District Medium Term Development Plan (2010-2013)

BIAKOYE DISTRICT ASSEMBLY

DISTRICT MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2010-2013)

PREPARED BY: DISTRICT PLANNING COORDINATING UNIT SEPTEMBER, 2010

THIS MAIDEN DMTDP OF THE BIAKOYE DISTRICT SPELT OUT THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES FORMULATED TO ENHANCE THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT. IT CONTAINED PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS BASED ON THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE PEOPLE. THE PLAN WAS PREPARED BASED ON THE GHANA SHARED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENDA (2010-2013) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In the year 2007, the Biakoye District was established out of the Jasikan District. The administration of the District commenced on 20th December 2010. On 15th March 2011, the District was officially inaugurated.

As its long term vision, “Biakoye District seeks to become the leading aqua culture and vegetable exporting Districts in the country”. In terms of mission “the Biakoye District Assembly exists to ensure the social, economic and political well-being of its people through public-private partnership and fiscal, material, human resources mobilization in an atmosphere of peace and unity”.

As part of its planning functions spelt out in Act 462 of 1993, this maiden District Medium Term Development Plan was prepared based on the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (2010-2013). This document is prepared in accordance with Section 1 (3), 2 (1) and 10 (3) of the National Development Planning Commission (System), Act 480 (1993).

In this regard, this 2010-2013 DMTDP is a legal document of the Assembly and it is meant to chart the path of socio-economic development of the District especially as it was endorsed by the District Assembly during an ordinary session of the Assembly as a law making body of the District.

The plan preparation started with a data collection as it was the first of its kind in the District. The District Profile was generated and in addition community needs and aspirations were elicited.

One important aspect of this plan is that it was prepared in a very participatory manner where representatives of all the communities were consulted from the data collection stage to the last stage of the plan preparation culminating in a Public Hearing conducted at each of the Town/Area Council centres for their validation of the plan.

This Plan is multi-sectoral and adopts an integrated approach to solving community problems and needs. Major sectors covered by the plan are the Physical and Natural Environment, Demography, Culture, Human Settlement, Social Services, Economy, Vulnerability and Exclusion and Governance.

i The following are summaries of the major district development issues identified under the seven (7) thematic areas of the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (2010-2013

 Ensuring and sustaining macroeconomic stability

 Low mobilization of revenue for development  Weak capacity of the District Assembly and its sub-structures in collection and management of revenue  Low Investment drive in the District

 Enhancing competitiveness in Ghana’s private sector

 Poor condition of production and marketing infrastructure  Lack of access to finance/credit for local entrepreneurs  Poor entrepreneurial orientation  Generally low industrial productivity  Lack of adequate tourism infrastructure  Inadequate job creation

 Accelerated agricultural modernization and sustainable natural resource management

 Inadequate post-production infrastructure (i.e. storage, processing, transport etc).  Generally lower earnings in the agriculture  Poor rural road infrastructure  Low agricultural productivity and output  Inadequate credit facilities  High levels of environmental degradation  Forest destruction by chainsaw operators

 Oil and gas development  High District unemployment levels  Very high expectations of benefits from the Oil and Gas Industry

 Infrastructure, energy and human settlements development

ii  Undeveloped community access roads  Low ICT infrastructure base  Inadequate community/social centres  Encroachment on waterways, natural reserve areas  Inadequate power supply infrastructure and access to electricity  Widespread soil erosion in the settlements  Indiscriminate disposal of waste  Haphazard development in towns and communities due to absence of layouts  Inadequate housing in urban areas especially the District capital  Poor quality of rural housing (exposed foundation, leaking roof, crack walls)  Inadequate access to quality and affordable water  Poor Environmental Sanitation

 Human development, productivity and employment

 Inadequate infrastructure

 Poor quality education

 Inadequate teacher housing facilities in deprived communities

 Limited access to health facilities especially to deprived communities

 Inadequate sports facilities in schools

 Low awareness of and violation of child rights

 Prevalence of worst forms of child labour (WFCL)

 High level of youth unemployment

 High incidence of poverty among disadvantaged groups especially PWDs and food crop farmers

 Transparent and accountable governance

 Low interaction between public and private sector in governance

 Weak capacity of MMDAs to ensure improved performance and service delivery

iii  Dysfunctional sub district structures

 Weak internal revenue mobilization

 Over-dependence on DACF and other external grants

 Weak capacity of personnel and logistics shortfall

 Lack of conducive working environment for civil servants

 Inadequate women representation and participation in public life and governance

 Risks associated with fire, floods and other natural disasters to life and property

 Chieftaincy disputes and communal conflicts

 Lack of adequate and reliable database to inform decision making

In order to address the major development challenges and to provide and meet the needs and aspirations of the people, the Biakoye District Development goal is “to accelerate the economic growth of the District towards poverty reduction through creation of the enabling environment for private investment”. This Goal aims at ensuring massive infrastructure development, good governance, and provision of raw materials (agriculture modernization), provision of qualified labour force (human resource development) and orderly human settlement development among others.

Based on the needs and aspirations of the District, some strategies, programmes and projects have been put together by the heads of DPCU and Assembly members. These activities were put together in composite programme of action and costs were assigned to each activity. The overall estimated cost of this development plan is GH¢19,046,158 as shown below.

Financial Indicative Plan Sector Cost (GH¢) D/A Others Thematic Area Fiscal revenue mobilization 43,000 9,500 33,500

Public expenditure 6,000 6,000 Ensuring and sustaining management macroeconomic stability Sub-Total 49,000 9,500 39,500 Job creation 90,300 7,800 82,500

iv Development of market 656,000 656,000 Enhancing competitiveness infrastructure in Ghana’s private sector Sub-Total 746,300 7,800 738,500 Increase agriculture 544,320 544,320 Accelerated Agricultural productivity Modernization and Agriculture service delivery 540,000 540,000 Sustainable Natural Resource Sustainable natural resource 8,000 8,000 Management management Sub total 1,092,320 1,092,320 Increasing the chances of the 13,000 13,000 youth in the oil and gas sector Oil and gas development Sub-Total 13,000 13,000 Road infrastructure 6,400,000 6,400,000 Water 340,000 340,000 Electricity 267,000 267,000 Infrastructure, Energy and Environmental Sanitation 967,000 967,000 Human Settlements Human settlement 72,517 72,517 Development development Energy 5,000 2,500 2,500 Sub-total 8,051,517 2,500 8,049,017 Education 2,948,121 2,948,121 Human Development, Health 1,073,000 1,073,000 Productivity and HIV and AIDS 175,000 175,000 Employment Productivity and Employment 100,000 100,000 Sub-Total 4,296,121 4,296,121 Transparent and Accountable 4,767,900 133,800 4,634,100 Transparent and Accountable Governance Governance Total 19,016,158 153,600 18,862,558 Dissemination of information 30,000 15,000 15,000 District Communication Plan on the implementation of the DMTDP GRAND TOTAL 19,046,158 168,600 18,877,558 Overall Total Including Communication Plan Cost Estimates

v TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Executive Summary i Table of Contents vi List of Tables ix List of Figures x List of Acronyms xi

CHAPTER ONE DISTRICT PROFILE 1.1 Location and Size 1 1.2 Relief and Drainage 1 1.3 Climate 2 1.4 Geology 2 1.5 Vegetation 2 1.6 Land Tenure System 3 1.7 Demographic Characteristics 4 1.8 Energy and Fuel 13 1.9 Spatial Analysis 13 1.10 District Economy 15 1.11 Post and Telecommunication 22 1.12 Tourism 22 1.13 Festivals 24 1.14 Governance 25 1.15 Traditional Authority 26 1.16 Security 26 1.17 Social Services 27 1.18 Water and Sanitation 31 1.19 Housing 33 1.20 Transportation and Road Network 34 1.21 Electricity 35

