (MCE) Mr. Rex Asanga as the father of the municipality on the unfortunate developing culture in the Bolgtanaga market with regards to the unfortunate increment of goods and services, he admitted that prices of goods are skyrocketing in the Municipality. But insisting that the Assembly didn’t have the power to control goods in the market. “It is true that if you look at things like building materials and all that within the municipality, they are a bit higher than other areas. People prefer to even go to Walewale to go and buy building materials and other things. In fact, in our market food stuff are a bit higher than other markets. But you know we are dealing with a free market economy and Assembly, we don’t have that power to go after people saying reduce your things and then ordering them how much to sell”. He appealed to the business community within the municipality to temper justice with mercy because the Cedis has started gaining grounds against the dollar. “I want to believe that, we can appeal to the consciences of people for them to know that we are all in this together. So, I will like to use this opportunity to appeal to our business community within the municipality. We know this is a regional capital, so demand for things like building materials turns out to be high and when there is so much demand for goods and services people can use that as an opportunity to increase their prices. So, I think that is what is happening, especially since we are a very fast-growing municipality and the demand for goods and services is skyrocketing and so that is the reason people are taking advantage and selling goods at high prices and I think that is not fair and I will appeal to the business community to do something about it”. He appealed Source: Apexnewsgh.com/GhanaFor publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Bolgatanga MCE response to Ghana First Company Limited

The Bolgatanga Municipal District Chief Executive Mr. Rex Asanga has responded to the Ghana First Company Limited saying he was [misunderstood] by his pronouncement. Mr. Asanga on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, during an interview on Yem Fm monitored by Apexnewsgh.com was responding to issues regarding sanitation in the Bolagatanga Municipality and the effort by the assembly is making to eliminate the Canker of Open Defecation (OD) Meanwhile, responding to the Sanitation Issue, he mentioned that the assembly is initiating a dialogue with the contractors of Ghana First Company Limited to see how they can complete the toilet and put it to use because the company has since disappeared “We also want to increase the number of toilets we have. I don’t know if you have heard about Ghana First toilets. There was some… I don’t know whether is an NGO or an Organization that came around and got people to start building toilets and the people started building the toilet almost to completion and they disappeared up till now. So, we are initiating some dialogue with the contractors of those toilets to see if we can bring the toilets on board to add. I agree with the one who sent in the message that we need many more toilets in the system”. He maintained However, the MCE also maintained: “Ghana First is not a project of the assembly, is an organization that awarded contracts across the country to individual contractors to construct toilets and they disappeared and left the contractors and some of them have spent all their investment in the construction of the toilets and they can’t find the employer”. Following the pronouncement by the MCE, Ghana First Company Limited issued written a letter requesting a retraction from the MCE for what they claim is a false statement he made against them. ”The letter says: We have intercepted a publication to the effect that, you cannot find Ghana First Company Limited anywhere for discussions on the toilet facilities. You further stated that you were going to mobilize the contractors for them to continue to complete the projects and run the projects with the Assembly”“We disagree with your statement that, we are nowhere to be found. We are still operating from our office and we have not relocated”. “We, therefore, wish to advise you to retract your statement in order to avoid any legal action to be instituted against you”. “We are by this letter, advising you to retract the statement within 14 days upon receipt of this letter, in order to avoid any legal action being instituted against you. We count on your usual cooperation”. The letter as sighted by Apexnewsgh.com was copied to the Office of the President, the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, and the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General’s Department. However, in responding to the letter issued by Ghana First Company Limited which was demanding the MCE retractions, Mr. Asanga has responded. Speaking on A1 radio a local radio station in the Bolgatanga Municipality on Monday October 10, 2022 monitored by Apexnewsgh.com, Mr. Asanga said he was completely misunderstood. According to him, “When I say they are nowhere to be found, i didn’t mean that they are not there, all I meant was that, the work is at a standstill” He said “I went to Yem radio and the same question was asked to me about sanitation situation issues in the Bolgatanga Municipality and what the Assembly was doing and in my response, I spoke about the fact that Ghana First has awarded contracts for contractors to put up toilets and somewhere along the line, the toilets are not completed”. “And, I think I made a statement that ‘they are nowhere to be found. I think they heard it and they are not very happy. They have written to me expressing their dissatisfaction over the matter. I want to use this platform to say that I was completely misunderstood. When I say they are nowhere to be found, i didn’t mean that they are not there, all I meant was that, the work is at a standstill, the work has stalled. In fact, the contractors have even been in our office to see if the Assembly can partner with them”. Mr. Asanga explained Source: Apexnewsgh.com|Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Retract within 14 days to avoid legal action against you– GFCL to Bolga MCE
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Retract within 14 days to avoid legal action against you– GFCL to Bolga MCE

