DRAFT DISTRICT MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES FOR 2014-2017
PLAN WAS DRAWN WITH GUIDELINES FROM THE NATIONL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AUTHORITY IN LINE WITH THE THEMATIC AREAS SET OUT IN THE GHANA SHARED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENDA(GSGDA II)
WA WEST DISTRICT ASSEMBLY MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2014 - 2017
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
BASIC EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION BECE
CHRISTIAN HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF GHANA CHAG
CHRISTIAN RELIEF SERVICE CRS
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE CHRAJ
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANISATION CBO
COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING OFFICER CPO
COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING SERVICE CHPS
COMMUNITY WATER AND SANITATION AGENCY CWSA
COMMUNITY-BASED RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CBRDP
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS DP
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY COMMON FUND DACF
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY DA
DISTRICT HEALTH MANAGEMENT TEAM DHMT
DISTRICT MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN DMTDP
DISTRICT PLANNING AND COORDINATION UNIT DPCU
DISTRICT WATER AND SANITATION TEAM DWST
DISTRICT-WIDE ASSISTANCE PROJECT DWAP
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES ECOWAS
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EUROPEAN UNION EU
GHANA EDUCATION SERVICE GES
GHANA HEALTH SERVICE GHS
GHANA SHARED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENDA GSGDA
GOVERNMENT OF GHANA GOG
HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRY HIPC
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ICT
INTERNAL GENERATED FUND IGF
JAPAN INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION AGENCY JICA
LIQUIFIED PETROLLEUM GAS LPG
LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LED
MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK MTDPF
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT MP
MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MDG
MINISTRY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE MOFA
MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN MOWAC
MONITORING AND EVALUATION M&E
MULTI-SECTORAL HIV AND AIDS PROJECT MSHAP
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CIVIC EDUCATION NCCE
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING COMMISSION NDPC
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME NHIS
NATIONAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME NYEP Wa West District Medium Term Dev’t Plan 2014-2017 Page 2
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION NGO
OPEN DEFECATION FREE ODF
OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT OPD
PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION PTA
POTENTIALS, OPPORTUNITIES, CONSTRAINS, CHALLENGES POCC
REGIONAL COORDINATING COUNCIL RCC
REGIONAL PLANNING COORDINATING UNIT RPCU
RURAL ACTION AID PROGRAMME RAAP
SAVANNA ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT AGENCY SADA
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SMC
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES STDS
SMALL TOWN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM PROJECT STWSSP
SOCIAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL INSURANCE TRUST SSNIT
STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SEA
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S EMERGENCY FUND UNICEF
VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING VCT
WA WEST DISTRICT ASSEMBLY WWDA
WATER AND SANITATION WATSAN
WECHIAU COMMUNITY HIPPO SANCTUARY WCHS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.0 GENERAL BACKGROUND TO THE PREPARATION OF THE DISTRICT MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN The preparation of this Medium-Term Development Plan (DMTDP, 2014-2017), is in fulfillment of the constitutional mandate, which requires every district to develop a Medium Term Development Plan. The District Planning Coordinating Unit (DPCU) adopted a participatory approach in preparing the 2014 - 2017 Medium Term Development Plan. The following steps were adopted:
1. To engender participation, a Plan Preparation Team was formed comprising all the departments of the Assembly. Through the instrumentality of the RCC, a facilitator was engaged to give technical support to the planning team. 2. Both secondary and primary data were collected to facilitate the preparation of the DMTDP. The outcome of the data collected is the review report of the 2010-2013 DMTDP and the updating of spatial maps of facilities in the district. 3. The data collected were analyzed to form the bases for the projections. Objectives and strategies were determined through a two day stakeholder meeting. During the review, technical support was given by the RPCU. 4. Community needs assessment was carried out for all communities with the assistance of elected assembly members. This enabled the Assembly to identify and categorize the issues/gaps from each area council. These area council issues were further integrated into the district key development issues. 5. To enhance participation, two public hearings were conducted in all the five area councils in the district. This was to validate the plan and give the citizenry the opportunity to make inputs into the plan. A total of 372 people participated in the public hearings of which 136 were female and 236 were male. The analysis underscored the need for more involvement of women in decision making. Find attached the list of attendance as APPENDIX 1.
Motivation The major motivations came from the zeal of the plan preparation team to serve the communities even though faced with major challenges such as inadequate funds. The planning team was also motivated by the constant technical support from the RPCU. The availability of the needed leadership (both administrative and political) was also timely and helped a lot.
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Support Without support, the planning process would have been in jeopardy. Technical and financial support in the area of capacity and data collection was provided by the District Assembly. The technical support was through the faciltatoship of Eric Bannye of SNV. The District Assembly also provided financial and leadership support.
Challenges The plan preparation was not without challenges. A major constraint has been the weak database of the District Assembly and inadequate funding. Technical capacities in Planning in the district is also low. This has made the few staff with planning skills to be overburden with work which has serious implication for the output of the process. This constraint was mitigated by the introduction of the concept of mentorship.
In many respects, this medium-term development plan seeks to address the challenges and set-backs of the immediate past plan (2010-2013 DMTDP). The 2014-2017 DMTDP is anchored on the following themes: 1. Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability 2. Enhancing Competitiveness of Ghana’s Private Sector 3. Accelerated Agricultural Modernisation and Sustainable Natural Resource Management 4. Oil and Gas Development 5. Infrastructure and Human Settlements 6. Human Development, Productivity and Employment 7. Transparent and Accountable Governance
The district goal is “To improve the quality of life of the people through the provision of basic infrastructure and socio-economic services”. Enhanced competiveness in Ghana’s private sector thematic focuses on increase tourist visit to the Wechiau Hippo Sanctuary. With the Accelerated agricultural modernisation and natural resource management thematic area, emphasis is on increasing major crops and animal production, reduction in the rate of bush fires and strengthening disaster prevention.
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Under the Infrastructure, energy and human settlements development thematic area, the main focus of the plan is to extend electricity to many communities, increase access to ICT, improve the road network, and develop planning schemes among others.
With the Human development, employment and productivity thematic area, the focus is reducing maternal mortality, infant mortality and HIV AIDS rates, increase NHIS coverage, improve teacher- pupil ratio, gross enrolment rate and school infrastructure situation. Water and Sanitation is also emphasized.
Women participation in decision making, security, local economic development and internal generated fund took centre stage in the Transparent and Accountable Governance thematic area.
2.0 SCOPE AND DIRECTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS FOR 2014-2017
This document is divided into six chapters. Chapter one deals with the review of the previous plan and the analysis of the situation as pertained in 2013. The review shows that there were marginal increases in many of the achievements as compared to the targets. Prominent among the factors that worked against the district development targets include the drought in 2010, the floods in 2011 and 2013 for the agricultural sector. In the education sector, enrolment figures at the basic level are still low, and teacher-pupil ratio has not also seen any improvement. Health indicators such as NHIS coverage, HIV/AIDS prevalence rate, maternal mortality etc show marginal improvement. Sanitation situation in the district is also not encouraging. However, water coverage has shown marked improvement.
The situational analysis unearthed development problems from water and sanitation, health, agriculture, education, performance of the local governance system, tourism among others.
Chapter two presented the prioritized issue. These problems are then subjected to the analysis of Potentials, Opportunities, Constraints and Challenges in respect of the MTDPF (2014-2017). The outcome of this chapter is that there are enough opportunities and potentials in the district to solving the development problems identified in chapter one.
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Chapter three highlights the district goal, objectives and strategies to tackle the development problems in the district. For effective objective setting, projections are made. It is assumed among others that: • The population growth rate will not exceed 1.7% per annum; • Migration rate will also remain unchanged.
In chapter four, the Programme of Action analysis reveals that the total cost of financing the Medium Term Development Plan (2014 – 2017) stands at Forty one million, four hundred and seventy seven thousand, four hundred and eight Ghana Cedis (GH¢41,477,408) against an Indicative Financial Budget of nineteen million, one hundred and sixty three thousand, five hundred and thirty four Ghana Cedis (GH¢19,163,534). This reveals a financial gap of Twenty two million, three hundred and thirteen thousand, eight hundred and seventy four Ghana Cedis (GH¢22,313,874).
Strategies to fill in financing the gap include the following;
Scaling up the volume of IGF through market tolls and cattle rate collection. Putting mechanism to blocking all revenue leakages by providing accurate data on properties, efficient and reliable revenue collection method and well trained and motivated staff. Marketing the plan to Development Partners to support the district assembly.
Chapter five translated the composite programme of action into annual plans for effective implementation.
Chapter six deals with Monitoring and Evaluation. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is an integral part of the plan formulation and implementation process in the district. The output of the M&E process is used for informing district development planning; enhancing transparency and accountability in the management of resources.
With this background, an efficient M&E system is required to respond to these needs adequately. These notwithstanding, the district M&E system continues to be challenged by severe financial constraints in addition to institutional, operational and technical capacity constraints as well as uncoordinated information flow, particularly at the sector level. Technical issues also revolve round the difficulties in getting decentralized departments to prepare their respective Sector Plans
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To address these challenges, the current institutional arrangements will be reinforced with adequate capacity to support and sustain effective monitoring and evaluation, existing M & E mechanisms will be strengthened, harmonized and effectively coordinated. In addition, an efficient system for generating relevant, reliable and timely quantitative and qualitative information as well as an effective feedback mechanism that makes statistical information available in useable form to the district assembly, private sector and civil society organizations will be involved; and participatory M&E processes will be developed.
Chapter seven deals with Communication as it is key to the promotion of transparency and accountability. It is also seen as a way of promoting team spirit and team work since every actor in the particular activity is aware of what is going on.
In view of the above, the Wa West District Assembly as part of the DMTDP 2014-2017 has developed a communication strategy in order to enable all responsible agencies and persons are abreast with the contents of the DMTDP and the role they are expected to play. This would be done by disseminating the DMTDP throughout the district. It is our hope that this document would meet the development aspirations of our people and serve as a platform for accelerated growth and poverty reduction in the years to come.
We wish to thank District Planning and Coordinating Unit and all those who contributed in diverse ways towards the completion of this document.
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(HON. DASSANA N. ADAMU) DISTRICT CHIEF EXECUTIVE WA WEST DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
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CHAPTER ONE
1.0 PERFORMANCE REVIEW/DISTRICT PROFILE
The current situation of the District includes a review of the Performance of the District in implementing programmes and projects in the 2010-2013 District Medium-Term Development Plan (MTDP) under the
GSGDA 1 thematic areas.
1.1 PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE 2010-2013 DMTDP
The aim of the review of the 2010-2013 DMTDP is to determine the status of the implementation of the plan, its achievements, challenges and constraints to implementation, key issues/gaps associated with the planned objectives and targets and its implications towards the development of the district. The results will serve as lessons for the 2014-2017 DMTDP.
Sectoral objectives and targets set for the District under the GSGDA1 thematic areas were used for the review and information sources included Departmental reports, APRs for 2010 - 2013 and data collected on the field.
The details of the review have been presented under the seven thematic areas of the GSGDA1 as shown in
Table 1 below:
8. Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability 9. Enhancing Competitiveness of Ghana’s Private Sector 10. Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management 11. Oil and Gas Development 12. Infrastructure and Human Settlements 13. Human Development, Productivity and Employment 14. Transparent and Accountable Governance
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Table 1.1 Summary of the review
THEMATIC AREA:PRIVATE SECTOR COMPETITIVENESS CROP PRODUCTION OBJECTIVE: To facilitate farmers' adoption of improved technologies for increased production
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 CROP(Mt/Annu m) Achievemen Achievemen Targe Achievemen Target Achievemen Target Achievemen t t t t t t Maize 5,850 6832 6,201 6,528 6,573 6,970 6,968 6,960 Rice 3,500 3,190 3,820 2,436 3,849 2,490 4,080 2,560 Sorghum 6,270 7,100 6,178 4,523 6,551 4,838 6,944 4,176 32,36 34,301 29,115 36,359 Groundnut 30,260 25,674 29,280 0 26,642 Millet 5,040 3,590 5,393 2,735 5,717 2,885 6,060 2,243
ANIMAL PRODUCTION
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 LIVESTOCK Achievement Achievement Target Achievement Target Achievement Target Achievement Cattle 29,653 15113 30,543 13,700 31,450 15,000 32,343 15,750 Sheep 17,472 12,050 17,996 13,200 18,620 16,000 19,344 15,200 Goats 131,819 20,000 135,774 26,470 140,224 20,228 144,674 19,200 Pigs 14,466 11,370 14,900 10,221 15,434 12,763 16,068 12,500 Poultry 39,793 32,000 34,600 35,000 NB: Due to inadequate funds and limited staff, livestock census could not be conducted for the last three years.
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THEMATIC AREA: PRIVATE SECTOR COMPETITIVENESS
TOURISM PERFORMANCE
Objective: To increase the number of tourists to the district by 50% by 2013
2010 2011 2012 2013
TARGET ACHIEVE TARGET ACHIEVE- TARGET ACHIEVE- TARGET ACHIEV- MENT MENT MENT MENT
Foreign N/A 512 N/A 673 N/A 797 N/A 931
Domestic N/A 1,144 N/A 1,183 N/A 1,018 N/A 1,339
REMARKS: No targets were set for the tourism sector. However, the achievements showed a consistent increase from 2006 to 2009.
THEMATIC AREA: PRIVATE SECTOR COMPETITIVENESS
ELECTRICITY SUPPlY
Objective: To connect 30 communities to the National grid by 2013
2010 2011 2012 2013
TARGET ACHIEVE TARGET ACHIEVE TARGET ACHIEVE TARGET ACHIEVE MENT MENT MENT MENT
No. of communities 5 2 5 3 5 8 5 15
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THEAMATIC AREA; HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION
Objective 1: To increased enrolment by 90% by 2013
Objective 2: To reduce PTR to 1:45 by 2016
KINDERGARTEN 2010 2011 2012 2013
TARGET ACHIVEMENT TARGET ACHIVEMENT TARGET ACHIVEMENT TARGET ACHIVEMENT
Gross Enrolment Rate(GER) 80.50 97.19 84.50 86.43 63.5 89.3 83.7 91
Gender Parity Index(GPI) 0.98 1.10 0.98 0.98 1.03 0.99 1.03 1.15 Percentage of trained in teachers public kindergarten 20.0 13.79 20.0 17.39 22.1 20.0 22.1 22.0 Pupil Teacher Ratio in public kindergarten 26:1 56:1 26:1 41:1 45:1 108:1 45:1 93:1 Remarks: About 49% of children who are supposed to be in K.G. are not in school .This has serious implication for the development of the District’s human resource e development. Gender parity also experience marginal decline throughout the period. The trained teacher pupil ratio has not improved as there are still very few trained at the K.G level
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PRIMARY SCHOOLS PERFORMANCE
PRIMARY 2010 2011 . 2012 2013
TARGET ACHIVEMENT TARGET ACHIVEMENT TARGET ACHIVEMENT TARGET ACHIVEMENT Gross Enrolment Rate(GER) 93.50 93.20 93.50 96.0 163.5 412.1 163.5 143.50 Gender Parity Index(GPI) 0.90 0.86 0.92 0.88 0.90 1.07 0.92 1.52 Percentage of trained in teachers Public Primary School 50.25 37.69 50.25 43.19 25.8 23.10 25.8 26.5 Pupil Teacher/Pupils Ratio in public kindergarten 40:1 68:1 40:1 54:1 45:1 45:1 45:1 39:1
JHS LEVEL PERFORMANCE
2010 2011 JHS ACCESS TARGET ACHIVEMENT TARGET ACHIVEMENT TARGET ACHIVEMENT TARGET ACHIVEMENT
Gross Enrolment Rate(GER) 40.72 36.62 40.72 40.23 90.5 90.7 90.5 98.8 Gender Parity Index(GPI) 0.64 0.62 0.64 0.66 0.89 0.90 0.99 1.01 Percentage of trained in teachers Public JHS 76.92 31.51 76.92 72.32 34.9 33.2 34.9 34.9 Pupil Teacher Ratio in public JHS 31:1 15:1 31:1 54:1 45:1 20:1 45:1 22:1
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THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
HEALTH SECTOR PERFORMANCE
Health indicators 2010 2011 2012 2013 performance TARGET ACHIEVEM TARGE ACHIEVE TARGE ACHIEVE TARGE ACHIEVE ENT T MENT T MENT T MENT
Under 5 mortality rate 176/100,0 No data 176/100, No data 176/100, 208 absolute 176/100, 112 absolute 00 000 000 death 000 deaths
Maternal mortality rate 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 5
Skilled delivery 35% (648) 29.2% 40% (861) 50% (943) 41.1% 55% (1237) 38.1% 53.2%
Family planning 30% 44% 35% 45.8% 40% 36.4% 45% 42% acceptance
Incidence of malaria 45% 49.6% 45% 69.9% 40% 68.20% 35% 45.1%
NHIS Coverage - - 75% 80% 85%
REMARKS: almost all targets were not met. This has implication for meeting health related MDGs
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THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
WATER AND SANITATION SECTOR PERFORMANCE
Water and sanitation 2010 2011 2012 2013 performance TARGET ACHIEVEMENT TARGET ACHIEVEMENT TARGET ACHIEVEMENT TARGET ACHIEVEMENT
Water coverage 80% 60.35% 80% 73.23% 80% 74.50% 80% 74.07%
Sanitation coverage 30% 30% 30% 30% 19%
REMARKS: the district can achieve the MDG for water coverage. However, the same story cannot be told for sanitation. The current level of 19% need to be addressed.
THEMATIC AREA: GOOD GOVERNANACE
SECTOR FINANCES
2010 2011 2012 2013
TARGET ACHIEVEMENT TARGET ACHIEVEMENT TARGET ACHIEVEMENT TARGET ACHIEVEMENT
FUNDS 926,910.00 755,263.11 1,324,526.68 1,312,802.11 1,708,328.91 1,569,443.73 3,007,751.72 885,029.56 INFLOW
REMARKS: apart from 2009, financial inflows are impressive for all sectors. The 2009 figure is low because some of the inflows came in 2010. Data on financial outflows could not be collated from the departments due to a lot of inconsistencies in them.
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1.2 ISSUES ARISING OUT OF THE 2010-2013 DMTDP REVIEW
• Inadequate household latrine
• Inadequate funding for DWST activities
• Inadequate capacities for DWST members
• Irregular maintenance and usage of household latrines
• Delayance of some households in building the structures for house hold latrines
• Residents in communities closer to Wa still prefer Wa municipal health insurance
• Most communities inaccessible during the raining season
• Inadequate logistics
• Ineffective community health insurance committees
• There is also a high incidence of migration among the inhabitants particularly the Brifor across the western borders to Burkina Faso
• High disease burden – geographical location
• maternal and infant mortality
• Low utilization of services
• Cultural/traditional beliefs
• Geographical inaccessibility
• Inadequate technical staff especially midwives
• Residential, office and service provision accommodation – DHMT not well routed in Wechiau
• Poor documentation
• Inadequate CHPS compounds
• Inadequate funding for monitoring and supervision
• Dwindling donor support
• No office space for agric
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• Irregular releases of DACF • Low IGF • Weak data management
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1.2 DISTRICT PROFILE
1.2.1 GEO-PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS 1.2.1.1 Location and Size
The Wa West District is one of the eleven districts that make up the Upper West Region created in 2004 by legislative instrument 1751. The District is located in the western part of the Upper West Region, approximately between Longitudes 9º40’N and 10º10’N and also between latitudes 2º20W and 2º50’W. It shares borders to the south with Northern Region, North-West by Nadowli District, East by Wa Municipal and to the West by Burkina Faso. The total area of the district is approximately 1,856 square km. This constitutes about 10 % of the region’s total land area, which is estimated at 18,478square km. Based on the location and the nature of the economic activities of the district, it is the food basket of the Wa Municipality. This means market for the district agricultural produce exist. There are very little commercial and no political activities between the district and Burkina Faso. The proximity of Wa West District to Burkina Faso however places it in a good position to take advantage of suggestions made by the “Savannah Accelerated Development Authority “ which proposes the promotion of a Savannah-Sahel Regional Market amongst other initiatives.
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Wa West District in National Context
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1.2.1.2 Relief/Topography, Drainage and Geology/Soils
The Wa West District topography is gently rolling with a few hills ranging between 180 and 300 meters above sea level. It is drained by one main river – the Black Volta, to the west marking the boundary between the district and the Republic of Burkina Faso.
The Black Volta and its tributaries is the main drainage system in the District. The Black Volta and its several feeder tributaries present opportunities for irrigation in the district that can promote all year round farming. Most of the tributary streams are seasonal, thus disrupting communication during the rainy season along all the major roads to the District capital.
The soils in the district are mostly Leptosols, Lixisols and Vertisols. There are also strips of Fluvisols along the flood plains of the Black Volta as well as sandy loams along some of its tributaries. The general nature of the soils, coupled with the traditional land use practices and limited rainfall, tend to have adverse effect on crop production. This forces the youth to look for sustenance elsewhere at the expense of their lives or health.
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1.2.1.3 Climate and Vegetation
The Wa West District lies within the Guinea Savannah Zone which is characterized mainly by short grasses and only few woody shrubs and trees. Common trees in the District consist of drought and fire resistant trees such as baobab, dawadawa, shea trees and kapok. Commercial tress such as Cashew and Mangoes are also found in the district. The vegetation is very congenial for livestock production, which contributes significantly to household incomes in the District. The greatest influence on the vegetation is the prolonged dry season. During this period, the grass becomes dry and the subsequent bush burning leaves the area patched and mostly bare of vegetation. Consequently, the torrential early rains cause soil erosion. Bush burning reduces the vegetative cover and adversely affects rainfall. Transpiration is reduced considerably and this affects average annual rainfall totals.
The climate of the district is tropical continental type with the mean annual temperature ranging between 22.5°C to 45°C. A lesser known and used environmental resource is what is referred to as diurnal temperature variation. The Wa West District, like most of the other districts of the three northern regions have the comparative advantage during the months of November to February (the harmattan period) of having relatively cool night temperatures of between 18°C to 22°C and rather hot day temperatures of as high as 38°C to 40°C. The relatively cool nights are very suitable for stimulating good flowering in fruits and vegetables, heavy fruit setting and good ripening and colour turning in fruits. This gives the northern part of Ghana that comparative advantage of this type of less known climatic resource for generating other economic benefits; and Wa West District should not hesitate to take full advantage of this. The period between February and April is the hottest. Between April and October, the Tropical Maritime air mass blows over the area which gives the only wet season in the year; with the suitable rainfall for agriculture being effectively only four to month in a year. The poor rainfall pattern leads to the migration of the youth, a factor associated with the underdevelopment of the human resource base of the district.
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1.2.2 THE ENVIRONMENT
1.2.2.1 Condition of Natural Environment Large tracts of the natural tree vegetation are disappearing in the District due largely to human activities in the form of cultivation, over-grazing, bush fires and charcoal burning. This situation must be checked to avoid environmental degradation and the destruction of important soil micro- organisms. Traditional farming practices such as slash and burn, shifting cultivation, road construction, sand and gavel winning also degrade the land in the district. Farming along water courses has led to the silting of many streams and other water bodies. There is therefore the need to desilt these water bodies in order to make water available for dry season farming and other domestic purposes. The activities of Fulani herdsmen on the environment cannot be overemphasized. They take advantage of the ECOWAS Protocol and bring in herds of alien cattle in to the district. Apart from the overgrazing done by their cattle, they also cut down economic trees such as shea trees to feed their cattle. Worse still, they allow their cattle to graze on farms. This has often resulted in reduction of farm yields and income levels of farmers and women in the district who are the major pickers of the sheanuts.
To forestall environmental degradation, there is the need to establish tree plantation such as cashew, mango, sheanuts and also curb the activities of the alien Fulani herdsmen.
1.2.2.2 Condition of Built Environment
The complete absence of development control in the district, especially the district capital, Wechiau has led to disorganized development in the district. There are no planning schemes in the district. This has resulted in misuse as well as under use of the land. Poor sanitation and personal hygiene practices such as indiscriminate defecation are major factors that impact negatively on the environment. Sensitization of the people to use the few sanitation facilities and the enforcement of environmental bye laws need to be reinforced along side with the provision of household latrines and other sanitation facilities.
The erection of store structures including kiosks and metal structures along the streets of the major towns have greatly blighted the beauty of the district.
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Plans are far advanced to developed planning schemes for all the major towns in the district for organized development. With the introduction of street- naming and property addressing systems put in place, most urban areas in the District will be well planned and beautified if compileted
1.3 DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS 1.3.1 Population Size and Growth Rate
Population Size and Distribution
The 2010 Population and Housing Census (PHC) recorded a population size of 81,348 for the Wa West District, representing 11.6 percent of the regional popultion. Table 2.1 shows the population by age, sex and type of locality in the district. From the table it can be seen that the total population of males is 40,227 (49.5%) and female is 41,121 (50.5%). Wa West is basically a rural district.
Table 2.1: Population size by locality of residence by district, region and sex ratio
All Localities Urban Rural
Region/District/ Sex Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Upper West 702,110 100 114,653 16.3 587,457 100
Wa West 81,348 100 - - 81,348 100
Male 40,227 49.5 - - 40,227 49.5
Female 41,121 50.5 - - 41,121 50.5 Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census.
