Presenting the items, the head of Programmes for Grameen Ghana, Mugmin Musah, told Citi News that his organization was touched by the plight of the children in the community.

He believes the items will go along way to help the children remain in school and help to improve teaching and learning.

Bolni is one of the deprived communities in the Nanumba north lacking basic social amenities. Children in the community go to school without basic materials like exercise books, pencils and other materials that will enable them to learn.

It is in this light that Grameen Ghana presented items like school bags, sandals, exercise, pens and other materials to the school.

The assembly member for Bolni, Nimotimi Amos Tiba, thanked Grameen Ghana for the gesture, and promised that the materials will be put to good use.

Ubor Lasong Kamonaan, the community head, appealed to the Nanumba North District Assembly to provide the school with furniture.

He lamented that pupils did not have furniture to sit on.

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According to the farmers, there are still traces of armyworms on various farms in the district.

The frustrated farmers who spoke to Citi News said although the farms have been sprayed, the worms continue to destroy their produce.

The farmers also said they had to buy chemicals from the open market to spray their farms because they did not benefit from the ones being distributed by the National Taskforce for the control and management of armyworms.

“I sprayed them and the worms left but they have returned again,” one farmer noted.

The District Agriculture Officer for Nanumba North, Sulemana Saaka told Citi News, the district was supplied only 200 liters of the chemicals.

He described the quantity as inadequate and called on the government to intervene to bring an end to the invasion.

They received 80 litres of chemicals and gave one each to farmers for use on 1.5 acres, but that was not enough.

“The farmers always come to complain that they need the chemicals so we were telling them that we need to go to Tamale…  so I received 120 litres –  120 per carton,” Mr. Saaka said.

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The two, who are currently assisting Police investigation, allegedly stole five cattle belonging to some nomads at Nakpayili, a community in the Nanumba South District.

The alleged robbery took place on Monday evening when the two persons together with some accomplices captured some five cattle at Nakpayili and tried putting them into a Benz bus.

However, lack run out on them when they were accosted by the cattle owners. They started shooting at the owners upon seeing them at a distance.

One of the nomads whose name was given as Mohammed, who narrated the incident to Citi News, said they took cover when the firing was ongoing, and immediately reported to some Police personnel who were at a nearby barrier.

“…When we got closer, some of the people started shooting at us. We immediately went to a neighbouring barrier to report the case to the police to see whether they could give us assistance.”

He added that some of the townsfolk upon hearing the gunshots also dispatched a search party to the scene.

“Some people also came from Nakpayili to assist us. When they came, we managed to chase the shooters. We finally got hold of the bus and we realized that the cows belonged to us, but they were only two and three others missing. We reported the case to the police,” he added.

He noted that Police from Wulensi were also informed about the issue adding that they helped to capture two of the suspects.

“Two of the suspects are currently in police custody of which one came to claim ownership of the Benz bus,” he added.

Speaking to Citi News, the District Police Commander for Nanumba South, DSP Boakye, said the two are assisting with investigations.

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Some of the farmers told Citi News they could lose their farm produce and famine may occur in the area, if measures are not taken to address the problem.

[contextly_sidebar id=”HP5v5PnzVuCHKm8FVdmvu7gN4T5S8e0t”]” The worms are destroying our farms and we fear if the government does not come to our aid immediately, we could run into trouble. Some of us took loans from the financial institutions, and if the worms destroy the farm, we will be unable to pay back the loans. We are calling on the government to as a matter of urgency come to our aid to spray the farms for us; otherwise there may be famine in the district.”

“….Government should come and spray our farms for us. We are losing our crops and if nothing is done immediately we will be in trouble”, another farmer lamented.

Meanwhile,the District Director of Agric in the Nanumba North District, says the issue has been reported to his outfit and a report will be sent to Tamale for the necessary actions to be taken.

“….the reports have come to our office and it is all over the district. We are currently compiling the reports to know the number of acres affected so that we will send reports to Tamale for us to get chemicals to spray the farms.”

This development follows a similar one that occurred in Dormaa Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo Region, where three hundred and twenty- four (324) farmers in the area were  affected, and a total of 522 hectors of farmlands were infested representing 31.70 per cent of destruction.

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The project is to bring major relief to the people, especially pregnant women in Pusuga and other surrounding communities.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the District Chief Executive for Nanumba north district assembly,  Abdulai Yaqoub, urged residents in the community to own the facility by taking good care of it and also build a healthy relationship with the health workers that will be sent to work in the facility.

He further urged the residents to patronise the facility and not abandon it by still walking the long distance to Bimbilla for health care.

The chief of Pusuga, Mba Yahari, conveyed the community’s gratitude to the Nanumba North District assembly for providing them with the facility and pledged that the facility will be put to good use.

Some residents told Citi News that the facility has come at the right time. “…in the past we used to travel all the way to Bimbilla to access healthcare but now this will bring a lot of relief to us, especially our pregnant women who hitherto, had to walk on foot under the scorching sun to Bimbilla spend the whole day just to attend antenatal check-ups.”

“But now a huge relief has come and we are happy that our women can now attend antenatal right here in the community. Sicknesses such as malaria and other minor ones could be treated here and we will not necessarily have to walk to Bimbilla unless it becomes necessary.”

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He made the call when he met with the religious leaders and other relevant stakeholders in the district, in a bid to ensure peace, before, during and after the elections.

The Chairman of the Taskforce, who is also the District Police Commander, DSP Benjamin Aniah, explained to the Imams the need for them to educate their congregants on the importance of peace, especially in the Northern Region.

‘’ I urge you to include in your sermons a message of peace, the need for peace because if your neighbour’s beard is on fire, you need to fetch water near your own. We have seen what conflict is, we saw it jumping over dead rotten bodies to pick other people, it was serious. Conflict is nothing good for us, the little thing that happened in this community, we all saw how it went. So please, let us have this message sent deep in our hearts so that we would send it across to people out there, and they will embrace peace so that the periods before, during and after elections, we will have total  peace for our brothers to conduct the elections’’.

He also called on media to be circumspect in their reportage, and the youth not to allow themselves to be used by politicians to foment trouble.

The Military Detachment Commander of the Ghana Armed Forces in Bimbilla, S/Sgt Peter Azumah, shared experiences he has had in areas like Liberia and Sierra Leone, and the effects of war to the participants, and urged them to work hard at maintaining the country’s peace.

At the end of the programme, some of the religious leaders told Citi News what they will do to ensure that there is peace, before during and after the elections.

“We have learnt a lot about election procedures and processes, especially things that have to do for  peace, before, during and after elections; and as  such we are encouraged to go and disseminate the message to our congregants to know about the essence of peace and things that we must do to avoid conflicts in our communities.”

Another Imam said, “We assured the security taskforce that the message of peace is going to be part of sermons on Fridays to educate the congregation on the essence of peace because it is peace that can bring about development. It is peace that can allow people to go about their businesses and it is peace that can even allow people to worship, if there is no peace you cannot stand to worship and that is why the religion itself teaches us to be peaceful’’.

The Taskforce was formed in April this year in the District, to deal with election related issues which are likely to spark violence in the area. It has since met with representatives all the political parties, traditional authorities and other stakeholders.

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