Wassa-East District committed to development – Wilson Arthur

By
P. K Yankey, GNA

Daboase (W/R), Sept
02, GNA – The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Wassa-East, Mr Wilson Arthur has
indicated government’s commitment to initiate social intervention projects in
the various Districts to accelerate the pace of national development.

He therefore appealed
to Ghanaians to keep faith with the Nana Akufo-Addo-Bawumia-led government to
fulfil the 2016 campaign promises.

Mr Arthur who is the
Dean of DCEs in the Western Region was addressing a stakeholder meeting made up
of Heads of Departments, Opinion Leaders, The Media, Traditional Rulers,
Security Services, NGOs, Assembly Members and a cross-section of indigenes from
the District during a town hall meeting at Daboase in the Wassa-East District
of the Western Region.

It was organised by
the Ministry of Information in conjunction with the Ministry of Local
Government and Rural Development to drum home the achievements of the NPP
government since it assumed the reins of government in January 2017.

Mr Arthur said the
town hall meeting had become necessary as part of government’s intention to
ensure accountability and transparency in administering affairs of the nation.

The DCE outlined a
litany of developmental projects initiated by the Assembly such as the
construction of a CHPS compound at Sekyere Krobo and 2 semi-detached nursing
quarters at Akyempim and constructed two new pavilion markets at Daboase and a
telecommunication tower plant at Akutuase.

Touching on new
projects slated for September 2018, the DCE mentioned a police post at
Hemang,the Ateku market complex, the Akutuase police post, and a CHPS compound
at Essaman and a Girls’ Dormitory for the Secondary School among others.

Under the one District,
One Factory(1D1F) initiative, Mr Arthur said the District had identified a
Quarry site, the PSG Oil Palm Mill, the Wassaman Starch Company Ltd, the Wassa
Cassava Farmers Co-operative and One District One Warehouse in the District to
provide job opportunities to the people.

The DCE outlined
a-four-year strategic development plan under the 1D1F project to venture into
cassava processing into finished products such as starch with five improved
cassava species established in five towns and four new rice varieties supplied
to farmers.

The Assembly also
supplied 26 farmers with two new varieties of taro for multiplication and cocoa
spraying inputs as well as 423,356 seedlings to farmers and artificial hand
pollination had also led to improvement in the predominantly cocoa growing
area.  

Under the planting for
Food and Jobs,2, 324 farmers were identified with 386 who had benefited from
different crop varieties.

On Education, Mr
Arthur said the Assembly organised free registration for BECE candidates in
public schools with two mock examinations sponsored by the District and
announced that the District placed 29th among over 270 Districts in Ghana in
the last BECE results

He said 256 students
enrolled under the Free Senior High school(SHS) programme last year with the
construction of an on-going infrastructure to accommodate the 2018 batch.

He said the District
could also boast of 12 Information and Communication Technology(ICT) centres in
the area and the District placed third at the Western Regional Sports festival
with 29 sports young men and women selected from the District to represent the
Region.

The DCE has also
sponsored the Skyy Football club and contributed to the construction and
shaping of the Daboase St. Martin’s Anglican park, while malaria cases dropped
in 2017 following the massive distribution of insecticides spraying net to
people in the District.

He said the LEAP
programme was expanded from 288 in 13 communities to 399 households in 22
communities and the school feeding programme increased from 22 to 23 schools
with 6,854 beneficiaries and the capitation grant soared from GH¢ 4.50 to GH¢ 9.00l

Under social
protection and vulnerability, 240 persons with disability were supported with
cash, tools and equipment with 181 PWDs given start-up capitals and 64 new
businesses were established under the national Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan
with 81 new jobs such as soap and leather making, cassava processing created
out of that.

He said two mechanised
boreholes were constructed for the Daboase Police station and Magistrate court
and the Assembly under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication programme and
34 people displaced by the illegal mining ban across the District, were
registered for institutional skills development training with 200 out of 340 employed
under the Nation’s builders Corps.

The MP for Wassa-East,
Mr Adjei Mensah lauded the DCE and the Assembly for developmental drive and
pledged for a team work to push the development agenda of the District forward.

Decentralised
departments and institutions within the District mounted an exhibition to
showcase their various activities.

GNA

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