The Upper East Region is located in northern part of Ghana and it is the third smallest of the 16 administrative regions in Ghana. It occupies a total land surface of 8,842 square kilometers or 2.7% of the total land area of Ghana. The regional capital is Bolgatanga, which is sometimes referred to as Bolga. Other major towns in the region include Navrongo, Paga, Sandema, Bawku, and Zebilla, Tempane, Pusiga, Garu, Pwalugu, Widana
Joseph Kofi Kowe Adda was a Ghanaian politician, who served as a Member of Parliament and also the Minister for Aviation in the New Patriotic Party government under President Akufo-Addo until January 2021. He was also a Financial Economist and a Management Consultant.
Sissala East is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Sissala East is located in the Sissala East Municipal of the Upper West Region of Ghana.
Chiana-Paga is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Chiana-Paga is in the Kassena/Nankana district of the Upper East Region of Ghana.
Rudolf Amenga-Etego is a Ghanaian lawyer and environmentalist. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2004, for his efforts in keeping water supplies affordable for the population and campaigning against the privatization of water in Ghana. The main opposition is the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund who are offering loans to the Ghanaian government to improve the water infrastructure across the country. The only drawbacks to these loans are their stipulations requiring the privatization of the water supply.
Ellembelle is a parliamentary constituency in Ghana. Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah is the member of parliament for the constituency. He was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) with a majority of 1,649 votes. He took over from Freddie Blay, who had represented the constituency on the ticket of the Convention People's Party (CPP).
Kassena-Nankana West District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region, Ghana. Originally, it was formerly part of the then-larger Kassena-Nankana District in 1988, until the western part of the district was split off to create Kassena-Nankana West District on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Kassena-Nankana East District. The district assembly is located in the western part of Upper East Region and has Paga as its capital town.
Oforikrom is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election
Sirigu is a village in the Upper East Region of Ghana. It is about 800 kilometers from the capital Accra.
Clement Kubindiwor Tedam was a Ghanaian politician from the royal family of Paga in the Upper East Region of Ghana.,
Alex Adomako-Mensah is a Ghanaian politician and Member of Parliament for Sekyere Afram Plains Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Ghana.
Thomas Nyarko Ampem is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Asuogyaman Constituency in the Eastern Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.
Isaac Adongo is a Ghanaian politician and member of the 8th Ghanaian Parliament representing the Bolgatanga Central Constituency in the Upper East Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.
Abuga Pele is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Chiana-Paga Constituency in the Upper East Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.
Catherine Katuni Tedam is a Ghanaian teacher and politician. She served as the member of parliament for the Chiana-Paga constituency from 1970 to 1972. She was one of only two women in the Second Republican parliament.
Kabah is a Ghanaian politician and a lawyer. He was also a member of parliament for the Chiana-Paga Constituency of the Upper East Region of Ghana.
Stephen Ayidiya is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the First Parliament of the Fourth Republic representing the Chiana-Paga Constituency in the Upper East Region of Ghana. He represented the National Democratic Congress.
Sampson Tangombu Chiragia is a Ghanaian politician and member of the National Democratic Congress. He is the member of parliament for the Navrongo Central Constituency in the Upper West Region of Ghana.
Chiana Senior High School (CHIANASCO) is a mixed second-cycle institution located in Chiana in the Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East Region of Ghana.