2.3 Age-Sex Structure The age and sex structure of the population is influenced by birth and death rates, as well as internal and international migration. Table 2.2 shows the age- sex structure of the district. From the table it shows that there are more female in the district than male.
The district has a sex ratio of 97.8 which is greater than the regional sex ratio of 94.5. The age group 5-9 has the highest population of females with a figure of 7069 whilst the male group has a population of 6326 in that age group. Whereas the age group 15-19 has the highest sex ratio of 130.5 that of 35-39 indicated the lowest (60.4).
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Table 2.2: Age structure by sex
Both Sexes Males Females Age Group Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Sex Ratio
All Ages 81,348 100 40,227 100 41,121 100 97.8
0 - 4 11,265 90.9 5,672 83.9 5,593 99.5 101.4 5 - 9 13,395 108.1 7,069 104.5 6,326 112.5 111.7
10 - 14 12,387 100.0 6,764 100.0 5,623 100.0 120.3
15 - 19 9,435 76.2 5,342 79.0 4,093 72.8 130.5
20 - 24 5,289 42.7 2,685 39.7 2,604 46.3 103.1
25 - 29 4,340 35.0 1,901 28.1 2,439 43.4 77.9
30 - 34 4,176 33.7 1,631 24.1 2,545 45.3 64.1
35 - 39 3,787 30.6 1,426 21.1 2,361 42.0 60.4
40 - 44 3,527 28.5 1,365 20.2 2,162 38.4 63.1
45 - 49 2,798 22.6 1,206 17.8 1,592 28.3 75.8
50 - 54 2,592 20.9 1,216 18.0 1,376 24.5 88.4
55 - 59 1,522 12.3 700 10.3 822 14.6 85.2
60 - 64 2,102 17.0 960 14.2 1,142 20.3 84.1
65 - 69 1,122 9.1 518 7.7 604 10.7 85.8
70 - 74 1,354 10.9 659 9.7 695 12.4 94.8
75 - 79 748 6.0 377 5.6 371 6.6 101.6
80 - 84 832 6.7 394 5.8 438 7.8 90.0 85 + 677 5.5 342 5.1 335 6.0 104.4 Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census.
1.3.2 Religious Composition/Ethnicity
Religious Composition Traditionalists are the largest religion with 29.5% of the people. Islam is the second dominant religion with 23.5% and followed by Christianity. Christian dominations in the district include Catholics, Pentecostal/Charismatics and Protestant (Anglican Lutheran, etc).
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ECONOMY Majority of the people are subsistence farmers whilst a few along the banks of the Black Volta engage in fishing. Most of the women engage in pito brewing, petty trading and shea butter extraction. The most predominant tribe in the District is the Brefor with dialectical variations, followed by Waales and Dagaabas. There are other minor tribes such as the Hausa, Asantes, etc. They co-exist peacefully and inter-marry. There are 44,301 persons 15 years and older of which 72.1 percent are economically active. The Economically active population (employed and unemployed) has the highest proportion 79 percent and economically not active 21.9 percent. For the economically active category a higher proportion (98.4%) is employed with a lower proportion (1.6%) are unemployed.
Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers are the biggest occupational group (8.0%) in the districts. Manufacturing (6.9%) is second largest group in the district. Females dominate the manufacturing sector (11.3%) while males dominate plant and machine operators and assemblers, technicians and associate professionals, and professional groups.
The self-employed (without employees) are the biggest (56.8%) in terms of employment status. males dominate the self-employed and casual worker, while females dominate the contributing family worker and domestic employee categories.
The private informal sector accounts for 97.0 percent in the districts, followed by public (government) (2.2%) and the private formal sector (0.4%) accounting for the employment sectors in the district.
In general, females are employed more 16432 (52.3%) than males 14,994 (47.7%). More females are economically not active 6,857 (55.4%) than males 5,514 (44.6%).
1.3.3 Migration
The 2010 Population and Housing Census sought information on place of birth in relation to locality of enumeration. Birthplace and migratory pattern are, therefore, analysed by comparing locality of birth with locality of enumeration. Persons born in the locality of enumeration are assumed not to have had any migratory history.
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This may not necessarily be the case since some people who might have moved outside their locality of birth could have returned to that locality for the census or on visit or on retirement. Their migratory movements would thus be lost. Birthplace in relation to place of enumeration is, therefore, only a crude measure of migration. The information is restricted to Ghanaians by birth and therefore does not capture the true volume of movement into the district.
Table 2.4 shows the birthplace by duration of residence of migrant. A total of 6,713 people in the district were born outside the District as shown in table 2.1. Those born elsewhere in the Upper West Region constitute (57.0%). About (43.0%) were born elsewhere outside the Upper West Region. Of those born elsewhere in the Region, majority (12.5%) was born in the Ashanti Region.
Also, of those born in the Region, the majority (36.1%) lived there for 20 or more years and the least (12.3%) staying between 5-9 years.
Fertility
Fertility refers to the number of life births per women during her reproductive life span. Fertility is determined by a number of factors, including the physiological capacity of the woman to reproduce. These, in turn, are affected by a variety of social, cultural, health, economic and other environmental factors.
Table 2.5 shows the general fertility rate, crude birth rate and total fertility rate of all the districts in the region. The crude birth rate for the Wa West District is 24.32 births per 1000 population. This is lower than the regional figure of 23.06 per 1,000 populations.
The general fertility rate for the district is 111.15. This implies that, in the district about 111children are born in a year to 1000 women. The district figure is greater than the regional figure of 97.41. The table also shows the number of women 15-49 years in the district is 17, 796 representing (10.7%) of that regional population. Furthermore, the district has a total of 1978 number of births in the last 12 months preceding the census.
Reported total fertility rate, general fertility rate and crude birth rate by districts
Number of Number of women 15-49 births in last 12 Total Fertility General Crude Birth District Population years months Rate Fertility Rate Rate All Districts 702,110 166,230 16,193 3.45 97.41 23.06 Wa West District Medium Term Dev’t Plan 2014- 2017 Page 22
Wa West 81,348 17,796 1,978 4.06 111.15 24.32 Wa Municipal 107,214 29,396 2,429 3.30 82.63 22.66 Wa East 72,074 15,523 1,776 3.88 114.41 24.64 Sissala East 56,528 14,216 1,219 2.89 85.75 21.56 Nadowli 94,388 21,895 1,998 3.37 91.25 21.17 Jirapa 88,402 20,604 2,064 3.48 100.17 23.35 Sissala West 49,573 11,264 1,397 4.33 124.02 28.18 LambussieKarni 51,654 11,990 1,339 3.87 111.68 25.92 Lawra 100,929 23,546 1,993 3.02 84.64 19.75 Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census. Literacy and Education
Literacy is the ability to read and write. The inability to do so is called illiteracy or analphabetic. The primary sense of literacy represents the lifelong, intellectual process of gaining meaning from a critical interpretation of the written or printed text.
The UNESCO defines literacy as the “ability to identify, understand, interpret create, communicate and compute using print and written materials associated with varying context.” Table 11 shows the population 11 years and older by sex, age and literacy status. It shows the population who are literate, not literate and English only among other languages.
Table 3.9 below shows that 33,613 people are not literate in the district, with 19,465 persons being literate. Six thousand, six hundred and ninety (6690) could write and speak English only, 1,048 with Ghanaian language only, 13 were literate in English and French, and 54 were literate in English, French and Ghanaian language.
There are a large number of people between the age group 15-19 who are literate (36.1%), and those who could speak English and Ghanaian (37.2%). The age group 20-65+ had figures in the not literate group greater than the literate group. The male and female distribution presents another interesting picture about the district.
There are more none literate female (57.7%) than literate male (42.2%), but the female non literate (19,408) is rather more than twice greater than the literate (8131). This should be a greater concern to policy maker since it implies that there are more males who are educated than females. The age groups for male and female are almost similar as there are more none literate than literate in all but three age groups 11-14, 15-19 and 20-24.
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Figure 3.2 Literacy Status
English and Other English, French French 0% and Ghanaian 0% language 0%
English only 34%
English and Ghanaian language 60% Ghanaian language only 6%
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census. The level of education which one attains is very important in determining the educational status of an individual. People who attain higher educational levels are revered and respected most in our societies.
Table 3.10 shows the population 3 years and older by level of education, school attendance and sex. Out of a total population of 27,287, 10.7% are currently attending nursery, 60.3 percent in primary, SSS/SHS have a percentage of 5.1 whilst post middle/secondary and tertiary had low figure of 0.4% each who are currently attending school. This does not augur well for the educational sector in the district since it depicts that majority of the youth after completion of JHS do not make it to the secondary and subsequently the tertiary level.
The sex distribution of those currently attending school also have a similar pattern of people dropping at the lower levels. 18.9% of males are currently in JSS/JHS, whilst the female figure is 15.2%. The male currently attending school is greater than the female attending school that is 14,810 and 12,477 respectively.
A total of 4,899 people have attended school in the past, out of that a greater percentage of them made it to the primary school (47.3%), the rest of the educational levels had percentages less than
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ten apart from JSS/JHS 21.0% and SSS/JHS 11.2%. the male sex had more people than female in all the educational level in those who attended school in the past.
1.3.4 Culture The major ethnic groups in the district are the Dagaaba, Waala and Brefor. These ethnic groups have enjoyed peaceful co-existence among themselves. Dialectical variation among the Dagaaba, Waala and Brefor is quite negligible. The presence of ethnic homogeneity has the potential of promoting socio-cultural development. Some of the negative practices include female elopement, scarification, female genital mutilation, widowhood inheritance. These have the tendency to spread STDs.
Staging of corpse for days is another negative practice. This can cause outbreak of diseases depending on the sickness through which the person dies. Even though the district is heterogeneous in terms of ethnicity, there is relative peace in the District. However, there are a few instances of chieftaincy and land disputes. The relative peace enables the people to go about their normal daily routine activities without any hindrance.
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
5.1 Introduction
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) means computer-based management of data or ideas. Communication serves as an important tool in the economic and social lives of people. Business is transacted through communication, and the availability of effective and reliable communication channels can enhance economic activity and improve incomes. Recent developments in communication include the use of mobile phones and desktop or laptop computers and the internet. (GSS, 2010 PHC).
Household Ownership of Fixed Telephone Lines
Table 5.3 shows the households having desktop/laptop computer and fixed telephone lines by sex. The Wa West District has a total of 11,486 households with only 8 (0.1 percent) having fixed telephone lines. The fixed telephone lines are owned by only male headed households. A small proportion (0.5 %) of households have desktop/laptop computer while 0.1 has fixed lines.
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DISABILITY
Introduction
Persons with disability (PWDs) is defined as “those who are unable to or are restricted in the performance of specific tasks/activities due to loss of function of some part of the body as a results of impairment or malformation” (GSS 2012). People with disability are mostly regarded as less productive and not capable of contributing to development compared to their non-disabled counterparts.
Accordingly, they are often seen as a burden on society and their unfortunate circumstances are viewed sometimes as a curse or punishment. Furthermore, they have poorer health status, lower educational achievements, less economic participation and higher levels of poverty than people without disabilities (WHO, 2011).
This chapter analyses the distribution of the population in Wa West by disability type, sex and level of education. It is however worth noting that within the population with disability, some individuals have multiple disability conditions hence the computed percentages of disability types in table 6.2 may not necessarily add up to 100 percent.
6.2 Population with Disability
Population by type of locality, disability type and sex is shown in Table 6.1. The Wa West has a total population of 81,348 of which 3.0 percent had different forms of disability according to 2010 Population and Housing Census. For PWDs, sight had the highest proportion of 33.6 percent, physical 25.1 percent, hearing 15.9 percent and the least speech recording 10.6 percent.
Males have a higher proportion of 31.7 percent for sight and whiles females recorded 35.5 percent. Physical form of disability is high among females with 27.6 percent and 22.8 percent for males. Hearing disability is the third highest among the types of disability with 15.9 percent and 15.8 percent for both males and females respectively. Intellectual disability has a proportion of 15.5 percent for males and 15.7 percent for females as well as emotion having a proportion of 14.4 percent for males and 12.6 percent for females. Speech disability is the least with a proportion of 12.1 percent for males and 9.0 percent for females.
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Wa West is predominately rural area and hence there is no data showing the distribution of people with disability in urban areas in the district.
Type of Disability The Wa West district has a total population of 81,348 of which only 2,453 (3.0%) have different form of disability. Sight has the highest proportion (33.6%), followed by physical disability (25.1%) and hearing disability (15.9%) in the order. Intellect and emotion form of disabilities constitute 15.6 and 13.5 percent respectively. Speech disability is the least (10.6%) in the district. Type of Disability
Other 12.8
Sight 33.6 Emotion 13.5
Intellect 15.6
Hearing 15.9
Physical 25.1 Speech 10.6
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census.
Access to Utilities and Household Facilities Main Source of Lighting
Nature of the source of lighting is one of the indicators of quality of life. As a society improves the source of lighting shifts from use of low quality sources such as fuel wood to more efficient ones, such as electricity. Households were asked about their main sources of domestic lighting.
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while electricity (mains) is used by (9.5%) of households and constitute the third main source of lighting in households.
Gas lamp (0.2%) and crop residue (0.2%) account for the lower proportion. of households with main source of lighting while candle has the least proportions of (0.1%).
Table 8.8: Main source of lighting of dwelling unit by type of locality
District Total Total Urban Rural Main source of light country Region N % % % Total 5,467,054 110,174 11,486 100.0 - 100.0 Electricity (mains) 3,511,065 34,044 1,095 9.5 - 9.5 Electricity (private generator) 36,142 613 80 0.7 - 0.7 Kerosene lamp 971,807 21,455 2,871 25.0 - 25.0 Gas lamp 9,378 303 25 0.2 - 0.2 Solar energy 9,194 804 53 0.5 - 0.5 Candle 41,214 333 10 0.1 - 0.1 Flashlight/Torch 858,651 49,606 7,077 61.6 - 61.6 Firewood 13,241 1,332 213 1.9 - 1.9 Crop residue 4,623 361 28 0.2 - 0.2 Other 11,739 1,323 34 0.3 - 0.3 Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census.
Figure 8.1 below shows the source of energy or power by type of locality. the main source of lighting for dwelling units is flash lights/touch was the most common source of lighting, accounting for a proportion of (61.6%)of the sources of light in households in the district. Kerosene lamp constituted (25.0%) of lighting source while Electricity (mains) were used by (9.5%) of households and was the third main source of lighting in households.
Gas lamp and crop residue have the lower proportion of (0.2%) each of households with main source of lighting while candle has the least proportions (0.1%).
Figure Source of Energy or Power
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Crop residue Other Electricity 0.2 0.3 Firewood (private 1.9 generator) Electricity 0.7 (mains) 9.5
Kerosene lamp 25.0
Flashlight/Torc Gas lamp h 0.2 61.6 Solar energy Candle 0.5 0.1
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census 8.6.2 Main Source of Cooking Fuel
Figure 8.2 provides information on the types of fuel used for cooking in the Wa West District. They include wood, crop residue, gas, electricity, kerosene and charcoal.
Overall, the main source of cooking fuel in the district was wood (91.1%), followed by charcoal (4.2%) and crop residue (2.0%). The least used fuel for cooking were kerosene and gas (0.1%) each.
The usage of wood as main source of cooking fuel may be due to the nature of economic activities( farmers) in those areas and the forest nature of the those areas.
Fig 8.2 Main Source of Cooking Fuel
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100.0 91.1
80.0
60.0
40.0 Percentage 20.0 4.2 1.2 1.0 0.3 0.1 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Source of cooking fuel
1.3.5 Spatial Analysis
The spatial analysis of the district demonstrates the human and economic activities of the district. It provides an understanding of the district’s space economy and an insight into the adequacy of the functions performed by the various settlements. Specifically, the spatial analysis is centered on the type and distribution of infrastructure and services in the various communities of the district. Using the functional model of classifying settlements, it is possible to establish the hierarchy of settlements as well as their distribution in space which would provide basis for injecting equity and efficiency into the space economy.
In all 21 services and facilities were considered in constructing the scalogram. The settlements that have been included in the scalogram were selected based on the population size, agriculture extension service, boreholes and primary school. Settlements that have population above 600 were considered. The populations of the various settlements were used in the scalogram analysis. The table below shows the scalogram for the district.
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Scalogram using Population 600 and above
Facility/service Nursery Prim JSS Health centre Clinic/CHPS Agric Ext station Agricext Service Borehole KVIP (Public) Trunkroad Feeder road Area Council DA Admin Police Station Electricity Weekly Mkt Total No. servicesof Total Centrality % of Total Centrality Order of Settlement Weight 1 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 Settlement Pop WECHAU * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 14 506 94 1st (WECHIAU) 1,966 * * * * * * * * * * * 11 186 35 4th DOORMAN 1,130 * * * * * * * * * * * 11 157 29 4th GA 1,552 GURUNGU * * * * * * * * * * 10 142 27 4th (TODOYIRI/YOUNRI) 973 * * * * * * * * * * 10 121 23 4th VIERI 1,914 * * * * * * * * * * 10 119 22 4th NYOLI (YIPENIBOR) 1,694 * * * * * * * * 8 116 22 4th PONYENTENGA 1,116 * * * * * * * 7 62 16 5th KANDEO 816 * * * * * * * 7 64 12 5th DORNYE 1,444 * * * * * * * * 8 63 12 5th TOKALI 839 * * * * * * * 7 62 12 5th VARINPARE 703 * * * * * * 6 50 9 5th CHOGSIA 1,491 * * * * * * 6 50 9 5th METIAW 1,760 5th
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* * * * 4 44 8 5th KUUKYILETENG 1,097 * * * * * * 6 42 8 5th BAKPONG (GADI) 730 * * * * * 5 39 7 5th BERINYASE 784 * * * * * * 6 28 5 5th BAMKPAMA 717 * * * * * * 6 28 5 5th BULI 1,452 * * * * * * 6 28 5 5th DOMANGILI 1,347 * * * * * * 6 28 5 5th GBACHE 862 * * * * 4 29 5 5th KAKALAPARI 640 * * * * * * 6 28 5 5th KAWU 1,064 * * * * * * 6 28 5 5th KPANFA 776 * * * * * * 6 28 5 5th KWACHIYIRI 1,158 * * * * * * 6 28 5 5th NAHA 723 * * * * * 5 25 5 5th NYAGLI 847 * * * * * * 6 28 5 5th WECHEA-BAO 802 TENDOMA * * * * * * 6 28 5 5th WELIYIRI 774 * * 5th WOLIYIRI (GORA) 792 * * * 5 24 4 * * * * * 5 24 4 5th KANGBA 768 * * * * * 5 18 3 5th BORO 633
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* * * * 4 15 3 5th BULINZIN 952 CHABARE * * * * 4 15 3 5th (BANDANYIRI) 887 * * * * 4 15 3 5th KANTU 709 * * * * * 5 18 3 5th NAHA DA-ETENG 1,016 * * * 3 10 2 5th METII 800 * * * 3 10 2 5th SAGU 691 DARIGUOYIRI * * * 3 10 2 5th (DELIGOYIRI) 697 * * 2 6 1 5th DOMAWA 651 * * * * * * * * * 9 7 1 5th LASIA TUOLE 1,065 * * 2 7 1 5th SIIRA 855 No. Of settlements 29 37 30 5 8 10 39 40 4 11 27 5 1 1 4 7 Centrality Index 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Weighted Centrality Score 3 5 10 60 25 20 3 3 25 18 4 20 200 100 25 14 535
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1.3.6 Hierarchy and Distribution of Settlements
To understand the existing hierarchy of settlement, the scalogram technique was employed. By this, the settlements were ranked based on the population, and the number of services they offer. In delineating the settlements into the various hierarchies, the following criteria were used.
1st Order Settlement: Settlements with centrality indices of 80% and above of the total centrality
of 535
2nd Order settlement: Settlements with centrality indices between 60 and 79% of the total
Centrality of 535
3rd Order settlement: Settlements with centrality indices between 40 and 59% of the total
Centrality of 535
4th Order settlement: Settlements with centrality indices below 20 and 39 % of the total
Centrality of 535
5th Order settlement: Settlements with centrality indices below 20 % of the total
Centrality of 535
The scalogram analysis indicates that the district has only four orders namely; 1st order, 4th order and 5th order settlements. The table below shows the various orders and the settlements within the orders.
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Hierarchy of Settlements in Wa West District
ORDER NO. POP. WITHIN NAMES OF COMMUNITIES. COMMUNITIES THE ORDER
1st 1 1,966 Wechiau
2nd Nil Nil Nil
3rd Nil Nil Nil
4th 6 8,379 DORIMON, GA, GURUNGU, (TODOYIRI/YOUNRI), VIERI, NYOLI (YIPENIBOR), PONYENTENGA
5th The rest of settlements
With regards to the district capital, Wechiau, the construction of facilities such as police station, Health centre has elevated it to 1st order. However, there is a wide gap between Wechiau, the district capital and the rest of the settlements in terms of centrality as there is no settlement in the 2nd and 3rd order category. The predominance of settlements in the 5th order indicates that facilities and services are not adequate in the district. As such efforts should be made to improve the situation to avoid migration to the higher order settlements.
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1.4 DISTRICT ECONOMY The major economic activities in the district include agriculture, commerce rural industry, tourism and other services.
1.4.1 Agriculture Agriculture accounts for 80% of the Wa West District economy. Most farmers undertake a combination of crops and animal production. The main crops grown by the farmers are maize, millet, maize, cowpea and groundnut. Of these the District has comparative advantage in groundnuts and cowpea production. However, productivity of crops is low due to a combination of factors such as inadequate rainfall, low fertility, poor cultural practices and low technology application. For example rainfall distribution and amount in the district are concentrated in within the second and third quarters of the year. Since the district is dependent on rainfall agriculture, the implication of such rainfall pattern is low crop productivity and inability to produce all year round, hence there is a high risk of food insecurity. Low crop productivity is one of the major causes of poverty in the District. With current weather changes, rainfall volumes have reduced considerably which can be attributed to the degrading of the environment probably due to climate
This situation calls for the need to enhance the provision of water for dry season gardening and improved agricultural technologies. It is therefore strongly recommended that irrigated agriculture should be increased substantially in all parts of Wa West District; by taking advantage of the perennial water of Black Volta, developing irrigation water bodies from its feeder tributaries and from the available underground water; as well as rain water harvesting. Through the GSOP Program, two dams have been rehabilitated at Boro and Poloe with ongoing rehabilitations at Nako, Dorimon and Laadayiri through the MPs Common Fund, the Nyoli dugout has been rehabilitated by the MP to harvest water for watering of plants and pasturing of animals during the dry season
1.4.1.1 Crop Production and Food Balance
Available gross crop production in metric tons (MT) for the major crops have been reported for 2013 in table 1.2.
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Table 1.2 Crop Production Levels for 2013
Type of crop Maize Rice Sorghum Groundnut Millet
2013 output 5850 3500 6270 30260 5040
Source: Wa West District Agricultural Development Unit, 2013
1.4.1.2 Livestock Development
The second most important type of primary agricultural production in Wa West District is livestock production. The livestock sub-sector continues to make steady but moderate gains as it is now becoming the most lucrative investment in the midst of low income levels emanating from crop production.
1.3 Table Livestock Production Levels (No.) for 2013
Type of Animal Cattle Sheep Goats pigs 2013 29,653 17,472 131,819 14,466 Source: Wa West District Agricultural Development Unit, 2013
The District has the potential to develop fully the livestock sub-sector. The livestock sub-sector despite the potentials and achievement is faced with many problems. Some of these areas are:
1. Low genetic potential of the local breed of small ruminants and poultry 2. High incidence of pests and disease on livestock and poultry 3. High cost of veterinary drugs and charges 4. Inadequate veterinary drugs and equipment 5. High cost of feeding pigs 6. Lack of supplementary feeding for ruminants in the dry season 7. Inadequate veterinary staff
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The above problem calls for district and national support towards the full development of the livestock sector to boost the private sector investment potential. This could be achieved through funds from both the Assembly, the government and in collaboration with MOFA
1.4.1.3 Fisheries
The district is blessed with a number of water bodies including the Black Volta. Inland fishing is practiced as an economic activity in the district. The sale of fish is to supplement household income, though it is on a small scale.
1.4.1.4 Irrigation Infrastructure
The Wa West District Assembly places a high priority on irrigation facilities to enhance dry season gardening. There are sixteen dams and dugouts in various communities in the District. However, few of them are used for irrigation purposes. The total land area under irrigation in the District is 84Ha. This shows that irrigation is highly underdeveloped in the districts, despite its critical role in the farming activities and poverty reduction strategies of the people. There is need to expand the irrigatable area through appropriate technologies like creating small water retention reservoirs during road construction as well as construction of dug-outs and check dams along water ways. Such small dams will not only support dry season gardening on a small scale but also provide water for animals, particularly during the dry season. The advantage of such small dams located in various communities rather than one big dam is the spread of benefits across the district.
1.4.2 Tourism
The tourism potential of the Wa West District is found in its rich natural, cultural, historical and man-made attractions. These, however, have not received the needed support and development to exert their competitiveness within the private sector. The most significant of them is the Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary which is18km from Wechiau.
