Paga is a town in Upper East Region of Ghana, lying north of Bolgatanga. Paga is the capital of Kassena Nankana West District, a district in the Upper East Region in the northern part of Ghana. The town is located on the border of Burkina Faso and is 166 km south of Ouagadougou via the N5 highway, the main road linking Ghana and Burkina Faso. Majority of the people of Paga are kassena by tribe.
The Upper East Region is located in north Ghana and 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 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. The Upper East regional capital is Bolgatanga, sometimes referred to as Bolga. Other major towns in the region include Navrongo, Paga, Bawku and Zebilla.
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.
Political corruption in Ghana has been common since independence. Since 2006, Ghana's score and ranking on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index has improved slightly, ranked higher than Italy and Brazil. However, there is a growing perception in Ghana that government-related corruption is on the rise. Ghana ranked 73rd on the Corruption Perceptions Index in 2021, tied with Hungary, Kuwait, Senegal and the Solomon Islands. Even though corruption in Ghana is relatively low when compared to other countries in Africa, businesses frequently quote corruption as an obstacle for doing business in the country. Corruption occurs often in locally funded contracts, companies are subject to bribes when operating in rural areas.
Navrongo Central 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. Navrongo Central is located in the Kassena/Nankana district of the Upper East Region of Ghana.
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 on keeping water supplies affordable for the population and campaigning against privatization of water in Ghana. The main opposition is the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund who are offering loans to the Ghanese 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.
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.
Mark Owen Woyongo is a Ghanaian politician and the Ghanaian Minister for the Interior for the Ghanaian Ministry of the Interior. He was also the Member of Parliament for the Navrongo Central constituency in Ghana.
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.,
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.
Timothy Ataboadey Awotiirim is a Ghanaian politician and educationist. He also served as the Member of Parliament for the Builsa North constituency in the Upper East Region of Ghana.
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.