1.22 Vulnerability Analysis 35 1.23 Gender 37 1.24 Eliciting Community Perspectives on Current Needs and Aspirations 37 1.25 Key Development Problems arising from the community needs and aspirations 45

CHAPTER TWO Linking Identified Key Development Problems/Issues to GSGDA 2010-2013

2.1 Key Development Issues 49 2.2 Prioritized Development Issues of the Biakoye District 52 2.3 Application of Potentials, Opportunities, Constraints and Challenges 53

CHAPTER THREE FORMULATION OF DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT GOAL, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES

3.1 District Goal 62 3.2 Goal Compatibility Analysis 62 3.3 District Development Objectives 63

CHAPTER FOUR FORMULATION OF DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

4.1 Composite Programme of Action (POA) – 2010-2013 68 4.2 Financial Indicative Plan 89 4.3 Financing the Plan 90

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CHAPTER FIVE DISTRICT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 5.0 Introduction 92 5.1 Annual Action Plan for 2010 92 5.2 Annual Action Plan for 2011 102 5.3 Annual Action Plan For 2012 115 5.4 Annual Action Plan for 2013 131

CHAPTER SIX MONITORING AND EVALUATION 6.1 Introduction 149 6.2 Purpose of the M&E Plan 149 6.3 Evaluation 149 6.4 Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation 150 6.5 Conclusion 150

CHAPTER SEVEN DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRICT COMMUNICATION PLAN 7.1 Introduction 151 7.2 District Communication Plan 151 7.3 Conclusion 152

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LIST OF TABLES Page

Table 1.1: Population by Community (2010 Provisional figures) 4 Table 1.2 Major Food crop growing areas in the Biakoye District 17 Table 1.3 Cropping Calendar of the major commodities in Biakoye District 17 Table 1.4 Traditional Festivals celebrated in the District 24 Table 1.5 Distributions of Education Institutions in the Biakoye District (2009) 27 Table 1.6 Trend of School in the District (2007-2009) 27 Table 1.7 Enrolments in the District (2006-2009) 27 Table 1.8 Teacher Characteristics in the District – 2009 28 Table 1.9 Teacher-Pupil Ratios in the District 28 Table 1.10 Status of health facilities in the District 30 Table 1.11 Human Resources (Manpower) 30 Table 1.12 Distribution of water and sanitation facilities by Area Council 31 Table 2.1 Key Development Issues 49 Table 3.1 Goal Compatibility Analysis 62 Table 4.2 Financial Indicative Plan 89 Table 4.3 Source of Funding 90 Table 7.1 District Communication Plan 151

LIST OF FIGURES Page

Figure 1.1: Mountain ranges 1 Figure 1.2: Large deposits of granites 2 Figure 1.3: Forest Reserves in the District 3 Figure 1.4: An overview of Nkonya settlement 14 Figure 1.5: Cassava farming in Adzamansu 16 Figure 1.6: Maize farming at Tayi 16 Figure 1.7 Shea Nuts 18 Figure 1.8 Shea Plantations in Adzamansu 18 Figure 1.9 Cocoa plantations at Tayi 19 Figure 1.10: Volta Lake located at the western part of the District 20 Figure 1.11 Fish processing along the Volta Lake 21 Figure 1.12: Two headed palm tree at Tayi 23 Figure 1.13: An island at Adzamansu 23 Figure 1.14: Volcanic Lake (Etikpeto) at Tayi 24 Figure 1.15 Dilapidated Classroom block for Nkonya Asakyiri L/A Basic School 29 Figure 1.16 Boreholes 32 Figure 1.17 Unkempt refuse dump site at Tayi 32 Figure 1.17 Dilapidated House (exposed foundation, crack wall, leaking roof) 33 Figure 1.18 Gully Erosion along residential buildings 34 Figure 1.19 First Class Road that runs through the District 34 Figure 1.20 Poor community roads 35

LIST OF ACRONYMS BECE Basic Education Certificate Examination CHPS Community Health Planning Scheme DA District Assembly DACF District Assembly’s Common Fund DED District Education Directorate DHD District Health Directorate DMTDP District Medium Term Development Plan DPCU District Planning Co-ordinating Unit DWD District Works Department EHD Environmental Health Division GES Ghana Education Service GHS Ghana Health Service GSGDA Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda M&E Monitoring and Evaluation ICT Information and Communication Technology ISD Information Service Department KG Kindergarten KVIP Kumasi Ventilated Improved Pit MDGs Millennium Development Goals W.C. Water Closet

CHAPTER ONE DISTRICT PROFILE 1.1 Location and Size The Biakoye District was carved out of the Jasikan District. It is located in the Northern part of the Volta Region of Ghana and lies within longitude 0 150 E and 0 450 E and latitude 6 450 N and 7 150 N at the heart of the Volta – Region. It shares common boarders with the Hohoe and Jasikan Districts to the east, Kpando to the south, Kadjebi and Krachi East Districts to the North and the Volta Lake to the west.

The District has a total land area of 738.20 sq. km. representing about 4.08% of the total land area of the Volta Region (18,093.27). The District Capital is Nkonya located in the centre of the District.

1.2 Relief and Drainage The topography is generally hilly and undulating at the Eastern part and flat along the Volta River in the West. The District is surrounded by mountain ranges typical among them are the Buem Togo ranges and Akwapim ranges. The eastern parts are relatively higher with occasional heights ranging between 750ft – 2000ft above sea level. Figure 1.1: Mountain ranges

Biakoye is well drained with several rivers and streams. Important among these are Konsu, Bompa, Kabo, Ufuo and Asukawkaw.

1.3 Climate The District, being in the middle zone experiences the wet equatorial rainfall regime that shows peaks in July and September respectively. The mean rainfall is about 1,500 mm. There is a rather short dry season, which is characterized by the cool dry North-East trade winds from early December to early or mid March. The average Temperatures varies between 22ºC and 34ºC.

1.4 Geology Biakoye District is underlain by Buem-Togo ranges. About 70% of the basement land formations are made up of the Buem series. There are large deposits of clay around Kwamikrom. Large deposits of granites also exist for the quarry industry. These are found around Abotoase and Worawora. Figure 1.2: Large deposits of granites

1.5 Vegetation The District is generally covered with the moist semi-deciduous forest. The vegetative cover is made up of timber resources such as Odum, Mahogany, Asanfins, Papao, Kyere, Oprono, Wawa, Ofram Teak, among others. Medical plants also exist in the forest.

Figure 1.3: Forest Reserves in the District

The vegetation support game and wildlife. Major animals found in the District are Monkeys, Buffalos and antelopes. Also found in the District are land lake fish species around Tapa Abotoase, Kwamekrom and other numerous fishing villages. There are 49 fishing communities dotted along the Volta Lake.

Over the years, much of the forests have been lost due to lumbering, hunting, palm wine tapping, akpeteshi distilling and bad farming practices such as shifting cultivation. The ritual of annual bushfires is a major threat to vegetation cover which results in land degradation.

1.6 Land Tenure System Land in the area is owned by families, and is managed by family heads. Any prospective developer contacts a particular family head for land. Under this system of land ownership, a piece of land belonging to a family is allocated to family members to cultivate without permanent individual ownership. There is also a system of share cropping and leasing of land to tenant farmers on agreed terms.

