WOMEN SUPPORT AND ACTIVIST GROUP . (WOSAG)

The Women Support and Activist Group (WOSAG) an NGO has called on Parents, Guardians and Teachers to educate their wards on sexual reproductive health to enable them to make better life choices. Some volunteers of WOSAG made this call in an interview with the host of the Savannah daybreak show on Radio Savannah in Tamale today. According to the team leader of WOSAG volunteers, Kabiri Emmanuella, educating adolescent children on sexual reproduction makes them aware of their life choices. She said sexual education also helps adolescents to transition into puberty and understand their reproductive health rights. Another volunteer, Dominique Osbourne said children have the right to know the dangers involved in having unprotected sex and to seek the advice of parents. She explained that, if parents do not teach their adolescent children about sexuality, they could get misinformed by their peers. WOSAG is moving from community to community to educate women leaders on the importance of educating the adolescent child on sexual reproductive health. The group attributed the huge number of teenage pregnancies in the country to inadequate sex education and called for change. 

F                       NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARAGES 

 The leadership of the Ghana National Association of Garages in Northern Region (GNAGNR) has bemoaned the lack of space, good roads, and social amenities within the industrial area. According to the Secretary of Garages, Alhaji Osman Sadick attributed the problem to the encroachment of lands within the industrial area. He said the Tamale Metropolitan assembly has neglected their duties to provide the area with amenities. Alhaji Sadick has therefore appealed to the assembly and the Mp for the Tamale South constituency to come to their aid and relocate the industrial area to enable all members including roadside and household mechanics, welders and vulganizers move to the new location. Speaking to the Youth Chairman of the industrial area, Alhassan Sayibu said if facilities such as shops, a pharmacy, a canteen, and well laid out roads are provided at the new location it will make relocation effective and also enable fire service to be able to fight any fire outbreak in the area, as well as easy access to first aid in times of work place accidents. An opinion leader Ibrahim Mahama Blamer said the assembly promised them street lights in the area some years ago when they came round to collect tax but nothing has been done so far. He therefore appealed to the assembly to take cognizance of their economic role in the industrial sector and come to their aid.

                   CDD  SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT

The Northern Regional Director of the National Commission on Civic Education, Alhaji Abdul-Razak Saani has observed that, the participation of citizens in the assembly’s management of local resources and revenue will ensure transparency and accountability. He was of the view that, citizens participation will enable them to be able to track and monitor projects that will go long away to improve upon their lives. He said this at a workshop organized by the Center for Democratic Development (CDD) in collaboration with Osiwa. The workshop was to launch a Social Accountability project dubbed “promoting social accountability through citizen’s participation in local governance in Ghana”. Alhaji Saani reiterated the need for heads of institutions to involve their subordinates in decision making to ensure transparency. Programmes Manager at CDD Ghana Northern region office Paul Osei-Kuffour said the project was part of CDD Ghana’s contribution towards promoting open, accountable and inclusive governance which creates a democratic culture at the local level. He said this came as a backdrop to a survey that revealed that Ghana government provided the public with limited information on the budget, making accountability a challenge. The Regional Budget Analyst, Owusu Frimpong called on assemblies to make information on projects and plans available to the people.