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Assin North District Assembly Table of Contents PART A: INTRODUCTION: STRATATEGIC OVERVIEW ................................................................. 3 1. ESTABLISHMENT ......................................................................................................................... 3 2. VISION STATEMENT .................................................................................................................... 3 3. MISSION STATEMENT ................................................................................................................ 3 4. CORE FUNCTIONS OF ASSIN NORTH DISTRICT ASSEMBLY.......................................... 4 REPUBLIC OF GHANA 5. GOVERNANCE .............................................................................................................................. 4 6. DISTRICT ECONOMY .................................................................................................................. 5 7. KEY ISSUES/CHALLENGES ....................................................................................................... 8 COMPOSITE BUDGET 8. POLICY OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................. 9 9. POLICY OUTCOME INDICATORS AND TARGETS ............................................................. 10 10. REVENUE MOBILIZATION STRATEGIES FOR KEY REVENUE SOURCES IN 2020 FOR 2020-2023 12 PART B: BUDGET PROGRAMME SUMMARY ................................................................................. 13 PROGRAMME 1: MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ....................................................... 13 PROGRAMME 2: INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY AND MANAGEMENT ................................ 27 PROGRAMME BASED BUDGET ESTIMATES PROGRAMME 3: SOCIAL SERVICES DELIVERY ........................................................................ 34 PROGRAMME4: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................ 45 PROGRAMME5: ENVIRONMENTAL AND SANITATION MANAGEMENT ............................... 49 FOR 2020 PART C: FINANCIAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................ 51 ASSIN-NORTH DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 2020 PBB ESTIMATES- ASSIN-NORTH DISTRICT 2 PART A: INTRODUCTION: STRATATEGIC OVERVIEW 4. CORE FUNCTIONS OF ASSIN NORTH DISTRICT ASSEMBLY The Assembly is mandated to perform the following functions: 1. ESTABLISHMENT Exercise political and administrative authority in the district Constitutes the planning authority for the district The District was established by LI 2338 of 2017. Formulate and execute plans, programmes and strategies for the overall development of the district NAME, LOCATION AND SIZE The Assin North District is among the twenty-two (22) MMDAs of the Central Region Responsible for the overall development in the district of Ghana. It was recently carved out from the defunct Assin North Municipal Assembly Maintenance of security and public safety in the district in 2017 and was inaugurated on 15th March, 2018 by the Legislative Instrument (LI) Provision of infrastructure (schools, clinics, etc.) 2338. The Assin North District is bounded to the North by the Adansi South District in the Ashanti Region, to the South by the Assin Fosu Municipal, to the East by the Birim 5. GOVERNANCE South District in the Eastern Region and to the West by the Twifu Ati-Morkwa District. The Assembly has a membership of 25 comprising 18 elected members and 7 The District is situated between Longitudes 10 05’ East and 10 25’ West and latitudes government appointees representing the traditional authority in the District. The 60 05’North and 60 4’ South. Presiding Member chairs during sittings of the Assembly. The District covers an area of about 750 sq. km and comprises about 260 settlements Table 1: Composition of General Assembly by Gender including Assin Breku (District Capital), Assin Akonfudi, Assin Praso, Assin Kushea No. Honourable Members Male Female Number 1 Member of Parliament 0 1 1 among others. 2 District Chief Executive 1 0 1 3 Elected Members 18 0 18 2. VISION STATEMENT 4 Appointed Members 6 1 7 Total 25 2 27 The vision of Assin North District Assembly is to produce a World Class Local Authority that provides Client Focused Services for a sustainable development of its residents without any form of discrimination. 3. MISSION STATEMENT The Assin North District Assembly exists to create an enabling environment for the sustainable improvement of the quality of life of the people through the mobilization of human and natural resources to provide services and the required infrastructure in a co-ordinated system of decentralized administration and good governance. 