With such a system, land acquisition by investors for projects especially agricultural ventures where large tracks of land are required becomes problematic since the investor would find it very difficult to deal with the multiplicity of landlords to enable him acquire the required contiguous vast land. This situation is further worsened by the undulating topography, which limits the availability of such arable lands in the district.

1.7 Demographic Characteristics 1.7.1 Population size and growth Based on the 2010 population and housing census, Biakoye District is estimated to be 63,645 comprising approximately 35,005 women and 28,640 men. It is estimated that the District growth at an annual rate of 1.9%.

1.7.2 Spatial Distribution of Population Table 1.1 shows the various settlements within the District. The most populous settlement is Kwamekrom. The settlements distribution is influenced by the physical features, facilities and services in the area. The other less populous settlements in the District are scattered around the hills and along the banks of the Volta Lake.

Table 1.1: Population by Community (2010 Provisional figures) S/N NAME OF LOCALITY MALE POP. FEMALE POP TOTAL POP.

1 KWAMEKROM 478 492 970 2 KWAMEKROM 394 415 809 3 KWAMEKROM 221 201 422 4 KWAMEKROM 428 485 913 5 KWAMEKROM 150 217 367 6 KWAMEKROM 420 449 869 7 KWAMEKROM 446 476 922 8 KWAMEKROM 233 265 498 9 KWAMEKROM 336 384 720 10 KWAMEKROM 242 242 484 11 KWAMEKROM 383 394 777 12 KWAMEKROM 254 281 535

13 KWAMEKROM 181 161 342 14 KWAMEKROM 185 190 375 15 KWAMEKROM 212 229 441 16 ABONO KOPE 187 182 369 17 WODOMIABRA 59 45 104 18 KONSUANO 3 1 4 19 AKPA KOPE 56 43 101 20 BOWIRE ODUMASE 272 291 563 21 TOVIETE 190 145 335 22 OLD FAHIAKOBOR 70 84 154 23 GAKPA AKURA 28 16 44 24 BOWIRE-ODUMASE(RESETTLEMENT) 226 231 457

25 GADAKA 138 125 263 26 MANE KOPE 21 15 36 27 TSALA KOPE 5 5 10 28 ACHEAPONG KOPE 16 12 28 29 MANGUASE(KONKOMBA) 30 25 55

30 DJABAKO KOPE 37 17 54 31 BOWIRI-ABOHIRE 259 233 492 32 ABOABO 133 112 245 33 AVEGAME 44 36 80 34 SOKODE KOPE 28 16 44 35 ATAWLO 26 12 38 36 TAKRABE KUBIASE NO.1 10 8 18 37 KASADZAN(NYANDE KOPE) 12 5 17 38 TODOME(DZATO KOPE) 32 33 65 39 TAKRABE 350 319 669 40 BOWIRI MEMPEASEM 4 1 5 41 SOVIE KWAME 8 6 14 42 OKORE LUKUKU I 2 3 43 TEYE AKURA I 1 1 44 SAMUEL KAKA I 0 1 45 MABEL 3 3 6 46 ONACHIAKU PEACE 3 1 4 47 DUODU GEOFFREY 2 0 2 48 LACKHAAM LODGE 2 1 3 49 ZERGER LERGER 1 0 1

50 ACTHOLIC SECRETARIAT 2 0 2 51 KPEVEKOR 8 4 12 52 AKPALIGA-KOPE 10 11 21 53 AMANFROM ZONGO 35 28 63 54 TOLITI 6 2 8 55 LISITU 5 3 8 56 YAWADA 3 3 6 57 AGYA KOPE 11 7 18 58 ONARITI 0 0 0 59 BOWIRI KYIRIAHI 265 237 502 60 BOWIRI KYIRIAHI 159 144 303 61 BOWIRI AMANFROM 223 238 461 62 BOWIRI AMANFROM 203 224 427 63 BOWIRI AMANFROM 215 225 440 64 BOWIRI ANYINASE 125 92 217 65 BOWIRI ANYINASE 302 270 572 66 APPIAKROM 140 122 262 67 ALHASSAN AKURA 107 100 207 68 KABRE AKURA 45 41 86 69 BASARE AKURA 40 19 59 70 ABOM 18 13 31 71 AKAA YAW NO.2 55 57 112 72 AKAA YAW NO.1 93 100 193 73 HATOR KOPE 25 24 49 74 KOMFO KOKOO 2 0 2 75 AMPE-KROM 230 210 440 76 KOTO KOPE 279 226 505 77 VOVITO KOPE 247 184 431 78 KLABO KOPE 665 668 1333 79 TAPA-ABOTOASE 517 607 1124 80 ABOTOASE 221 266 487 81 TAPA- ABOTOASE 543 506 1049 82 TAPA –ABOTOASE 368 408 776 83 TAPA-ABOTOASE 353 343 696 84 TAPA-ABOTOASE 295 374 669 85 TAPA-ABOTOASE 257 337 594 85 TAPA –ABOTOASE 320 349 669 87 TAPA-ABOTOASE 275 288 563

88 TAPA-AMANFROM 375 429 804 89 TAPA-AMANFROM 130 150 280 90 TAPA-AMANFROM 270 260 530 91 OMANKRADUKROM 78 113 191 92 JOHN MENSAH 74 50 124 93 GATEKPI 72 54 126 94 MANFIKOPE 42 52 94 95 MAWUEKROR 55 342 397 96 C.K. AKURA 353 342 695 97 GBORKPODZI 237 193 430 98 TAPA-AMANYA 292 358 650 99 TAPA-AMANYA 117 124 241 100 TAPA-AMANYA 223 233 456 101 TAPA-AMANYA 275 318 593 102 TAPA-BOMPASO 51 45 96 103 TAPA-BOMPASO-DZOGBE 9 11 20 104 TAPA-KOTOTRO 24 26 50 105 TAPA-BEPOSO 53 52 105 106 TAPA ANAHUM 17 13 30 107 BEKYEKYERE 20 6 26 108 GBADJINGBE 11 4 15 109 JIJIMAMU(MANJEGEH) 1 4 5 110 WORAWORA-TEMPERE 7 9 16 111 KYIRIBRA 3 1 4 112 BATSA KOPE 5 4 9 113 YAW DORDI 4 3 7 114 ADANKA 11 2 13 115 ABGO KOPE 14 11 25 116 GBANDI 3 0 3 117 ODEI 171 160 331 118 AKANIEM 179 114 293 119 KOGOKROM(TSOMIYE) 185 137 322 120 BREWANIASE N0.2 71 67 138 121 BREWANIASEN0.1 38 42 80 122 DETSE KROM 39 23 62 123 WORAWORA 95 125 220 124 WORAWORA 180 129 309 125 WORAWORA 307 275 582

126 WORAWORA 248 256 504 127 WORAWORA 248 287 535 128 WORAWORA 121 145 266 129 WORAWORA 278 329 607 130 WORAWORA 370 410 780 131 WORAWORA 312 332 644 132 WORAWORA 301 329 630 133 WORAWORA 263 248 511 134 WORAWORA 150 166 316 135 APESOKUBI 175 171 346 136 APESOKUBI 213 267 480 137 APESOKUBI 176 183 359 138 APESOKUBI 46 71 117 139 APESOKUBI 313 320 633 140 APESOKUBI 282 278 560 141 OKRABE 109 110 219 142 GOKA(AZA)KOPE 3 0 3 143 SAKPLA(DEGA)AZA 2 6 8 144 KOBLAY AZA 2 1 3 145 TASIKE YAW 0 2 2 146 ODAME DARKO 2 1 3 147 AGYAFILLA 4 1 5 148 MEGYEAGO JOHN 6 3 9 149 SETU JACOB 9 4 13 150 SAMUEL OLAGA 4 1 5 151 ALHAJI SALI AKURA 1 1 2 152 KWASI GALI 6 2 8 153 MAWULI KOPE 9 5 14 154 SETORWA 3 3 3 155 SAMINAKE 2 1 3 156 FIANYO AZA 0 0 0 157 AGANE AZA 0 0 0 158 AGBI YAW AKURA 5 4 9 159 ADIEYEPENA 4 5 9 160 NANA KATABOA 4 4 8 161 TETTEH KOFI 3 4 7 162 KWADZO GAH 2 1 3 163 KWASI GAH 1 2 3