Wechiau Hippo Sanctuary is a community-based conservation initiative aimed at providing the Wechiau catchment area inhabitants with a source of revenue and improved quality of life while simultaneously offering protection to the flora and fauna found within the designated lands.
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Marketed as an eco-tourismdestination, of particular interest is the hippopotamus population resident along this stretch ofriver. One of only two remaining hippo populations within Ghana, a group consisting ofapproximately 20 individuals represents an important conservation priority.
Management of the Hippo Sanctuary lies squarely in the hands of the local residents. Though the efforts of the District Assembly and the Ghana Social Opportunities Project(GSOP) a tree plantation has been established in the Community (Talawonaa) to conserve the natural beauty of the sanctua.ry
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Other potential tourism sites that could provide income to the district are the Ga crocodile pond, the Lobi Architecture, a three hundred year old Mosque and indigenous grinding mills.
Besides these natural and man-made sites, the culture of the people is also captivating. When coordinated well, these attractions could make the Wa West District a good tourist destination for local and foreign tourists.
The major challenges the Sanctuary faces include: Inadequate accommodation for visitor Lack of recreational facilities at the site Lack of canteen to serve visitors Unreliable transportation system Poor roads network
1.4.3 Market Centres
There are eight major marketing outlets in the district. These are Dorimon, Dabo, Taanvare, Wechiau, Vieri, Ponyentanga, Nyoli and Gurungu. These markets are organized on a 6-day cycle. Agro-products and inputs are readily sold and purchased in these markets. Marketing of food crops and household commodities is mostly done by women. The purchase and sale of livestock is however, in the hands of men. Physical access to markets is however poor due to poor road network and condition. Thus the improvement of infrastructure has the potential of increasing the district revenue base which will impact grately on the socio economic development of the District.
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1.4.4 Financial Services There are a few banking services in the district. This has made access to credit very difficult thereby adversely affecting all aspects economic activities. Thus all workers receive their salaries in Wa. The only banking service in the district is First National Ltd which is a private business/banking firm with a Workers Credit Union also in operation
1.4.5 Road Network
Good road infrastructure is one of the key needs for the development of any district, region or country. The nature of the road network can affect the quality of life and progress of the people and thereby influence their overall human development. Poor road conditions has the tendency to cut off population from the main marketing, health and educational centers whenever there is heavy rainfall.
The total feeder road network in the district is about 456.30km. The District enjoys only about 20km of Bitumen road. Generally, a large chunk of the District is inaccessible, especially during the raining season.
Table 1.4 Road network and categorization.
TYPE OF ROAD GRAVEL EARTH TOTAL LENGTH(KM) LENGTH(KM) LENGTH (KM)
Engineered 149.05 17.8 166.85
Partially Engineered 810 74.15 84.15
Non-Engineered - - 205.30
Grand Total 456.30
SOURCE: Department of Feeder Roads, 2013
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Table 1.5 Road Condition of the District.
TYPE OF ROAD GOOD(KM) FAIR(KM) POOR(KM) TOTAL LENGTH (KM)
Engineered 72.55 94.30 - 166.85
Partially 10 74.15 - 84.15 Engineered
Non-Engineered 205.30 205.30
Grand Total 82.5 456.30
SOURCE: Department of Feeder Roads, 2009
The only tarred portion of the district roads are the Wechiau township roads and the Wa-Ga road.
Generally, road infrastructure in the district is of average to poor quality. This have a negative impact on economic activities and investment potentials.
1.4.6 Energy
The Wa West District has recognized that extension of electricity to many communities would greatly improve the quality of life of the people; as the facility is being used for other industrial works such as carpentry workshops, blacksmithing, welding, vulcanizing, fitting shops and agro processing (shea butter and groundnut extraction). This helps to generate some employment as well. Twenty (20) communities have been connected to the national grid whilist five (5) others were being looked on. There is also a plan to extend the national grid are currently to more communities in the district in the near future. The district hopes that this would help create businesses thereby reducing the out migration of the youth to the south in search of non-existing jobs.
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The use of LPG is unpopular to majority of the people living in the district. The minimum use of LPG can be attributed to the high cost of equipment and also the unavailability of gas service station in the District.
This has therefore resulted in the wanton cutting of trees for domestic fuel. Economic trees such as Shea trees are mostly affected in this venture. This has the potential of further reducing the already low incomes of the people, especially women thereby exacerbating the poverty situation in the area. 1.5 SOCIAL SERVICES 1.5.1 Education
1.5.1.1 Institutions and Education Enrolment in the District
These are four levels of education in the district. These are the Kindergarten, Primary, Junior High School and Senior High School. The focus of this resulted oriented plan is on the basic schools. As such Senior High Schools are not part of this plan. Table 1 below shows the number of institutions within each level as well as the corresponding enrolment.
Table 1.6 Institutions: Levels and Enrolment in the District.
Level Indicator 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 Number of Schools 2012/13
Kindergaten Enrolment 3,290 1,985 5,246 64
GER 84.43 63.5 89.3
Primary Enrolment 16,200 33 17,449 81
GER 96.0 88.5 121.1
Junior High Enrolment 3,867 2,824 5,064 51 School GER
Total 23,257 13,842 27,759 196
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materials as well as teachers to ensure that children have access to quality education in the district.
1.5.1.2 Teaching Staffing in the District
The quality and quantity of teaching staff remain key factors in education delivery. In the district, teaching staff comprises the trained and untrained teachers. Table 2 shows the teaching staff situation in the district.
Table 1.7 Teaching Staff Situation in the District (2012/13)
Level Total Trained Untrained Total Teachers Teacher Pupil Enrolment Teacher Teachers ratio
Kindergaten 5,246 9 36 45 1:582
Primary 17,449 90 299 389 1:184
Junior High 5,064 82 165 247 1:62 School
Total 27,759 181 500 681 1:153
As indicated in table 1.7, the high number of untrained teachers implies that teaching skills are limited and this affects quality delivery across levels.
The untrained teachers include Government appointed pupil teachers, National Youth Employment Teachers and National Voluntary Service Teachers. These categories of teachers require In-service training to enable them improve their teaching skills.
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1.5.1.3 Educational Infrastructure Quality education delivery requires adequate infrastructure (classrooms, workshops and furniture) for both the pupils and the teachers. At the primary level, there are 324 classrooms. With the current enrolment, there is a backlog 84 classrooms. There are 121 classrooms in all the Junior High Schools in the district with a backlog of 10 classrooms. A relatively low number of classrooms are needed in the JHS because of low enrolment at the level. However, 74 classrooms and 153 classrooms at the JHS and primary respectively need major repairs. In the district, 40 JHS do not have workshops for practical work.
In terms of furniture, the kindergarten has a backlog of 1,444 dual desks. At the primary and JHS level, the backlog stands at 3,571 dual desks and 3,990 dual desks respectively.
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1.5.1.4 Educational Performance (BECE) Quality education is partially measured by the performance rate of students and that of the transition rate. In the 2012/2013 academic year, 708 candidates (students) were presented for the Basic Education Certificate Examination. Out of this number, 704 actually wrote the examination and 369 candidates passed, representing 52.41%. This implies that 47.59% of the students were not qualified to enter the next stage of education (Senior High School) and stand the risk of socio- economic vices. This has negative effects on the human resource development of the district and nation at large.
1.5.1.5 Education Sector Problems There are a lot of development problems within the education sector. An analysis of these problems identified the causes of the problems as presented below. These problems collectively lead to poor quality of education.
i. Inadequate infrastructure especially classrooms for all levels and workshops for the Junior High Schools. ii. Low school enrolment iii. Inadequate teachers, especially trained teachers. The district has the highest number of untrained teachers in the region. iv. Poor monitoring and supervision due to inaccessibly road to schools. v. Low pupils retention/high school dropout especially at JHS level due to elopement. As part of efforts to solve these problems, stakeholders in the sector including Ghana Education Service, development partners, District Assembly/Government of Ghana to make the following interventions within the sector. These include;
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1.6 HEALTH 1.6.1 Health Infrastructure A summary of the total numbers of health centers, maternity homes and community health compounds in Wa West District is provided in Table 1.8 below. Wa West District has a total of 24 health institutions made up of 5 public health Centre, 1 public maternity, 1 private maternity home, 1CHAG facility and 14 Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Centre that have community health officers’ compounds (CPOs).
Table 1.8 Health Facilities by Sub-district.
AREA COUNCIL CHPS Health Centre Maternity Home CHAG Compounds TOTAL WECHIAU 1 1 0 2 4 DORIMON 2 0 0 4 6 VEIRI 0 0 1 4 5 GA 1 1 0 4 6 GURUNGU 1 0 0 2 3 TOTAL 5 2 1 16 24
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1.6.2 Clinical Care
Comparatively, utilization of facilities increased tremendously from 55700 in 2013 as against 54096 in 2012 and 44168 in 2011 then 30793 in 2010 for insured clients whilst general utilization for all clients appreciated with OPD attendance par-capita increasing from 0.37 in 2010,0.53 in 2011 and 0.64 in 2012 then to 0.65 in 2013..
A number of factors accounted for the increase in services utilization such as education on early care seeking, insurance facility improved financial accessibility, and the creation of more CHPS zones which improved geographical access to health facilities
Table ;showing total OPD attendance visa-vis per capital attendance
Year Total OPD attendance Per capita 2010 30793 0.37 2011 44168 0.53 2012 54096 0.64 2013 55700 0.65
OPD ATT. vrs PER CAPITAL
60000
40000
20000
0 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total OPD attendance 30793 44168 54096 55700 Per capita 0.37 0.53 0.64 0.65
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60000 50000 40000 30000
Axis Axis Title 20000 10000 0 Total OPD Cases INSURED NON-INSURED Series1 55700 48883 6817
1.6.3 Top Ten Causes of OPD Attendance
Despite the implementation of many interventions towards reducing the incidence of malaria, it is still ranked the top cause of OPD attendance across the health facilities. There was also an increase in the number of cases compared to previous years. The top four diseases, Malaria, acute respiratory tract infection, skin disease and other ulcers, Diarrhoea remains constant over the period. Although the number of cases increased, the percentage increase is not following the pattern
Table 1.9 Top Ten Causes of OPD Attendance 2010 – 2013
2010 2011 2012 2013 Condit Conditi No. Conditio No. No. Conditio No. Ran Rank Rank ion / Ra on / Cas n / Cas Cas n / Cas k/ /% /% Diseas nk Disease es Disease es es Disease es % e 197 261 Malari 283 42. 395 45. Malaria 54.8 Malaria 58.3 Malaria 53 17 a 48 1 23 1 423 547 111 16. 126 14. ARI 11.8 ARI 12.2 ARI ARI 9 2 20 5 00 4 Skin Skin 238 Skin 309 442 Skin 460 Disease 6.6 7 Diseas 6.6 5.3 2 Diseases 4 2 Diseases 5 s es Diarrho 124 Diarrhoe 221 Diarrh 429 Diarrhoe 459 3.5 5 6.4 5.2 ea 6 a 7 oea 4 a 5 Eye Eye Eye 134 152 Eye 190 infectio 726 2 3 Infecti 2.3 2.1 Infection 1 6 Infection 5 n on
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Ear Ear Ear 130 164 Infectio 569 1.6 800 1.8 infecti 1.9 Anaemia Infection 4 9 n on 1.9 Intesti Rheumat Pneum Intestina nal 114 ism & 158 471 1.5 686 1.5 1.7 onia l Worms Worm 7 Joint 1 s Pains 1.8 Acute Snake Pneumo Anaem 109 151 469 1.4 655 1.4 1.6 Ear 1.7 Bite nia ia 6 6 infection Home Home Home Accide Intestina 108 Acciden 466 1.3 Accident 504 1.1 624 0.9 1.2 nts and l Worms 6 ts s I Rheumat RTA 356 1 25 0.1 RTA 466 0.7 UTI 794 0.9 ism Source: Wa West District Health Directorate, 2013
1.6.4 Malaria Control
Malaria, the leading cause of morbidity in the district as usual, brought 19,184 patients for care. That is 49.3 percent of the 38,875 out-patient attendance for 2013. The malaria cases for 2011 was 26,117 (58.3%), 19,753 (54.8%) in 2010. Confirmed cases for 2012 were x (%).
As in previous years children under five bore the biggest brunt of this scourge accounting for 47.3% of all the malaria cases. Pregnant women with malaria were 318 (1.7%). The district carried out Indoor Residual Spraying in collaboration with AGAMAL and also hanged Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets in almost all rooms in collaboration with UNICEF.
The district is implementing the Intermittent Preventive Treatment policy using Sulphadoxine- Pyrimethamine (SP) combination. Systematic public education was intensified with the objective of increasing awareness about the causes of malaria and the role of individuals and the general public in its prevention
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1.6.4.1 ITN
ITN was also promoted in an attempt to combat the malaria menace. Health promotion messages were given to house holds on the importance of the use of the ITNS
1.6.5 Under-Five Mortality
One of the MDG indicators seeks to reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate from 208 to 112.. Unfortunately the district has no hospital and for that matter records are not available.
1.6.6 MATERNAL DEATHS Unfortunately, these deaths occurs in the Regional Hospital 4 institutional maternal deaths were recorded at Wa Regional Hospital originating from the district and one community death recorded .the incidence of maternal death in the district is now on the increase, the year 2013 recorded 5 maternal deaths, 2012 recorded 4, 2011 recorded 3 and 2010 recorded 3. Unfortunately, the district recorded a community maternal death in the year 2013 which should not have happened given a large coverage of health education on maternal health. This development is a major setback and a threat to the achievement of MDGs goal 5, with a target of to three quarters the maternal mortality ratio by 2015. This situation implies more efforts in terms of human, material, and structural requirements are needed to meeting MDG 4 and 5.
1.6.7 Guinea Worm Guinea worm is of public health importance due to itsimpact on development. Guinea worm recorded. The last Guinea Worm case recorded was in 2006 and it originated from outside the district. Two suspected case were recorded investigated and in 2013 similarly, two rumor cases investigated and discarded in 2012. Household surveillance has continued in endemic communities and public awareness created in all communities. Documentation was strengthened towards certification and the Cash reward system awareness creation is ongoing.
1.6.7 Leprosy Prevalence
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The prevalence of leprosy cases in the district is on the increase, this call for concern. Eleven new cases were recorded in 2013, 2012 recorded zero case while 2011 registered 13 patients of which all were multibacillary and no paucibacillary cases for 2011 were treated and cured.
1.6.8 HIVAIDS TABLE SHOWING HCT SERVICES FOR 2010-2013
2010 2011 2012 2013 SUB- DISTRI # Tested # Pos # Tested # Pos # Tested # Pos # Tested # Pos CT M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F
2 DISTRI 10 1 188 128 9 11 111 3 5 14 153 5 8 14 1 2 CT 3 5 4
TOTAL 316 20 345 19 256 13 29 3
FIGURE; DEPICTING HCT SERVICES FOR 2010-2013
HCT SERVICES 400 300 200
Axis Axis Title 100 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 TESTED 316 345 256 29 POSITIVE 20 19 13 3
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TABLE; SHOWING PREVENTIO OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION SERVICES FOR 2010-2013
CATEGORY 2010 2011 2012 2013 PREG. WOMEN 2323 2368 3034 1856 TESTED 2169 2029 2918 1560 POSITIVE 17 6 11 16
FIGURE; DEPICTING PMTCT SERVICES FOR 2010-2013
PMTCT SERVICES 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 Axis Axis Title 1000 500 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 PREG. WOMEN 2323 2368 3034 1856 TESTED 2169 2029 2918 1560 POSITIVE 17 6 11 16
Chart Title 6000 4000 2000 0
2010 2011 2012 2013 Axis Axis Title SCREENED 5343 2374 3174 1589 POSITIVE 37 25 24 19 PREVALENT RATE 0.7 1.1 0.8 1.2
Tabl 1.10 Summary Table of Wa West District HIV/AIDS Situation
2010 2011 2012 2013 PREG. WOMEN 2323 2368 3034 1856
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TESTED 2169 2029 2918 1560 POSITIVE 17 6 11 16
Table; 1.11 showing cases and prevalent rate
2010 2011 2012 2013 SCREENED 5343 2374 3174 1589 POSITIVE 37 25 24 19 PREVALENT RATE 0.7 1.1 0.8 1.2
HIV STATUS
80 70 60 50
40 FRQ 30 20 10 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL 37 25 24 19 PMTCT 17 6 11 16 HCT 20 19 13 3
The sixth MDG is to halt and reverse the spread of HIVAIDS. It is in line with this that the Wa West District has intensified efforts in this area as a priority. Over the years there has been a gradual reduction of cases as indicated in the graph. This was as a result of awareness creation on the disease; largely through the support of Ghana AIDS Commission and some voluntary organizations operating in the district
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Table 1.10 and 1.11 shows that the an unstable prevalence rate of clinical cases flachulating from 0.7 % in 2010 to 1.1% 2011 and 0.8% in 201 to 1.1% which is lower than the national average and therefore does not constitute a major threat to achieving MDGs goal 6.
Notwithstanding this low prevalence rate, the implication of the current situation, especially on the economically productive age group is that man-work hours as well as production will be affected, leading to low productivity either in food production, income generation or salary earned jobs leading to poor feeding due to lack of money. This also affects other services such as education, health, good housing etc due to low-income levels of parents/ guardians. The gross impact is increase in poverty in the district.
1.6.9 National Health Insurance Scheme In addition to infrastructure and human resources, one major resource that ultimately determines the access and quality of health care delivery is financing. The heavy burden of this has been greatly alleviated by the National Health Insurance Scheme which has been established in every district in Ghana. The Wa West District Health Insurance Scheme commenced operation in January 2007.
Records from the District Health Insurance Scheme indicate that in 2009, 55,268 people registered with the scheme, representing 67% of the population. This is quite good even though it falls short of the national target of 70% coverage.
1.6.9.1 Health Challenges
Looking at the table above, out of the total OPD clients of 55700 in 2013, 48883 (87.8%) of them were insured and 6817 (12.2%) non-insured. OPD Utilization by Insurance has continued to increase from year to year as the noon insurance continued to decrease accordingly.
1.6.9.1 Health Challenges
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Patient and staff accommodation is inadequate to meet current demands Communication between communities and health delivery outlets remains poor Low pace of CHPS construction • Low skilled delivery • Inadequate and aged midwives in the district. • Maternal and infant death on the increase • Dabo dilapidated CHPS compound • Jenbob collapsed CHPS compound • No accommodation for a medical doctor and district director and other critical staff for starting a hospital These are all critical issues, which needs immediate attention by the DA and the District Health Directorate as they could threaten the ability of the district to provide good quality health services and negatively affect the achievement of MDGs’ goals 4, 5 and 6 on especially child and maternal health care.
WATER AND SANITATION
1.7.1 Water
The availability of and accessibility to improved drinking water is an important aspect of the health of household members. The UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Seven aimed to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water by 2015 based on 1990 levels. The source of water supply particularly for drinking has a tremendous effect on burden of diseases. For instance, one of the main health benefits of clean drinking water supply is a reduction in diarrhoea.
Water sources are often classified as ‘improved’ or ‘unimproved’: Sources considered as improved are piped public water into homes, public standpipe, borehole, protected (lined) dug well, protected spring, and rainwater collection; unimproved are unprotected wells and springs, vendors, and tanker-trucks (WHO and UNICEF, 2000).
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Source of drinking water is one of the indicators used to assess the standard of living of people. sources of drinking water for households in the district can be categorised broadly into pipe- borne water, boreholes/wells, rain water and river/stream.
Of these sources of drinking water, the use of borehole/pump/tube well was the most common, accounting for more than three-quarters (79.3%) households in the district. A small percentage (8.8%) of households also reported river/streams as source of drinking water. Pipe-borne inside dwelling and rain water accounting for (0.2%) each being the least source of drinking water in the district.
Table 8.10: Main source of water of dwelling unit for drinking and other domestic purposes
District Total Urban Rural Total Sources of water country Region N % % % Main source of drinking water for household Total 5,467,054 110,174 11,486 100.0 - 100.0 Pipe-borne inside dwelling 790,493 5,933 19 0.2 - 0.2 Pipe-borne outside dwelling 1,039,667 12,542 396 3.4 - 3.4 Public tap/Standpipe 712,375 4,807 106 0.9 - 0.9 Bore-hole/Pump/Tube well 1,267,688 70,759 9,113 79.3 - 79.3 Protected well 321,091 4,011 190 1.7 - 1.7 Rain water 39,438 172 26 0.2 - 0.2 Protected spring 19,345 368 30 0.3 - 0.3 Bottled water 20,261 50 2 0.0 - 0.0 Sachet water 490,283 823 53 0.5 - 0.5 Tanker supply/Vendor provided 58,400 302 2 0.0 - 0.0 Unprotected well 112,567 1,719 124 1.1 - 1.1 Unprotected spring 12,222 287 36 0.3 - 0.3 River/Stream 502,804 7,037 1,010 8.8 - 8.8 Dugout/Pond/Lake/Dam/Canal 76,448 1,344 374 3.3 - 3.3 Other 3,972 20 5 0.0 - 0.0
Currently, the Wa West District Assembly can boasts of 234 functioning Boreholes fitted with hand pumps. There are no existing small town water systems in the District. There also 9 institutional boreholes in the district.
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The Wa West District Assembly has also stepped up the drilling of boreholes in communities. Currently 55 are under construction from the implementation of the SRWSP . Maintenance of boreholes is also carried out on large scale and the drilling of boreholes for communities without water has been scaled up. The intension of the District is to construct Small Town Water Systems for five( 5) major communities but this did not materialize only the construction of the Wechiau Small Town Water System at elementary stage It is the intension of the Wa West District Assembly that, Wechiau, the District capital, Dorimon, Vieri, Ga and Gurungu could benefit from the small towns water systems by the end of 2013. The water coverage is currently at 73.0 % from the 65 % level recorded in 2009.
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1.7.2 Sanitation
Potable water goes with good sanitation facilities and practices. This will help reduce the water and sanitation related diseases in the area. However, in the district, good sanitation practices have been relegated to the background and efforts are being put in to scaling it up tremendously. Only 32.05% of the population in the district has access to sanitation facilities. Currently, the district has 6 KVIPs, 3 Septic Tanks and 1,606 household latrines. There are 34 institutional latrines also in the district. As there is low coverage of sanitation facilities, especially toilets, defecating in the bushes and behind houses is a common practice in the towns and villages. There are few public toilets within the district, however, their conditions add up deterring some people who would prefer using the public toilets to the “free-range” (Defecating in the bush) habit. This has adverse health implications.
The table below indicates Sanitation Facilities by type and coverage in the District.
Table 1.12 Sanitation Facilities in the District
AREA COUNCIL POPULATION SANITATION FACILITIES
Sceptic Tank KVIP VIP COVERAGE (%)
GA 18,001 1 1 233 16.77
GURUNGU 8,508 0 0 432 53.24
DORIMON 22,672 1 2 461 20.50
VIERI 17,220 0 1 186 11
WECHIAU 14,377 1 2 292 13.03
TOTAL 81,349 3 6 1606 16.05
Source: DWST-WA WEST, 2014
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sanitation practices in the district. Open Defecation Free(ODF) has also been introduced to educate people on the importance of constructing household latrines instead of defecating openly in the bush.
Toilet Facilities Many district authorities have been grappling with the problem of sanitation, especially the disposal of solid waste. Figure 8.4 presents the distribution of households by type of toilet facility. The data show the various types of toilet facilities available to households in the districts.
Most households use bush or open field for toilet (85.9%). Use of pit latrine constitutes about (9%). About 3.1 percent of households use public toilet. KVIP is the fourth highest means of defecation with 1.2 percent followed by W.C. with 0.9 percent. Bucket/Pan is not in existence in the district.
The use of bush, or open field as toilet facility is more pronounced in rural areas than in urban areas as indicated by figure 8.4.
Figure 8.4 Toilet Facility
Rural 90.0 85.9 80.0 70.0 60.0 50.0 40.0
30.0 Percentage 20.0 8.8 10.0 0.9 1.2 0.0 3.1 0.1 0.0
Toilet Facility
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census
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1.7 Vulnerability Analysis 1.7.1 Introduction
Vulnerability may be defined as the probability that livelihood stress will occur. It has been defined as the lack of capacity (of a household) to cope with an adverse shock or a households resilience against a shock. That is the likelihood that a shock will result in a decline in well-being of the household. Exclusion and lack of voice can also determine the extent of a person’s access to resources. Lack of voice and the inability to make recourse to justice can increase a person’s vulnerability to injustice and corruption and thus exclusion.
1.7.2 Vulnerable and Excluded Groups In the Wa West District, the following groups have been identified as vulnerable and excluded: children in difficult circumstances (those from low income and broken homes and orphans). These children are likely to suffer from malnutrition or be involved in economic activity at an early age (child labour/street children), adolescent girls (those from low income and broken homes and single mothers as well as commercial sex workers), Persons living with HIV/AIDS, the aged, persons with disability, women and unemployed youth and subsistence food/vegetable farmers were also identified as vulnerable and excluded.
1.7.3 Types of shock facing households in the District The Wa West District as a major agricultural area is also dependent on rainfall for production. As a result the major shocks affecting food availability, incomes and wealth accumulation are those that relate mainly to crop production. The economic activities that individuals and household are involved in also determine to a large extent vulnerability to income and asset loss in the Municipality.
