Hon. Helen Adjoa Ntoso Regional Minister	Deputy Reg. Minister

The Eastern Region occupies a land area of 19,323 kilometres and constitutes 8.1 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the sixth largest region in terms of land area. It lies between latitudes 6o and 7o North and between longitudes 1o30’ West and 0o30’ East. The region shares common boundaries with the Greater Accra, Central, Ashanti, Brong Ahafo and Volta Regions.

The region has four main geographical features, namely:

1. The Kwahu scarp with an elevation of 2,586 feet above sea level.
2. The Atiwa-Atwaredu Ranges near Kibi, reaching an elevation of 2,400 feet.
3. The Akuapem highland attaining an elevation of 1,530 feet which is the southern extension of the Togo-Atakora mountain ranges and
4. The isolated hills/mountains dotting the relatively low-lying plains to the south, notably the Krobo and the Yogaga mountains.

• W AKIM:5 new CHPS compounds to improve health accessibility
  

  Construction works on five community-based health planning services (CHPS) Compounds for five communities in the Upper West Akim Constituency in the Eastern Region are at advanced stages of completion.

• YILO K: PM retains position
  

  Madam Rita Akosua Awatey, has retained her position as Presiding Member for the Yilo Krobo Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region.

• ASUOGYAMAN: Afotey Agbo inspects site for Adome landing beach project
  

  Volta Regional Minister, Hon. Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo has inspected the site for a landing beach project which is suppose to serve as an alternative route after the closure of the Adome Bridge in the Asuogyaman District of the Volta Region.

• YILO K: Assembly eyes UDG, FOAT
  

  The Yilo Krobo Municipal Assembly hopes to reap maximum benefits from opportunities available to the assembly apart from internal sources to improve their finances.

• N JUABEN: Workshop held for Parliamentary Select Committee on Local Gov’t
  

  A three day Workshop has been held for Members of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Local Government and Rural Development, in Koforidua to develop and refine an annual work-plan and budget for the Committee.

• YILO K: 23 school receive furniture
  

  Twenty-three junior high schools in the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region have been provided with mono desks.

• BIREM S: MP constructing clinics at a Osroase, Anomase
  

  The Member of Parliament for the Achiase Constituency in the Eastern Region, Amoah Kwasi Robert is assisting Akyem Osroase community to construct a clinic that would help in improving health delivery in the area.

• ATIWA: Data base for street naming on course
  

  District Chief Executive for Atiwa, Emmanuel Atta Twum said the Town and Country Planning Department at the district is preparing data for the implementation of the street naming exercise.

• AFRAM P SOUTH: MP gives scholarship to 10 students
  

  The member of Parliament for Afram Plains south, Mr. Joseph Appiah  Boateng has assisted 10 students with education scholarships.

• ASUOGYAMAN: Doctor, pharmacists attend to patients at Peki Hospital
  

  The strike action embarked on by Medical doctors and Pharmacists seems not to have affected health delivery at the Peki Governent Hospital in the South Dayi District.