Hohoe Municipal Assembly Inaugurated | Ghana News Agency (GNA)

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By
Edward Williams, GNA

Hohoe (V/R), Jan.
24, GNA – The 8th General Assembly of the Hohoe Municipal Assembly
in the Volta region has been inaugurated with a charge on members to advance
the implementation of government programmes in the Municipality.

Dr Nicholas Awortwi,
Director, Institute of Local Governance Studies (ILGS) who inaugurated the
Assembly in a speech on behalf of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
said government had launched and pursuing a number of intervention programmes
such as Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) aimed at improving the welfare of the
citizenry.

He noted that
Assemblies were critical in achieving Government’s agenda for national
development and charged them to rise to the occasion.

Dr. Awortwi called
on the Assembly members to use innovative systems to improve the Municipality’s
IGF.

“This can be
achieved if street naming and property addressing is pursued vigorously,
working hand-in-hand with the National Digital Property Addressing System and
the Ghana Post GPS.” he added.

Dr. Awortwi also
directed the Assembly members to work with the land valuation division of the
Lands Commission to have ratable property in their jurisdiction valued to
inform a more effective and transparent property rating and devise special
client sensitive approaches to mobilise the rates, devoid of challenges to the
rate payers.

He said one major
challenge of Assemblies was the unplanned and haphazard development currently
on-going and added that slums were being developed in marshy areas with houses
being built on waterways.

Mr. Andrews Teddy
Ofori, the Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) urged the Assembly members to
put aside individual parochial interests and work for a common good. 

“If we fail to build
consensus on issues coming before us, the end product would be lack of
development for our dear Municipality and we must all strive to avoid it,” he
added

Togbega Homatekpor
V, Paramount Chief of Gbledi Traditional Area who chaired the occasion called
on the Assembly members to act as liaison officers between the Assembly and
their electorate in order to bring development to the areas.

A total of 25
Assembly members comprising 17 elected members and eight government appointees
were sworn-in.

GNA