Three main types of shocks affecting most families in the District relate to the areas of food insecurity, human insecurity and job insecurity. Household also face a wide variety of shocks ranging from natural events to man-made (that is conflicts, policy induced, terms of trade shocks, illness and deaths). The most cited shocks are production related. This may occur as a result of
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crop failure due to poor rains affecting harvests or pest invasion affecting storage.
Price- related shocks rank second. Due to the fluctuating prices of agricultural produce and inadequate storage and processing facilities, increased harvest usually end up in glut of produce and low prices. Farmers then tend to sell off their produce immediately after harvest when prices are low. Farmers, especially subsistence ones, are forced to buy back the produce during the lean season, when prices are at their highest levels.
At the community level most communities reported of events relating to rainstorms that affect houses including schools and other individual and community’s building as well as flooding during the peak rainfall periods.
1.7.4 Coping Strategies/impacts of shocks
In Wa West District most poor households respond to shocks by recourse to self help coping strategies like selling of assets or livestock and informal insurance mechanisms. The non-poor also use both self-help mechanisms, as well as market-based strategies such as falling on savings and banks loans. Majority of household do not use formal insurance mechanisms.
The extent to which the affected household or individual can gain access to credit, private transfer or public safety nets to help maintain consumption, may determine the type of response. When it is not possible to access any public safety nets or sufficient credit to maintain current consumption, recourse may be made to other strategies that either directly or indirectly reduces assets or further consumption. This situation tends to further worsen the individual or households Current disaster management programmes which need to be strengthened and the role of social assistance expanded. Greater collaboration between agencies/organizations for the sector needs to be promoted to enhance effectiveness of assistance. Reliable data on the vulnerable, excluded and disadvantaged persons need to be addressed.
1.7.6 Gender Issues Current statistics indicates that women in Wa West District form more than 50% of the total
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population in the district and their roles have mainly been defined and shaped along biological and cultural lines. Women as homemakers and caregivers are challenged to provide food security and material needs and are therefore actively engaged in economic activities. Strides have been made in all sectors of the economy especially in agro processing and services.
However, women continue to face considerable constraints that prevent them from taking full advantage of opportunities that are available to them. Women experience the worst form of poverty, generally they continue to have limited access to and control over land, inadequate access to credit for production and expansion of businesses, inadequate skills and training, less formal education and fewer numbers in decision making process at both community and national levels.
The programmes identified in the plan are in line with the National Gender and children policy, Early Childhood Care and Development policy and the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDAII). Under the plan, activities that will improve the social, economic and political status of women and enhance the development and potential of children have been identified and will be implemented and monitored accordingly.
1.8 GOVERNANCE 1.8.1 Local Governance The Wa West District Assembly constitutes the highest political authority in the district. it guides, directs and supervises all other administrative authority in the district. It has five (5) Area Councils and a number of unit committees. The Assembly itself is made up 28 members all of them elected with two of them being women. Among the government appointees, four(4 ) are women. This underscores the need to encourage more women to offer themselves for district level election and to appoint more government appointees as women to bridge the gender imbalance in the Assembly. There are also 5 sub-committees with deliberative functions. In line with Act 462, Wa West District discharges its functions through sub-committees. Apart from the mandatory sub-committees (Finance and Administration, Development Planning, Social Services, Works, and Justice and Security) Wa West District has two other sub-committees; namely: Women and 59 | P a g e
Children and Public Relations and Complaints. The creation of these additional sub-committees has great relevance especially if they focus strongly on the development issues of those areas.
Local governance in Wa West District reflects the provisions in the Local Government Act of 1993 (Act 462). The District Assembly (established by Legislative Instrument LI 1751 is the highest political, administrative and planning authority in the district and has deliberative, legislative and executive functions. The main features of the decentralized system are reflected in a number of legislations including the following: -
1. The 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana 2. Local Government Act, 1993 (Act 462) 3. The National Development Planning [System] Act 1994 (Act 480) 4. The District Assembly Common Fund Act 1994 (Act 455)
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1.8.1.1 Decentralized Departments
Out of the eleven decentralized departments of the assembly, only a few are operational in the district as shown below:
Table 1.13 Decentralized Departments in the District
No Department Constituent Available/Not available
1 Central Administration General Administration Available
District Planning Co-ordinating Unit Available
Births and Deaths Registry Available
Information Service Dept. Available
Statistical Service Not available
2 Education, Science and Education, Science and Sports Available Sports Ghana Library Board. Not available
3 Social Welfare and Social Welfare Available Community Development Community Development Available
4 Finance Controller and Accountant General Available
5 Physical Planning Department of Town and Country Available Planning
Department of Parks and Gardens Not available
6 Works Public Works Department Available
Department of Feeder Roads Not available
Rural Housing Not available
7 Trade and industry Trade Not available
Cottage Industry Not available
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Co-operatives Not available
8 Natural resource Forestry Not available conservation Games and Wildlife Not available
9 Health District Health Administration Available Team
Environmental Division of MLG Available
10 Department of Animal Health & Available Production
Department of Fisheries Available MOFA
Department of Agricultural Available Extension Services
Department of Crop services Available
Department of Agricultural Not Available Engineering
11 Disaster Prevention Fire Service Department Not available
NADMO Available
Source: Wa West District Assembly, 2013
1.8.2 Traditional Authority
Alongside the decentralized governance system is a parallel traditional governance system which appears not to be in harmony with the district assembly system thereby stifling development in the local area. Even though the two governance systems both seek the development of their area, they are not able to complement each other as a team towards achieving the common goal of development. This may be traced to the subtle power dynamics and competition for control of resources between the two systems. The district has two paramountcies: Wechiau and
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Dorimonheaded by Wechiau Naa and DorimonNaa respectively. There are also divisional and sub-divisional chiefs under the authority of the two paramountcies.
Interactions between District assembly and traditional authorities in the district is often limited to ceremonial role of chiefs during major functions as well as seeking land from chiefs for development.
A remarkable feature of the traditional governance system in Wa West District is that there are no chieftaincy conflicts in other parts of the country.
1.8.3 Judiciary and Security
The principles of good governance are achieved on the back of increased staff strength and logistical support given to judicial and security forces of any geographical setting. Paradoxically, the Wa West District has no court to maintain law and order and to adjudicate both civil and criminal cases. There is therefore the need for a law court, especially at Wechiau to maintain and sustain the peace.onomic Governance
1.8.4.1 Sources of Revenue
The major sources of revenue available to the District Assembly can be grouped into three:
Internally Generated Fund/Traditional (IGF), Locally Central Government Transfers (CGT) and Donor Transfers
Internally Generated Funds comprises Rates, Lands, Fees, Licenses, Trading Services and Miscellaneous Sources. Central Government Transfers are derived from; Grants, which comprises: District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) and HIPC Funds, MP common Fund and District Development Facility (DDF). Donor transfers comprise of funds extended to the district from development partners.
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Table 1.14 Internal Generated Fund
Type 2010 2011 2012 2013
Amount Percentage Amount Percent Amount Percen Amount Percentage age tage
Rates 5,502.10 7.47 3,392.76 4.45 3,853.00 11.92 15,371.30 14.80
Lands 28,300.0 23,190.90 31.49 0 37.09 800.00 2.48 - 0.00
Fees 13,083.5 10,554.2 and 15,917.90 21.61 0 17.15 5 32.66 34,331.60 33.06 Fines
Licen 19,445.0 ses 7,076.16 9.61 0 25.49 7,126.00 22.05 8,819.50 8.49
Rent 401.00 0.54 107.00 0.14 20.00 0.06 - 0.00
Invest 10,340.5 ment 8,066.27 10.95 0 13.55 5,325.00 16.48 7,794.00 7.51
Misce llaneo 13,500.00 18.33 1,626.00 2.13 4,640.00 14.36 37,533.85 36.14 us
TOT 76,294.7 32,318.2 AL 73,654.33 100.00 6 100.00 5 100.00 103,850.25 100.00
SOURCE: Wa West District, 2013
From the above table, it is clear that the Assembly has a low IGF. This is as a result of the low revenue base, unwillingness on the part of the community members to pay their tax obligations.
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Another major reason for the low IGF is poor reporting and accounting system. The Assembly lacks the machinery to ensure proper accounting from revenue collectors.
Finally, it was identified that the relatively low level of economic activities in the District serves as a barrier to any effort aimed at increasing revenue mobilization in the District. The low IGF implies that the District is over dependent on external sources for the financing of its development projects. This high degree of dependence could affect the autonomy of the Assembly and undermine its decision-making system.
Table 1.15 External Source of Revenue
Type 2010 2011 2012 2013
Amount Percentage Amount Percentag Amount Percentage Amount Percen e tage
DACF& 213,635.0 1,669,774. 676,226.6 MPCF 2 15.02 04 71.41 2 20.80 559,380.83 13.91
765,900.8 2,084,653. 1,586,839. DDF 5 53.84 168,147.23 7.19 57 64.14 44 39.46
206,134.0 GSFP 13,000.00 0.91 11,930.00 0.51 0 6.34 785,877.30 19.54
CBRDP/ 124,358.9 GSOP 92,283.10 6.49 106,316.64 4.55 8 3.83 628,855.14 15.64
258,549.3 DWAP 0 18.18 282,507.53 12.08 - 0.00 - 0.00
SRWSP - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 397,072.66 9.87
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110,000.0 HIPC 62,000.00 4.36 5,060.00 0.22 0 3.38 - 0.00
- PWD - 0.00 91,679.87 3.92 48,936.30 1.51 60,578.45 1.51
MSHAP 17,169.00 1.21 3,000.00 0.13 - 0.00 2,400.00 0.06
1,422,537. 2,338,415. 3,250,309. 4,021,003. TOTAL 27 100.00 31 100.00 47 100.00 82 100.00
1.9 DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS OPERATING IN THE DISTRICT
Development Partners in the District contribute in diverse ways in the development of the district. These organizations contribute immensely in the pr
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vision economic and social services to better the lot of the people in the district. The table below shows the Development Partners operating in the District as well as their areas of operations.
Table 1.16 Development Partners and their Area of Operation
NO. DEVELOPMENT PARTNER AREA OF OPERATION
1 Plan Ghana Education, Health/HIV/AIDS, Livelihood/Food security and, Water and Sanitation
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2 CRS School Supplementary Feeding Programme
3 SNV Capacity Building
4 CAMfed Education
5 CHALICE Education and Health
6. UNICEF Education, Health, Tourism, Water and Sanitation
7 UNFPA Health
8 CARD Microfinance, food security, water and sanitation
9 EDUCATION FOR LIFE Education
Source: Wa West District Assembly, 2013
An unfortunate happening is that some of these development partners do not inform the District Assembly about their plans and implementation strategies in the communities they operate, neither do they submit their annual reports for review. This has made it difficult to track their performance and impacts in the communities in which they operate.
This weak collaboration between the District Assembly and these organizations need to be addressed to enhance effective coordination of activities and the realization of desired results.
1.9 Summary of Key Development Problems
The under mentioned development problems have been identified in consultation communities and identified groups as well as analysis of current development status of the district.
1. Lack of adequate tourism infrastructure
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5. Increasing trends in deforestation, degradation and biodiversity loss with adverse consequences for agriculture
6. Increasing frequency and impacts of droughts, floods, forest fires and other natural hazards
7. Inadequate power supply infrastructure and access to electricity
8. Low accessibility to telephone facilities
9. Poor and inadequate internet infrastructure
10. Limited deployment of ICT infrastructure in educational institutions
11. Lack of spatial land use plans
12. Weak enforcement of planning and building regulations
13. Inadequate human and institutional capacities for land use planning
14. Inadequate access to quality and affordable water
15. Inadequate access to sanitation facilities and poor sanitation service delivery
16. Inadequate access to basic education
17. Infrequent and ineffective supervision of teaching and learning in educational institutions
18. Inadequate teacher housing facilities in deprived communities
19. High infant and maternal mortality
20. High morbidity and mortality from communicable diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB
21. High stigmatization of PLWHIV
22. Limited coverage of social protection interventions
23. Lack of reliable and adequate data on disable people
24. Low awareness of and violation of child rights
25. Poor performance of the local governance system due to inadequate participation
26. Inadequate women representation and participation in public life and governance
27. Inaccessibility of justice
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28. Limited public awareness and advocacy on rights and responsibilities
29. Weak internal revenue mobilization
30. Weak capacities of personnel and logistics shortfall
31. Weak employment generation capacities at the district level
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CHAPTER TWO
2.0 DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
2.1 Introduction
This sub-section presents the prioritized development issues/problems identified and listed in the previous section. These prioritized issues have been grouped under the pillars of the Medium Term Development Policy Framework (MTDPF) document.
The focus of the MTDPF is to address the economic imbalances, re-stabilizing the economy, placing it on a path of sustained accelerated growth and poverty reduction towards the millennium development goals and middle income status within a measurable planning period.
2.2 List of development priorities in the district
In line with the priority areas of the MTDPF, the main development issues of the Wa West District have been prioritized and presented under the seven thematic areas. These are shown in the ensuing sub-sections.
Thematic Area1: Enhancing Competitiveness in Ghana’s Private Sector
1. Lack of adequate tourism infrastructure
Thematic Area 2: Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management
1. Ineffective cultural practices amongst small holder farmers leading to comparatively lower yields 2. Increasing frequency and impacts of droughts, floods, forest fires and other natural hazards 3. Increasing trends in deforestation, degradation and biodiversity loss with adverse consequences for agriculture 4. Poor surveillance of livestock diseases 5. Inadequate and poor quality data and lack of proper monitoring system
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Thematic Area 3: Infrastructure, and Human Settlement Development
1. Inadequate access to sanitation facilities and poor sanitation service delivery 2. Inadequate access to quality water 3. Lack of spatial land use plans 4. Inadequate power supply infrastructure and access to electricity 5. Low accessibility to telephone facilities 6. Poor and inadequate internet infrastructure 7. Inadequate human and institutional capacities for land use planning 8. Weak enforcement of planning and building regulations 9. limited deployment of ICT infrastructure in educational institutions
Thematic Area 4: Human Development, Productivity and employment
1. Inadequate access to basic education 2. High morbidity and mortality from communicable diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB 3. High infant and maternal mortality 4. Limited coverage of social protection interventions 5. Inadequate teacher housing facilities in deprived communities 6. Loss of quality human and material resources due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic 7. High stigmatization of PLWHIV 8. Lack of reliable and adequate data on disable people 9. Low awareness of and violation of child rights 10. Infrequent and ineffective supervision of teaching and learning in educational institutions 11. Lack of office accommodation for District Directorate of Education
Thematic Area 5: Transparent and Accountable Governance 1. Weak internal revenue mobilization 2. Weak capacities of personnel and logistics shortfall 3. Inadequate women representation and participation in public life and governance 4. Poor performance of the local governance system due to inadequate participation 5. Limited public awareness and advocacy on rights and responsibilities 6. Weak employment generation capacities at the district level 7. Inaccessibility of justice
Thematic Area 6: Ensuring and Sustaining Micro-Economic Stability
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thematic area 7: oil and gas development
2.2 Application of Potential, Opportunities, Constraints and Challenges (POCC) to Development Problems
From the examination of the current situation of the district, key issues identified were subjected to the analysis of the Potentials, Opportunities, Constraints and Challenges of the district in respect of MTDPF (2014-2017). The tables below present the Potentials, Opportunities, Constraints and Challenges of the District in line with the thematic areas of the MTDPF (2014- 2017).
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TABLE 2.1 APPLICATION OF POCC TO KEY DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS – WA WEST DISTRICT
PROBLEM POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES THEMATIC AREA : ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS OF GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR TOURISM - Existence of Hippo - Presence of GTB - Lack of modern - Inadequate donor sanctuary - Ghana as a tourist accommodation at funding Lack of adequate - DA support destination the tourist site - Poor access roads tourism infrastructure - Sanctuary - Development - Unattractive nature - Bush fires Management Board partners ( e.g. of the tourist site - limited involvement - Visitors centre Calgary zoo) - Low marketing of of the DA - accessible road - Existence of the tourist attraction media - Low IGF - Existence of - Activities of hunters ministry of tourism - Activities of chain saw operators - Farming along the Black Volta Conclusion: Lack of adequate tourism infrastructure can be addressed since enough potential and opportunities exist. The constraints can be managed by collaborating effectively with the DA. Challenges can also be addressed through dialogue with development partners, Ministry of Roads and by enacting and enforcing bye-laws on bush fires.
PROBLEM POTENTIALS OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES
THEMATIC AREA : ACCELERATED AGRICULTURE MODERNISATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Low crop yields - Availability of - Good government - Inadequate - Ineffective cultural extension officers policies on agric extension practices amongst
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labour force - Availability of - High extension/ - Activities of foreign - Presence of improved seeds farmer ratio cattle herds men information - Presence of - Bush fires - Over reliance on department and van MOFA - Lack of rainfall to disseminate - Availability of favourable credit - Reducing extension information input credit facilities staff numbers - Presence of dams schemes (Block - Low/slow adoption and river bodies to Farm, SADA) of technologies by support irrigation - Collaboration farmers - with research - Low recovery of institutions credit schemes by (SARI) farmers Conclusion: The district abounds with enough potentials and opportunities to increase the production levels of crops. The constraints can be managed through the development of appropriate programmes for the use of dams for irrigation. The challenges can also be managed through collaboration with partners and appropriate Ministries for infrastructural development and the provision of inputs. Reducing Availability of vast land to - Increasing - Continuous - Continuous use productivity of land support shifting cultivation availability of cropping of chemical organic fertilizers - Tedious use of fertilizers - Availability of organic manure - Low cost of high yielding and compared to inorganic short duration inorganic fertilizer fertilizer crop varieties comparative to organic fertilizer High post-harvest Available knowledge on - Availability of - Poor maintenance - Inadequate losses processing and storage warehouses of available storage techniques warehouses facilities - Bush fires - Poor road network - High investment cost of communal storage houses - Inadequate 65 | P a g e
market for produce - Competition with cheaply imported foreign products - Climate change Availability of water - Introduction of - Reducing - Changing rainfall effects bodies (Black volta, dams) new crop productivity of distribution to support irrigation varieties suitable staples patterns to climatic - Limited technical - Conservative conditions know-how on farmer attitudes - Availability of climate change - Low/slow resource person issues adoption of (s) on climate - technologies by change farmers - Collaborative efforts between various stakeholders (EPA, Hippo sanctuary board etc) Inadequate and poor - Presence of - Inadequate - Dwindling donor quality data and lack - Existence of farmer telecommunicatio capacities to collect support of proper monitoring groups n facilities and analyze data - Inadequate funds systems - - Presence of - Low IGF MOFA - Good road - network - Presence of NGOs - 66 | P a g e
Prevalence of Availability of veterinary - Presence of - Poor housing of - High veterinary livestock diseases staff veterinary unit livestock/poultry /farmer ratio - Use of low quality - Inadequate breeds veterinary - Rising cost of officers and vaccines and hence vaccines vaccinations - Inadequate funds - Absence of regular livestock censuses - Absence of a veterinary doctor - Poor surveillance due to inadequate funds Low production of Availability of veterinary - Presence of - Seasonal - Farmers over- livestock staff. veterinary unit availability of feed reliance on Availability of crop - Availability of and water communal residue as supplementary improved - Improper housing grazing lands feed livestock varieties of livestock - Low patronage of Large numbers of livestock - End of livestock vaccinations farmers Development Project Comments: The district abounds with enough potentials and opportunities to increase the production levels of livestock. The constraints can be managed through the development of appropriate programmes such as provision of housing, use of high quality breeds, routine vaccination, etc. The challenges can also be managed through collaboration with partners and MOFA. Low fish production. - Availability of - Ongoing - Lack of fishing - Lack of credit fisheries officer community inputs facilities - Availability of rehabilitation of - Lack of storage - Poor road water bodies dams/dugouts facilities network - Availability of - Inadequate field IDA in the staff 67 | P a g e
region.
Comments: the constraints and challenges of fish production can be overcome by improving infrastructural development and building on the opportunities and potentials in the District.
Inadequate and poor - Availability of - Presence of - Inadequate - Dwindling quality data and lack of vertinary officers telecommunicatio capacities to collect donor support proper monitoring - Existence of n facilities and analyze data - High vertinary system farmer groups - Presence of - Low IGF /farmer ratio - DA data base on MOFA - Inadequate poor surveillance of cattle - Good road - Poor housing of vertinary livestock diseases network livestock/poultry officers - Presence of - Use of low quality and services NGOs breeds - Availability of - credit in kind scheme Comments: The district abounds with enough potentials and opportunities to increase the production levels of livestock. The constraints can be managed through the development of appropriate programmes such as provision of housing, use of high quality breeds, etc. The challenges can also be managed through collaboration with partners and MOFA. Increasing frequency - Presence of Existence of - Absence of fire - Prolonged dry and impacts of Traditional service season droughts, floods, forest authorities - Development department in - Weak partners the district fires and other natural - Presence of enforcement of NADMO in the - EPA - High prevalence by-laws hazards district - Forestry of charcoal - Erratic rainfall commission production pattern - Presence of FM - Hunting - establishment of - High rate of tree nursery in illiteracy talawona - Lack of bye 68 | P a g e
- provision of soka laws pumps for farmers along the black volta Conclusion: the impact of droughts, floods, forest fires and other natural hazards can be effectively minimized through government policies with the support of traditional authorities. The Constraint can be addressed through the introduction of alternative livelihood programmes, public education and the enactment and enforcement of bye-laws. Challenges can be managed through collaboration with NADMO. Increasing trends in - Availability of security personnel - Existence of - Illegal chainsaw - Erratic rainfall deforestation, - Presence of forestry operation pattern degradation and traditional commission - Poor farming authorities - Existence of EPA practices biodiversity loss with - Presence of - Presence of FM - Rampant adverse consequences Assembly/Unit stations Bushfires Committee Availability of Charcoal burning for agriculture - - members plantation - Sand wining - Wechiau Hippo programmes sanctuary - Availability of donor funding
Conclusion: There are enough potentials and opportunities for the district to harness in order to combat this menace. Strategies such as bye-laws and alternative livelihood programmes can be designed to effectively handle the constraints. District will partner with the partners/agencies to manage the challenge through dam/dug-out construction for irrigation.
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PROBLEM POTENTIALS OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES
THEMATIC AREA : INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT
Inadequate power supply - High demand - GOG funds - Disperse nature of - High cost of infrastructure and access for electricity - Presence of settlement electricity tariffs to electricity - DA support NED/VRA - Absence of teak - High cost of electric - Cheap labour - SHEP plantation in the poles force - Donor support region - Low incomes - Presence of - Rampant bush - Poor road network high tension fires lines along many communities Conclusion:On-going electrification projects coupled with DA support can mitigate the problem of electricity supply in the district. The constraints can be mitigated through dialogue/sensitization with communities and enactment of bye-laws. The challenges can be managed through advocacy, employment creation and improvement of the road network Low accessibility to - high demand - Favourable - Dispersed - Inadequate supply - Peaceful government settlement of electricity telephone facilities environment policy on ICT - Poor road - Limited ICT - Investment - Presence of network facilities and ICT Poor and inadequate friendly network - High rate of technocrats internet infrastructure environment providers in the illiteracy - Presence of region limited deployment of educational ICT infrastructure in institutions educational institutions - Presence of CICs
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Conclusion: The identified potentials and opportunities are enough to mitigate the problem. The constraints can also be managed through sensitization/dialogue with communities and investment on the road and educational sectors. The challenges can also be mitigated through dialogue with service providers to cover more communities and institutions.
PROBLEM POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES THEMATIC AREA : INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT WATER AND - Presence of - Dispersed settlement - Irregular release of SANITATION - Existence of development pattern of communities DACF WATSAN partners - Poor maintenance - High cost of drilling Inadequate access to committees and - Government culture - Dwindling Donor DWST interventions - Inadequate capacity of support quality water - Existence of - Presence of the DWST boreholes Black Volta - Inadequate logistics - Vibrant communal river - inadequate personnel at spirit the district works department
Conclusion: Effective collaboration with donors coupled with increasing government intervention can address the issue of inadequate access to quality water. The district will develop programmes to handle the challenges identified and also manage the constraints as these two are significant and can negatively affect the provision of potable water Inadequate access to - existence of house hold - negative attitude of - Dwindling donor latrines, public and - NGO’s community members support sanitation facilities institutional toilets - development - Absence of bye laws - Inadequate staff of and poor sanitation partners(IDA/PRO - Poor management of the environmental -local materials for NNET/MAFORD, existing facilities. health unit service delivery building SNV/) - - Delay payments to - implementation of the sanitation guards sustainable rural water - programme - Labour - Zoomlion 71 | P a g e
- Sanitation guards CONCLUSION: Poor sanitation can be positively tackled with adequate collaboration with development partners, vigorous behavioral change communication campaign.
