The
first session of the general assembly meeting of the Tano South District
Assembly has been held.
The
meeting which took place at the Assembly’s Conference Hall saw in attendance
the DCE for Tano South District, Hon. Collins Offinam Takyi, the Presiding
Member of the Assembly, Hon. John Dadzie, the District Coordinating Director,
Mrs Agartha Ahia, The District Finance Officer, Mr Apor Dramani and Nana Fosu
Gyeabour Akoto II, The Omanhene of Bechem Traditional Council.
PICTURES above show
cross section of Assembly Members and dignitaries at the meeting
In
an opening address, the Presiding Member of the Assembly said, he was very glad
and humbled to be given the opportunity to address the August House and also
expressed his profound gratitude to the Hon. DCE, Hon. Assembly Members, and
Hon. Member of Parliament for the Constituency, Nananom, Heads of Departments
and all invited guest for honouring his invitation.
Hon.
Dadzie expressed his sincere appreciation to all honourable Assembly Members
for taking a bold decision to elect him and also declared their support for the
government nominee of the Tano South District Assembly as District Chief
Executive and used the occasion to entreat all honourably Assembly Members and
Stakeholders to forgive and forget certain issues which transpired before,
during and after his election as the Presiding Member and the confirmation of
the DCE.
The Presiding member of
the Assembly addressing the House
Hon.
Dadzie said without peace and unity, the District cannot be developed and for
that matter urged all Assembly Members to collaborate to ensure that they work
hand in hand to seek the benefit of the people in the District. He informed the
Assembly Members that the revocation of the appointment of the government
appointees and the appointment of new Members though have affected all the Sub-
Committees and Executive Committee of the Assembly and the Public Relation and
Complaint units but emphasized that Part 12, 45 (1) of the model standing
orders mandates the Assembly to constitute new sub committees for the Assembly.
Hon
Dadzie asserted that the aim of the meeting is to give opportunity to the DCE
to address the August House to outline his vision on things the government want
to execute to improve the Living Standard of the people.
In
a sessional address, the DCE for Tano South District Hon. Collins Offinaam
Takyi said it with a great excitement, humility and privilege to be given the opportunity
to address this important August House for the first time he assumed office as
the District Chief Executive for the Tano South District and thanked almighty
God for making it possible for us to meet together as one person with one
common destiny and expressed his warmest heartfelt appreciation to His
Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo- Addo, the President of the Republic of
Ghana for nominating him and allowing Honourable Assembly Members to confirm
his nomination.
Hon.
Offinam thanked the Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, MP for Tano South
Constituency, Nananom, Presiding Member of the Assembly, Heads of Departments
for the crucial role they played to make his confirmation a success. He said
the purpose of the meeting is to offer him the opportunity to present his first
sessional address to the August House and to let them know the vision he has
for the entire District.
Hon.
Offinam said he will use the limited resources available efficiently to ensure
that the government through the Tano South District Assembly achieve its
intended aim and objectives. He used the occasion to outline his goals and said
he will operate openly and transparently towards his administration and provide
the necessary information to the public as and when necessary, to ensure
judicious and efficient use of the Assembly’s limited resources and make the
procurement department undertake its core functions to ensure value for money,
to adapt strategic ways to improve Assembly’s internally generated funds, to
collaborate with private sector and civil society organization to ensure
development of the District, to initiate the Assembly’s development projects as
and when necessary to develop the District, to engage broader consultations
with the relevant Stakeholders to take good decisions to ensure that the
District is developed and also to put efforts in place to complete all on-going
projects before new ones are initiated.
He
emphasized that no country in the world can realize its development to the
maximum level without the Stakeholders engagement and made it clear that he
will work with all manner of people including Nananom, Civil Society
Organizations and the Assembly Members to ensure that the Tano South District
is developed.
Hon
Offinam said since the Assembly is blessed with dynamic and committed Human
Resource, he promised to give them all the necessary support and co-operation
so that they can deliver their core mandate efficiently and effectively to
improve the livelihood of the people in the District. He said since the District
Assembly election will take place in 2018 and the MMDCES will be elected during
the same elections and hinted that His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo
has charged them to work extra hard so that they can be voted for by their
people in the constituency and urged all to support him to work towards the
development of the District so that his appointment can be renewed.
The DCE for Tano South
District addressing the House
On
Security, he said due to the interventions by the Stakeholders especially
Nananom and District Security Committee, the District remains relatively calm
and thanked the DISEC for the strategies they have adopted to combat criminal
activities in the District.
On
Finance, Hon. Offinam said the Assembly acquires its financial resources
through the internally generated funds, District Development funds and other
donation and urged all Honourably Assembly Members to be collaborative to
ensure they adopt strategic ways to improve revenue mobilization to enable the
Assembly to be able to carry out more development projects in the Districts. He
said as at June 2017, the outstanding financial liability of the Assembly stood
at one million, one hundred and eighty six thousand, three hundred and thirty
Ghana Cedis and one pesewa (1,186,330.01).
Hon
Offinam said, the LEAP was launched in 2008 under the administration of Former
Ex. President Agyekum Kuffour with the aim to cater for the needy people in
Ghana and hinted that twelve communities with the total population of 267
households has benefited from the programme and emphasized that most of the
beneficiaries of LEAP do not deserve to enjoy the package but will scrutinise
it to allow those who are supposed to enjoy it to benefit from it.
On
the One District One Factory Concept, Hon. Offinam said government is committed
to establish one factory for each District to make the unemployed teeming youth
acquire jobs and said the Free SHS Policy will start by September, 2017 and
hinted that government is to ensure that those who get aggregate between 6-24
will benefit from the programme and that those who will not be able to acquire
aggregate 6-24 will also be given scholarship by the Assembly. He said the
government through the Assembly will give all the necessary support to the
teachers to ensure they prepare well to impact their knowledge to the Students.
He
also touched on Agriculture, planting for food and jobs concept, Fall Army Worm
Invasion, water and sanitation, disasters, National Health Insurance Scheme,
functions of the physical planning, modalities to access the Zongo Development
funds and one million dollar per district, Health, and roads.
Nana
Fosu Gyabour Akoto II, the Omanhene of Bechem Traditional Council in his
closing remark urged all and sundry to support the DCE to implement government
policies and programmes to ensure the development of the district and to get
jobs for the teeming youth.
Nana Fosu Gyeabour
Akoto II, speaking to the House.
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