Mr Bede Ziedeng, Northern Regional Minister has assured the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) of his readiness to assist the commission to ensure compliance of road safety regulations.
He assured the NRSC that, he would ensure that persons who violate the road safety law were arrested, irrespective of their political affiliation and would be made to face the law.
Regional forum to facilitate the implementation of the Savanna Accelerated Development project on Disaster Risks Reduction (DRR) in the northern savanna ecological zone, has been held in Bolgatanga.
The forum was in partnership with the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to discuss and harness ideas for effective coordination and collaboration.
President John Dramani Mahama has nominated Mr Alhassan Mohammed Sorogodoo as the District Chief Executive for the Sagnarigu District Assembly in the Northern Region.
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) would in June use smart mobile phones to disseminate information on agriculture among farmers to increase productivity.
The new technology being implemented by a consultant under the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme Two (WAAPP-2) would be piloted in some selected districts in the Northern Region.
Professor Naana Opoku-Agyeman, Minister for Education at the weekend reiterated government’s plans to upgrade the various polytechnics in the country to Technical Universities.
She said the prime aim of establishing those institutions to offer practical programmes to develop middle-level manpower, to facilitate development, would remain unchanged.
Regional forum to facilitate the implementation of the Savanna Accelerated Development project on Disaster Risks Reduction (DRR) in the northern savanna ecological zone, has been held in Bolgatanga.