PROBLEM POTENTIALS OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES THEMATIC AREA : HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION -Presence of PTA and - On-going donor - Poor school infrastructure - Donor fatigue SMC Inadequate access to support for school - Low income levels of - Erratic release of -Availability of school basic education infrastructure infrastructure parents to support children DACF -Availability of development - Negative cultural - Poor road network traditional authority - DA support - Capitation grant practices - Inadequate trained -Availability of land - School feeding - Ineffective PTAs and teachers -Communal labour - Availability of programme SMCs community teaching - GETFund, DWAP, - Poor community assistants. availability of national CBRDP, Plan Ghana involvement in enrolment service personnel - Free school uniform drive
and exercise books - Low IGF - MP Common Fund - Negative attitude of parents towards the education of their children
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Conclusion: Government interventions with the support of donors can increase access to basic education. The constraints can be overcome through sensitization of communities and expanding the coverage of school feeding programme. The challenges can also be mitigated through dialogue with development partners and sponsorship of teacher trainees. Inadequate teacher - High communal - Donor support - Unwillingness of - Absence of spirit housing facilities in teachers to stay in electricity in deprived communities - Presence of DACF/DDF deprived most - Availability of communities communities land and labour - Support from - Inadequate - Inadequate basic PTAs/SMCs community social amenities
motivation for - inadequate teachers teacher accommodation and water for schools
Conclusion: The district can effectively utilize the potentials and opportunities available to improve upon teacher housing. Provision of basic social amenities such as electricity and the timely release of funds can also address the challenges and constraints.
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in educational bikes for monitoring - Presence of supervisors and supervision institutions - Availability of development - Poor implementation - Refusal of teachers PTAs/SMCs partners in of sanctions on poorly to stay in education sector. performed teachers communities. - Commitment of - Negative attitude - absenteeism of District Directorate towards funding of teachers of Education monitoring activities towards monitoring and supervision. CONCLUSION: Monitoring can be improved since significant potentials and opportunities exist. The Constraint can be addressed through dialogue with development partners/DA regarding funding.
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PROBLEM POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES THEMATIC AREA : HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT High infant and - NHIS - Free maternal and - Inadequate CBSV - Dwindling donor maternal mortality - Presence of health infant health policy - Non commitment of funding facilities - Funding from some CBSV - Delay in the release High morbidity and - Availability of IE & Global Fund for - Inadequate staff of funds mortality from C materials malaria - Low community - communicable - Practice of - High donor interest participation community based in health - Inadequate transport and diseases such as surveillance by - Availability of equipment malaria, HIV/AIDS volunteers (CBSV) vaccines for vaccine - Few and aging and TB - Availability of preventable diseases midwives midwives and TBAs - Presence of health - Dispersed settlement - Sponsorship of health training institutions patterns of trainees - DACF/DWAP/UN communities - Availability of ICEF/JICA /MP and - Inadequate staff community health other partners accommodation extension workers
Conclusion: There exist significant potentials and opportunities to mitigate the situation. The Constraints and challenges are significant and serious attention need to be paid in tackling them. Loss of quality - Presence of health - Presence - Inadequate VCT - Absence of offices of human and material facilities NGOs/CBOs centres implementing resources due to the - DACF - Donor support - Non – existence of agencies in the - Availability of VCT - Availability of association of PLWHIV district HIV/AIDS pandemic centres anti-retroviral drugs - Inadequate knowledge - Weak collaboration on the mode of HIV between GAC and the 75 | P a g e
High stigmatization /AIDS transmission DA - Centralized of PLWHIV distribution of anti- retroviral drugs
Conclusion: Effective collaboration between AIDS commission, DA, Ghana Health service and implementing NGOs to reduce stigma and decentralised the distribution of anti-retroviral drugs. Limited coverage of - Department of social - Disability Fund - Limited data on the abuse - Limited donor social protection welfare & community - Presence of LEAP - Under resourced and support interventions development under staffed Dept. of - Presence of - DACF Social Welfare and - Inadequate security Lack of reliable and - Police UNICEF in the Community apparatus adequate data on Development district disable people - Absence of child panels - Presence of Plan - Low advocacy on child Low awareness of Ghana and other rights and violation of child partners - Weakly organized rights - Disability Act, Act disability groups 715 - Act 560/98 - NHIS - Education institution for the disable Conclusion: The district can effectively utilize the potentials and opportunities available such as DACF, LEAP, donors’ etc. to mitigate the identified development problems. The challenges and constrains can also be effectively addressed by resourcing the department of social welfare and community development, forming well-organized disability groups and intensifying advocacy on child rights.
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PROBLEM POTENTIALS OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES THEMATIC AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE Weak employment - Availability of raw - Availability of - Inadequate micro- - Seasonality of raw generation materials (sheanuts) international finance materials market capacities at the - Availability of labour - Inadequate technical/ - Bushfires force - Availability of vocational skills - Lack of technology in district level - Mango plantations support from - Inadequate production process - Afforestation development entrepreneurial/mana - Inadequate market for programme partners gerial skills finished products - Vast land for - GYEEDA - High illiteracy rat - Untimely release of agriculture and - SADA - Inadequate funding irrigation facilities industrial - Block farming - Poor attitude development - Micro credit towards agricultural schemes activities - Inadequate investment opportunities - Low diversification Conclusion: significant potentials and opportunities exist for local economic development. The Constraint and challenges can be managed through the provision of technical/vocational/entrepreneurial know how, creation of conducive business environment for the thriving of the private sector.
PROBLEM POTENTIALS OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES
THEMATIC AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE
Weak internal - Availability of markets - Media - Unreliable database -Harsh National revenue - Authority to levy rates - Telecommunic - Revenue leakages economic conditions and charge fees ation providers - Low economic activities - No National budget
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mobilization - Availability of - NGOs in the district allocation to support livestock - Service - Citizens unwillingness functioning of sub- Weak - Presence of Wechiau providers to pay tax district structures capacities of Hippo Sanctuary - Lack of logistics for personnel and - New properties monitoring revenue logistics springing up collection shortfall - Tipper truck and tractor - Low revenue base - CICs - Non-operational CICs - Unit Committees - Inexperience revenue - staff - Poor remuneration
Conclusion: Low Internal Revenue Generation can be positively addressed since significant potentials and opportunities exist. The Constraint can be addressed through sensitization, increasing and building the capacity of revenue staff. and devising strategies to block revenue leakages
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PROBLEM POTENTIALS OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES THEMATIC AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE Inadequate women - Available local - African women - Illiteracy - Inadequate role representation and governance Dev’t fund - Unfavorable cultural modules participation in public structures - MOWAC practices - Unavailable life and governance - Presence of Gender - Presence of - Lack of interest in motivation for desk office UNICEF participation women in local - Availability of - International - Poor social governance community based conventions and mobilization - Unfavorable Poor performance of structures e.g. chiefs, , protocols - Apathy by community Political the local governance religious organizations - Training and members environment system due to etc capacity building - inadequate - Existence of women support from participation groups NGOs and NCCE - Participatory planning - Presence of process UNFPA - Conclusion: the problems can be positively addressed since significant potentials and opportunities such as donor support, community based structures, etc exists. The Constraint and challenges can be addressed through sensitization and creating the platform for women to participate in local governance.
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PROBLEM POTENTIALS OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES THEMATIC AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE Inaccessibility of - Availability of Police - Availability of - Inadequate - Inadequate justice Post donors infrastructural facilities government funding - DACF/DDF - Commitment of - Inadequate logistics - Inadequate police - Community police - Low awareness of civic personnel government to - Traditional authority rights - - Department of social fight crime - Negative perception welfare and - Availability of about the justice community polce delivery system development commanders - No judicial court bungalow and - No residence for junior staff magistrate - bungalow
Conclusion: The situation can be positively tackled by providing infrastructural facilities, sensitization and resourcing the relevant departments. Limited public - Existence of - Presence of - High illiteracy rate - Inadequate funding awareness and institutions – CHRAJ, Development partners - inadequate logistics for decentralized advocacy on rights NCCE, Information - Inadequate funding institutions and responsibilities Service, CSOs - belief system - Non- enforcement of - Traditional authorities laws - Lack of political will CONCLUSION: The situation can be positively tackled through public education and enforcement of applicable laws.
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CHAPTER THREE
3.0 DISTRICT GOAL, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES
3.1 National Development Focus The basic Goal of the Medium-Term Development Policy Framework (2014-2017) is to address the economic imbalances, re-stabilizing the economy and placing it on a path of sustained accelerated growth and poverty reduction towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals and middle income status.
The broad strategic direction for the Medium-Term Development Policy Framework: Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA), 2014-2017 focuses on the following:
i. Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability ii. Enhancing Competitiveness of Ghana’s Private Sector iii. Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management iv. Oil and Gas Development v. Infrastructure and Human Settlements vi. Human Development, Productivity and Employment vii. Transparent and Accountable Governance
3.2 District Development Focus
The District Development Plan has been formulated in line with the Medium Term Development Policy Framework (2014-2017). This is to ensure that efforts are harmonized at all levels: District, Regional and National levels. The peculiarities of the District were however taken into consideration.
3.3 District Development Goal
Following the review of the 2010-2013 DMTDP under the GSGDA II, the goal of the district under the Medium Term Development Policy Framework is “To improve the socio-economic well-being of the Disrict through efficient and reliable provision of needed services).In order to realize this goal, the district would intensively focus its efforts and resources on the broad strategies of the Medium Term Development Policy Framework.
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3.4 District Development Prospects
The development prospects entails the projection of the district finances, population, services and facilities requirements and environmental factors over the plan period of four years (2014-2017) and related policy implications.
The output of this section forms the basis for the planning and programming phase of the plan. They deal essentially with future trends in various variables and guide the achievement of the district goal.
3.4.1 Population Projections
Population projections were undertaken so as to estimate future demand for both social and technical infrastructure and establish indicators for the objectives over the plan period.
The mathematical method (arithmetic, geometric and exponential growth laws) of population projection was used to project the population of the district for the next four years (2014-2017).
The population projections were based on the following assumptions:
Current growth rate will remain constant throughout the period Migration will remain constant throughout the planned period
Table 3.1 Population Projection
Year Male Female Total
2014 38,397 40,688 79,086
2015 39,079 41,424 80,503
2016 39,714 42,084 81,797
2017 40,389 42,799 83,188
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Table 3.3.1 Population Projection by Area Council
Area 2014 2015 2016 2017 Council
Dorimon 21,623 21,990 22,364 22,744
Ga 17,617 17,990 18,221 18,531
Gurungu 9,613 9,777 9,943 10,112
Vieri 15,471 15,734 16,001 16,273
THEMATIC AREA:PRIVATE SECTOR COMPETITIVENESS CROP PRODUCTION OBJECTIVE: To facilitate farmers' adoption of improved technologies for increased production
Crop Production Projections 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 CROP(Mt/Annum) Achie Target Target Achie Target Achie Target Achievement Maize 6,960 7100 7,160 7,300 7,400
Rice 2,560 3,000 3,500 3,900 4,200 Sorghum 4,176 4,200 4,300 4,420 4,550 Groundnut 25,674 30,000 32,000 33,000 34,500 Millet 2,243 2,500 2,576 2,584 2,650
ANIMAL PRODUCTION PROJECTIONS
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 LIVESTOCK Achie Target Target Achie Target Achie Target Achie Cattle 15,750 21000 21,890 22,050 23,100 Sheep 15,200 16,000 16,780 17,100 17,600 Goats 19,200 28,800 34,560 41,760 50,112 Pigs 12,500 16,250 21,125 25,350 27,885 Poultry 35,000 38,500 46,200 55,440 60,984
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3.5 Education Projection
Assumptions
Acceptable pupil-classroom ratio and pupil-teacher ratio at the K.G level is 35:1 Acceptable pupil-classroom ratio and pupil-teacher ratio at the primary and J.H.S level is 45:1 All classrooms needing major repairs should be replaced
Table 3.5.1 Pre-School Projections-Infrastructure
Year Projected Existing no. of No. of classrooms Backlog Enrolment class rooms blocks required blocks
2013 5,246 60 90 30
2014 4,954 66 76 10
2015 5,455 72 84 12
2016 6,071 78 95 17
2017 8,414 84 156 72
Table 3.5.2 Pre-Projection-Quality of education
Year Projected No of Pupil- Teachers Required Backlog Trained ratio Enrolment Teacher
2013 5,246 9 583:1 583 574
2014 4,954 12 412:1 413 401
2015 5,455 1,310 5:1 5 1,305
2016 6,071 1,578 4:1 4 1,574
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Table 3.5.1 Pre-School Projections-Infrastructure
Year Projected Existing no. of class No. of classrooms Backlog Enrolment rooms blocks blocks required
2013 5,246 60 90 30
2014 4,954 66 76 10
2015 5,455 72 84 12
2016 6,071 78 95 17
2017 8,414 84 156 72
Table 3.5.2 Pre-Projection-Quality of education
Year Projected No of Pupil- Required Backlog Trained Teachers Enrolment Teacher ratio
2013 5,246 9 583:1 583 574
2014 4,954 12 412:1 413 401
2015 5,455 1,310 5:1 5 1,305
2016 6,071 1,578 4:1 4 1,574
2017 8,414 2,945 3:1 3 2942
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Table 3.5.6 JHS Projection-Infrastructure
Year Projected Existing no. No. of Backlog Enrolment of class classrooms rooms blocks blocks required
2013 5,064 160 15 145
2014 5,502 166 14 152
2015 5,915 172 14 158
2016 6,146 178 11 167
2017 16,153 184 7 177
Table 3.5.7 JHS projections-Teachers
Year Projected No. of trained No. Teacher No. required Excess Enrolment teacher pupil ratio
2013 5,064 1,721 3:1 3 -
2014 5,502 1,926 3:1 3 -
2015 5,915 2,189 3:1 3 -
2016 6,146 2,397 3:1 3 -
2017 16,153 7,269 2:1 3 -
Table 3.6 Water Projection
Year Population Population Population Boreholes Backlog served served Required
2014 81,349 62,792 17,711 59 59
2015 81,797 67,073 14,724 10 69
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2016 83.188 71,541 11,647 29 98
2017 84,602 76,141 8,461 1 99
Table 3.7 Tourism Projection
VISITORS 2014 2015 2016 2017
Foreign 1,031 1,131 1,231 1,331
Domestic 1,539 1,739 1,939 2,139
Table 3.8 Health Sector Projection
2014 2015 2016 2017
Under 5 176/100,000 176/100,000 176/100,000 176/100,000 mortality rate
Maternal 0 0 0 0 mortality rate
Skilled delivery 50% 55% 60% 65%
Family planning 45% 50% 55% 60% acceptance rate
HIV/AIDS 1% 1% 1% 1% prevalence rate
Incidence of 50% 45% 40% 35% malaria
NHIS coverage 85% 88% 90% 95%
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Table 3.9 Feeder Roads Projections
Type/Year 2014 2015 2016 2017
Spot 14KM 10KM 25KM 5KM improvement/re habilitation/surf acing
Table 3.10 Job Creation
Source of employment/Year 2010 2011 2012 2013
GYEEDA 600 725 840 945
Block farming 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500
EDIF sponsored mango project 200 100 100 100
New National Forest Plantation 300 100 100 100 Development Programme
Credit in kind 80 80 80 80
Table 3.11 Revenue Projection
SOURCE 2013 ACTUAL 2014 2015 2016 2017
IGF 103,850.25 150,850.00 158,392.50 166,312.13 174,627.73
DACF/MPCF 559,380.83 1,850,685.00 1,943,219.25 2,040,380.21 2,142,399.22
DDF 1,586,839.44 1,307,562.00 1,372,940.10 1,441,587.11 1,513,666.46
DONOR 1,025,927.80 3,216,200.00 3,377,010.00 3,545,860.50 3,723,153.53
OTHER GOG 848,855.75 1,385,594.00 1,454,873.70 1,527,617.39 1,603,998.25
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DISTRICT OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES
From the projections made, the following objectives and strategies were developed. These are put into the various thematic areas as indicated below.
Focus Area District Development District Objectives District Strategies linked Issue linked to National Policy to National Strategies Objectives
Thematic Area: Enhancing Competitiveness of Ghana’s Private Sector
Developing the 1. Lack of adequate Promote domestic tourism Vigorously promote Tourism Industry tourism infrastructure to foster national cohesion domestic tourism to for Jobs and as well as redistribution of encourage 2. Inadequate promotion Revenue income Ghanaians to of domestic tourism Generation appreciate and Promote sustainable and preserve their responsible tourism in national heritage such a way to preserve and create wealth in historical, cultural and the communities. national heritage Develop sustainable ecotourism, culture and historical sites
Thematic Area: Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management
Accelerated 1.Ineffective cultural Promote selected crop Support production Modernization of practices amongst small development for food of certified seeds Agriculture holder farmers leading to security, export and and improved comparatively lower yields industry planting materials for both staple and industrial crops. Promote the adoption of good agricultural practices by farmers 89 | P a g e
Build capacities of FBOs and CBOs to facilitate delivery of extension services to their members Promote the development of selected staple crops Extend the concept of nucleus- out grower and block farming schemes and contract farming to bridge the gap between large and small scale producers Improvement of feeder roads linking production areas to market centers Accelerated 2. Inadequate and poor Promote livestockand Intensify disease Modernization of quality data and lack of poultry development for control and Agriculture proper monitoring system food security and income surveillance especially for 3. poor surveillance of zoonotic and livestock diseases scheduled diseases Strengthen the institutional collaboration for livestock/poultry statistics and monitoring Accelerated 4. Inadequate data for Promote fisheries Promote the Modernization of fisheries management development for food gathering of data Agriculture (inland and marine) security and income for fisheries management 5. Weak collaboration with Establish and communities towards the strengthen co- management of fisheries management resources mechanisms with
6. The application of local communities
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inappropriate and for fisheries unorthodox fishing resource methods and techniques management Revamp the current fleet of fishing crafts with modern ones equipped with appropriate storage and processing facilities Restoration of 7. Increasing trends in Reverse forest and land Encourage reforestation of degraded Forest deforestation, degradation degradation degraded forest and and Land and biodiversity loss with off-reserve areas through the Management adverse consequences for Plantations agriculture Development and afforestation programmes. Enforce ban on illegal chainsaw operation and constitute a monitoring team to ensure that appropriate timber species are replanted on degraded lands. Promote plantation/woodlot development among communities to meet the needs of society Natural Disasters, 8. Increasing frequency Mitigate and reduce Invest in early Risks and and impacts of droughts, natural disasters and warning and Vulnerability floods, forest fires and reduce risks and response systems other natural hazards vulnerability Introduce education programmes to create public awareness
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Increase capacity of NADMO to deal with the impacts of natural disasters Enact and enforce bye-laws restricting
structures in flood plains, water ways, wetlands
Thematic Area 3. Infrastructure, Energy and Human Settlement Development
Energy Supply to 1. Inadequate power Provide adequate and Increase access to Support Industries supply infrastructure and reliable power to meet the modern forms of and Households access to electricity needs of Ghanaians and energy to the poor for export and vulnerable especially in the rural areas through the extension of national electricity grid. Information 2. Low accessibility to Promote rapid Increase coverage of ICT Communication telephone facilities development and deployment of the infrastructure. Technology national ICT infrastructure Improve the quality 3. Poor and inadequate of telephone Development for internet infrastructure services growth Facilitate the 4. Limited deployment of development of ICT infrastructure in community educational institutions information centers
Transport 1. Uneven access to Create and sustain an Prioritise the Infrastructure: transportation leading to efficient transport system maintenance of Road, Rail, Water post-harvest losses that meets user needs existing road and Air Transport 2. Insufficient facilities for infrastructure to inland, air and water reduce vehicle transport development operating costs (VOC) and future rehabilitation costs Reinstate labour- based methods of
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road construction and maintenance to improve rural roads and maximize employment opportunities Human 5. Lack of spatial land use Promote a sustainable, Develop appropriate Settlements plans spatially integrated and orderly development of planning models, Development human settlements for simplified 6.weak enforcement of operational socio-economic planning and building procedures and development planning standards regulations for land use planning 7. inadequate human and Adopt new and institutional capacities for innovative means of promoting land use planning development control and enforcement of planning and building regulations Undertake capacity building to up- grade human settlements and land use planning competencies Water, Water and Sanitation Accelerate the provision Implement district water and sanitation Environmental of affordable and safe 8. Inadequate access to water plan (DWSP) Sanitation and Strengthen Public- quality water Hygiene Private and NGO Partnerships in 9. inadequate access to water provision sanitation facilities and Strengthen human Accelerate the provision resource capacities poor sanitation service and improve in water delivery environmental sanitation management Promote the construction and use of appropriate and low cost domestic latrines 93 | P a g e
Adopt CLTS for the promotion of household sanitation Improve household and institutional sanitation Integrate hygiene education into water and sanitation delivery Thematic Area 4. Human Development, Productivity and employment
Education Education Increase equitable access Provide to and participation in infrastructure 1. inadequate access to education at all levels facilities for basic education schools at all levels across the district particularly in deprived areas Provide uniforms and exercise books
in public schools in deprived communities Accelerate integration of pre- school education into the FCUBE programme Accelerate the rehabilitation / development of basic school infrastructure especially schools under trees Expand school feeding progressively to cover all deprived communities and link it to the local economies
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Education 2. Infrequent and Improve management of Strengthen ineffective supervision of education delivery monitoring and teaching and learning in evaluation and educational institutions reporting channels undertake more 3. Lack of office efficient teacher accommodation for District development, deployment and Directorate of Education supervision train educational managers/leaders in management and leadership skills Provide office accommodation for district directorate Education 4. Inadequate teacher Improve quality of Provide teacher housing facilities in teaching and learning accommodation deprived communities Increase the number of trained teachers, trainers, instructors and attendants at all levels Provide distance learning opportunities for serving teachers Health 5. High infant and 2. Improve access to Increase access to maternal, newborn, maternal mortality quality maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent child health health services (MNCH) and adolescent health services Strengthen the Health Service to deliver quality MNCH services HIV, AIDS, STIs, 6. High morbidity and Prevent and control the Strengthen health promotion, and TB mortality from spread of communicable and non-communicable prevention and communicable diseases diseases and promote rehabilitation Improve case such as malaria, HIV/AIDS healthy lifestyles detection and
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and TB management at health facility level Scale up community and home base management of selected diseases Strengthen surveillance, reporting and emergency response HIV, AIDS, STIs, 7. Loss of quality human Ensure the reduction of Intensify behavioural change and TB and material resources due new HIV and AIDS, STIs, TB transmission strategies especially to the HIV/AIDS pandemic for high risk groups Intensify advocacy 8. High stigmatization of to reduce infection and impact of HIV, PLWHIV AIDS and TB Prevent mother-to- child transmission Ensure safe blood and blood products transfusion Improve access to counseling and testing, male and female condoms and integrated youth friendly services Promote safe sex practices Social Protection 9. Limited coverage of Progressively expand Improve targeting of existing social social protection social protection interventions to cover the protection interventions poor programmes Strengthen monitoring of social protection programmes Disability 10. Lack of reliable and Ensure a more effective Promote continuous appreciation of and collection of data
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adequate data on disabled inclusion of disability on PWDs Promote the people issues both within the formal decision making implementation of process and in the society the provisions of the disability ACT at large
Thematic Area 5: Transparent and Accountable Governance
Women 1. Inadequate women Empower women and Institute measures Empowerment representation and mainstream gender into to ensure increasing participation in public life socio-economic proportion of and governance development women government appointees in DA Sustain public education, advocacy and sensitization on the need to reform outmoded socio- cultural practices, beliefs, perceptions that promote gender discrimination Strengthen institutions dealing with women and children issues Public Safety and 2. Inaccessibility of justice Improve the capacity of Improve Security security agencies to institutional provide internal security capacity of the for human safety and security agencies including the Police protection Engage in intensive legal literacy and rights awareness and education for all sectors of the populace Deepening the 3. Limited public Foster civic advocacy to Strengthen Practice of awareness and advocacy on nurture the culture of interaction between Democracy and rights and responsibilities rights and responsibilities assembly members Institutional and citizens
Reform
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Deepening the 6. Poor performance of the Enhance community Develop plans that Practice of local governance system participation in are based on Democracy and due to inadequate governance and decision engagement with Institutional participation making communities and involve the full key Reform range of key stakeholders Strengthen existing governance structures such as unit committees by increasing their awareness of environmental issues Facilitate the broadcasting of DA proceedings and activities on local FM stations Local Governance Local economy Mainstream the concept of Facilitate, develop and local economic and implement Decentralization 7. Weak employment development into planning employment generation capacities at the at the district level programmes based district level on natural resource endowments and competitive advantage Local Governance 4. Weak internal revenue Ensure efficient internal Revisit IGF sources and mobilization revenue generation and Strengthen the Decentralization transparency in local revenue bases of 5. Weak capacities of resource management the district personnel and logistics assembly shortfall Develop the capacity of the district assembly towards effective revenue mobilization Local Governance 8. Weak capacity of Ensure effective Strengthen existing and MMDAs implementation of the sub-district Decentralization to ensure improved Local Government structures to ensure performance and service Service Act effective operation delivery Strengthen the capacity of 98 | P a g e
9. Dysfunctional sub- MMDAs for district structures accountable, effective performance and service delivery Access to Rights 11. Low awareness of and Protect children from Create public and Entitlement violation of child rights direct and indirect awareness on physical and emotional children’s rights harm Conduct research to track cases of child abuse for proper resolution
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CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 DISTRICT PROGRAMME OF ACTION
4.1Introduction This Chapter focuses on the various projects that will be implemented within the plan period 2014-2017 the responsibilities of the institutions/ units involved and the time frame for implementation. The section also highlights the roles of stakeholders since the successful implementation of programmes/ projects depends on the coordinated efforts of all stakeholders.