2020 PBB ESTIMATES- ASSIN-NORTH DISTRICT 2020 PBB ESTIMATES- ASSIN-NORTH DISTRICT 3 4 POPULATION STRUCTURE Table 3: Number of School by Public and Private Sectors The 2018 projected population of Assin North District (as disaggregated from AFMA) No School Public % Private % Total % is 113,148 representing 7.3 percent of the region’s total population. Males constitute 1 Kindergarten 71 65 38 35 109 100 2 Primary 72 65 38 35 110 100 55,443 representing 49.7 percent and females 57,705 representing 50.3 percent. 3 JHS 60 71 25 25 85 100 About 63.1 percent of the population resides in rural localities. 4 SHS 3 100 0 0 3 100 Total 206 67 101 33 307 100 Source: District Education Office (2018) 6. DISTRICT ECONOMY AGRIC HEALTH Agriculture is the main economic activity in the district, employing 65% of the Health Facilities in the District economically active population. The district produces agricultural products such as An essential feature of the analysis on the health status of the District was the type cocoa, rice, oil palm, cassava, maize, plantain, cocoyam, and variety of vegetables. of health facilities available in the various zones. It was revealed by the zonal actors Besides crops, livestock rearing is also a major agricultural activity in the district with that the key health facilities available were Polyclinic, Health Centers and CHPs Compounds. animals like cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, fish farming and poultry produced on commercial scale. Health Facilities in the District Area council Community Type of health facilities ROADS Praso Assin Praso Health Centre, 1 Private Clinic The District has a good road network but with varied conditions (71.6km Laterite, 126 (Presby. H/C Rex. Clinic) Bitumen and 7 km Asphalt). Most of the roads serving the major communities in the Assin Kushea Health Centre Dansame CHPs Compound district are untarred. Though not all roads in the district are in good condition, yet they Akonfudi Assin Akonfudi Poly Clinic are all motorable. However, during the rainy season, some roads, especially feeder Assin Endwa CHPs Compound Gold Coast Camp CHPs Compound roads serving the rural communities become muddy and difficult for vehicular traffic. Odumase Odumase CHPs Compound Amoanim CHPs Compound Breku Assin Breku Health Centre EDUCATION Bediadua Bediadua Health Centre NUMBER OF SCHOOL FACILITIES Gangan, CHPs Compound Anhweansu, CHPs Compound The District currently has no vocational school and a teacher training college. It has Basofi Ningo CHPs Compound three (3) Senior High Schools. The district also has a total of 307 schools from basic Aworabo CHPs Compound Amoakrom CHPs Compound level to senior high school and 67% of them are in the public sector while 33% are in Sienchem CHPs Compound the private sector as shown in table 9. The presence of the private sector in the delivery of education is encouraging and so the enabling environment for their WATER AND SANITATION Available safe water sources in the District consist of boreholes, hand-dug wells and operation should be enhanced small town water system, serving 22% of the total population. These potable sources 2020 PBB ESTIMATES- ASSIN-NORTH DISTRICT 2020 PBB ESTIMATES- ASSIN-NORTH DISTRICT 5 6 are supplemented with other non-potable sources such as streams, ponds, springs, 7. KEY ISSUES/CHALLENGES rivers and rain water. A summary of the key development problems identified under each of the thematic areas arising out of the situational analysis is provided below; Current Level of Safe Water Facilities in the District Poor condition of roads and drainage system Number % of Dist. Number Number Population Poor State of educational infrastructure and services. Facility Not Pop In Place Functioning Served Functioning Served Unemployment Bore-Holes 75 45 30 13,500 12% Lack of public recreational facilities. Mechanized Boreholes - - - - - Chieftaincy issues. Hand-Dug Wells 4 4 0 1,200 1% Small Town Water Inadequate internally generated funds 36 33 3 9,900 35% System Limited coverage of telecommunication facilities in certain areas TOTAL 115 82 33 24,600 22% Source: DPCU. Compiled From DWST Reports, 2018 Increasing morbidity, mortality and disability due to communicable and emerging diseases. TOURISM Increasing demand for household water supply with poor sanitation and waste The District is endowed with few but important and undeveloped tourist sites. management. SITE LOCATION Negative perceptions and attitudes towards PWDs. Heritage Village Ineffective sub-districts structures. Slave crossing of River Pra, Rive Pra Shrine (Eye of River Pra), the whites’ Praso Poor co-ordination in preparation and implementation of development plans castle, Mass burial of Slaves and the Whites burial. Gender disparities in access to economic opportunities. Naturally Arranged Rock Outcrop Scientific
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