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The Commissioner of the Catholic Diocese of Justice and Peace, in collaboration with the Municipal Assembly of Tano Sud, organized the first edition of the public session of 2019 so that the decentralized officials, including MCE for Tano Sud, explain a certain number of government policies, programs and activities in the municipality.
On the purpose of the meeting, the Reverend. Sixtus Kyei Kusi said that the Commissioner of the Diocese of Justice and Peace had collaborated with the Municipal Assembly of Tano Sud to organize this important meeting to ensure that the officials of the municipality report on their management to residents.
In addition, he said that this meeting would also offer citizens the opportunity to communicate their priorities to the leadership of the Municipal Assembly of South Tano.
The meeting held in Bechem, Techimantia and Derma saw dignitaries like Hon. Collins Offinam Takyi, MCE for South Tano, Hon. Kofi Asare, Hon. Benjamin Asabel, President of the New Patriotic Party's New Patriotic Party in South Tano South, Mr. Fred Adutwum, Hon Kwabena Adjei, NADMO Municipal Coordinator, Mr. Adoom Cudjoe, Municipal Manager of Environmental Health, Mr. Alfred Osei Berko, Municipal Engineer, Mr. Abdul Fatawu, City Manager of the National Commission for Civic Education, Mr. Evans Akingya, Deputy Director of Coordination, Reverend Gaspard Dery and Nana Ampong Kromantang II, the Krontihene of the traditional zone of Techimantia.
In the three communities where the meeting was held, the MCE for Tano South, the Hon. Collins Offinam Takyi welcomed all participants and thanked them for taking the time to attend the program. He also greets the offices of Her Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, Regional Minister Ahafo, Hon. Evans Opoku Bobie and the Hon. Benjamin Yeboah Sekyere, MP for the Tano South constituency and Deputy Minister of Ahafo Region, said at the meeting "Community participation in local governance for rapid and sustainable development" was the theme of the meeting and emphasized that it would provide citizens with an opportunity to become familiar with government policies and programs.
Hon Takyi said that the Tano Sud Municipal Assembly had carried out a priority badessment of the needs for development projects requested by the municipality and submitted a report to the Middle Belt Development Authority's office. medium belt) and hinted that when the funds would be released, the execution of the projects, it will be used judiciously and accordingly by the Assembly.
During the meeting, members of the MCE for Tano South, members of the Techimantia Youth Association, who wanted to engage in demonstration exercises to encourage duty bearers to badume their responsibilities were informed of their willingness to channel their resources and energies to organize community work to clean up the community to help protect people from contracting cholera.
L & # 39; Hon. Takyi said that some residents had contributed immensely to support the municipality's development program over the years and that it was necessary to recognize and suggest that the Assembly had taken steps to appoint government structures in the municipality after such important residents. She also stressed that this initiative would also go a long way in supporting the Assembly's development projects. He added that even though the roads in Bechem City had been contracted out by the government, he said he would continue to work with the MP in the constituency to urge the relevant authorities to award the Bechem Prize. Techimatia- The Derma-Asuoso road was contracted as part of government projects on the cocoa routes to stimulate businesses in the municipality and led the participants to observe a minute of silence in memory of the late formal president John Evan Atta Mills.
To solve the unemployment problems in the municipality, the Hon. Takyi said that the Assembly was taking steps to launch oil palm nursery projects whose seedlings would be distributed free to farmers and urged those wishing to obtain the seedlings to go to the Municipal Assembly for join the program.
In another development, Mr. Alfred Osei Berko, Municipal Assembly Engineer, explained to the participants the work done by the Assembly's Department of Works. He stated that the department was responsible for providing technical guidance on physical structures to the leadership of the Assembly. Execution of projects, design an appropriate layout for communities, deal with construction rules, prevent citizens from putting structures in unauthorized places and well others.
Mr. Berko pointed out that Law No. 936 of 2016 on local governance governs all persons wishing to build temporary or permanent structures necessary for the obtaining of a building permit from the Assembly. , but pointed out that most residents of the municipality had built structures without a building permit and urged those who do not have building permits should go to the Assembly to apply for it.
Mr. Kwabena Adjei, NADMO coordinator of Tano South Municipal Municipality, said that the municipality had recorded meteorological disasters at the beginning of the year and made many people homeless. She explained that the efforts made by the Assembly and the Tano South Municipal Branch for National Disaster Management and Management Organization (NADMO) has had the cloths roofing sheets to cover their buildings. He added that his team had also formed many volunteer groups in the different communities. They constantly inform community members about the causes and effects of disasters.
Mr. Adoom Cudjoe, Municipal Manager of Environmental Health, explained the connotations of various environmental laws such as District Assembly Bylaws, Local Government Act 2016, Law 936, Constitution of 1992 (Section 41), the Pesticide Control and Management Act, 1990, Act 528 and the Public Health Act, ACT 851, 2012, noted that the Local Authorities Act, ACT 936, citizens to preserve and protect their environment and suggested that if the environment was not protected; people will get sick and benefit from the meeting to inform those who do not have a toilet in their home that to put in place measures to have them.
On the health status of the municipality, Mr Cudjoe said the municipality could increase the number of landfill sites by 47%, and pointed out that the badembly had announced the construction of toilet projects in the municipality, adding that once the project is completed, it would help to improve the sanitation situation. the municipality.
Mr. Abdul Fatawu, City Manager of the National Commission for Civic Education, sensitized residents to the importance of the upcoming district badembly election and the holding of a referendum on whether district chiefs were to be elected or not, and suggested that district chiefs could be elected unless 40% of the total number of voters YES get 75% of the elections and urged all qualified voters to participate in the elections as soon as they enter the municipality.
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