The role of all stakeholders is paramount to the successful implementation of programmes/ projects in this District Medium Term Plan 2014-2017. In the process of implementation however, the anticipated role each stakeholder will play is highlighted.
The Local Government Act 462 designates District Assemblies not only as planning authorities but also their implementation, monitoring and evaluation. To implement these projects/ programmes, it is therefore necessary that the District Assembly mobilizes funds both from within and outside the district. The local revenue base needs to be fully assessed and restructured to give the assembly a sound financial footing for projects implementation.
The departments/ agencies will provide technical guidance and facilitate the implementation of desirable projects/ programmes.
The Chiefs, Opinion Leaders and Traditional Authorities and land owners need to be informed of their responsibilities in implementing the programmes/ projects designed in the plan.
The District is mindful of the crucial roles played by Non-Governmental Organizations and the Private Sector in support of various Projects/ Programmes in the District. The role of NGOs and other Development Partners has been very crucial for the successful implementation of planned programmes/ projects. It is hoped that the development partners will buy into the plan to enhance the overall development of the district.
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Communities offer a lot of support starting from project identification, design and implementation, monitoring and evaluation. They also play important roles by providing land and other natural resources such as sand and stone towards project implementation. This is to enhance the principle of community ownership and management for sustainability. In this direction, communities provide labour, land, local expertise, counterpart funds, etc for project implementation. It is hoped that communities would continue to offer their best through project identification, implementation, monitoring and evaluation for sustainability
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Table 4.1 DISTRICT PROGRAMME OF ACTION Thematic Area: Enhancing Competitiveness of Ghana’s Private Sector
Objective 1: Promote domestic tourism to foster national cohesion as well as redistribution of income
Objective 2: Promote sustainable and responsible tourism in such a way to preserve historical, cultural and national heritage
Activities Indicators TIMEFRAME Indicative Budget Implementing Agencies (GH¢)
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATING
Organize radio talk shows to publicize the No. of radio talk 10,000 WCHS DA tourist potentials of the district. shows
Design brochures and flyers on the tourism No. of brochures and 20,000 WCHS DA potentials of the district flyers procured
Train tourist guards in tourist management Management trained 15,000 WCHS DA
Construct a canteen Canteen constructed 120,000 WCHS DA
Construct a guest house Guest house 100,000 WCHS DA constructed
Institute tourism festival Annual festival 20,000 WCHS DA organized
Sub total 190,000 45,000
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Thematic Area: Accelerated Agriculture Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resources Management
District Objective 1: Promote selected crop development for food security, export and industry
Time frame Indicative Budget Implementing Agencies Activity Indicators GH¢
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR Lead Collaborators
Train 960 farmers on Increased 10,062 MOFA NRGP management practices of availability of dry season seed production maize seed during along the Black Volta major season River
Carry out 10,000 acres Increased acreage 431,079 MOFA maize grain block farm of maize grain project farm RSSP RSSP
Engage 60 farmers for an Increased yield 9,483 MOFA CRS, SARI improved technology in and no. of rice rice production farmers
Train 3000 vegetable Increased acreage 7750 MOFA NRGP (Tomato,okro and Chilli of veg. farms, pepper) farmers at Dam Increased income sites on appropriate of farmers agronomic practices
Conduct 3 demonstrations Utilization of root 4000 MOFA RTIMP for 240 farmers on new and tubers uses of Root &Tubers increased
Introduce improved crop Farmers adopt 5860 MOFA
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varieties new improved varieties.
Monitoring of pest and Pest and diseases 720 MOFA diseases on crops of crops controlled
Identify markets and link Farmers have easy 550 MOFA to producers access to markets
Facilitate the development Active FBOs 747 MOFA of FBOs to the level of operating in the input and service providers District
Build the capacity of field Farmers adopt 4646 MOFA officers and farmers in the appropriate use of appropriate technologies technologies
Conduct census on crop 10,000 MOFA DA production
Organize annual farmers Farmers day 40,000 MOFA DA day celebration celebrated
Spot improvement of No. of roads 14,454,002 FR DONORS 22No. roads rehabilitated
Construct a bridge over the Bridge 1,000,000 FR DONORS black Volta to link Burkina constructed Face
Rehabilitation of 2No. No. of non- 1,200,000 FR DONORS roads engineered roads opened
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Construction of steel bridge 2 steel bridges 1,300,00 FR DONORS constructed
Surfacing of roads length of roads 5,322,755 FR DONORS surfaced
Objective 2: Promote livestockand poultry development for food security and income
Time frame Indicative Budget Implementing Agencies
Activity Indicators GH¢
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR Lead Collaborators
Identify, update and Improved disseminate existing technologies livestock technologies identified and 12,000 updated MOFA
Monitoring of pest and Pest and diseases diseases on livestock of livestock 720 controlled MOFA
Provide adequate and Framers 1927 effective extension management knowledge in livestock practices improved management for farmers MOFA
Immunization of dogs, cattle, Livestock health 3725 poultry against rabies, CBPP, ensured PPR Anthrax and NCD MOFA
Train 140 livestock farmers Maximum profit 1531 MOFA on livestock farming as a derived from 105 | P a g e
business venture livestock rearing
Carry out livestock census Population of 1232 using the developed format animal species ascertained MOFA
Field and home visits by Technologies 1000 AEAs on technologies dissemination dissemination ensured MOFA
Acquire and distribute Local breeds of 30,000 MOFA LDP/DA improved 400 sheep and 400 sheep and goats goats to credit in kind improved beneficiaries
Sub-total 7500 59,635
Objective: Reverse forest and land degradation
Activities Indicator TIMEFRAME Indicative Budget Implementing Agencies
(GH¢)
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATING
Sensitize communities on the No. of Communities 8,000 EPA GFS dangers of deforestation/ bush sensitized on the dangers of fires deforestation/bush fires NADMO
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Assist communities to establish No. of Communities assisted 10,000 Parks and DA, EPA tree nurseries and plantations to establish tree nurseries and Garden plantations.
Form and train guards and fire No. of Guards and fire 10,000 DA GFS volunteer squads volunteer squads formed and trained
Provide fire volunteer squads No. of Fire volunteer squads 8,000 DA GFS with protection provided with protective clothing/equipment clothing/equipment.
Sub total 00 36,000
District Objective:Mitigate and reduce natural disasters and reduce risks and vulnerability
Activities Indicators Timeframe Indicative Budget Implementing Agencies
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATORS
Organize 3 for a, 3 durbars and No. of for a, durbars and 10,000 NADMO DA workshops on disaster prevention and response mechanisms
Form and train district volunteer No. of District Volunteer 10,000 NADMO DA guards (DVGs) and District volunteer Guard & District committees on disaster prevention Volunteer Committees and response mechanism. trained
Map out disaster prone areas Disaster prone area 500 NADMO DA mapped out
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Develop a disaster preparedness plan Availability of a Disaster 500 NADMO DA for the district preparedness plan
Train NADMO staff in disaster No. of NADMO staff 8,000 NADMO DA management trained in disaster management
Sub total 29,000
Thematic Area: Infrastructure, Energy and Human Settlement Development
District Objective: Provide adequate and reliable power to meet the needs of Ghanaians and for export
Indicator TIMEFRAME Indicative Budget Implementing Agencies
Activities (GH¢)
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATING
Procure 200 low tension poles No. of low tension poles 400,000 DA NGOs annually procured
Extend the national grid to 15 No. of communities connected 500,000 VRA DA communities annually to the National electricity grid
Sub total 900,000
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District Objective: Promote rapid development and deployment of the national ICT infrastructure
Activities Indicator TIMEFRAME Indicative Budget Implementing Agencies
(GH¢)
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATING
Construct 2No. ICT ICT centers 200,000 DA NGOs centers constructed
Procure 60No computers Computers procured 120,000 DA
Connect 2 centers to the ICT centers connected 50,000 DA internet to the internet
Liaise with telephone Telephone services 2,000 DA MTN, Airtel, Vodafone, service providers to increased Gloand Tigo increase their coverage
Sub total 370,000 00
District Objective:Promote a sustainable, spatially integrated and orderly development of human settlements for socio-economic development
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Activities Indicator TIMEFRAME Indicative Budget Implementing Agencies
(GH¢)
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATING
Develop lay-out for communities layouts 20,000 DA Survey department, developed Department Town and Country Planning
Facilitate the development of Communit 20,000 DA NGOs community resource maps y resource maps developed
Facilitate the engagement of building Building 10,000 DA inspectors inspectors engaged
WATER AND SANITATION
Objective 1: Accelerate the provision ofaffordable and safe water
Objective 2: Accelerate the provision and improve environmental sanitation
Activities Indicators Timeframe Indicative Budget Implementing Agencies
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATORS
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50,000
Construction of 61No. boreholes 61No. boreholes 580,000 DA CWSA, CBRDP constructed
Construction of 20No. sanitation 20No. sanitation facilities 140,000 DA CWSA facilities for schools constructed
Construction of 10No. sanitation 10No. sanitation facilities 100,000 DA Ghana Health Service facilities for health institutions constructed
Construction of 2,500 Household 2,500 house hold latrine 1,000,000 latrines constructed
Mechanise 4No. boreholes 4No. boreholes 60,000 DA mechanised
Develop district specific Hygiene Hygiene Behaviour 5,000 DA Environmental Health Behaviour Change Change Communication Unit Communication Plan Plan developed
Conduct Hygiene Behaviour Behaviour Change 40,000 DA Environmental Health Change Communication Communication campaign Unit campaign in 50 communities conducted
Facilitate the achievement status 20 ODF communities 20,000 DA Environmental Health ODF in 20 communities based on achieved Unit the CLTS approach
Develop 5No. community 5No. community 100,000 DA Environmental Health cemeteries cemeteries developed Unit
Conduct 3No. Clean community 3No. Clean community 30,000 DA Environmental Health campaign/contest campaign/contest Unit conducted
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Identify and train school health school health teachers in 12,000 DA Environmental Health teachers in 20 selected schools 20 selected schools Unit identified and trained
Form and train school health School health clubs in 20,000 DA Environmental Health clubs in 20No. selected schools 20No. selected schools Unit formed and trained
Train CBHV in 20 communities CBHV in 20 communities 10,000 DA Environmental Health trained Unit
Form and train 58No. community 58No. community based 51,000 DA CWSA, CBRDP based WATSAN committees for WATSAN committees point sources formed and trained
Form and train 1No. Water Board 1No. Water Board for 3,000 DA CWSA, CBRDP for small town water system small town water system formed and trained
Identify and train 5 Area 5 Area Mechanics and 58 20,000 DA CWSA, CBRDP Mechanics and 58 Hand pump Hand pump care takers care takers identified and trained
Establish hand pump spare store hand pump spare store 20,000 DA CWSA, CBRDP established
Monitoring and Evaluation of 30,000 DA CWSA, CBRDP water and sanitation activities
Sub total 00 2,748,840
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Thematic Area:Human Development, Productivity and Employment
Objective 1: Increase equitable access to and participation in education at all levels
Activities Indicators Time frame Indicative budget Implementing Agencies
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATING
Support 40 needy pupils Needy students 8,000 DA Development Partners supported
Sensitization of communities to Enrollment drive 1,000 1,000 DA Development Partners enroll their children and retain carried out them in school
Construct 20No. 6-Unit classroom 20 No. 6-unit classroom 3,000,000 2000,000 DA Development Partners blocks with ancillary facilities blocks constructed
Construct 14No. 3-Unit classroom 14No. 3-unit classroom 500,000 60,000 DA Development Partners blocks with ancillary facilities blocks constructed
Construct 8No. 2-Unit classroom 8 No. 2-unit classroom 200,000 80,000. DA Development Partners blocks with ancillary facilities blocks constructed
Provide 4000 school uniforms to No. of school uniforms 80,000 DA Development Partners pupils provided
Provide 20,000 exercise books to no. of exercise books 20,000 DA Development Partners pupils provided
Enroll 30No. schools into the No. of schools enrolled 600,000 DA Development Partners school feeding program
Construct 8No. Kitchens for the No. of kitchens 240,000 DA Development Partners school feeding program constructed
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Organize sporting and cultural sporting and cultural 40,000 DA Centre for National activities activities organized Culture conduct periodic school mapping to determine extent and locate the type senior highypeoduction objective 3- bridge gender gap in access to education (sh) activities:
development of girls week activities and using local radio 1 media programmes and civil society group to educate on behaviour of ges objective 6: promote science and technical education at all levels activities: provide suitable ICT and sd facilities for SHS students and their teachers
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activities: 4,660,000 369,500 provide equipped laboratories
Objective 2objectives: to improve planning and management in the delivery of education by developing resource management, decision-making and monitoring to district and institutions while retaining central responsibility for establishing norms, guides, and system accountability.
Activities Indicators Time frame Indicative budget Implementing Agencies
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATING
Revive SMCs through training to SMCs revived and 3,000 2,000 DA Development Partners improve upon their supervision of trained schools
Support with funds/fuel for Monitoring activities 4,000 1,000 DA Development Partners monitoring and supervision supported
Organize training workshops for Capacities of circuit 2,000 1,000 DA Development Partners circuit supervisors and head supervisors built teachers to upgrade their skills (monitoring tools/methods) review and make DEOC functional at the district level provision of office furniture
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Conductannual head counts on the district payroll. provision of ICT equipment train EMIS officials at the district level on how to analyze, interpret and use EMIS data conduct management training for head teachers on effective use of capitation grant publish resources, distribution, allocation, posting outcome in public schools train office personnel’s to upgrade their financial management system to support GIFMIS
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Activities Indicators Time frame Indicative budget Implementing Agencies
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATING
Sponsor 120 teacher trainees No. teacher trainees 24,000 DA Plan Ghana and effectively bond them sponsored
Organize induction courses for Induction courses 2,000 500 DA Development Partners the new recruited trainees’ organized pupils’ teachers.
Construct 20No. 3-Unit No. of teachers quarters 1,000,000 600,000 DA Communities teachers quarters constructed
Institution of best teacher Best teacher award 80,000 DA Development partners award instituted
Organize STME camps and STME and INSET 2,000 1,000 DA CHALICE, Plan INSET organized Ghana
Organize 2 inter-schools quiz No. of Interschool quiz 24,000.00 Development partners competition among schools competition for schools organized. DA
Institute awards for Best Existence of Awards for 40,000.00 DA Development partners Performing Pupils Best Performing Pupils support schools to organize school base inset undertake because, SEA/ NEA
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organize spam using NEA and sea results
Provide training for all teachers in the use of revise syllabus
Provide all schools with an up-to-date curriculum relevant to personal
Implement Best Teacher Award
Sub total 1,104,000 600,000
OBJECTIVE 6: Promote science and technical education at all levels.
Activities Indicators Time frame Indicative budget Implementing Agencies
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATING
Liaise with development 24,000 DA partners to train ICT teachers at the basic levels
Liaise with development 2,000 500 DA partners to construct ICT center at circuit centers
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Liaise with development 1,000,000 600,000 DA partners to build ICT center at D.E.O
objective 5improve management of education service delivery
Determine the realistic 80,000 DA vacancies in schools or over staffing
Conduct payroll audit 2,000 1,000 DA
Liaise with DA to support 24,000.00 teachers to embark on DA distance education
Organise INSET for 40,000.00 DA teachers in basic schools
Draw up and circulate guidelines to all schools and through SMCS communities on time table that ensure maximum teachers, pupils contact time with the SMC oversight of time and task
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Construct store for district directorate of education
Support teachers undergoing the distance learning programme
Continue to train SMC/PTA to function well
Conduct regular school inspection and disseminate reports in timely manner
Provide training for circuit supervisor’s and inspection system
Provide materials and logistics support to supervisor and inspectors
Support with funds/fuel for monitoring and supervision
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Objective 1Improve access to quality maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health services
Activities Indicators Timeframe Indicative Budget Implementing Agencies
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATORS
De-worm all children 2-5yrs Deworming done and 15000 GHS MoH/NGOs every six months reports written
Establish 3 baby friendly Five baby friendly 120000 GHS Project Five Alive/MoH centers centres established
Form 20 mother to mother Mother-to mother 20000 GHS NGOs support groups to promote support groups formed breastfeeding.
Sponsor 20 students in 32 students sponsored 224,000 GHS DA Community Health Nursing & General nursing and 12 midwives
Build capacity of health staff Health staff & 15000 GHS NGOs and community agents to community agents implement C-IMCI capacity built
Hold monthly immunization Children vaccinated 75000 GHS NGOs outreach
Organize Health Education on Exclusive 15000 GHS NGOs Exclusive Breast Feeding breastfeeding, Intensified
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Construct 10No. CHPS 700,000 700,000 compound
Community fora on family Fora held and reports 15000 GHS PPAG /PLAN planning written
Provide focused antenatal care Antenatal care 8000 GHS Project Five Alive/MoH provided
Facilitate the establishment of 12 ETS established 12000 GHS MoH/PLAN 12 emergency transport systems.
Organize education on skilled Education carried out 12000 GHS NGOs delivery in 12 communities. and reports written
Organize Health Education for TBAs educated 12000 GHS NGOs TBAs on referral
Refresher training on CHOs trained 6000 GHS NGOs emergency delivery to CHOs.
Build 6 community Hostel in Hostels build 900,000 DA NGOs sub-districts
Refresher training on life Training done 6000 GHS NGOs saving skills for midwives
Complete theatre Wechiau 30,000
Construction of a polyclinic Wechiau 3,000,00 GHS DA 0
Sub total 30,000 3,970,00
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Objective 2: Prevent and control the spread of communicable and non-communicable diseases and promote healthy lifestyles
Activities Indicators Timeframe Indicative Budget Implementing Agencies
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATORS
Organize community durbars Community durbars 45000 GHS NGOs to sensitize people on malaria on malaria organised
Procure and distribute bed nets Bed nets distributed 60000 GHS NGOs to children under five and pregnant women
Sub total 00 80,000
Objective 3:Ensure the reduction of new HIV and AIDS, STIs, TB transmission
Activities Indicators Timeframe Indicative Budget Implementing Agencies
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATORS
Health education on safe sex and Education carried out 12000 GHS NGOs condom use.
Counseling and testing all Number of pregnant 6000 GHS NGOs pregnant women women tested
Conducting counseling and Know your status carried 45000 GHS NGOs testing and “know your status” out campaign
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district.
Establish CT/PMCT center Centre constructed 30000 GHS
Monitor and evaluate the Report on the implementation of HIV/AIDS implementation of 60,000 DA programmes HIV/AIDS activities
Sub total 00 96,000
Objective 1:Progressively expand social protection interventions to cover the poor
Activities Indicators Timeframe Indicative Budget Implementing Agencies
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATORS
Equip community Health Community Health 8,000 DA NHIS Insurance committees with Insurance committees community mobilization equipped with community skills. mobilization skills.
Conduct a client’s Clients satisfaction 30,000 DA NHIS satisfaction survey at the end survey conducted of the year and the results incorporated into the schemes plans.
Organize capacity building Capacity building 40,000 DA NHIS programs and refresher programs and refresher training for NHIS staff training for staff organized
Organize quarterly Quarterly monitoring and 8,000 DA NHIS
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monitoring and evaluation evaluation organized
Recruit and train data Data collectors recruited DSW & CD Dev’t Partners collectors in all LEAP and trained beneficiary communities
Conduct LEAP beneficiary for a conducted DSW & CD Dev’t Partners for a in all beneficiary communities
Identify and register NGOs, NGOs, CBOs etc DSW & CD Dev’t Partners CBOs and other registered and linked to governmental agencies that LEAP beneficiaries provides complementary services and link them to LEAP beneficiaries for support
Organise 5 information No. of information 10,000 Social DA sharing sessions for sharing session for welfare traditional rulers, assembly traditional rulers, Traditional Authorities members and departments on assembly members and Community CHRAJ, NCCE cultural/traditional practices. departments on development cultural/traditional Ghana Police practices organized
Organize 5 training sessions No. of training sessions 10,000 DA CHRAJ for stakeholders on the organized for domestic violence Law, Stakeholders on the NCCE Children’s Act etc. domestic violence bill. Ghana Police
Strengthen institutions such 4000 DA as DSW&CD, NCCE, Police and allied institutions to deal
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with cultural / traditional issues
Objective 2:A more effective appreciation of and inclusion of disability issues both within the formal decision making process and in the society at large
Activities Indicator TIMEFRAME Indicative Budget (GH¢) Implementing Agencies
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR Lead Collaborating
Registration of PWDs in the PWDs registered 1000 DSW & CD Dev’t Partners district
Link PWDs with NGOs and other PWDs linked to 1000 DSW & CD Dev’t Partners service providers for support NGOs and service services providers
Conduct educational fora on Durbars and radio 3,000 DSW & CD Dev’t Partners issues of disabilities through talk shows on durbars and radio talk shows disabilities issues conducted
Intensify education on Act 715 Education conducted 1,000 DSW & CD Dev’t Partners
Organize PWDs into groups and PWDs groups formed 1,000 DSW & CD Dev’t Partners improve upon their capacities and capacities improved
Register and properly dispose off No of welfare cases 10,000 DSW & CD Dev’t Partners 120 family welfare cases handled and disposed off
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Objective: Protect children from direct and indirect physical and emotional harm.
Activities Indicator TIMEFRAME Indicative Budget (GH¢) Implementing Agencies
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR Lead Collaborating
Sensitize 50 communities on child No. of Communities 5,000 5,000 Dept. of NCCE ,DA rights sensitized on the Social rights of the child Welfare CHRAJ, NGOs
Organize durbars and radio talk Durbars and radio 2,000 shows on harmful cultural talk shows organized practices against children
Form and inaugurate district child District child panel 4,000.00 4,000 Dept. of NCCE ,DA panel formed and Social inaugurated Welfare CHRAJ, NGOs
Organize review meetings on No. of Review 1,000.00 2,000 Dept. of NCCE ,DA child rights meetings organized Social Welfare CHRAJ, NGOs
Support 16 Plan Ghana 16 Plan Ghana 24,000 DA Development communities child initiated communities Partners projects supported
Sub total 10,000 11,000
Thematic Area:Transparent and Accountable Governance
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Objective 1: Enhance community participation in governance and decision making
Activities Indicator TIMEFRAME Indicative Budget Implementing Agencies (GH¢)
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATING
Build capacities of Assembly Capacity of Assembly 10,000 DA NGOs Members and Unit Committees members and Unit Committees built
Organise reviews and Public No. of Reviews and 20,000 hearings on Assembly activities public hearings organised
Organise community durbars with No. of Community 10,000 traditional authorities durbars organised
Prepare Community Action Plans Community Action 10,000 and integrate them into district Plans prepared and plans integrated
Construct 2No. bungalows 2No. bungalows 320,000 DA NGOs constructed
Complete DADU office DADU office 70,000 DA NGOs completed
Build capacity of DA and Area Capacity of DA and 80,000 DA NGOs Council staff Area Council staff built
Furnish District Assembly offices District assembly 10,000 DA NGOs offices furnished
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Organise participatory monitoring Participatory 60,000 DA on development projects and monitoring organised programmes
Construct additional office Additional office 60,000 DA Development Partners accommodation for DA accommodation for DA constructed
Organise talk shows on DA No. of talk shows 20,000 DA activities organised
Support community self help Community self help 80,000 DA Development Partners projects projects supported
Procure vehicle for monitoring of vehicle for monitoring 80,000 projects of projects procured
Sub total 580,000 70,000
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Objective 2: Empower women and mainstream gender into socio-economic development
Activities Indicator TIMEFRAME Indicative Budget Implementing (GH¢) Agencies
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLOBRATORS
Organise 6 workshops for selected No. of Workshops for 14,000 DA NGOs women on decision-making processes selected women on decision at the District level making processes at the district level organised
Lobby assembly leadership to appoint % of Assembly appointees 2,000 NGOs DA 40% of 30% appointees as women who are women
Organise an education forum for 300 300 women and girls 3,600 DA NGOs women and girls to create awareness sensitized on breast cancer on breast cancer and reproductive and reproductive health health
Sensitize 300 traditional leaders and 300 traditional leaders and 3756 DA NGOs the general public on the need to the general public sensitized reduce out-migration of women and on the need to reduce out girls migration of women and girls
Organise a workshop to sensitize 300 300 traditional leaders and 4149 DA NGOs traditional leaders and parents on the parents sensitized on the dangers of girl elopement dangers of girl elopement
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Sensitize 300 chiefs, wine sellers and 300 Chiefs, wine sellers and 4450 DA NGOs the general public on the effect of the general public sensitized alcoholism and drug addiction on the effect of alcoholism and drug addiction
Sub total 31,955 00
Objective 3: Improve the capacity of security agencies to provide internal security for human safety and protection.
