The items include; a motorbike for nurses, wellington boots for 10 Community Volunteers and immunization registers to the five selected communities the NGO is working with in conjunction with the Nandom Health Directorate to increase immunization coverage.

[contextly_sidebar id=”XuL8PxlQaF9orSIqdZWhH8s1VWJSlp8K”]Mr. Dintie Tahiru Sulley, Executive Director of SAVE Ghana, who presented the items to Madam Genevieve Yirpare, Nandom District Director of Health, said the gesture was part of the implementation of the Gavy Immunization Project funded by the Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health.

He explained that the presentation was meant to enhance the work of the District Health Administration and the Community Volunteers across the five communities in Ko Sub-District that they were working in since 2017.

SAVE Ghana’s Executive Director further explained that the motorbike would help the nurses to reach out to the hard to reach communities to carry out immunization services, while the wellington boots and the immunization registers would enhance the work of the Community Volunteers.

Mr. Sulley said their hope was to ensure that every child in those communities is immunized to significantly reduce the disease burden on the children and make them happy, adding that it would also give parents the opportunity to work to raise income to support other family needs.

Madam Yirpare said immunization coverage was a problem in the district as it had the lowest coverage in the whole of the Upper West Region, and mentioned transportation to reach out to communities and proper immunization registers for proper documentation as the challenges hindering efforts to improve immunization in the district.

The Nandom District Health Director said Community Volunteers equally faced challenges during rainy seasons as they went about discharging their sacrificial duties, adding that the wellington boots would therefore serve as motivation for them to show more commitment to their work.

She appealed to other benevolent organisations to come to their aid to enable them motivate the remaining volunteers for them to give in their best to help scale up immunization services in the district.

Madam Yirpare also cautioned the public to be wary of meningitis as this was the season for the disease,and that the district had already started recording cases.

She therefore appealed to the public to look out for the symptoms and endeavour to report early to the hospital any time they suspect they were not feeling well to avoid the danger.

She said the type they were seeing could kill faster and needed to be reported early to the hospital for the necessary attention, adding that the District Health Administration was well prepared for emergencies as it had procured drugs and other logistics in readiness for the season.

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Source: GNA

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It was in fulfilment of his 2016 campaign promise to support the Nandom district police to sustain law and order there.

As a Lawyer, the Nandom Legislator unveiled his plan to build two police stations at Ko and Kokoligu in the Lambusie district, to reduce pressure on the Lambussie-Karni district police station.

Hon. Ambrose Dery paid a four-day working visit to some selected communities in his constituency, where he donated grinding mills and fishing nets to women groups and fisher folks.

The beneficiary communities include Ketuo, Tankyara, Sonne, Gengengkpe, Guri and Kokoligu.
The Nandom legislator met with heads of security agencies, traditional authorities and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) leadership in the constituency.

He also interacted with his constituents from Wa Township and Tamale, where he advised them to remain united and pray for him to alleviate their plight.

“I want to thank you very much for reposing your confidence in me. I promise you, myself and our President, Nana Akufo-Addo will not fail you.”

“I have an office in the township of Nandom where you can submit your concerns to my secretary for redress. If you are in Accra and you need to see me, come to my office on Tuesdays I am available to meet you”, he stated.

The Nandom district is confronted with a myriad of developmental challenges such as poor road network, lack of electricity, potable water and health facilities.

It is the expectation of residents there that Hon. Ambrose Dery will fix the problems.

Construction of urban roads is in progress in the Nandom Township, whilst the Monyupelle-Kusele-Gengengkpe-Baselb through Tom to Ko, and Dumaje to the Nandom Hospital roads have been awarded on contract.

The Nandom township to Kogle, Naapaal, Dabagteng, Betaglu and Goziir Nag-nyaa, Nandom and Nadomkpee, Dondometeng and Biiregangn, Nandom,Tampelle, Kokoligu and Hamile among others are to be constructed.

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By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah & Joseph Ziem/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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