164 AGBODZI AKURA 0 0 0 165 MAYEDEN OKOTO 2 2 4 166 KUDZO AGBEDOE 6 5 11 167 ATTA WAKE 1 1 2 168 KPESEWU KOPE 3 0 3 169 COMFORT FIATE 1 0 1 170 APPIAH SAKPLA 3 3 3 171 ASONG AKURA 0 0 0 172 DZIBLI-ABORMA 7 0 7 173 ANYINASIM 8 6 14 174 KWAME TENGE 5 5 10 175 AKUFFO AKURA 6 4 10 176 DZETE KWAKU KOPE 1 0 1 177 KOFI DZAMESEI 5 4 9 178 MAKU TETTEH 3 3 3 179 AGAMA ALIMO 1 0 1 180 BEN GAVI 1 0 1 181 DZOKPE KOPE 2 0 2 182 AHIADEKE YAO 6 6 12 183 SENA REUBEN 3 7 10 184 MESRE(PARKER) 3 4 7 185 MEDDZIGOR KOPE 0 2 2 186 DOTSE KOPE 1 0 1 187 YAW TOTO(GYEBI) 2 0 2 188 ALABA AKURA 0 0 0 189 KPEDBGE KWABENA 3 4 7 190 FRANCIS ABUKA 3 5 8 191 SAKYI KWAKU 2 0 2 192 GEORGE ATIGAH 3 1 4 193 AGBOBLI YAW 4 6 10 194 NOVOR KOPE 3 3 6 195 PASIL GAVI 0 0 0 196 DEDZO KOMLA 2 1 3 197 ATAKPAME 8 1 9 198 ASOR AKURA 4 2 6 199 HENRY TENGE 1 0 1 200 POLICE BARRIER 0 0 0 201 MAWUENA KOPE 2 0 2

202 AKPOSO KABO 476 473 949 203 NKONYA-ASAKYIRI 408 419 827 204 AHODWO TENDIE 23 22 45 205 NKONYA-AHODWO(AVE KOPE) 21 27 48

206 FANTI KOPE 112 64 176 207 NYANTO 0 0 0 208 FOTSE KOPE 9 10 19 209 ABORGBO KOPE 19 21 40 210 KWADZOVI KOPE 24 16 40 211 SAKARA 0 0 0 212 AVENOR KOPE(KPELI KOPE) 71 74 145 213 AVAKPA KOPE 16 17 33 214 MANGOASE 80 71 151 215 NKONYA SEC. SCH. 42 32 74 216 AMETEPE KOPE 0 0 0 217 KWADWOVI-ABGOGLI KOPE 0 0 0

218 NTOTOPE 0 0 0 219 AGBANA KOPE 0 0 0 220 BOTATOR 0 0 0 221 NKONYA-AHENKRO 335 355 690 222 NKONYA-AHENKRO 223 227 450 223 NKONYA-AHENKRO 134 173 310 224 NKONYA- AHENKRO 264 274 538 225 NKONYA-AHENKRO(GROUP QUART) 31 33 64 226 NKONYA-KADJEBI 195 218 413 227 NKONYA KADJEBI 96 122 218 228 NKONYA-TAYI 214 238 452 229 NKONYA-TAYI 222 254 476 230 NKONYA-TAYI 295 295 590 231 DUABONE 56 52 108 232 FANKYENEKO 5 5 10 234 KOPE GAH 33 23 56 233 APITOR 1 2 3 234 AKUNTOR 2 0 2 235 MANKA 2 3 3 236 OLEBO 24 17 17 237 ABETENASE 21 11 32

238 KATAMANTSU 6 6 12 239 KATAMANTSU 6 7 12 240 BREKESE 10 7 17 241 FADWENE 3 1 4 242 WIAWIA(GARIBA AKURA) 5 10 15 243 BETHANY(WHITE CROSS) 9 9 18

244 ABETENASE TODZI 15 7 22 245 LORME NAVA 0 0 0 246 JOSEPH KOPE 0 0 0 247 ONAYAW KOFI 0 0 0 248 ATTAPONG 1 1 2 249 BASARE AKURA 1 0 1 250 WARIBO 1 0 0 251 BUSAH KOPE 23 25 48 252 DZABAKOR 0 0 0 253 NKONYA-NTUMDA 195 211 406 254 NKONYA-NTUMDA 203 208 411 255 NKONYA-NTUMDA 102 127 229 256 NKONYA-NTUMDA 130 194 324 257 NKONYA-NTUMDA 199 205 404 258 KOTOKU KOPE 201 160 361 259 AGBI KOPE 86 83 169 260 NYANDOR AMEKUTSU 102 168 168 261 NYANDOR NO.1 41 41 82 262 ROUNDABOUT 163 151 314 263 TOKLOSU 54 61 115 264 KONKLONTOR 12 12 24 265 OBEKPANTOR 14 14 28 266 DZELEDZE 4 2 6 267 ANDREAS KOPE 6 2 8 268 KOKLO KOFE 38 35 73 269 NKONYA-TEPO 119 123 242 270 NKONYA- TEPO 45 51 96 271 NKONYA-TEPO 245 264 509 272 NKONYA-TEPO 180 192 372 273 NKONYA-WURUPONG 213 221 434 274 NKONYA-WURUPONG 198 210 408

275 NKONYA-WURUPONG 271 297 568 276 NKONYA-WURUPONG 153 164 317 277 NKONYA-WURUPONG 233 232 465 278 NKONYA-WURUPONG 203 212 415 279 NSUAM ABLORGAH 231 196 427 280 TIGARE KOPE 26 22 48 281 AKATI KOPE 70 84 154 282 FESI KOPE 35 25 60 283 BUMBULA 244 274 518 284 BUMBULA 303 266 569 285 BUMBULA 218 208 426 286 AHONBRASE 102 96 198 287 AKANEM 40 36 76 288 ASUKESE 1 1 2 289 KOFI KOPE 68 48 116 300 * 22 21 43 301 ACHANA KOPE 5 5 10 302 ODORMITOR 413 354 767 303 GABLA TODZI 151 132 283 304 NKONYA-TADIANI 137 113 250 305 SIKA DEASEM 106 84 190 306 NKONYA-DZOGBE KOPE 0 0 0 307 CHIEF KOPE 0 0 0 308 ASASE ASA 9 7 16 309 AMANFO KOPE 72 57 129 310 NKONYA-ADENKESU 126 118 244 311 NKONYA-SUBRISU 80 87 167 312 NKONYA-ABUTOR AGAME(ALHAJI 41 23 231 KOPE) 313 NKONYA-ABUTOR TODZI 1 0 1 314 NKONYA-CAPE COAST 57 52 109 315 NKONYA NOGO/NINGO KOPE(ADA KOPE) 47 45 92

316 NKONYA-POSEGAH KOPE 1 0 1

317 NKONYA AHODWO 163 142 305 TOTAL 31071 31703 62809 PERCENTAGE 49.50% 50.50% 100% Source: GSS, 2010

1.7.3 Ethnicity and Language The people of Biakoye District are Guans. There are five predominant tribes in the District. These are Bowiri, Nkonya, Akan, Ewes and other settlers (Hausas, Basares, Kotokolis, Kabres). The major languages spoken are Guan, Twi and Ewe.

