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Draft of MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2014-2017 DRAFT DISTRICT MEDIUM-TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2014-2017) APPROVAL OF DISTRICT MEDIUM-TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN At a General Assembly Meeting held on Tuesday, 2ND December 2014, the Jomoro District Assembly discussed and approved the District Medium Term- Development Plan and it is hereby submitted for your further action. ........................................ ....................................... PRESIDING MEMBER DISTRICT CHIEF EXECUTIVE (HON. GEORGE BLAY MORKEH) (HON. SYLVESTER N. DADDIEH) ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This District Medium-Term Development Plan (2014-2017) of the Jomoro District was prepared based on the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA II). The document follows the guidelines prepared and issued by the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). The plan was formulated with technical and financial support from Friends of the Nation and STAR Ghana. According to section 10 sub-sections 3 of the Local Government Act, 1993, Act 462, District Assemblies have the right to exercise deliberative, legislative and executive functions. A District Assembly shall be responsible for the overall development of a District and shall ensure the preparation and submission of the development plan and budget for the District over a medium term to the NDPC through Regional Coordinating Councils (RCC) for approval. In fulfilling the above functions, a Preparation Team was formed and tasked to prepare the plan. The team consisted of the following members of the DPCU. District Planning Officer – Jalil Ali Mahama District Budget Analyst – John De-Graft Abotar District Director of Health – Joseph K. Samson District Director of Agric – S.K.E Arthur Ag. District Director of Education – Comfort Ntoni District Director, Town and Country Planning. – Anthony Osei-Mensah METHODOLOGY A participatory process was adopted in the preparation, including One-day Stakeholder Sensitisation Meeting for over 100 participants to discuss the DMTDP preparation process. iii 10 Community Needs Assessment exercises targeting over 800 people in about 60 communities to appraise community development challenges and aspirations in all Ten (10) Area Councils of the District. 4 DPCU meetings to discuss progress of the plan preparation and the way forward 2-day training and information sharing for over 60 participants to discuss and prioritise Coastal Resources Management and Climate Change issues for incorporation into the plan iv 10 Public Hearing exercises targeting over 800 people from One-day workshop with the private sector and key stakeholders to discuss their role in the implementation of the Plan One-day validation workshop to validate and adopt the Development Plan This document had the following as the guiding principles especially during the prioritization of issues: That, project should have an impact on a large proportion of the citizenry especially the poor and the vulnerable. There should be a significant linkage effect on meeting basic human needs and rights as a result of the projects. All activities, project and programmes in the District would ultimately achieve the national goal, which also aims at achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Finally, the projects should also have significant multiplier effects on the local economy and would also achieve Local Economic Development. v The GSGDA II has seven themes; 1. Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability 2. Enhancing Competitiveness in Ghana’s Private Sector 3. Accelerated Agriculture Modernisation and Sustainable Natural Resource Management 4. Oil and Gas Development 5. Infrastructure, Energy and Human Settlement Development 6. Human Development, Productivity and Employment 7. Transparent and Accountable governance The document is structured into seven chapters. Chapter one describes the District profile, current situation and ends with a summary of key development problems, gaps and issues identified in the current situation. Chapter two discusses the District Development Priorities. Chapter three focuses on the District Development Goal and Objectives and strategies to achieve them. Chapter four details the development programmes Chapter Five outlines the annual action plans. Chapter Six concentrates on Monitoring and Evaluation arrangement. Chapter explains the Communication Strategy. vi TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY III TABLE OF CONTENTS VII LIST OF ACRONYMS X CHAPTER ONE 1 PERFORMANCE REVIEW/ CURRENT SITUATION 1 1.0 PERFORMANCE REVIEW 1 1.2 REVIEW OF PROJECTS UNDER THE JOMORO DISTRICT MTDP (2010-1013) 2 1.3.1 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS 15 1.3.1.1 LOCATION AND SIZE 15 1.3.1.2 Relief and Drainage 18 1.3.1.3 CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 21 1.3.1.4 Vegetation 21 1.3.2 Characteristics of the Coastal Zone: overview 30 1.3.6 PLACES OF ATTRACTION AND HISTORICAL FACTS 39 1.3.4 CULTURE 40 1.3.12 CHIEFTAINCY DISPUTES 42 1.3.13 SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS 42 1.4 ECONOMY OF THE DISTRICT 45 1.4.1 AGRICULTURE 45 1.5 TransportATION 53 1.6 Tourism 56 1.7 FOOD SECURITY 65 1.8 SOCIAL SERVICES 68 1.8.1 Healthcare in JOMORO District 68 1.8.7 Challenges to Healthcare in the District 74 1.9 Education 79 1.10 Water and Sanitation 89 1.11 ENERGY 99 1.12 GOVERNANCE 105 1.13 VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS 110 1.14 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 115 1.15 HIV/AIDS 117 1.16 GENDER 117 1.17 ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND GREEN ECONOMY 118 1.19 POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS 124 1.20 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION 127 1.21 DISASTER 127 1.22 WATER SECURITY 128 1.23 SOCIAL PROTECTION INTERVENTIONS 129 1.23.1 Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (LEAP) 129 1.23.2 DISABILITY 130 vii 1.23.3 GHANA YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (GYEEDA) 131 CHAPTER TWO: PRIORITISATION OF DEVELOPMENT ISSUES 138 CHAPTER THREE: DEVELOPMENT GOAL AND PROJECTIONS 151 3.1 DISTRICT FOCUS 151 3.2 DISTRICT GOAL, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES 151 CHAPTER FOUR: COMPOSITE PROGRAM OF ACTION 168 CHAPTER FIVE: ANNUAL ACTION PLANS 218 5.1 INTRODUCTION 218 CHAPTER SIX: MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN 252 6.1 INTRODUCTION 252 6.1.1 MONITORING 252 6.1.2 EVALUATION 252 6.4 CALENDAR FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION 256 CHAPTER SEVEN: COMMUNICATION STRATEGY 257 7.0 INTRODUCTION 257 7.1 COMMUNICATION OBJECTIVES 257 7.2 DISSEMINATION OF THE MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN 258 7.3 APPROACHES/ CHANNELS 260 LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1.7. THE ROAD NETWORK IN THE DISTRICT ....................................................................... 55 TABLE 1.8 HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN THE JOMORO DISTRICT.................................................... 68 TABLE 1.26 SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER FOR HOUSEHOLDS .................................................. 96 TABLE 1.27 BOREHOLES AND THEIR LOCATIONS IN THE DISTRICT .............................................. 97 TABLE 1.34 RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS ......................................................................................... 126 TABLE 3.1: ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. TABLE 3.2: ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS OF GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR ............................. 152 TABLE 3.3: ACCELERATED AGRICULTURE MODERNISATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................. 153 TABLE 3.4: OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................... 155 TABLE 3.5: INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ........................................ 156 TABLE 3.6HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT .................................. 162 TABLE 3.7TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE ................................................... 165 TABLE 4.1 THEMATIC AREA: ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY ....... 170 TABLE 4.2 THEMATIC AREA: ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS OF GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR . 171 viii TABLE 4.3 THEMATIC AREA: ACCELERATED AGRICULTURE MODERNISATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ................................................................................. 175 TABLE 4.4: THEME 4: OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT ................................................................... 182 TABLE 4.5 INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ......................................... 184 TABLE 4.6 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT ................................. 202 TABLE 4.7 TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE .................................................. 212 TABLE 7.1 MATRIX SHOWING TARGET STAKEHOLDERS AND PURPOSE OF COMMUNICATION 259 TABLE 7.2 MATRIX SHOWING TARGET INSTITUTIONS, STAKEHOLDERS AND APPROACHES ..... 261 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1.1 JOMORO IN NATIONAL AND REGIONAL CONTEXT .................................................... 16 FIGURE 1.3 DRAINAGE IN JOMORO DISTRICT ............................................................................... 19 FIGURE 1: 4 SOILS MAP ................................................................................................................. 26 FIGURE 1: 5 GEOLOGY MAP .......................................................................................................... 27 FIGURE 1:6 LAND COVER MAP ...................................................................................................... 28 FIGURE 1.12 POPULATION DENSITY ............................................................................................. 44 FIGURE 1.14 TRANSPORTATION MAP. .......................................................................................... 54 FIGURE 1.15 TOURIST MAP OF JOMORO
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