Solomon Kotey Nikoi
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the La
Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LADMA), Solomon Kotey Nikoi, has called on supporters
of all political parties in the municipality to join hands with the view to
pushing a common developmental agenda.
“We need to come together without party
affiliation and my door is always open to all in the municipality so that we
can bring meaningful development to this area,” he said.
Mr. Nikoi — who was appointed recently following the
sudden death of his predecessor Gladys Maku Tsotsoo Mann-Dedey in June — made the call at a town hall meeting organised
by the assembly last week.
He shared his vision of improving sanitation, promoting
education and increasing revenue for the assembly.
“What I
believe is lacking now is the monitoring, so we have to form a monitoring team
which will be moving from one institution to the other to ensure that people
honour their financial obligation to the assembly,” he said.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for La Dade-Kotopon,
Vincent Odotei Sowah, entreated residents to work at improving the life
expectancy rate in the municipality by practising good sanitation.
“A time will come when I will call for the
arrest of anyone who decides to make the beach a place of convenience,” he cautioned.
He also urged residents to take advantage of existing
social intervention programmes within the constituency, including free
education from nursery to kindergarten and free Health Insurance Scheme registration
exercise which targets residents above 59 years, persons with disability and
children.
“We intend to introduce mobile
health insurance renewal centre, job application and health dispensary kiosk
for our residents,” he stated.
The Agriculture Director of LADMA, Emelia
Monney, interacted with stakeholders on the need for proactive measures to
fight climate change.
She urged residents to be advocates of tree
planting which she noted was a sustainable way of purifying the air while
providing the necessary cover for the communities from harsh weather conditions
of the sea.
By Issah Mohammed