Activities Indicator TIMEFRAME Indicative Budget (GH¢) Implementing Agencies
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATING
Construct 1 no. Police Availability of police 60,000 DA NGOs accommodation accommodation in the district
Construct a District Court Availability of District 70,000 DA NGOs Building court in the district
Construct 1 no. bungalow for Availability of bungalow 60,000 DA NGOs District magistrate for district magistrate
Liaise and lobby police No. of police personnel 3,000 DA NGOs administration for additional posted to the district personnel
Sub total 193,000 00
Objective 5: Ensure efficient internal revenue generation and transparency in local resource management
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Activities Indicator TIMEFRAME Indicative Budget Implementing Agencies
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATING
Employ more No. Of revenue/ commission revenue/commission collectors collectors engaged 1,000 DA AREA COUNCIL
Organize refresher training for No. Of refresher training organised 10,000 DA AREA COUNCIL revenue collectors for revenue collectors
Intensify monitoring and No. Of Monitoring and supervision supervision of revenue of revenue collection conducted in collection in the district the district 20,000 DA AREA COUNCIL
Organize bi-annual public fora No. Of bi-annual public fora on on revenue mobilization and revenue mobilisation and expenditure at the district level. expenditures organised at the 12,000 DA AREA COUNCIL district level
Engage private firms in revenue No. Of private firms engaged 500 DA AREA COUNCIL collection (out sourcing)
Procure motorbikes for revenue No. Of motorbikes procured collectors 8,000 DA AREA COUNCIL
Organize annual awards No. Of annual awards organised ceremony for the best revenue collectors. 10,000 DA AREA COUNCIL
Review fee fixing to include Fee fixing reviewed 1,000 DA AREA COUNCIL newly identified revenue items
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Sub total 61,500 00
Objective 6:Mainstream the concept of local economic development into planning at the district level
Activities Indicator TIMEFRAME Indicative Budget Implementing Agencies (GH¢)
2014 2015 2016 2017 GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABORATING
Conduct sensitization seminar No. of sensitization 4,000 BAC DA, NGOs, Dept. of on sheabutter extraction within seminars on sheabutter Community Dev’t production communities extraction conducted
Formation of sheabutter No. of Sheabutter 2,000 BAC DA, NGOs, Dept. of production groups in selected production groups Community Dev’t communities formed
Conduct market research for Availability of Market 5,000 BAC DA, NGOs sheabutter research data for sheabutter
Purchase sheabutter equipment No. of sheabutter 200,000 BAC Donor Agencies, SADA for 10 producer groups producer groups provided with equipment
Build market linkages between Availability of Market 7,000 BAC DA, NGOs producers and buyers linkages between producers and buyers
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keeping, marketing, costing and pricing and credit management for sheabutter production groups in the district.
Monitoring of performance of Production communities 10,000 producer groups
Asses the employment needs Availability of list of 3,000 NYEP,S DA, MOE &S of the youths Employment needs of OCIAL the youths WELFA RE
Engage 945 youth under the No. of Youth employed 200 NYEP DA NYEP MOE &S
Engage 500 youth in the EDIF No. of Youthengaged. 5,000 DA MOFA sponsored mango plantation project
Engage 600 youth in the New No. of Youth engaged. 5,000 DA MOFA National Forest Plantation Development Programme
Sub - Total
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Table 4.2: summary of indicative budget by thematic areas
INDICATIVE BUDGET % OF BUDGET FOR THEMATIC AREA GOG DONOR TOTAL THEMATIC AREA 1. Enhancing competitiveness of Ghana's private sector 190,000 45,000 235,000 0.51
2. Infrastructure and Human settlement 6,262,755 16,654,002 22,916,757 50.45
3. Accelerated Agricultural modernisation and sustainable natural resource management 7,500 609,532 617,032 1.36
4. Human Development, Productivity and Employment 15,470,279 5,207,340 20,677,619 45.53
5. Transparent and Accountable Governance 880,000 97,000 977,000 2.15 Total Budget 22,810,534 22,612,874 45,423,408 100.00
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4.2 INDICATIVE FINANCIAL PLAN FOR WA WEST DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 2010 – 2013 FINANCING THE GAP From the analysis above, the total cost of financing the Medium Term Development Plan (2010 – 2013) stands at Forty FiveMillion, Four hundred and Twenty Three thousand, Four Hundred and Eight Ghana Cedis (GH¢45,423,408) against an Indicative Financial Budget of Nineteen Million, One Hundred and Sixty Three Thousand, Five Hundred and Thirty Four Ghana Cedis (GH¢19,163,534). This reveals a financial gap of Twenty two million, three hundred and thirteen thousand, eight hundred and seventy four Ghana Cedis (GH¢26,259,874).
In financing the gap, it is expected that more revenue and assistance would be mobilized from the following sources;
The Assembly will make conscious efforts to scale up the volume of IGF through market tolls and cattle rate collection. There would also be frantic efforts at blocking all revenue leakages by providing accurate data on properties, efficient and reliable revenue collection method and well trained and motivated staff. It is also expected that our Development Partners would support the district assembly. Communities would be required to pay counterpart funds as their contribution to cost of projects in some instances.
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CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
5.1 Introduction The attainment of the desired benefits from the District Medium Term Plan will depend on how successfully it is coordinated and implemented to achieve the set objectives.
This section of the District Development Plan identifies projects whose implementation will assist in the realization of the goal of the Medium Term Plan. Development programmes and projects will be carefully phased out year by year within the Four-Year period and these will reflect in the Annual plans indicating what action is to be taken, by whom and at what time.
5.2 Justification for Choice of Annual Action Plan and Location of projects The specific location of projects is based on the following factors:
1. Needy or deprived areas in terms of socio-economic infrastructure and services, accessibility, and spatial/ economic interaction. 2. Access to deprived areas where the production of agro-based raw material, food crops and export crops can be improved. 3. Areas with the necessary threshold population. Notwithstanding this, some deprived areas are supported. 4. Areas with the capacity to ensure high returns to investment due to availability of needed facilities and markets. 5. Areas that have the potential to enhance community participation in the decision making process and other issues related to good governance. 6. Areas which are centrally located to make information flow and sharing of cost benefit effective. This includes areas that can generate local revenue for the district. 7. Communities with a proven capacity for self-help and local initiative.
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5.3 Implementation Factors The implementation of planned programmes/ projects within the four-year period will take into consideration certain administrative, social, climatic, and geological factors. Some of these include:
Timely availability of funds and other inputs Availability of personnel with the necessary technical skills and expertise The seasonal calendar of the activities of rural population, especially farmers Availability of surface/ underground water The seasons and their effects on the roads Sensitivity to cultural norms and practices of the people
5.4 Selection of Implementing Agency The various implementing departments/ agencies, NGOs and donors were chosen for the following reasons:
1. Existing and expected functions 2. On-going and planned projects by the agency in question 3. Technical resource availability 4. Expertise in the relevant field of project
The 2014 Annual Action Plan, based on the Programme of Action is as shown in table 5.1.
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2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS OF GHANA'S PRIVATE SECTOR DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: 1. Promote domestic tourism to foster national cohesion as well as redistribution of income 2. Promote sustainable and responsible tourism in such a way to preserve historical, cultural and national heritage IMP LE ME NTA TIME TIO SCHEDULE N AGE NCI OUTPUT ES COLL ABOR EXTERN LEA ATIN ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR 1 2 3 4 LOCAL AL D G Organize radio talk shows to publicize the tourist potentials of the district No. of radio talk WC Wa shows 4,000 HS DA Train tourist guards in tourist management Tourist guides WC Wechiau trained 5,000.00 HS DA Construct a quest house Quest house 100,000.0 Wechiau constructed 0 DA WCHS Organize tourism festival Tourist festival WC Wechiau organized 10,000.00 HS DA Develop a car park at the Hippo sanctuary Talawona 20,000.00 DA WCHS Sub Total 139,000 139 | P a g e
2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: ACCELERATED AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: Promote selected crop development for food security, export and industry
TIME IMPLEM SCHEDULE ENTATI ON ANNUAL AGENCI OUTPUT BUDGET ES EXTER COLLABOR ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR 1 2 3 4 LOCAL NAL LEAD ATING Train 240 farmers on management practices Jumboso, Mwabase, Increased availability of of dry season seed production along the Konjogli, Buka, maize seed during major Black Volta River season
2,515.50 MOFA NRGP Carry out 2,500 acres maize grain block District wide Increased acreage of farm project maize grain farm 107,769.75 MOFA LAP/RSSP Engage 15 farmers for an improved Nahaa, Tindoma, Increased yield and no. technology in rice production Wechiau of rice farmers
2,370.75 MOFA CRS/SAARI Engage 17 communities in cowpea District wide Increased cowpea production producers 4,312.50 MOFA WVI
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Train 75 vegetable (Tomato,okro and Chilli Yeliyiri, Baleofilli, Increased acreage of veg. pepper) farmers at Dam sites on appropriate Siiru, Balawa, farms, Increased income agronomic practices Dobaziiri, of farmers Pigbengben, 1,937.50 MOFA NRGP Cary out 150 acres rice block farm District wide no. of farmers and acreage of rice farms
Train 1000 farmers on safe use of agro- District wide Correct use of agro- chemical chemical ensured 700 MOFA NRGP Train 125 farmer on compost preparation District wide Increased knowledge on compost preparation
350 MOFA NRGP Carry out media campaign to sensitized and District wide Interaction of disseminate information on cassava stakeholder promoted production, processing issues and marketing
125 MOFA RTIMP Distribute 2000 improved cassava Cuttings District wide Cassava production to 400 farmers increased 250 MOFA RTIMP Conduct 3 demonstrations for 60 farmers on District wide Utilization of root and new uses of Root &Tubers tubers increased
1,000 MOFA RTIMP Educate and train consumers on appropriate District wide Consumers combine food combination of local available food appropriate local materials available food materials.
1,128 MOFA NRGP
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Introduce improved crop varieties District wide Farmers adopt new improved varieties. 1,465 MOFA NRGP Build the capacity of cash crop farmers to District wide Cash crop farmers improve productivity and produce quality produce good quality of produce 361.25 MOFA NRGP Monitoring of pest and diseases on crops District wide Pest and diseases of crops controlled 180 MOFA NRGP Identify markets and link to producers District wide Farmers have easy access to markets 137.5 MOFA NRGP Improve storage facilities along the value District wide Post harvest losses chain reduced. 294.25 MOFA NRGP Facilitate the development of FBOs to the District wide Active FBOs operating level of input and service providers in the District
186.75 MOFA NRGP Mainstream sustainable land management District wide Land use plan developed (SLM) into the design of sector policies by all communities programmes and
481.75 MOFA NRGP Build the capacity of field officers and District wide Farmers adopt farmers in the use of appropriate appropriate technologies technologies
1,161.50 MOFA NRGP Train 37 farmers in each zone on khebab Wechiau, Dorimon Soya utilization and soya utilization and groundnut extraction and Ponyentanga groundnut extraction improved. 225 MOFA NRGP
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develop stands and promote good distrcit wide Good agricultural agricultural practices along the value practices along the value chain(including hygiene, proper use of chain improved packge, grading standardidation
2500 MOFA RTIMP Create awareness on gari processing to District wide Increased knowledge on women groups gari processing 1500 MOFA RTIMP Training of staff in ICT (microsoft office District wide staff acquird knowledge suit, data entry and analysis) in ICT 3000 MOFA RTIMP Educate and senstized farmers the District wide Soil fertility enhanced importance of soil improvement and the use of farm yard manure.
800 MOFA Train 100 farmers on simple farm record District wide Farmers acquired keeping. knowledge in record keeping 1600 MOFA Apply approraite agricultural research and District wide Research and technology technology to introduce economics of scale enhanced in agriculral production
4500 MOFA
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Inprove the effectiveness of Research - District wide Research- extension - Extension-Farmer linkage and integrate the farmer linkage improved concept into the agricultural research system to increase participation of users in technology development.
3500 MOFA Train FBO's and CBO's for Extension District wide Extension delivery delivery services in improved technologies. services improved
2800 MOFA Intensify dissemanation of updated crop District wide Crop production package production technological packages upgraded
1500 MOFA Organise three farmer field days on cassava distrcit wide farmers skills improved copping for planting 3000 MOFA RTIMP Conduction of demonstrations on Four zones Cajaanuscajan cajanuscajan in four communities. demonstration conducted
1500 MOFA PATECH conduction of three WAAPP sweet potato three zones 3 WAAP demonstrations demoonstration in all the three zones of the organised district.
1800 MOFA WAAPP
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Conduction of nine baby rice Gurungu, 9 rice demonstrations demonstrations and seven mother Tanina,Pole and organised demonstrations in each of the RSSP Chogsia lowlands.
1200 MOFA RSSP, SARI Conduction of six AGRA maize zones A,Band C Maize demonstration demonstrations conducted 1800 MOFA SARI Training 150 women in each of the 3 zones zones A,Band C Women income on income generating activities in areas of improved ground nut oil extaction, shea butter extraction, rice par boiling, weanimix preparation
2400 MOFA Conduct food demonstration for 50 women zones A,Band C women knowledge on in each zone using soya and cowpea for diet soya and cowpea diet improvement among farm families improved
1200 MOFA Conduct nutrition education for 70 women zones A,Band C 210 women acquired in each zone using the three food groups knowledge in food group chart. chart
1120 MOFA Conduct training on processing , prevention zones A,Band C 210 women trained on and storage of vegetables for the off-season processing, prevention for 70 women in each zone. and storage of vegetables
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Train farm wives on home managemnet zones A,Band C Farmwives trained on practices such as construction of soakaway home sanitation pits, dry lines, raised platforms etc. for 70 women in each zone.
3360 MOFA Educate 50 farm families on the importance District wide families educated on of family planning in agriculture. family planning
1400 MOFA Educate farm families on the hazards of District wide farmers knowledge on HIV/AIDS, prevention of the disease and HIV/AIDS enhanced care of the affected people especially their nutritional issues.
1800 MOFA Organise 25 women in each of the zones to 3 zones 75 women engaged in go into dry season farming especially along dry season farming the Black Volta
1200 Organise gender mainstream training for 70 zones A,Band C Gender mainstream farm families in each zone. training organised for 210 farmers
1120 MOFA Train 180 farm wifes on the importance of District wide Farm wives trained and iodized salt in the meals and linking them to linked sources.
2980 MOFA
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Training of 25 AEA's on the various actor District wide AEAs trained on cassava of value chain on cassava production. value chain production
13400 MOFA Oranise exposure visits for 90 women to 90 women exposed to cassava processing centers. processing centers
11500 MOFA Training of 25AEA's on data collection on District wide Data collection on RTIMP activities. RTIMP enhanced 880 MOFA Link cassava farmers to financial institution District wide Cassava farmers linked to access credit. to financial institutions 175 MOFA Conduction of field demonstration on zones A,Band C Demonstration on bambaragroundnut in all zones bambara nuts conducted
1600 MOFA Conduct census on crop production District wide production levels of major crops determined 10,000 MOFA NRGP Sub Total 194,958 18,499
2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: ACCELERATED AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: Promote livestock and poultry development for food security and income TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION ACTIVITIES LOCATION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES
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COLLABORATI INDICATOR 1 2 3 4 LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG Identify, update and Improved disseminate existing livestock technologies technologies identified and District wide updated 3,000 MOFA LDP/DA Monitoring of pest and Pest and diseases diseases on livestock of livestock District wide controlled 300 MOFA LDP/DA Provide adequate and effective Framers extension knowledge in management livestock management for practices farmers District wide improved 481.75 MOFA LDP/DA Livestock health ensured Early detection, reporting and controlling of livestock disease District wide 400 MOFA LDP/DA Immunization of dogs, cattle, District wide Livestock health poultry against rabies, CBPP, ensured PPR Anthrax and NCD 931.25 MOFA LDP/DA Clinical field treatment, ecto Livestock health and endo parasite control ensured livestock movement and meat inspection carried out annually
District wide 937.5 MOFA LDP/DA Train 30 livestock farmers on District wide Availability of preservation and utilization of animal feed crop residue for dry season ensured feeding of livestock 337.5 MOFA LDP/DA
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Train 35 livestock farmers on District wide Maximum profit livestock farming as a derived from business venture livestock rearing 382.75 MOFA LDP/DA Carry out livestock census District wide Population of using the developed format animal species ascertained 5,000 MOFA LDP/DA Sensitize livestock farmers on District wide Livestock health importance of vaccination ensured against endemic diseases 500 MOFA LDP/DA Field and home visits by District wide Technologies AEAs on technologies dissemination dissemination ensured 1,000 MOFA LDP/DA Acquire and distribute District wide Local breeds of improved 00 sheep and 100 sheep and goats goats to credit in kind improved beneficiaries 10,000 MOFA LDP/DA Celebration of National District wide Competition of Farmers’ Day crops and livestock encouraged 10,000 MOFA LDP/DA Train CAHW to support District wide CAHW trianed existing ones 800 Sub Total 34,071
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2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: ACCELERATED AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: Promote fisheries development for food security and income TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR 1 2 3 4 LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG To train 120 youth in simple net construction and Siiru, 120 youth trained application in six fishing Yeleyiri,Pongy in net construction communities. entanga, and application 9610 MOFA 60 fish farmers trained in fisheries Siiru, Yeleyiri,Pongy catch data collection entanga, 3,400.00 MOFA Facilitate the training of 120 120 fishmongers fishmongers in HACCP equiped with processing of fish in 4 dam morden Siiru, communities. technology of fish Yeleyiri,Pongy processing entanga, 5750 MOFA 10 FFA's and CBFMC's formed To facilitate the formation of in 10 communities FFA's and CBFMC's for Siiru, resource protection in six dam Yeleyiri,Pongy comminities. entanga, 4910 MOFA To promote fish farming in 6 District wide Increased fishing communities. awareness of fish farming in 6 communities 6710 MOFA
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Train 60 fish farmers in 6 60 fish farmers communities to detect and equiped with manage fish disease problems knowledge in fish and facilitate the establishment health of a fish health center Siiru, Yeleyiri,Pongy entanga, 5,210.00 MOFA Train 6 fishpond construction District wide 6 Youth trained in gangs in 6 communities. fishpond construction 5355 MOFA Train 60 youth in pond Siiru, 60 youth trained stocking and fish feeding in 6 Yeleyiri,Pongy in fish pond communities. entanga, stocking and feeding 3400 MOFA Introduction of control gear, District wide Fisheries quotas and licensing in 10 resources properly fishing communities monitored and protected 1760 MOFA To conduct stock assessment District wide Aqurate fisheries and restocking of major dams. statistics documented and sufficient fish provided in dams 4000 MOFA To sensitize 10 fishing District wide 10 communities communities on the fisheries sensitized on laws and regulations. fisheries regulations and Laws 6200 MOFA Construct 4 cages in 2 Siiru, Yeleyiri Four cages communities constructed in 2 communities along the Black Volta 13660 MOFA
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Facilitate the construction of 1 Siiru 10,000 quality hatchery on 1 dam fingerlings produced to stock dams and ponds 19,740 MOFA Sub Total 87,705
2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: ACCELERATED AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: Mitigate and reduce natural disasters and reduce risks and vulnerability TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR 1 2 3 4 LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG Organise public education on the effect of flood in 50 District wide No. of Public communities education organised 2,000 NADMO DA, Devt Partners Form 1,000 district volunteer training guards (DVGs) in 50 undertaken communities within the District wide district 9,000 NADMO DA, Devt Partners Train 760 DVGs within the DVGs Trained District wide district 19,000 NADMO DA, Devt Partners Provide relief items to disaster Relief items Wechiau victims provided 18,000 NADMO DA, Devt Partners Sub Total 48,000
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2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: ACCELERATED AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: Reverse forest and land degradation TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR 1 2 3 4 LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG Sensitize communities on the District wide Communities dangers of deforestation/ bush sensitised on the fires dangers of deforestation/bush GFS, NADMO, fires 4,000 DA EPA District wide 50 communities sensitized on climate change Sensitize 50 communities on GSOP, FSC, EPA, and adaptation climate change and adaptation Traditional strategies strategies 10,000 DA Authorities Assist 3 communities to Ga, Gbache, 3 Communities establish tree nurseries Yeliyiri assisted to GSOP, FSC, EPA, establish tree Traditional nurseries 42,831 DA Authorities Assist 3 communities to Boro, Naha, 3 Communities establish woolots and Poyentanga assisted to plantations establish tree GSOP, FSC, EPA, woodlots and Traditional plantations. 45,480 DA Authorities Create 10km fire belt at the Wechiau 10km fire belt GSOP, FSC, EPA, Wechiau Hippo Sanctuary Hippo created Traditional Sanctuary 42,830 DA Authorities
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Form and train fire volunteer District wide Fire volunteer squads squads formed and trained 10,000 DA GFS Provide fire volunteer squads District wide Fire volunteer with protection squads provided clothing/equipment with protective clothing/equipme nt. 8,000 DA Sub Total 163,141
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2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: Provide adequate and reliable power to meet the needs of Ghanaians and for export
TIME SCHEDU LE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATIN ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR 1 2 3 4 LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD G Procure 200No. low tension 200No. low poles tension poles procured 100,000 DA NED/VRA
25No. Institutions Provide solar energy to 25No Selected provided with institutions Communities solar energy 62,500 DA Total 162,500
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2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: Promote rapid development and deployment of the national ICT infrastructure TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATIN ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR 1 2 3 4 LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD G Connect 2 centers to the ICT centers 40,000 Ministry Of internet connected to the Environment, Wechiau, internet Science & Dorimon 10,000 DA Technology Liaise with telephone service Telephone 2,000 MTN, Airtel, providers to increase their services increased Vodafone, Glo and coverage Wechiau DA Tigo
Sub Total 12,000 40,000
2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: Create and sustain an efficient transport system that meets user needs TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR 1 2 3 4 LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG
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Undertake labour intensive 13 km labour spot improvement of Nyoli - Wechiau - intensive road GSOP, Feeder Dolinguo feeder road Tuolu rehabilitated 200,000.00 DA Roads
2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: Promote a sustainable, spatially integrated and orderly development of human settlements for socio-economic development TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATIN ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR 1 2 3 4 LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD G Develop lay-out for 3 layouts developed 42,000 DA Survey department, communities Department Town Selected and Country communities Planning Facilitate the development of Community 20,000 DA NGOs community resource maps resource maps developed Selected communities Sub Total 62,000
2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: 1.Accelerate the provision of affordable and safe water TIME IMPLEMENTA SCHEDULE ANNUAL TION ACTIVITIES LOCATION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES
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COLLABORATI INDICATOR LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG Construction of 15No. District wide 15No. boreholes EHSU DA, CWSA boreholes constructed 150,000 DWST/DPCU training on Selected DWST/DPCU EHSU DA, CWSA water and sanitation activities communities trained on water and sanitation activities 10,000 Advocacy campaign on water District wide Advocacy EHSU DA, CWSA, and sanitation activities campaign UNICEF conducted 10,000 DWST Operational cost Wechiau DWST EHSU DA, World Bank Operational cost met 3,000 Monitoring and Evaluation of District wide M&E undertaken EHSU DA, CWSA, water and sanitation activities UNICEF 10,000 Sub Total 183,000
2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: 2. Accelerate the provision and improve environmental sanitation TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG 158 | P a g e
Construction of 10No. District wide 10No. sanitation EHSU DA, CWSA sanitation facilities for schools facilities constructed 140,000 Construction of 1,000 District wide 1000 house hold EHSU Environmental Household latrines latrine constructed Health Unit 40,000 Conduct Hygiene Behaviour District wide Behaviour EHSU Environmental Change Communication Change Health Unit campaign in 10 communities Communication campaign conducted 10,000 Facilitate the achievement Selected 5 ODF EHSU DA, DSW & CD status ODF in 5 communities communities communities based on the CLTS approach achieved
25,000 Conduct Clean community Selected Clean community EHSU Environmental campaign/contest communities campaign/contest Health Unit conducted 10,000 Identify and train school Selected school health EHSU Environmental health teachers in 5 selected communities teachers in 5 Health Unit schools selected schools identified and trained 5,000 Form and train school health Selected School health EHSU Environmental clubs in 5No. selected schools communities clubs in 5No. Health Unit selected schools formed and trained 5,000 Train CBHV in 5 communities Selected CBHV in 5 EHSU DA, DSW & CD communities communities trained 5,000 Identify and train 10 latrine Selected 10 latrine artisan EHSU CWSA artisan as TOT communities identified and trained as TOT 5,00 159 | P a g e
Sub Total 240,000
2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: Increase equitable access to and participation in education at all levels TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG Sensitization of communities District wide communities DA Plan Ghana, to provide at least 6 teachers sensitized Chalice with accommodation. 2,000 Construct 10No. 3-Unit District wide Teachers quarters DA GES teachers quarters constructed 700,000 Support 10 needy pupils District wide 10 needy pupils DA Plan GH, GES, supported 10,000 Chalice Sensitization of communities District Wide communities DA GETFUND/HIPC/ to enroll their children and sensitized PLAN GH. retain them in school 5,000 Construct 11No. 6-Unit 11No. 6-Unit DA GETFUND/GSOP/ classroom blocks with classroom blocks HIPC/PLAN GH. ancillary facilities with ancillary facilities constructed 1,671,322
