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Buluk 14 Events: Nov. 8, 2020 to Feb 22, 2023
August 12, 2022
Dr. Ceasar Alimsinya Atuire, Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Classics (University of Ghana), has won a 5-year grant worth 3.2 million Pounds (4 million USD or 33 million Cedis) by the Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards.
The grant, the first by the Trust, is designed to finance academics from any discipline who can present a creative project that delivers significant understanding to improve human life, health, and well-being.
Dr. Atuire’s Project, “Moving Beyond Solidarity Rhetoric in Global Health: Pluriversality and Actionable Tools,” seeks to explore how understandings and practices of solidarity in global health can play an active role in increasing equity and justice. He will lead a global team with co-investigators from Costa Rica, Canada, Austria, South Africa, India, and Australia.
Congratulations Dr. Caesar Atuire!
March 7, 2023
The vetting committee of the NDC in the Upper East Region has affirmed Hon. Clement Apaak as its parliamentary candidate for Builsa South for the 2024 elections.
April 27, 2023
(Source: Phoenix via ‘Buluk Kaniak’) Gregory Afoko acquitted after 8 years
An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Afua Merley Wood, a Justice of the Court of Appeal, has acquitted Mr. Gregory Afoko and Asabke Alangde over the murder of the former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The trial which lasted for eight years, saw Justice Afia Merley Wood… summing up the whole trial which lasted for about four hours on Thursday, April 27, 2023. The seven-member jury panel hearing the murder case… had retired to return their verdict of not guilty on all [charges]….
Update (source: Ghanaweb General News of Tuesday, 18th February 2025)
“Gregory Afoko files fresh bail application after nearly 10 years on remand.
Gregory Afoko, a farmer accused of murdering Adams Mahama, the former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has filed a fresh bail application after nearly a decade on remand.
This follows previous bail applications that were denied, with the court ruling that there had been no unreasonable delay in his retrial. Afoko’s previous retrial ended in a hung jury, with a 4-3 guilty verdict in his favor on April 27, 2023. The court has since ordered a retrial, which is currently underway.[…]
On Monday, February 17, 2025, Justice Marie-Louise Simmons adjourned the case to March 5, 2025, due to an improperly constituted jury panel. Afoko’s bail application filed on February 17, 2025, is scheduled to be heard on February 21, 2025.
EIB Network’s Legal Affairs Correspondent, Murtala Inusah, reports that this is Afoko’s third bail application, following previous denial in June and October 2023 […]
Update (source: GHOneTV, Friday, 21st February 2025)
“Court grants Gregory Afoko GHS 500,00 (five hundred thousand ) bail with two sureties after nearly 10 years on remand over Adam’s Mahama’s murder.” Gregory is seen with his lawyer, Nana Yaw Osei, in one picture and in the other he’s with his older brother, Paul Afoko (in smock and hat), and his lawyer and some members of his legal team. 
December 2023
Wiaga Muslim Community. Market days in Wiaga, Sandema and Fumbisi:
December 26, 2023
(Robert Asekabta 28.12.23: Election of Miss Feok 2023
Miss Albright Asekabta Ayietalie was crowned Miss Feok 2023 on 26th December, 2023 at Lakeside hotel in Balansa, Sandema. This was one of the events that marked the annual Feok Festival of the Bulsa people to signify the bumper harvest and the conquest of Babatu a notorious Zambarama slave raider.
The contestants were seven in number… At the end Albright Asekabta Ayietalie emerged first with 23,980 votes. Her award was a motorcycle and three certificates on most Eloquent, Star performer, Highest Voter and a certificate of participation.
The first runner was Celina Afellie with twenty thousand, two hundred and forty eight votes and she was awarded with a double door refrigerator and a Miss Culture certificate.
The second runner was Shelli Abangkaniaka. She had an award of a mini refrigerator.
The contestants. Sitting: the winner Miss Albright Asekabta Ayietalie. Source: Buluk Kaniak
February 16, 2024
Christine Arnheim, daughter of Margaret Lariba Arnheim from Gbedema, has been a dentist in Münster with her own practice since 2021 (see Buluk 14, p. 12). After a year of regular training weekends, she successfully obtained an additional qualification in Aesthetic Dentistry at the Westphalia-Lippe Dental Association. Congratulations!
J.H. Akanluk Akanpatulsi
March 14, 2024
Death of Mr. Joseph Henry Akanluk Akanpatulsi, Rtd. Chief Economic Planning Officer & Fellow, Ghana Institute of Planning.
June, 2024
Professor Caesar Alimsinya Atuire, Department of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Ghana (Legon), was appointed President of the International Association of Bioethics during the 17th World Congress of Bioethics in Doha. Congratulations!
July 17, 2024
(From Facebook post Celebrating Our Legends)
On Wednesday 17th July 2024, the Doninga Chief, His Royal Majesty Nab Akanbeagnab Mackarios Akanbong Esq, paid a courtesy call on the Overlord of Bulsa-his father, to officially announce to him of his recent appointment as Ambassador to Iran. He is currently the Head of Chancery in Brussels-Belgium!
