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Tamale Central:Peace Council holds dialogue with Aspirants ahead of NDC Primaries

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Published: 06 September 2025

The Northern Regional Peace Council(NRPC) is calling on all stakeholders including Political Parties and residents of Tamale Central to embrace peace and conduct themselves peacefully before, during and after the forth coming by-elections.

The NRPC underscores the significance of the elections allowing the citizens to exercise their constitutional rights and participate in shaping the future of communities but not engage in the acts of violence.

This follows a peace dialogue held on Thursday, 4th September 2025 with the Aspirants in the upcoming Tamale Central NDC’s Parliamentary Primaries following the tragic passing of the incumbent MP, Dr. Murtala Mohammed Ibrahim.

The meeting was aimed at shaping the campaign messages and slogans of Aspirants, ensuring peaceful contest among contenders at the end of the exercise, devoid of rancour, violence among other distasteful acts.

Leading the peace dialogue were members of the Northern Regional Peace Council, such as Alhaji Mohammed Awal Alhassan, Mr. Nuhu Abukari, Acting Executive Secretary-NRPC, Hajia Sahadatu, and Sheikh Hussein Jarijaa. among others.

Also at the round table for the peace dialogue were some of the Aspirants, which included, Lawyer, Sadat Haruna, Muleika Salisu, Mariama Naama Salifu and Hajia Shamima Yakubu. Depicting that all the female aspirants in the contest responded to the call by the Peace Council.

While he could not make it to the meeting, Hon. Hanan Gundado was represented by his Special Aide, Abdul Wahab. Meanwhile, some of the Aspirants could not make it to the meeting as promised.

The Aspirants who took time out of their busy schedule to honor the invitation by the Peace Council, committed themselves to the peace process, pledging to do everything at their disposal to ensure peace.

Addressing the Aspirants On behalf of the Northern Regional Peace Council, Alhaj Mohammed Awal Alhassan, underscores the essence of ensuring peace in the entire process, pleading with the Aspirants to conduct themselves well and not employ absurd machinations to mar the sustained peace enjoyed in Tamale for a long while now.

Mr. Mohammed Awal disclosed that Peace Council has been monitoring campaign activities of all the Aspirants since the inception of the process, expressing satisfaction about their conduct relative to their campaign messages, ideas and counter ideas, but maintains that more need to be done through endurance of pain, patience, and restraint by aspirants to achieve the ultimate peace in the process.

He also noted that producing a credible winner for the NDC at the end of the contest should not be the outstanding goal for the Aspirants but ensuring incident free elections with peaceful outcome should rather be the Hallmark.

Some of the Aspirants also seized the moment to plead with the Peace Council to involve Party Executives in the Peace dialogue process in their subsequent engagement for eventuality such as this, for true reflection of fair representation of stakeholders who matter in the entire peace value chain.

While other Aspirants underscores the need for fairness and transparency as ingredients to peace in the fierce contest, they urge the Peace Council to advocate for these elements from the organizers in this process.

Story by: Inusah Dondaliya

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Parliament Approves $300 Million World Bank Facility to Transform Secondary Education

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Published: July 21, 2026

Published at: 7: 53Pm

By Saibu Terry

Parliament has approved a US$300 million credit facility between the Government of Ghana and the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group to support the country’s secondary education sector.

The financing will be used to implement the Secondary Education for Transformation for Access, Relevance and Results for Jobs Project, which seeks to expand access to quality secondary education while improving learning outcomes and employability.

Presenting the Finance Committee’s report to the House, Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Isaac Adongo, explained that the facility is designed to increase equitable access to secondary education, eliminate the double-track system, and enhance the quality and labour-market relevance of both secondary and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes.

According to him, the project will help strengthen Ghana’s education system by ensuring that students acquire the knowledge and skills needed to meet the demands of the modern job market.

Following the approval, the Minister for Education, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, expressed appreciation to Parliament for endorsing the agreement. He noted that the funding would play a significant role in strengthening Ghana’s education system and advancing the government’s efforts to provide accessible, relevant, and quality secondary education for all.

The approval marks a major investment in Ghana’s education sector and is expected to support ongoing reforms aimed at improving infrastructure, expanding access, enhancing teaching and learning, and better preparing students for employment and national development.

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Abdul Fatawu Issahaku Completes Permanent Move to Ipswich Town

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Published: July 21, 2026

Published at: 4:47Pm

BY Saibu Terry

Ghana international winger Abdul Fatawu Issahaku has completed a permanent transfer from Leicester City to Ipswich Town, signing a five-year contract with the newly promoted Premier League club.

Ipswich Town confirmed the signing on Monday, announcing that the 22-year-old has joined the club for an undisclosed fee after successfully completing the transfer from Leicester City. 

Fatawu, who impressed during his spell at Leicester and represented Ghana at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, is expected to add pace, creativity, and attacking flair to Kieran McKenna’s side as they prepare for the new Premier League campaign. 

The move marks another significant step in the career of the Black Stars winger, who has established himself as one of Ghana’s brightest attacking talents.

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Sankara Nationals FC Appoint Abubakari Nassam as New Head Coach

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Published: July 21, 2026

Published at: 4:21Pm

Story by Saibu Terry

Sankara Nationals FC have officially announced the appointment of experienced tactician Abubakari Nassam as the club’s new Head Coach ahead of the 2026/27 Access Bank Division One League season.

The Yendi-based club confirmed the appointment in an official statement, expressing confidence that Coach Nassam’s vast coaching experience will strengthen the team’s ambitions for the upcoming campaign.

Coach Nassam joins Sankara Nationals after successful spells with both the men’s and women’s teams of FC Samartex, as well as Steadfast FC. His experience across different levels of Ghanaian football is expected to provide the technical leadership needed as the club prepares for another competitive Division One League season.

The club welcomed the new manager with a warm message, saying: “We are delighted to unveil Coach Abubakari Nassam as the new Head Coach of Sankara Nationals FC. We are confident that the wealth of experience he has gained over the years will be a tremendous asset as we prepare for the upcoming Access Bank Division One League season. Welcome to the Sankara Nationals FC family, Coach. Amaraaba Coach!”

Supporters of the “Warriors of SankaraYili” will be hoping Nassam’s appointment marks the beginning of a successful era as the club targets a strong performance in the new Division One League season.

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