BUSINESS BLOSSOMS IN TAMALE AS A RESULT OF BONNKE
CRUSADE
The arrival of the lead speaker of this year’s Reinhard Bonnke Gospel crusade, Evangelist Daniel Kolenda in Tamale has created a suitable atmosphere for business men and women in the Tamale metropolis. Evangelist Kolenda arrived in Tamale on Wednesday ahead of the four-day crusade which started yesterday.
Business men and women in the metropolis took advantage of the crusade by displaying their goods at the Tamale sports stadium yesterday evening with the belief that business will be good for them for the entire duration of the program.
After interacting with them, many of the traders expressed confidence that they would make good money at the end of the crusade.
Thousands of people from all walks of life gathered at the Tamale sports stadium (crusade grounds) to receive their miracles. Others were there to catch a glimpse of the Evangelist and his team, who came all the way from the United States of America to Tamale just to preach the gospel to the good people of Tamale.
Some people, who shared their expectations with Zaa news, stated that they were sure of receiving their blessings after the four-day crusade. This is the first time in 30 years that the Bonnke gospel crusade is being held in Tamale.
It is with high expectation and hope that after the crusade the people of the northern region as well as the entire country would receive their salvation, healing, spiritual peace and progress.
The crusade is being organized by Christ for all Nations, in collaboration with all local churches in the Tamale metropolis. Meanwhile about 600,000 people are expected to attend the crusade, which will end on Sunday 29th January 2017.
By Lilian D. Walter
CDD ORGANISES “I AM AWARE” ADVOCACY WORKSHOP
Journalists in the Tamale Metropolis have been sensitized to using the ‘I AM AWARE’ data for evidence based advocacy to improve the services of various sectors of governance in the region. I AM AWARE is CDD- Ghana non-partisan citizen empowerment campaign project funded by William and Flora Hewltt Foundation. They collect analyze, archive, and disseminate user-friendly socio-economic data on the state of public goods and service delivery in 216 districts, located in all the ten regions of Ghana. The aim of the project is to empower citizens, particularly the poor and vulnerable, to improve their awareness and engagement with duty- bearers to make them more accountable and responsive. Speaking to journalists at a days’ workshop in Tamale, the Executive Director for Rural Initiative for Self -Empowerment (RISE) Ghana, Awal Amed stated that the primary purpose of the program is to create awareness and identify key service delivery areas such as health, education, security, governance, sanitation and water, among others, for citizens to champion for improved service delivery which will lead to achieving better outcomes in the above listed sectors. It also aims to strengthen social accountable through active citizens’ participation in local governance and development. A consortium of media Actors was formed to engage in advocacy on issues to ensure that there is proper governance and addressing of issues towards development. The Northern region, as observed, is not doing so well in the sectors mentioned above and this will need collective efforts to tackle the problems in the region, especially the issue of Open Defecation.
By Lilian D. Walter