The Bolgatanga Municipal District Chief Executive Mr. Rex Asanga has been advised to retract the statement he made against ‘Ghana First Company Limited’ a company under a Public-Private Partnership with the government constructing 10,000 units of modern automated toilet facilities across most metropolitan, municipal, and districts around the country in a Clean Ghana project. Mr. Asanga on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, during an interview on Yem Fm monitored by Apexnewsgh.com was responding to issues regarding sanitation in the Bolagatanga Municipality and the effort by the assembly is making to eliminate the Canker of Open Defecation (OD) Meanwhile, responding to the Sanitation Issue, he mentioned that the assembly is initiating a dialogue with the contractors of Ghana First Company Limited to see how they can complete the toilet and put it to use because the company has since disappeared “We also want to increase the number of toilets we have. I don’t know if you have heard about Ghana First toilets. There was some… I don’t know whether is an NGO or an Organization that came around and got people to start building toilets and the people started building the toilet almost to completion and they disappeared up till now. So, we are initiating some dialogue with the contractors of those toilets to see if we can bring the toilets on board to add. I agree with the one who sent in the message that we need many more toilets in the system”. He maintained However, the MCE also maintained: “Ghana First is not a project of the assembly, is an organization that awarded contracts across the country to individual contractors to construct toilets and they disappeared and left the contractors and some of them have spent all their investment in the construction of the toilets and they can’t find the employer”. Following the pronouncement by the MCE, Ghana First Company Limited has written a letter requesting a retraction from the MCE for what they claim is a false statement he made against them. ”The letter says: We have intercepted a publication to the effect that, you cannot find Ghana First Company Limited anywhere for discussions on the toilet facilities. You further stated that you were going to mobilize the contractors for them to continue to complete the projects and run the projects with the Assembly”“We disagree with your statement that, we are nowhere to be found. We are still operating from our office and we have not relocated”. “We, therefore, wish to advise you to retract your statement in order to avoid any legal action to be instituted against you”. “We are by this letter, advising you to retract the statement within 14 days upon receipt of this letter, in order to avoid any legal action being instituted against you. We count on your usual cooperation”. The letter as sighted by Apexnewsgh.com was copied to the Office of the President, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, and the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General’s Department. Source: Apexnewsgh.com For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Bolga: Assembly to inaugurates a permanent task force known as “City Guards”–MCE Bolgatanga Municipal District Chief Executive- Rex Asanga
Opinion, Politics

Bolga: Assembly to inaugurates a permanent task force known as “City Guards”–MCE

The Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive Mr. Rex Asanga has revealed the assembly is in the process of interviewing and recruiting task force members to help manage the municipality. Apexnewsgh.com report According to Mr. Asanga, the role of these task force men and women will focus on the area of Sanitation and Revenue. The MCE made the revelation during an interview on YEM Fm monitored by Apexnewsgh.com “We will be inaugurating what we called ‘City Guards’ or ‘Municipal Guards’ we are in the process of interviewing and recruiting. So, we will soon be inaugurating a group that would play the role. We have the Sanitation taskforce, revenue taskforce”. According to the MCE, when he came into the office, they inaugurated task forces but after some time, they all lost the team. “So, we need a permanent task force we can call the Municipal Guards’ that will patrol and ensure that the right things are been done”. Explaining further the roles of these taskforces, Mr. Asanga said: “ There will charges that these Municipal Guards will be undertaking, that we hope will also help solve some of the problems. And they will be giving early warning on some of the problems and challenges. When they observed something and tried to solve it and people are resisting then, we as an assembly can move in with the necessary security agencies. So, we are thinking of a combination of strategies in order to keep the Municipality clean. He stressed Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/  Bolgatanga Municipal/Upper East Region E:mail: Apexnewsgh@gmail.com Contact: 0256336062

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Bolgatanga MCE not pleased with the far distance traffic light Contractors Rex Asanga
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Bolgatanga MCE not pleased with the far distance traffic light Contractors

The Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive Mr. Rex Asanga has registered his displeasure over the unstable traffic lighting system in the Municipality. Apexnewsgh.com report According to Mr. Asanga, the worst of it all is the unavailability of the traffic light contractor at the time when needed for restoration. Mr. Asanga said: “Within a week they are off, when you call the people and they come and restore, they will be around Pawlugu going and some of them are off. Ever since I came to the office, we have called them here severally and I don’t know what is the problem, it appears the system that was used was not very good”. He said “For the old one, you know for many years our traffic light in town never worked. But when I came, for security reasons we had to get a contractor who pre-finance and went round brought back the old ones to work and they quite stable and some when they go off the contractor still goes to restore them”. “So, our main problem is the highway one and we don’t know what to do and now been told that the project was handed over to the assembly and i didn’t even know, the Minister called the consultant yesterday and he said the project has been handed over to assembly”. “Honestly, I don’t know who is responsible, because we all pay some deduction when we go buy credit, and then why should VRA or NEDCo be taking all those monies from everybody and is the assembly that is supposed to maintain traffic lights? I don’t really understand because as an assembly we are just wondering if we are going to be capable of keeping it up, especially if that system is not changed”. He imagined “Unfortunately, is Urban Roads that have to call the contractor to come and do that, we don’t even have the mandate, it is not within our responsibility to do that. He admits He said: “After Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo gave us these beautiful street lights and mounted traffic lights at important intersession for the first time in our history and the history of this Municipality we had just one or two and now we have 10 at very key places and yet they are knocked down with impunity”. Mr. Asanga was speaking to Christopher Asiama on Yem Fm, a program monitored keenly by Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com.

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