1.7.4 Rural – Urban Split Biakoye being a predominantly farming community has about 70% of the people living in the rural areas. Towns like Kwamekrom, Worawora and Abotoase form the urban centres of the District. Nkonya is fast becoming an urban centre due to its strategic location as the District capital.

1.7.5 Religion Christianity is the predominant religious group in the District, taking nearly 80% of the population with other faiths, especially Islam (5%) and traditional religions making the rest.

1.8 Energy and Fuel

About 60% of households in the District have access to electricity. About 94% of the households use charcoal or firewood for cooking with serious implications on the environment. The industrial activities undertaken in the District such as akpeteshi distillation, gari processing and welding still depends on fire wood. There is no gas station in the District. Households who use gas for cooking go to Kpando, Hohoe or Ho to fill their cylinders.

1.9 Spatial Analysis 1.9.1 Settlement pattern The District is characterized by scattered communities. However, the major towns like Nkonya, Kwamekrom, Worawora are haphazardly planned with buildings scattered all over the communities with little or no regards to drainage, location of social facilities and road network. A typical community in Biakoye is shown in figure 1.4 below.

Figure 1.4: An overview of Nkonya settlement

1.9.2 Hierarchy of Settlements: In terms of population and service delivery function, Wurawura and Nkonya are ranked first and second respectively in the whole District. These communities have the highest concentration of population and service delivery functions in the district. Wurawura accommodate the District Hospital, Post Office, Nurses Training College, a Secondary School and the only financial institution, Asubonteng Rural Bank.

Nkonya, now the capital of the District, is assuming a very important role in administrative and commercial functions despite its relatively small population size.

1.9.3 Surface Accessibility to Facilities and Services

Due to the small size of the District and its relatively good road network and condition, physical accessibility to services and facilities (such as health, postal and telecommunication services, agriculture extension, banking, police, marketing centres) by majority of the people is very high.

1.10 District Economy Biakoye District strives on primary economic activities such as agriculture and fishing which employs about 70% of the total population. Other economic activities are seen in the areas of forestry (lumbering) which employs about 3% of the population and small scale manufacturing and industrial activities like carpentry, blacksmithing, distilling, palm oil extraction, gari processing employs about 10%. Other economic activities like commercial and service employs the remaining 5% of the population.

1.10.1 Agriculture The District is endowed with about 42,000 hectares of arable land, perennial water source (the Volta lake) for irrigation to produce annual crops and vegetable production and aquaculture and rich human resource for the establishment of agro industries. Crop production lands are evenly distributed in the district. It is made up of forest areas of Bowiri and Akporso and the savanna areas covers the Nkonya, Worawora and Tapa areas.

The Climate and Soils support varieties of crops and livestock. Crop production includes cereals, root and tubers and vegetables. The livestock include small ruminants, local poultry, piggery and cattle on a small scale. The cash crops cultivated in the District are cocoa and shea nut. Local vegetables namely okro, tomato, garden eggs and pepper are cultivated extensively along whole length of the Volta Lake.

Food crop production Food crops are produced mainly by peasant farmers using simple hand tools. The average land holding per farmer is about 0.5 ha. Mixed cropping is gradually giving way to mono cropping especially for crops such as maize, yam, rice and cassava. There is a decreasing level use of inorganic fertilizers. Crop productivity levels are dropping with each cropping season as a result of poor soil fertility management practices.

Income level of food crop farmers is low because of the low yields from their farms. The major food crops cultivated in the district are maize, rice, vegetables, yam and cassava

Figure 1.5: Cassava farming in Adzamansu

Figure 1.6: Maize farming at Tayi

Table 1.2 Major Food crop growing areas in the Biakoye District Type of Food crop Major growing Areas Maize Kwamikrom, Bumbula, Gadaka, Fahiakorbor, Adenkenso, Abotoase Rice Worawora, Akporsor, Bowiri, Kwamikrom, Abotoase Cassava Nkonya, Akporsor, Bowiri Yam Nkonya, Abotoase Cocoa Nkonya, Bowiri, Akposor Vegetables All communities along the Volta lake Source: DADU, 2011

Table 1.3 Cropping Calendar of the major commodities in Biakoye District

Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

Maize

Rice

Yam

Vegetable

Cocoa

Cassava

Source: DADU 2011

Cash Crops The District is very fertile for major cash crops like cocoa, palm and shea plantations. Unfortunately, these are not being harnessed for the growth of the district economy.

Figure 1.7 Shea Nuts

Figure 1.8 Shea Plantations in Adzamansu

Figure 1.9 Cocoa plantations at Tayi

Livestock Common livestock found in the District include sheep, goats, cattle, pigs, local poultry, (domestic fowls) ducks and guinea fowls.

About 80% of all households in the District keep one or other type of livestock. The commonest among them are domestic fowls and small ruminants. The system practiced widely is free-range whereby the animals scavenge for food the whole day with little or no supplementary feeding. These birds are generally hardy with slow growth and have poor weight gains. The birds generally receive little or no medication and suffer from many preventable diseases.

Small ruminants (sheep and goats) are also kept by households. Most of them are not housed confined. Those housed are confined during the day and let loose in the evenings for foraging with little or no supplementary feeding.

Cattle production is on relatively small scale and confined mostly to the savanna areas of the district and along the Volta Lake.

The availability of rice and maize (residue) in the district can be used for small ruminant and cattle development in the district.

Fishing Aquaculture is not practiced in the district although the potential exists. Artisanal fishing (river fishing) accounts for the bulk of fish landed in the District. Migrant fishermen who supply about 20% of the District daily requirement of fish carry out most of the inland fishing on the Volta Lake. Figure 1.10: Volta Lake located at the western part of the District

Marketing of Agricultural Products Agricultural products either in their raw forms or semi processed are generally marketed directly by the producers or through intermediaries (middlemen/women). Women normally carry the raw products to local markets by head loads. The mode of sales is generally by price bargaining as the products are sold not by weight but by size, quality and or appearance. The grains are generally sold using unit measures eg. Olonka, margine tins or bowls etc the tubers and plantains are sold by size and variety/quality.

Market women/men go round to purchase commodities on wholesale basis. The mode of sale is also by price bargaining. A limited amount of pre-financing of production exists. By this arrangement, the intermediaries advance some amounts of money to the farmers during the course of production of the crops. The recipients of such advances are bound over to sell the produce to the intermediaries immediately after harvesting. This normally results in the traders offering low prices for the commodities.

Agro- Processing The main agricultural produce which is processed is oil palm, cassava and paddy rice. Oil palm is processed into red palm oil and palm kernel oil. Cassava is processed into cassava dough and gari. Agro-Processing is mainly done by women on either individual or on group’s basis. There is a rice mill at Worawora that has the capacity to mill 10 tons of rice daily.

