Sefwi Wiawso (WN/R),
Feb. 22, GNA – A 10-member District Census Implementation Committee (DCIC) for
the Sefwi Wiawso Municipal Assembly, has been inaugurated with a call on
Ghanaians to avail themselves for the successful conduct of the 2020 Population
and Housing Census (PHC).
Mr. Louis
Owusu-Agyepong, Sefwi Wiawso Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) made the call at
Sefwi Wiawso in the Western North Region, when he performed the inaugural
ceremony of the Committee.
He said modern
development trends, makes the provision of an authentic, reliable and updated
data very inevitable for the effective execution of the national developmental
agenda and therefore urged all the people in the Municipality and Ghanaians in
general to individually and collectively contribute positively to make exercise
successful when the time comes.
The Western North
Regional Statistician, Mr Richard Sackey briefed the public on the roles and
responsibilities of the DCIC and other stakeholders involved in the Population
and Housing Census (PHC) exercise.
He disclosed that
census night was scheduled for 28 June 2020, and urged all the people in the
area to brace themselves up for this all important national exercise.
For his part, Mr
Therson Kofi Mintah, the Sefwi Wiawso Municipal Census Officer, pledged the
commitment of his outfit and that of the Municipal Coordinating Directorate to
ensure a successful census and urged all stakeholders in the area, to offer
their maximum support and cooperation in that regard.
The Sefwi Wiawso
DCIC is made up of the Municipal Coordinating Director, The Municipal Census
Officer, Municipal Planning Officer and the Municipal Director of Health
Services.
Others include, the
Municipal Director of Education, the Municipal National Commission on Civic
Education Director, the Municipal Information Officer and three representatives
from the Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Authority.
GNA