{"id":21855,"date":"2025-08-31T11:04:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T11:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=21855"},"modified":"2025-08-31T11:04:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T11:04:52","slug":"cdd-rise-ghana-engage-health-education-and-water-service-providers-in-upper-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=21855","title":{"rendered":"CDD, Rise Ghana Engage Health, Education, and Water Service Providers IN Upper East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) in partnership with Rise Ghana has organized a one-day stakeholder engagement in the Upper East Region to discuss baseline study findings on public service delivery, security, and citizen participation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Presenting the findings, Mr. Paul Nana Kwabena Abrampa Mensah, Programs Manager for Security Sector Governance at CDD-Ghana, explained that the study assessed issues of crime and violence, radicalization, access to public services, and civic participation.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the research revealed that residents of the Upper East, North East, and Upper West regions prioritized healthcare, education, and access to clean water above all else, despite existing security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe findings indicate that while security is important, it was ranked only fourth in priority, with telecommunications following in fifth place,\u201d Mr. Abrampa noted.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21857\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-30-at-16.35.14_612bfbbf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the forum, Mr. Mohammed Awal, Executive Director of Rise Ghana, warned of the risks associated with youth unemployment in the northern sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen young people are not employed, the likelihood of them engaging in violence and extremist activities becomes very high,\u201d he cautioned, emphasizing the need for urgent interventions.<\/p>\n<p>The dialogue session brought together representatives of security agencies, traditional leaders, academia, and other key stakeholders, who shared inputs and recommendations aimed at shaping solutions to the challenges identified.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21858\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-30-at-16.34.23_a4db85b6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Source: Joseph Napoleon Anaaya\/expressnewsghana.com\/UER<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) in partnership with Rise Ghana has organized a one-day stakeholder engagement in the Upper East Region to discuss baseline [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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