1.10.2 Small scale industrial/manufacturing The manufacturing industry is limited by relatively small size of the domestic market. It is centered on carpentry, dress making block making, blacksmithing, Akpeteshi distillation, oil extraction, cassava processing and soap making among others. These activities are operated on sole partnership basis and with little capital thereby making it difficult to contribute to the economic growth of the District. The major drawbacks for the growth of the manufacturing sector are the traditional technology and the single-phased electricity system in the District. This system is not very supported of any viable establishment. Figure 1.11 Fish processing along the Volta Lake

1.10.3 Trade and Commerce Banking The only financial service institution in the District is the Asubonten Rural bank. Its headquarters is located at Worawora. For District benefits from the services of Bank of Ghana and Barclays Bank at Hohoe, Ghana Commercial Bank at Kpando and Agricultural Development Bank at Kpando.

Markets There are three main markets in the District. These are Tapa Abotoase market, Kwamikrom market and Bumbula Market. These form the focus of commerce and trade in the District. There are other minor markets scattered all over District but with little patronage due to the poor state of the market infrastructure. The markets are well patronized by traders from in and outside the District, dealing in farm produce such as maize, cassava, yams and vegetables, fish and manufactured commodities of all kinds.

1.11 Post and Telecommunication There are two post offices in the District is located in Worawora and Ahenkro, the District Capital. However, the one situated at Nkonya Ahenkro is not functioning properly hence affecting postal service delivery. In terms of telecommunication, there are no fixed line telephone services in the District capital. However the District is well covered by mobile phone telecommunication facilities that link the District to other parts of the country and the world. The telephone services available in the District include Vodafone, MTN, Tigo, Expresso and Airtel (ZAIN). There are no internet services in the district.

1.12 Tourism Tourism in the District is characterized by underdeveloped infrastructure, undeveloped tourist sites and inadequate tourist facilities. There are a number of tourist attractions which could be developed to attract tourists. Historical tourists sites include Tombs of some unknown Germans who died during the colonial period are found at Nkonya Bumbulla. Religious Sites include shrines and fetish homes which are found in most communities. Some of them function as healing homes and traditional

22 medicine. There are also reserves such as Kabo Forest Reserve and Monkey sanctuary at Nkonya Konklobi (Ntumda). Other attractions are Otolili Oto range located at Bowiri, Odumase Oto range located at Bowiri Odumase, Oboguan range located at Akpesokubi, two headed palm tree at Nkonya Tayi, the Volta Lake and an island at Adzamansu.

Figure 1.12: Two headed palm tree at Tayi

Figure 1.13: An island at Adzamansu

Figure 1.14: Volcanic Lake (Etikpeto) at Tayi

1.13 Festivals

Important festivals bring people together from all walks of life. Traditional festivals serve as tourist attractions as well as means of unifying the various traditional areas and mobilizing people and resources for communal development. Biakoye has three major traditional festivals.

Table 1.4 Traditional Festivals celebrated in the District

Name of Festival Where Celebrated Time of Celebration Purpose of Celebration Lissi Bowiri August and September yearly. to mark a good harvest Akwantutenten Worawora October To mark their ancestral migration from Kuntenase in the Ashanti Region Frikoso Tapa October To mark the battle victory on a mountain.

1.14 Governance 1.14.1 Political Administration The Biakoye District is one of the 170 Districts in the country and one of the 18 in the Volta region. The district was carved out of the then Jasikan District in 2007. District Administration in the District commenced on 20th December 2010. The District was officially inaugurated on 15th March 2011. Nkonya Ahenkro is the district capital. It is about 100km from the Regional capital, Ho and about 200 kilometrs from Accra the National capital.

The District made of only one Constituency called Biakoye hence a Member of Parliament. There 38 members of the Biakoye Assembly. This is made of 23 elected and 15 appointed. There are 5 Assembly women. There is one District Chief Executive who is the Chairman of the Executive Committee and also responsible for the day to day administration of the District. The following sub-committees are in place:  Executive Committee  Finance and Administration  Development Planning  Justice and Security  Social Services  Complaints and Arbitration Apart from these statutory committees, the Assembly is authorized to constitute other Committees as it deems necessary and in line with this, the Assembly constituted the following additional Sub-Committees:- 1) The District Security Committee – DISEC 2) The District Tender Committee 3) The District Tender Review Board

VISION Biakoye District seeks to become the leading aqua culture and vegetable exporting Districts in the country MISSION

The Biakoye District Assembly exists to ensure the social, economic and political well-being of its people through public-private partnership and fiscal, material, human resources mobilization in an atmosphere of peace and unity.

1.14.2 Sub-District Administrative Units There are six sub-district areas namely Apesokubi, Bowiri, Kwamikrom, Nkonya, Tapa and Worawora. 1.15 Traditional Authority Traditional Authority in the District is vested in the Chieftaincy Institution, which is very much respected in the District. The sphere of influence of Chiefs in the District presents a potential force for the mobilization of people for development because they serve as unifying factors around which the communities rally for self-help initiatives. The major traditional areas in the district are Nkonya, Tapa, Worawora, Bowiri and Akposor. There are five paramount chiefs located in these traditional areas. They also have divisional chiefs under them.

1.16 Security There is the District Security Committee (DISEC) which meets regularly to deliberate on human safety issues in the District. The Committee is chaired by the District Chief Executive. The District Police service is headed by the Jasikan District Police Command. There are Police Stations in Nkonya Ahenkro, Worawora and Kwamekrom. There is no fire service station in the District. The District depends on the services of the Jasikan District Fire Service.

As far as natural disaster is concerned, there is a National Disaster Management Organization Department in the District which supports natural disaster victims and also undertakes natural disaster preventive activities in the District. The office of the Department is located at Nkonya Ahenkro.

1.17 Social Services

1.17.1 Education There seven circuits in the District, namely Nkonya Ahenkro, Nkonya Wurupong, Kwamekrom, Tapa Abotoase, Tapa Alavanyo, Worawora and Bowiri. There are 218 schools scattered all over the District. Educational institutions are highly dominated in Abotoase and Wurupong circuits. Table 1.5 Distributions of Education Institutions in the Biakoye District (2009) CIECUTES PER- PRIMARY JHS SHS TOTA SCHOOL L

Pub Private Pub Private Pub Private Pub Private NKONYA AHENKRO 11 1 11 1 7 1 1 0 33 NKONYA 16 1 16 1 8 1 0 0 43 WURUPONG KWAMIKROM 10 3 10 3 4 3 0 0 34 TAPA ABOTASE 13 3 13 3 7 3 0 0 43 TAPA ALAVANYO 8 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 19 WORAWORA 9 1 10 1 6 1 1 0 29 BOWIRI 6 1 6 1 5 1 0 0 20 TOTAL 73 10 74 10 40 10 2 0 218

Table 1.6 Trend of School in the District (2007-2009) LEVEL 2007/2008 2008/2009 PUBLIC PRIVATE TOTOL PUBLIC PRIVATE TOTAL PER-SCHOOL 72 10 82 72 10 82 PRIMARY 73 10 83 73 10 83 J.H.S 40 10 50 40 10 50 S.H.S 2 1 3 2 1 3 Source: GES, 2011

Enrolment in Schools Table 1.7 Enrolments in the District (2006-2009)

LEVEL 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009

M F TOTAL M F TOTAL M F TOTAL

PRE- 968 935 1903 991 979 1970 1256 1096 2,352 SCHOOL PRIMARY 3784 3432 7216 4593 4283 8,876 4901 4561 9,462

JHS 938 884 1,822 1005 989 1,994 2873 2464 5,337

SHS 767 583 1,350 981 779 1,760 1124 989 2,113

Analysis of the school enrolment shows that more pupils were admitted in the 2007/2008 academic year as compared to the enrolment in 2006/2007 academic year. This is attributed to the introduction of the free education and the school feeding programme. Girl child education is also very encouraging in the District as more girls are enrolled. In 2009 for instance, the boy to girl ratio for pre-school is 1:1.15 and 1:1.1, 1:1.2 respectively for Primary and Junior High School.

