DISTRICT ELECTION TASKFORCE INAUGURATED

A Seven (7) Member District Election Taskforce has been inaugurated at Bechem in the Brong Ahafo Region.

At  a swearing-in ceremony which held at the Conference Hall of the Tano South District Assembly, the Presiding Magistrate of the Bechem Distrrict Court, Her worship Yakubu Hajia Memunatu Jebuni, told the  members to be uphold, preserve and  ensure that, peace prevailed and maintained before, during and after the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary elections and urged the taskforce  members to keep matter discussed at their level which is not for public consumption to themselves for the necessary action to be taken on them.

Her worship Yakubu Hajia Memunatu Jebuni said, as part of their job, the taskforce is to identify flash points in the district and find mechanisms and solutions of meeting the challenges that may arise before, during and after the elections and urged the taskforce to ensure that all election materials are well protected and secured on election time.

 The Tano South District Chief Executive and DISEC chairman, Hon.  Bukari Zakari Anaba in a speech commended the Taskforce and told them that the task ahead of them is not a mere one so they should play their part well as expected of them. He said the District Security Committee (DISEC) as has always been ensure the security of the District is paramount and see to it that, the peace that has existed in the district over the years is maintained before, during and after the elections to complement the work of the taskforce.

Hon. Anaba said, the Tano South District Assembly will collaborate with the District Peace Council and all well- meaning citizens of the District and organizations to ensure that proper mechanisms are put in place for the conduct of the elections in the District. 

The chairman of the Taskforce, DSP Emmanuel Baah in a speech on behalf of the members thanked the authorities for the post entrusted in them and said the taskforce will do all it takes to ensure that they do the assigned duties. DSP Baah said, the work of the taskforce will not be complemented without the collective support of all and sundry and called on all to give the taskforce their maximum support in the discharge of their duties and called on politicians not to interfere in the work of the taskforce but to complement their work.

Dignitaries at the swearing-in ceremony were the DCE for Tano south District, Hon. Bukari Zakari Anaba, The Tano South District Magistrate, Her worship Yakubu Hajia Memunatu Jebuni, and the Presiding Member for Tano South District Assembly, Hon. Anthony Opoku.

MP DONATES ITEMS TO INSTITUTIONS IN THE TANO SOUTH DISTRICT

The Member of Parliament for the Tano South Constituency of the Brong Ahafo Region, Hon. Dr. Hannah Louisa Bisiw has donated a number of items including Computers and its accessories, set of Jerseys, footballs, a photocopier machine and exercise books to seven Educational Institutions and the Bechem Traditional Council in the Tano South District.

In a presentation Ceremony held at Bechem, the MP and Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Hon. Dr. Hannah Louisa Bisiw said the use of the items presented would go a long way to facilitate the work of the beneficiaries. She said, the government is investing in education to ensure that all schools under trees are eradicated and that the parents must also play their part by sending their children to school to enable them benefit from government initiatives.

Hon.Dr. Bisiw said, on assumption of office as the Substantive Member of Parliament for the Constituency, she has been able to initiate a number of development projects through the use of her share of the MP’s Common Fund to better and improve the lives of the people.

Hon. Bisiw said, the government is putting measure in place for the release of an Ambuiance to the Techimantia Polyclinic to help improve the conditions at the Polyclinic and used the occasion to catalogue some of her achievements.  She disclosed that, she will arrange for a free Medical Screening Exercise for the people in the district and urged all to take advantage of the exercise and know their health status as soon as the exercise takes off.

The Tano South District Chief Executive, Hon. Bukari Zakari Anaba in a speech thanked H.E John Dramani Mahama for releasing five (5) vehicles to three (3) Institutions in the District in order to alleviate the transportation problems facing the Institutions and thanked the Member of Parliament for the Constituency for accounting to the people on her stewardship as the MP for the area.

Hon. Anaba said the Tano South District Assembly in collaboration with the Member of Parliament has been able to award a number of scholarships to many brilliant but needy children in the District to further their education and called on all and sundry not to politicise the work of the MP.

Hon. Anaba said, the Bechem town roads project is dear to the heart of the government and as a result of it has been awarded on contract and called on all and sundry to help make the project a living testimony. He said, the government through the policy of investing in the people has made strides for others to help and it is in one of such strides that the MP for the Constituency through the Lordina Mahama Foundation has been able to donate a number of sewing machines and carpentry tools to graduate apprentices in the sewing industry as a start-up kit to start business.

A Minister of State at the Presidency, Hon. Anarfi Mensah also in a speech thanked the President for the numerous projects carried out across the length and breadth of the Country.  Hon. Anarfi who is a product of the Bechem Presbyterian Senior High School hinted that the school will be celebrating its fiftieth (50) anniversary and that the government has committed itself  to put up a modern Library Facility for the school.

The Chairman for the occasion, Nana Fosu Darkwah, the Sompahene of the Bechem Traditional Council on behalf of the Omanhene of the Bechem Traditional Area, Nana Fosu Gyeabour Akoto II thanked the MP and the DCE for their contributions towards the upliftment of the District and asked them to extend their hands to the remaining schools and other institutions which did not benefit from the items donated.