Also known as: Mr Ziedeng · Mr. Ziedeng · Bede Anwataazumo Ziedeng · Bede Anwataazuma Ziedeng · Lawyer Bede Ziedeng
Member of Parliament for Lawra Constituency focusing on healthcare, infrastructure, and education development in the Upper West Region.
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Joy Online
… Representing the Speaker of Parliament and the Upper West Parliamentary Caucus, Lawra Member of Parliament Bede Anwataazumo Ziedeng echoed this urgency, warning that the region must actively package and market its opportunities to remain competitive. …
‘We must move beyond potential’: Upper West Region courts global investors with massive tax holidaysJoy Online
… In a solidarity message read by the Lawra NDC Constituency Secretary, Alexis Sang-Ber Kuuridong, the Member of Parliament for Lawra, Bede A. Ziedeng, commended the community for preserving its customs and selecting a unifying leader. …
Birifoh outdoors new chief: Naa Victor Gandaa V outlines vision for security, education and tourismJoy Online
… The interventions were undertaken by the Member of Parliament for the Lawra Constituency, Bede Anwataazumo Ziedeng. …
Lawra MP restores ambulance, commissions modern laboratory at Domwine Health CentreJoy Online
… Lawra MP Bede A. Ziedeng commended the contractor for “neat” and “fast” work. “Those who cannot do the work, let’s take the contract from them and give to people who can do it. …
‘The Big Push is pushing’ – Upper West MPs hail contractors delivering in the regionJoy Online
… However, targeted interventions by the Member of Parliament for the Lawra Constituency, Bede Anwataazumo Ziedeng, are offering a glimmer of hope to the overstretched medical staff. …
Crickets in the theatre and leaking wards: How Lawra Hospital is battling century-old decay to save livesJoy Online
Member of Parliament for the Lawra Constituency, Bede Anwataazuma Ziedeng, has donated GH¢100,000 worth of non-drug medical consumables to the Lawra Municipal Hospital to help the facility overcome severe operational and financial challenges. …
Lawra MP rescues Municipal Hospital from operational crisis with GH¢100,000 worth of medical suppliesJoy Online
… Member of Parliament for Lawra, Bede Anwataazumo Ziedeng, presented the items on Monday at the Lawra Naa’s Palace, fulfilling pledges he made following separate appeals from the two institutions earlier this year. …
Lawra Assembly pledges urgent renovation of traditional council office following GH₵130,000 logistics donationJoy Online
The Member of Parliament for the Lawra Constituency, Bede A. Ziedeng, has lauded the impressive progress of the new GH¢11 million multipurpose dining hall complex at Birifoh Senior High School, just one month after the official sod-cutting ceremony. …
Birifoh SHS: Contractor promises early completion of GH¢11m dining hallJoy Online
… Ranking Member of Parliament’s Judiciary Committee, Bede A. Ziedeng, acknowledged the concerns raised and said Parliament would address the issues. …
Judge shortage delays justice in Upper West as new court complex nears completionJoy Online
The Member of Parliament for Lawra, Bede A. Ziedeng, has urged candidates sitting this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Lawra Municipality to avoid all forms of examination malpractice, assuring them that success can be achieved through honest effort. …
Lawra MP urges BECE candidates to avoid malpractice, assures supportThe Ghana Investment Promotion Authority has launched a package of aggressive tax holidays and investment projects for the Upper West Region, aimed at correcting the historical concentration of foreign direct investment in southern Ghana and transforming the region's agricultural and natural resources into high-value commercial enterprises.
21 October 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Investment Promotion Authority has launched a package of aggressive tax holidays and investment projects for the Upper West Region, aimed at correcting the historical concentration of foreign direct investment in southern Ghana and transforming the region's agricultural and natural resources into high-value commercial enterprises.
21 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Naa Debomo Victor Gandaa V was officially outdoored as the new divisional chief of Birifoh Traditional Area in Lawra Municipality. He outlined a development agenda centred on border security, education, water provision, rural electrification and heritage preservation, and allocated 42 acres of land to the Ghana Immigration Service for a training school to help monitor unapproved cross-border routes.
29 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Member of Parliament for Lawra has restored the municipal ambulance, grounded for over two years, and commissioned a fully equipped laboratory at Domwine Health Centre. The ambulance refurbishment cost more than GH₵130,000, exceeding the initial GH₵50,000 estimate for engine replacement.
9 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Upper West Parliamentary Caucus inspected roads under President Mahama's Big Push infrastructure agenda, praising contractors delivering on time and pressuring those behind schedule. The projects, awarded to five contractors, are expected to be completed by 2028.
22 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Lawra Municipal Hospital in the Upper West Region, established in 1928, faces severe infrastructural decay with medical staff conducting emergency surgeries amid invading insects and delivering babies in leaking-roof wards. The facility has undergone no major renovations since inception and is struggling with low OPD attendance and mounting debts, though targeted interventions by the local MP are beginning to offer relief.
7 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Member of Parliament for Lawra Constituency has donated GH¢100,000 worth of non-drug medical consumables, including examination gloves, syringes, needles, laboratory reagents, infusion sets, sutures and detergents, to Lawra Municipal Hospital to address severe operational and financial challenges.
3 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Member of Parliament for Lawra donated 660 plastic chairs and two motorcycles valued at GH₵130,000 to the Lawra Traditional Council and Circuit Court, with the Municipal Assembly pledging to urgently renovate the traditional council's office in response.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The GH¢11 million multipurpose dining hall complex at Birifoh Senior High School is advancing at an unexpectedly fast pace just one month after the official sod-cutting ceremony, with the contractor reporting 20% completion despite initial ground difficulties. The MP for Lawra Constituency expects the project to finish well ahead of its 12-month timeline.
30 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Upper West Region's new court complex is nearly finished and could be commissioned before October's legal year, but the region faces significant challenges with insufficient judges and court staff, including Tumu District Court's lack of a judge, which delays case handling in the Sissala area.
14 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The Member of Parliament for Lawra has urged BECE candidates in the municipality to avoid examination malpractice and assured them success is possible through honest effort. He distributed mathematical sets to 342 candidates at one centre and pledged daily meals throughout the examination period, with a total of 994 candidates sitting the exam across three centres in the municipality.
4 May 2026 · Joy Online →