July 17, 2024
(From Facebook post Celebrating Our Legends)
On Wednesday 17th July 2024, the Doninga Chief, His Royal Majesty Nab Akanbeagnab Mackarios Akanbong Esq, paid a courtesy call on the Overlord of Bulsa-his father, to officially announce to him of his recent appointment as Ambassador to Iran. He is currently the Head of Chancery in Brussels-Belgium!
Addditions from the Internet (https://brussels.mfa.gov.gha/embassyofficials/aspx)
Ghana Embassy Brussels: Deputy Head of Mission: Mr McArios Akanbeanab Akanbong.
(https://brussels.mfa.gov.gha/acting-head-of-misssion-mr-mcaarios-akanbeanab-akanbong-undertakes-working-visit-to luxembourg)
The Acting Head of Mission, Mr. McArios Akanbeanab Akanbong, undertook a working visit to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on Wednesday, 31st January, 2024.
The discussions during the visit centered on opportunities for strengthening Ghana-Luxembourg relations through economic partnerships and trade. Issues of peace, security and regional stability were also discussed.
Mr. Akanbong was accompanied on the trip by Mr. Mohammed Sheriff Iddrisu, Minister-Counsellor/EU Relations; Ms. Maame Abena Gyamerah, First- Secretary/Diaspora and Economic Relations, and Mr. Francis Boakye, First-Secretary/Bilateral Relations.
McArios Akanbeanab Akanbong, acting head of mission and Doninganab, in Luxembourg
October 20, 2024
The three parliamentary candidates of the Builsa South Constituency, Hon. Daniel A. Gariba (NPP), Hon. Dr. Clement A. Apaak (NDC) and Hon. Christopher Akamzedeboka (PNC) met for a dialogue.
Update: Results of General Elections held on December 7, 2024
Bulsa South
Parliamentary:
Dr. Clement A. Apaak (NDC) = 8,974 votes.
Daniel Kwame Gariba (NPP) = 5,061 votes.
Christopher Akamzedeboka (PNC) = 1,639 votes.
Total votes cast = 15,958
Total votes valid = 15,674
Total votes rejected = 284
Presidential:
John Dramani Mahama (NDC) = 10,540
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia (NPP) = 4,531
Total votes cast = 15,958
Total votes valid = 15,374
Toral votes jejected = 584
Bulsa North
Parliamentary
James Agalga = 13,344
Thomas Kofi Alonsi = 10,155
February 5, 2025
Presidential Communications
Dr Clement Abas Apaak (MP for Bulsa South) was nominated Deputy Minister of Education by President John Dramani Mahama. In March 2025 he was confirmed as Minister by parliament.
March 1, 2025
(MynewsGh.com, Geneeral news) February 28, 2025.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) member, who was held at Nsawam
Medium Prison, has reunited with his family after meeting his bail conditions set by an Accra High Court… Afoko’s trial is expected to continue.
April 1, 2025
Alongside Professor Susanna Dunachie, Dr Caesar Atuire has been appointed Associate Director of Oxford Global Health. Oxford Global Health is an interdisciplinary initiative that brings together researchers from across the university to address complex and important global health challenges.
BULUK congratulates him!
April 17, 2025
Source: Radio Fumbisi
Madam Ann Musah was unanimously (100%) endorsed as District Chief Executive of the Bulsa South District Assembly.
Hon. John Asuaga was elected the Presiding Member of the Builsa South District Assembly.
It is the firm belief of the people of Builsa South that there will be a good working relationship with MP Clement Apaak.
May 12, 2025
Mr Solomon Akogti Ansoabayie, until his new appointment Headmaster of Azantilow Secondary Technical School, is the new Bulsa North Municipal Chief Executive.
May 17, 2025
The traditional funeral rites for the late Asianab Francis Afoko, Ayieta-Yeri-Nyono, were celebrated at the Sandema Chief Palace. The event attracted visitors from across Ghana. Among the high-ranking personalities were a representative of the Asantehene Otumfour Nana Osei Tutu II, Mr Kwadwo Mpiani, former chief of staff and minister of presidential affairs in the John Kufour Administration, Navro-Pio, Pe Balinia Adda Asapaare II, and tne Upper East regional minister, Honorable Donatus Atanga Akamugri, who read a message on behalf of His Excellency President John Mahama. The late Mr Asianab Francis Afoko was a member of the Council of State during the Kufour Administration. In private life he was a successful businessman and a historian who worked closely with Dr Franz Kröger, providing the German social anthropologist and friend of the Bulsa, with information on the history of Sandema and the royal Ayieta family. Mr Asianab Afoko’s older son, Paul Awentami Afoko, acting head of the Ayieta family, and the entire Afoko family deserve praise for the well-organized, well-attended and successful event.
May 30, 2025
At the 2025 MTN Ghana Community Champions Heroes of Change, Humanitarian Awards, Mr Rockson Yaw Adangabey received the category award for his exceptional contribution in the area of education. The Heroes for Change Awards programme is “designed to recognise and celebrate individuals making extraordinary contributions to their communities, offering hope to the underprivileged through initiatives in economic empowerment, education and health.”
Despite his physical challenges, Yaw has founded and manages community schools for children in both his hometown, Kadema and in Gbedema. Buluk congratulates him. 