Staffing in the Basic Schools As the tables below indicate, the position in the District is rather poor at the Kindergarten level as compare to the national pupil – teacher ratio of 1:30. This very foundation of education is loaded with a large number of untrained teachers. Table 1.8 Teacher Characteristics in the District – 2009 Category Staffing level Trained Untrained Total Pre-School 15 47 62 Primary 199 112 311 JHS 122 63 185 SHS 43 18 61 Source: GES, 2011

Table 1.9 Teacher-Pupil Ratios in the District LEVEL NATIONAL BIAKOYE KINDAERGARTEN 1:30 1:40 PRIMARY 1:35 1:38 JHS 1:24 1:29 SHS 1:20 1:31 Source: GES, 2011

Education infrastructure There is very limited classroom infrastructure in the District. Most schools are being organized under trees. Majority of the classroom are in the form of sheds and mud houses which are dilapidated. Similarly, teaching and learning materials are limited in supply and are of poor quality. Pupils sit on dilapidated tables and chairs.

Teacher accommodation is another major area of concern. Most of the remote communities do not have decent accommodation facilities for teachers. This hinders the performance of the Teachers in these communities thereby resulting in poor Academic performance.

Figure 1.15 Dilapidated Classroom block for Nkonya Asakyiri L/A Basic School

1.17.2 Health Biakoye has eleven health facilities that provide health service in the District. This is made up of a District Hospital at Worawora, a Hospital at Nkonya Ahenkro, four health centres, one RCH/ FP Static Clinic and four CHPS compounds.

Table 1.10 Status of health facilities in the District Hospital NO NAME OF FACILITY LOCATION OWNERSHIP STATUS 1 District Hospital Worawora Government Functioning 2 Comfort Ofedie memorial Nkonya Ahenkro Government Functioning Hospital

CHPS ZONES NO NAME OF FACILILTY LOCATION OWNERSHIP STATUS 1 B/Amanfrom CHPS Amanfrom Government Functioning 2 B/Kyirahini CHPS Kyira hini Government Functioning 3 Amanya CHPS Amanya Government Functioning 4 Takrabe CHPS Trkrabe Government Functioning

Reproductive and Child Health Clinic (RCH)

SN NAME OF FACILITY LOCATION OWNERSHIP STATUS 1 Wurupong RCH Wurupong Government Functioning 2 Nkonya RCH Ahenkro Government Functioning 3 Kwamekrom RCH Kwamekrom Government Functioning 4 Abotoase RCH Abotoase Government Functioning 5 Worawora RCH Worowora Government Functioning

Table 1.11 Human Resources (Manpower) NO CATEGORY NUMBER AT POST GAP 1 Specialist (PH) Nil 2 Public Health Nurse One 1 3 Assistant Chief Personnel Officer Nil 4 Executive Officer One - 5 Principal Accountant Nil 1 6 Accounts Officer One 1 7 Principal Store Keeper Nil 1 8 Sen. Tech. Officer (C.H.) One 1 9 Tech. Officer (C.H.) Nil 2 10 Sen. Tech Officer (H.I) Nil 1 11 Tech. Officer (H.I) Nil 12 Tradesman Nil 1 13 Senior Typist Nil 1 14 Orderly Nil 1

15 Health Extension Worker Nil 1 16 Receptionist Nil 1

Challenges in Health Delivery

1. Inadequate Clinical Equipment 2. Inadequate Critical Staff (Medical Assistants, Midwife, Clinical Nurses) 3. Office Accommodation for DHD 4. Inadequate logistics for overbank activities 5. Lack of permanent accommodation for some health facilities eg. Abotoase, Amanya and CHPS Zone

1.18 Water and Sanitation Potable water is a major problem in terms of quantity and quality in the District. As at the year 2010 only 65% of the total population has access to potable water. Even though the situation as inherited from the Jasikan District has improved, some of the communities still depend on rivers, streams and other unprotected sources which get dried during the dry season. The table shows the water and sanitation facilities in the District. Table 1.12 Distribution of water and sanitation facilities by Area Council

Area/Town Pop. Piped Household Communal Institutional Item Council Name 2002 BHs Schemes HDW Coverage Latrines Latrines Latrines

1 APESOKUBI 4960 9 0 0 49.66 28 2 0

2 BOWIRI 7051 16 2 0 87.11 47 0 5

3 KWAMEKROM 12781 11 0 0 20.24 2 2 1

4 NKONYA 30377 35 3 0 49.19 54 2 11

5 TAPA 14833 15 1 1 37.04 215 9 6

6 WORAWORA 8975 8 1 0 16.71 0 1 0 Total

Figure 1.16 Boreholes

Sanitation The sanitation condition in the District is generally poor. Many houses are characterized by poor environmental conditions resulting from poor drainage system, stagnant water, erosion and unkempt refuse sites. Less than 2% of the population uses water closet. There is however high level of indiscriminate defecation in public places. Figure 1.17 Unkempt refuse dump site at Tayi

1.19 Housing

The housing situation in the District is fairly satisfactory in terms of adequacy. Average room occupancy rate in the District is about 2 per room. But housing is becoming a big challenge in after having assumed the seat of District capital resulting in high rent demands. Also unfortunate is the poor physical condition of most of the houses.

Figure 1.17 Dilapidated House (exposed foundation, crack wall, leaking roof)

Erosion also poses a major threat to most of the houses since almost all the settlements are at the foot of mountains, giving rise to rapid surface waters washing off topsoil and exposing the foundations of buildings as well as creating deep gullies. The rate of erosion in the communities is very alarming and therefore needs to be tackled as early as possible. A definite programme for drainage channels is required.

Figure 1.18 Gully Erosion along residential buildings

1.20 Transportation and Road Network The Biakoye District has a good road network that runs through the District. This facilitates movement from the District to adjoining District. The district capital is however linked up to the regional capital, Ho and Accra, the National capital by first class roads. The District Capital is about 3 hours drive to the Tema Harbour and 3.5 hours drive to the Kotoka International Airport in Accra a condition suitable for the production and export of vegetables.

Figure 1.19 First Class Road that runs through the District

The District has about 175km length of major road and out of this about 96.35km length is bitumen surfaced. The total length of highways, feeder roads and bitumen surfaced roads are 82.15km, 92.85km and 14.2km respectively. Below is a table showing the classes of road network and their conditions. Class of road Total length (km) Conditions First class road 96.35 Good Second class road 28.90 Fair Third class road 49.75 Poor

Figure 1.20 Poor community roads

This District is also linked by Lake Volta from Abotoase to Afram Plains, Brong Ahafo , Krachi and Kpando Districts

1.21 Electricity A little over 80% of the District is connected to the national electricity grid. However, the single-phase system makes the supply unreliable and inadequate for industrial development.