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Construct 4No. 3-Unit District Wide Classrooms DA GETFUND/HIPC/ classroom blocks with constructed PLAN GH. ancillary facilities 280,000 Construct 5No. 2-Unit Classrooms DA GES, MP classroom blocks with constructed ancillary facilities 400,000 Provide 1000 school uniforms District Wide 1000 school DA GOG to pupils uniforms provided 10,000 Provide 5,000 exercise books District wide 5,000 exercise DA GOG to pupils books provided 3,000 Enroll 2No. schools into the Selected 2No. schools DA GOG school feeding program school enrolled into the GSFP 1,000 Construct 2No. Kitchens for Selected 2No. Kitchens DA Plan Ghana the school feeding program schools constructed 80,000 Support 4 child initiated 4 Plan Ghana 4 child initiated Plan Ghana projects communities projects supported 20,000 DA Organize sporting and cultural District Wide sporting and DA Plan GH, SNV, activities cultural activities Chalice organized 10,000 Sub Total 3,192,322
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2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: 1. Improve management of education delivery TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG Organize training workshops District wide workshops DA GES for circuit supervisors and organised head teachers to upgrade their skills (monitoring tools/methods) 5,000 Support GES with funds/fuel Funds provided DA SNV,RAAP for monitoring and supervision
5,000 Build capacities of Selected capacities of DA Plan GH, SNV, PTAs/SMCs school PTAs/SMCs built 20,000 Chalice
Construct Office Office accomodation for district accommodation directorate of education Wechiau built 100,000 DA GES, NGOs Sub Total 130,000
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2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: 1. Improve quality of teaching and learning TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG Organize STME camps and District Camps and Insets DA Plan GH, GES, INSET wide organised 10,000 Chalice Organize pre-service training pre-service DA Plan GH, SNV, for newly posted teachers training for newly Chalice posted teachers organized 10,000 Organize in-service training District Wide in-service training DA Plan GH, SNV, for pupil teachers for pupil teachers Chalice organized 10,000 Organize best teacher award District Wide best teacher DA Plan GH, SNV, award organised 20,000 Chalice
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Organize induction course for induction course DA Plan GH, SNV, the new recruited trainees’ for the new Chalice pupils’ teachers. recruited trainees’ pupils’ teachers organized 10,000 Organized awards for best awards for best DA Plan GH, SNV, circuit supervisor circuit supervisor Chalice instituted 20,000 Organise inter-schools quiz District wide inter-schools quiz DA Plan GH, SNV, competition among schools competition Chalice among schools organized 20,000 Organized awards for Best District wide awards for Best DA Plan GH, SNV, Performing Pupils Performing Pupils Chalice organized 5,000 Sponsor 30 teacher trainees District wide Teachers DA MP, chalice and effectively bond them sponsored and bonded 150,000 Institution of speech and prize District Wide speech and prize DA CHALICE giving day by the end of giving day September each year. instituted 10,000 Sub Total 265,000
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2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: 1. Improve access to quality maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health services TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG De-worm all children 2-5yrs District wide Deworming done every six months and reports written 3,750 GHS MOH/NGOs Conduct EPI coverage survey District wide EPI coverage within the period conducted 2,500 GHS NGOs Establish 1 baby friendly District wide 1 baby friendly centers centre established Project Five 30,000 GHS Alive/MoH Carry out food demonstration District wide Food on right combination of food demonstration during complimentary feeding. carried out
42,00 GHS NGOs Form 5 mother to mother District wide Mother-to mother support groups to promote support groups breastfeeding. formed 937.5 GHS NGOs Sponsor 5 students in District wide 5 students Community Health Nursing & sponsored General nursing 2,500 GHS DA
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Build capacity of health staff Wechiau Health staff & and community agents to community agents implement C-IMCI capacity built 382.75 GHS NGOs Organize educational District wide People educated campaign on malaria on malaria prevention prevention 5,000 GHS NGOs Hold monthly immunization District wide Children outreach vaccinationated 200 GHS NGOs Conduct community growth District Wide Children weighed promotion 1,000 GHS NGOs Organize Health Education on District wide Exclusive Exclusive Breast Feeding breastfeeding, Intensified 10,000 GHS NGOs Construct 4No. CHPS Selected CHPS zones compound CHPS zones operational 200,000 GHS DA Organize education on skilled District wide Education carried GOG, DA, delivery in 3 communities. out and reports UNFPA, JICA, written 3,000 GHS UNICEF F Sponsor 3 additional midwifes District wide 12 additional GOG, DA, midwifes UNFPA, JICA, appointed 6,000 GHS UNICEF Organize Health Education for District wide TBAs educated GOG, DA, TBAs on referral UNFPA, JICA, 3,000 GHS UNICEF Refresher training on District wide CHOs trained GOG, DA, emergency delivery to CHOs. UNFPA, JICA, 1,500 GHS UNICEF Build 2 community Hostel in District wide Hostels build GOG, DA, sub-districts UNFPA, JICA, 2,250 GHS UNICEF Refresher training on life District wide Training done GOG, DA, saving skills for midwives UNFPA, JICA, 1,500 GHS UNICEF
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Sensitive communities on the District Wide Communities GOG, DA, need to arrange for alternative sensitized on UNFPA, JICA, transport in times of alternative UNICEF emergencies transport in times of emergencies 2,000 GHS Support communities to District Wide communities DA, UNFPA, arrange with GPRTU to supported to JICA, UNICEF intervene in times of arrange with emergencies GPRTU 2,500 GHS Establish a polyclinic Wechiau Polyclinic GOG established 3,000,000 Wechiau 2No. Staff DA, GSOP Construct 2No. Staff quarters quarters for GHS constructed 160,000 GHS Community fora on family District wide Fora held and planning reports written 3,750 GHS PPAG, Plan Ghana Provide focused antenatal care District wide Antenatal care Project Five Alive, provided 2,000 GHS MoH Organize Health Education District wide Education carried TBAs on referral out and reports written 2,250 GHS NGOs Facilitate the establishment 12 District wide 12 ETS emergency transport systems. established
3,000 GHS MoH, Plan Ghana Educate communities on post District wide Evidence of abortion care. yearly reports 3,000 GHS NGOs Refresher training for maternal District wide Training held audit committees in the district. 3,000 GHS NGOs Provide Antenatal Care District wide Number of antenatal attendance 2,250 GHS NGOs
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Organize Health Education on District wide Exclusive Exclusive Breast Feeding breastfeeding, Intensified 3,000 GHS NGOs Organise C4D dialogue on District wide Meetings prevention of maternal organised and mortality in 24 communities minutes written 7,500 GHS NGOs Sub Total 3,431,520
2014ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: 1. Prevent and control the spread of communicable and non -communicable diseases and promote healthy lifestyles TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG Organize community durbars District wide Community GOG, DA, to sensitize people on malaria durbars on UNFPA, JICA, malaria organised 5,000 GHS UNICEF Organise community clean up District wide Clean up GOG, DA, campaigns and award best campaigns carried UNFPA, JICA, communities. out UNICEF 3,750 GHS Procure and distribute bed nets District wide Bed nets GOG, DA, to children under five and distributed UNFPA, JICA, pregnant women UNICEF 15,000 GHS
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Community sensitization on District wide Community GOG, DA, early reporting for health care sensitized and UNFPA, JICA, reports written 5,000 GHS UNICEF Sub Total 28,750
2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: 1. Ensure the reduction of new HIV and AIDS, STIs, TB transmission TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG Health education on safe sex District wide Education carried DA, UNFPA, out 3,000 GHS JICA, UNICEF Distribution of condoms District wide Condoms DA, UNFPA, provided 25,000 GHS JICA, UNICEF Counseling and testing all District wide Number of DA, UNFPA, pregnant women pregnant women JICA, UNICEF tested 1,500 GHS Register all HIV clients and District wide PLWHA’s DA, UNFPA, transport them to ART centre transported to Wa JICA, UNICEF every month for their drugs for their ART 3,000 GHS Conducting counseling and District wide Know your status DA, UNFPA, testing and “know your status” carried out JICA, UNICEF campaign 11,250 GHS 169 | P a g e
Facilitate the formation of District Wide Association DA, UNFPA, PLWHA associations formed JICA, UNICEF 750 GHS Establish CT/PMCT center District Wide Center DA, UNFPA, constructed 7,500 GHS JICA, UNICEF HIV/AIDS Monitor and evaluate HIV/ activities Aids activities in the district District wide monitored 15,280 DA GHS, NGOs Sub Total 67,280
2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: 1. Progressively expand social protection interventions to cover the poor TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG Organize programs in the local District Wide Programs in the DA, NGOs languages that will appeal and local languages be better understood by that will appeal to residents. residents organized 12,000 NHIS Equip community Health Wechiau Community DA, NGOs Insurance committees with Health Insurance community mobilization committees skills. equiped with community mobilization skills. 2,000 NHIS
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Engage casuals to cope with Wechiau Casuals engaged DA, NGOs the work load to cope with the work load 5,000 NHIS Institute an award system for Wechiau Award system for DA, NGOs agents, staff and providers as a agents, staff and motivation providers instituted as a motivation 5,000 NHIS Organize capacity building Wechiau Capacity building DA, NGOs programs and refresher programs and training for staff refresher training for staff organized 10,000 NHIS Organize community District wide Community DA, NGOs education and participation education and through stakeholder meetings. participation through stakeholder meetings organized 3,000 NHIS Organize quarterly monitoring District Wide Quarterly DA, NGOs and evaluation monitoring and evaluation meetings organized 2,000 NHIS Sub Total 39,000
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2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: 1. Progressively expand social protection interventions to cover the poor TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG Recruit and train data Data collectors Dev’t Partners collectors in all LEAP recruited and beneficiary communities 9 trained Communities 2,000 DSW & CD Conduct LEAP beneficiary Fora conducted Dev’t Partners fora in all beneficiary communities 9 Communities 1,500 DSW & CD Identify and register NGOs, NGOs, CBOs etc Dev’t Partners CBOs and other governmental registered and agencies that provides linked to LEAP complementary services and beneficiaries link them to LEAP beneficiaries for support
District wide 1,000 DSW & CD
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Organise 5 information No. of DA Traditional sharing sessions for traditional information Authorities rulers, assembly members and sharing session departments on for traditional cultural/traditional practices. rulers, assembly members and departments on cultural/traditional practices 5 organized Communities 2,000 DSW & CD Organize 5 training sessions No. of training CHRAJ, NCCE for stakeholders on the sessions domestic violence Law, organized for Children’s Act etc. Stakeholders on the domestic 5 violence bill. Communities 1,000 DSW & CD Strengthen institutions such as Ghana Police, DSW&CD, NCCE, Police and CHRAJ, NCCE, allied institutions to deal with Ghana Police cultural / traditional issues
Wechiau 1,500 Sub Total 9,000
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2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: 1. Enhance community participation in governance and decision making Organise mass education No. of mass NCCE, ISD programmes on government education policies in 30 communities programmes Selected organised communities 3,000 DSW & CD Sensitize 30 communities on No. of NCCE, GHS backward cultural practices sensitization that fuel HIV infection programmes organised Selected communities 1,500 DSW & CD Organise training for 50 No. of training Dev’t Partners women leaders (Maakaajie) on organised group dynamics
District wide 1,500 DSW & CD Organise training for 20 Dev’t Partners women's groups on income generating activities and financial management No. of training District wide organised 1,000 DSW & CD Sub Total 7,000
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2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: 1. Ensure a more effective appreciation of and inclusion of disability issues both within the formal decision making process and in the society at large TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG Registration of PWDs in the PWDs registered 1000 district District wide DSW & CD Dev’t Partners Link PWDs with NGOs and PWDs linked to 1000 other service providers for NGOs and service support services providers District wide DSW & CD Dev’t Partners Conduct educational fora on Durbars and radio 3,000 issues of disabilities through talk shows on durbars and radio talk shows disabilities issues conducted District wide DSW & CD Dev’t Partners Intensify education on Act 715 Education 1,000 District wide conducted DSW & CD Dev’t Partners Organize PWDs into groups PWDs groups 1,000 and improve upon their formed and capacities capacities improved District wide DSW & CD Dev’t Partners Sub Total 7,000.00
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2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: Ensure effective implementation of the Local Government Service Act TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES LOCAL( COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR 1 2 3 4 GH¢) EXTERNAL LEAD NG No. of Reviews Organise quarterly reviews and public and Public hearings on hearings Assembly activities District wide organised 10,000 DA 2013 fees prepared and Review Fee Fixing Resolution Wechiau approved 10,000 2013 Composite budget and Prepare and submit 2013 Annual Action Composite Budget and Annual plan prepared and Action plan Wechiau submitted 12,000 DA No. of public Organise public hearings on hearings District Assembly activities District wide organised 10,000 DA
No. of community Organise community engagement engagement sessions with DA sessions organised 10,000 DA Organise participatory No. of monitoring on all development participatory projects and programmes: monitoring District wide organised 135,000 DA
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1 No. office accommodation Construct 1No. office for DA accommodation for DA Wechiau constructed 100,000 DA Construct 2No. bungalows District wide 3No. bungallows 160,000 DA NGOs built Construct 3No. Semi-detached Wechiau No. of Semi- 240,000 quarters detached quarters built Wechiau 15,000 DA MLGRD Procure office equipment and furniture for HR Unit Wechiau DA staff trained 25,000 DA in various skills Train DA Staff in ICT, record keeping, financial management, procurement Wechiau Assembly 15,000 DA Members trained Train Assembly Members in in various skills leadership skills, report writing, group dynamics, networking, etc Support DA staff to undergo Ghana Hihger DA staff 20,000 DA NGOs furhter studies within Ghana institutions supported for further studies Support community self help Wechiau Availability of 20,000 DA Development projects logistics & Partners equipment for Fire Service Sub Total 782,000
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2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: 1. Empower women and mainstream gender into socio-economic development TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG Organise an education forum District wide 300 women and 3,600 DA NGOs for 300 women and girls to girls sensitized on create awareness on breast breast cancer and cancer and reproductive health reproductive health
Organise a workshop to District wide 300 traditional 4,149 DA NGOs sensitize 300 traditional leaders and leaders and parents on the parents sensitized dangers of girl elopement on the dangers of girl elopement
Sensitize 300 traditional District wide 300 traditional 3,756 DA NGOs, CBOs leaders and the general public leaders and the on the need to reduce out- general public migration of women and girls sensitized on the need to reduce out migration of women and girls
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District wide 300 Chiefs, wine 4,450 sellers and the general public sensitized on the Sensitize 300 chiefs, wine effect of sellers and the general public alcoholism and on the effect of alcoholism and drug addiction drug addiction Sub Total 15,955
2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: Protect children from direct and indirect physical and emotional harm TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR 1 2 3 4 LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG Sensitize 50 communities on District wide No. of DSW & CD NCCE, DA, child rights Communities CHRAJ, NGOs sensitized on the rights of the child 2,500 Form Community Child Wechiau Availability of 750.00 DSW & CD NCCE, DA, Protection Teams District Child CHRAJ, NGOs Protection Teams
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Train Community Child Wechiau No. of trainings 1,250.00 DSW & CD NCCE, DA, Protection Teams organized for CHRAJ, NGOs District Child Protection Teams
Organise training for 30 club District wide 30 club formed on 2000 DSW & CD NCCE, DA, formed on child rights and child rights and CHRAJ, NGOs advocacy advocacy Organize review meetings on Wechiau Review meeting 750 DSW & CD NCCE, DA, child rights and organized CHRAJ, NGOs responsibilities Register and properly handle District wide No. of families DSW & CD NCCE, DA, 30 family welfare cases registered CHRAJ, NGOs 200 Sub Total 7,450
2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: Improve the capacity of security agencies to provide internal security for human safety and protection TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES LOCAL( COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR 1 2 3 4 GH¢) EXTERNAL LEAD NG Acquire and demarcate land District wide No. of plots of 30,000.00 DA NGOs for Police buildings Land acquired and demarcated for police buildings
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Construct 1 no. bungalow for Wechiau Availability of 80,000.00 DA NGOs District Police Commander bungalow for district magistrate Construct district court Wechiau Court building 200,000.0 DA Donors building constructed 0 Construct office accomodation Wechiau Availability of 30,000.00 DA GNFS, for Fire Service office Development accommodation Partners for fire service
Provide logistics & equipment Wechiau Availability of 5,000.00 DA GNFS, to the Fire Service logistics & Development equipment for Partners Fire Service
Construct Junior Police Wechiau Police barracks 200,000.0 DA Ghana Police constructed 0 Service Quarters Sub Total 545,000.0 0
2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: 1. Ensure efficient internal revenue generation and transparency in local resource management TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG
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Employ more District Wide No. Of revenue/ DA AREA COUNCIL revenue/commission collectors commission collectors engaged 2,000 Organize refresher training for Wechiau No. Of refresher DA AREA COUNCIL revenue collectors training organised for revenue collectors 2,000 Organize quarterly monitoring District Wide No. Of DA AREA COUNCIL and supervision of revenue Monitoring and collection in the district supervision of revenue collection conducted in the district
4,000 Organize annual awards Wechiau No. Of annual DA AREA COUNCIL ceremony for the best revenue awards organised collectors. 3,000 Collect districtwide data on Selected Data collected DA AREA COUNCIL rateable properties communities 10,000 Sub Total 21,000
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2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THEMATIC AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE DISTRICT OBJECTIVES: Mainstream the concept of local economic development into planning at the district level TIME SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTA ANNUAL TION OUTPUT BUDGET AGENCIES COLLABORATI ACTIVITIES LOCATION INDICATOR 1 2 3 4 LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD NG Conduct technical training on Production Technical training 10,000 BAC DA, NGOs, Dept. quality control for sheabutter communities conducted on of Community producers quality control for Dev’t sheabutter producers
Conduct market research for National & Availability of 10,000 BAC DA, NGOs, Dept. sheabutter internationally Market research of Community data for sheabutter Dev’t
Purchase 3 sheabutter Locally & 3 No. sheabutter BAC Donor Agencies, equipment for 3 producer internationally producer groups 60,000 SADA groups provided with equipment
District wide Primary BAC Donor Agencies, sheabutter groups 12,000 SADA Develop primary groups for developed networking and market linkage
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CHAPTER SIX
6.0 MONITORING AND EVELUATION
6.1 Introduction Monitoring and Evaluation are key to the successful implementation of any development plan, programme or project.
The Monitoring and Evaluation of the DMTDP from2014-2017 cannot therefore be over emphasized. This is expected to be done in a participatory manner and consistent with the NDPC guidelines on Monitoring and Evaluation.
6.2 Objectives for Monitoring & Evaluation To track the progress of indicators set To track the implementation process set in the DMTDP To ensure that the DMTDP achieves its set objectives and goals
6.3 Activities to Monitor Input Delivery i.e., Resources to achieve the objectives and strategies Output – provision of goods and services produced by inputs Quality – both inputs and output Programme/project coverage Target groups – who are the beneficiaries and are they benefiting from the projects/programmes Effectiveness – to what extent is the project/programme achieving results. Thus, this compares inputs and output or objectives and results. This is expressed in the form of percentages, i.e., expected results and actual results
6.3 Stakeholder Analysis Table 6.1 Identification and Analysis of Stakeholders NO. STAKEHOLDERS RESPONSIBILITIES 1. National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) Provide M&E formulation guidelines 2. Regional Co-ordinating Council/Regional Panning Co- Policy formulation ordinating Unit Co-ordination of M&E activities 3. District Assembly/Assembly Members Planning M&E activities Co-ordinating M&E activities Provides resources for M&E
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activities 4. Decentralized Departments & Agencies Collection of data Preparation of M&E reports 5. Local community Support data collection Demand accountability 6. Donor Agencies To monitor utilization of fund inflows Provides resources for M&E
Table 6.2 Assessing Needs, Conditions and Capacities for M&E
No. Capacity Indicators Score=1 Score=5 Score=10
1. Qualification of Some staff have the personnel required education, but not all 2. Staff compliment Most staff have the requisite skills & knowledge in some areas but not all 3. Skills & knowledge Some staff have requisite skills & knowledge in some areas not all 4. Availability of funds Funds available to meet basic costs but will not allow DPCU to carry out all activities in the M&E Plan 5. Utilization of funds Funds are spent as budgeted in accordance with DMTDP 6. Timely access to funds Funds released up to 6 months behind schedules 7. Leadership Funds released up to six months behind schedules 8. Management Management is
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technically skilled in all components 9. Workload Workload forces staff to work overtime to complete administrative programming functions 10. Motivation/Incentives Some central government motivation/incentives are accessible (e.g. training) 11. Equipment/facilities Office space & furniture is adequate but technology is lacking for some staff
6.4 Data Collection and Collation Data for Monitory and Evaluation of the DMTDP shall be both quantitative and qualitative. The primary data shall be collected directly from the field by all sector departments, the DPCU, community members, Assembly Members and Area Councilors. Secondary data shall also be collected through review of research documents and others relevant documents in order to support the primary data. This data would be source from sector departments, NGOs etc.
6.5 Data Analysis and Use of the Results Data analysis shall be done through software such as the SPSS as well as other available data softwares. The DPCU shall use regression analysis and frequencies to analyze the data. The results of the data analysis would be discussed at a stakeholder forum and the outcome used for future planning in the Short-term and Medium-Term.
6.6 Reporting The DPCU shall prepare a report after, each monitoring for discussion by the District Chief Executive, the Presiding Members and Chairmen of the Sub-Committees of the Assembly. However, there would be mid-year and annual progress reports which shall be discussed at a forum of stakeholder and presented to the General Assembly.
6.7 Dissemination of the Reports It is not often possible to get all stakeholders to a forum to discuss reports. Therefore, to reach out to a greater percentage of the stakeholders, there would be a Public Hearing on the reports and this could be carried by the media. These Public Hearing would be held at the following levels: Unit Committee level 187 | P a g e
Area Council level District Assembly level Table 6.4 M&E CALENDAR ACTIVITIES TIMEFRAME ACTORS BUDGET Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
2014 2015 2016 2017 Annual review of DPCU GH¢10,000 DMTDP Mid-Year review June June June June DPCU GH¢10,000 of DMTDP Annual progress Jan Jan Jan DPCU GH¢6,000 reviewed workshop Preparation of Feb Feb Feb Feb DPCU GH¢4,000 Annual Progress Report Dissemination May May May May DPCU GH¢6,000 Quarterly Review March June September Jan DPCU GH¢4,000 Quarterly Field Jan - March April - June July - September October - DPCU GH¢6,000 December Visits
6.9 EVALUATION The participation M&E approach would be adopted in the evaluation of the DMTDP. This would enable both right bearers and duty bearer to access the impact of interventions and challenges affecting the effective implementation of the interventions.
In view of the above, the District Assembly would engage Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to assist in using participatory methods to collect data for the evaluation of the DMTDP.
Some of the M&E techniques to be adopted are indicated below:
i. Citizen Report Cards ii. Community Score Cards iii. Focus Group discussing etc
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CHAPTER SEVEN
7.0. DISTRICT COMMUNICATION STRATEGY/PLAN
7.1. INTRODUCTION Communication is key to the promotion of transparency and accountability. It also promotes team spirit and team work since every actor in the particular activity is aware of what is going on.
In view of the above, the Wa West District Assembly as part of the DMTDP 2014-2017 has developed a communication strategy in order to enable all responsible agencies and persons are abreast with the contents of the DMTDP and the role they are expected to play. This would be done by disseminating the DMTDP throughout the district.
7.2. DISSEMINATION OF DMTDP The DMTDP would be disseminated through Public Hearing and Fora where a presentation would be done on the DMTDP for all stakeholders to know their roles and responsibilities in the implementation of the Plan. Hence the programmes, projects and activities captured in the Plan would be presented.
Moreover, there would be preparation of Annual Progress Report during Performance Review Meetings which would be discussed at Public Hearings and Stakeholders Meetings to identify the challenges for redress whiles enhancing the achievements made over the period.
In addition, there would be engagement meetings between right bearers and duty bearers where there would be an interaction and feedback between right holders and duty bearers.
The feedback from such engagements would be discussed at the Sub-Committee level and the General Assembly for possible redress of the issues raised by right bearers and duty bearers.
There would also be Town Hall Meetings at the Sub-district level to create a platform for the people to also ask questions about government policies especially relating to the MTDP and the MTPF for 2014-2017.
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Table 7.1: Budget for Communication Strategy
IMPLEMENTING TIMEFRAME BUDGET ACTIVITIES LOCATION OUTPUT AGENCIES
2014 2015 2016 2017 GH¢ Lead Collaborating
Organize 4 Public District wide 4 Public hearing 15,000 DPCU All Dec. Depts. hearing on the MTDP organized on MTDP Traditional Authorities Media
Organize 4 Mid-Year Wechiau 4 Mid–Year reviews 15,000 DPCU All Depts. Performance reviews on MTDP organized Media on MTDP
Organize 4 annual Wechiau 4 annual reviews on 15,000 DPCU All Depts. reviews on the MTDP MTDP organized Media
Organize 5 Town Hall All Sub- 5 Town Hall 30,000 DA All Depts. meetings annually on district meetings organized Media the MTDP on the MTDP
Organized District wide Engagement 30,000 DA All Service Providers Engagement Meetings Meetings organized All Depts. between right bearers between right and duty bearer bearers and duty bearer
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Radio talk shows on Wechiau Radio Talk Shows 10,000 DA Radio the implementation of on the Stations the MTDP implementation of the MTDP organized
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