June 9, 2025
Wiaga (U/E), June 9, GNA-
Sir Clement Akapame and family construct a 48-bed child and maternity centre in Wiaga.
Access to quality maternal and child healthcare in the Bulsa North Municipality has received a significant boost, following the commissioning of a newly constructed Child and Maternity Centre at the Saint Lucas Catholic Hospital in Wiaga.
The 48-bed facility, fully funded by Sir Clement Akapame, a renowned philanthropist, and his family, was officially handed over to the hospital.
The project forms part of efforts to expand healthcare infrastructure in the municipality and enhance timely care for women and children.
The gesture was made in honour of the late Fr. Philippe Marneffe, a French Missionary of Africa who worked in the area and was instrumental in the establishment of the St. Lucas Catholic Hospital, pioneering the provision of healthcare services in Wiaga several decades ago.
The new Child and Maternity Centre, named after Fr Philippe Marneffe, comprises delivery rooms, postnatal wards, neonatal care units, and consultation spaces, providing a safe and dignified environment for mothers and newborns.
Fr. Marneffe’s dedication to healthcare, community development, and his compassion for the vulnerable inspired the Akapame family to support the Catholic Church’s mission in meeting the health needs of the people, especially pregnant women and children.
Speaking at a short ceremony to unveil the facility, Sir Clement Akapame expressed his family’s joy in continuing the legacy of Fr. Marneffe, whom he described as “a man of deep compassion who committed his life to serving the people of this area.”
“I recall how supportive he was many years ago when my father was sick and there was no health facility in the area. People, especially pregnant women, were dying because they had to travel long distances to access healthcare,” he said.
He also acknowledged the Catholic Church’s contributions to development, particularly in education and healthcare, noting that the facility reflects the role of the lay faithful in supporting the Church’s mission.
Most Reverend Alfred Agyenta, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, who commissioned the facility, commended the Akapame family for their generosity and noted their contributions to various projects across the Diocese.
“You are not a priest or a missionary, but you have evangelised the word of God to the people through this health facility and the many other things you have been doing,” he remarked.
Very Reverend Father George Asigri, Parish Priest of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Wiaga, also thanked the Akapame family for their help in expanding healthcare services in the area and noted that the hospital serves not only the local population but also patients from neighbouring countries, particularly Burkina Faso.
He appealed for support to help equip and operationalise the new facility.
In a speech read on his behalf, Dr. Kennedy Ngaaso, the Medical Director of the hospital, welcomed the new facility, stating that it would help reduce congestion and significantly improve the quality of care.
Until now, maternity services at the hospital were overstretched, with only an 11-bed maternity ward, a six-bed paediatric ward, and no dedicated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
“Due to limited capacity, we are often compelled to admit children into adult wards, which is against standard practice,” Dr. Ngaaso said.
He pledged to uphold a culture of proper maintenance and continuous service improvement. He appealed to the government to complete the maternity and child ward, which it began constructing about five years ago, to augment the hospital’s infrastructure.
According to the 2021 Population and Housing Census, Wiaga, which has 10 electoral areas, recorded a population of 329,300.
The commissioning of the new facility is expected to enhance healthcare provision for the growing population significantly.
Community members, traditional leaders, and local authorities who attended the commissioning praised the initiative. They called on other philanthropists and stakeholders to support the 75-year-old hospital in its mission to deliver quality healthcare services.
Source (Fatima Anafu-Astanga/George-RamseyBenamba, Ghana News Agency).
New PAC Resort in Sandema Resort, an Arm of PAC Group (Ghana
Affectionately known as Lakeside, PAC Resort, also referred to as Bulsaland Village Resort, offers a hotel, restaurant, bar, and rental services. It’s a branch of PAC Group (Ghana) Ltd, owned by Philip Akumkperik, a US-based businessman and son of Bulsaland, who holds an MBA in Auditing and Accountancy.
Located within the tranquil setting of Sandema Balansa Bagumsa, Lakeside Resort and Lakeside Restaurant Bar offer a perfect blend of accommodations, exquisite dining, refreshing beverages, and breathtaking views. Whether one is there to relax, celebrate, or enjoy a night out, Lakeside provide its guests with great food, lively entertainment and exceptional hospitality.
Offers
• Delicious Cuisine
• Signature Drinks.
• Live Entertainment, Music
• Exclusive Events & Catering
• Scenic Outdoor Seating
• Special Promotions & Events Weekend, BBQ Nights …
Lakeside also provides Events and Equipment Rentals.
• Event Setup Rentals – canopies, chairs, tables & table covers …
• Audio & Entertainment Equipment – Sound systems, live band setups, power generators …
• Vehicles for Hire – tour vehicles, wedding cars …
• Construction Equipment – concrete mixers and other tools …
Why choose Lakeside?
• All-in-One Experience – host events with full catering, bar services, and rentals
• Scenic Lakeside Setting – perfect for weddings, parties, and corporate events
• Professional Service – high-quality equipment and a dedicated team for seamless event planning
Contact:
Phone: +233 538590855 & 0244722315
https://resort.pacgroupinc.com/
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