1.22 Vulnerability Analysis: The vulnerable in the District may be seen as people who just manage to organise and sustain their lives within the protection of the existing social system and safety nets offered but who get destabilized with the slightest disruption or disturbance of the social system. Such people unfortunately do not have the in-built capacity to re-organise themselves but rather crumble

35 under the slightest pressure. Groups of the vulnerable that can be identified in the District includes:- 1) Food crops farmers 2) The aged 3) Children 4) People With Disabilities (PWDs) 5) People who live around the flood zones of the Volta Lake In general, food crops farmers suffer wide fluctuations in their fortunes depending very much on food crop prices on the market. Food crop prices depend largely on output, which in turn depends on natural rainfall over which the farmer has no control. Any season of bad weather affects the farmers output and hence his / her income whilst on the other hand good weather conditions result in increased aggregate output which lowers prices and reduces rural farm incomes. The smallholder subsistence food crop farmer thus faces the dilemma of price and income fluctuations over which he / she exercises no control. Within this broad category is the rather common female single parent food crop farmer. The ease with which men abandon their spouses together with their children imposes trying challenges on such single women who have to fend for themselves and their children from such fluctuating and unreliable farm incomes. The chances are always that in a really bad year she loses everything and the family is exposed to starvation and other sufferings. The Aged – The safety net provided by the extended family system is getting eroded as society transforms towards emphasis on nuclear families. Where the nuclear family is incapable of supporting their aged or with the out-migration of the young for jobs, even where money is transferred to the aged, catering for their own needs becomes a problem. There is the need to institute some support systems to provide a safety net for neglected aged persons. Children – Child vulnerability manifestation in the District could be traced to parental irresponsibility. Children born outside marriage and children of large families tend to be victims of parental neglect and are called upon to fend for themselves from an early age, opening them up to all manner of dangers and abuse. The most visible abuse of children manifests in the fishing communities area where children are engaged as workers in the fishing industry. The most effective remedy to this situation is to strengthen the Department of Social Welfare in undertaking its family and child welfare programmes.

The Disabled – The disabled face both physical and social handicaps. Little attention is given to their educational needs as children and further skill acquisition and job placement. Social prejudices remain strong. Yet the disabled operate in the robust competitive open market.

1.23 Gender Women Empowerment There are women groups engaged in various fields of human endeavour in the District. The groups are involved in baking, fish smoking and processing, palm oil and gari processing, vegetable production and trading among others. The aim is to empower women in the District to be economically self-supporting through engagement in income generating activities which would encourage them to be more readily responsive and confidently participate in the social, economic and political playing field in the District. This is expected to lead to the social and economic well-being of women and for the total development of the district.

1.24 Eliciting Community Perspectives on Current Needs and Aspirations During the preparation of this DMTDP, community consultations were held throughout the six Town and Area Council areas in the District by Assembly members, Opinion Leaders, Unit Committee members and Traditional leaders from these communities. They communities met, brainstormed and identified Community problems, which were then analyzed. Based on the outcome of the analysis, the communities identified their development needs and aspirations and prioritized them into sub-projects. These community needs and aspirations formed the basic data for the preparation of this DMTDP. The tables below show the expressed priority needs and aspirations, prioritized into sub-projects

Area Council: Nkonya SN Community No. Prioritized Community Needs/Aspiration 1 Nkonya Kedjebi 1 Construction of 6-unit classroom block for Nkonya Kadjebi D/A Primary School 2 Construction of one borehole 3 Construction of 10 seater W.C Toilet 2 Nkonya Ntsumuru 1 Construction of 10 seater W.C. Toilet at Asruda 2 Provision of potable water at Nyabitor 3 Construct 3unit classroom block for SDA Primary and community centre for Ntsumuru 3 Kpodzi 1 Construction of 10-seater W.C. toilet at Ososo 2 Provision of potable water at Ayasi 4 Akloba 1 Construction of 10-seater KVIP 2 Rehabilitation of 2No. boreholes 3 Rehabilitation of classroom blocks at Akloba/Ahenkro R.C JHS 4 Rehabilitation of road from Akloba to Ahundwo 5. Nkonya Wurupong 1 Construction of 2No. 10-Seater Public toilet at Ososo and Osase 2 Establishment of community Library at Wurupong 3 Construction of Nurses Quarters and wards at Nkonya Wurupong Health Centre 6 Ablorgakofe 1 Construction of Teachers Bungalow 2 Construction of 10-seater Public Toilet 3 Supply of 50 Dual Desks for the DA Primary School 7 Akati 1 Construction of 6-unit classroom block 2 Construction of 2No. semi detached teachers bungalow 3 Construction of feeder roads from Ablorgahofe 8 Resettlement township 1 Construction of drains 2 Construction of feeder roads 3 Extension of electricity to other parts of the Community 9 Nkonya Ahundwo 1 Construction of 6No. classroom block at DA Primary 2 Construction of 1km road and drainage from Akloba to Ahundwo 3 Construction of Bore hole at Ahundwo 10 Oklomuse 1 Construction of 10km road from Akloba to Mangoase 2 Construction of 6No. classroom block at Mangoase L/A Primary 3 Construction of market at Mangoase 11 Ntumda 1 Construction of community durbar at Ntumda 2 Construction of Public Toilet at Abuitor 3 Construction of ICT Centre at Ntumda

12 Ntumda NKOSEC 1 Construction of JHS Block and office facilities 2 Construction of 10 seater KVIP 3 Provision of Dual Desks for KG 13 Ntumda Adzamansu 1 Provision of 3No. Boreholes 2 Construction of 10 seater KVIP 3 Construction of Teachers Bungalow 14 Ntumda Nyantor 1 Construction of 2No. Boreholes 2 Construction of Kindergarten Block 3 Reshaping of feeder road 15 Nkonya Tepo 1 Provision of mechanized water system 2 Provision of community library 3 Construction of access road within Tepo resettlement 16 Tepo Toklosu 1 Extension of electricity 2 Rehabilitation of access road 17 Nkonya Tayi 1 Provision of 10 Seater KVIP 2 Construction of drains 3 Construction of satellite market 18 Nkonya Ahenkro 1 Construction of 10-Seater KVIP at Zongo 2 Grading of R.C School football filed 3 Construction of drains 19 Mangoase 1 Construction of road from Akloba to Mangoase 2 Construction of 6-unit classroom block with Headmaster’s bungalow 3 Extension of electricity to Mangoase 20 Bumbula 1 School Building for R.C Primary/JHS. 2 Extension Of Electricity To New Sites As Well As Boreholes 3 Provision Of ICT Centre 21 Adenkesu 1 Provision of toilet facility. 2 Establishment of a community library. 3 provision of electricity 22 Sibrisu 1 Extension of water to new sites Provision of toilet facility 2 23 Odormitor 1 Rehabilitation of the Odormitor road. 2 Provision of electricity. 3 Provision of toilet facility 24 Ahombrase 1 Construction of the Bumbula-Ahombrase -Tadieni Road 25 Cape Coast 1 Provision of Six Unit Block For The Primary School

26 Fankyenekor 1 Building for Kindergarten

27 Olebo 1 Support for Small Scale Industries and Businesses 28 Abutor 1 Support for Small Scale Industries and Businesses

29 Duaboni 1 Support for Small Scale Industries and Businesses

30 Sikadiasem 1 Building For Crèche And Kindergarten

31 Coffee Korpe 1 Support For Small Scale Industries And Businesses 32 Amanfukope 1 Support For Small Scale Industries And Businesses 33 Fesikope 1 Construction of Road to Fesikope

34 Asakyiri 1 Construction of 16-seater KVIP 2 Construction of Kindergarten Block 3 Construction of Teachers’ Bungalow

Area Council: Tapa SN Community No. Prioritized Community Needs/Aspiration 1 Breniase No. 1 1 Provision of health post 2 Akaniem Tornu 1 Provision of corn mill 3 Odei Old Town 1 Provision of corn mill Provision of teachers Quarters 4 Tapa Amanya 1 Provision of 10 seater W.C Toilet 2 Provision of Health Centre 3 Provision of Teachers Quarters 5 Tapa Bompaso 1 Provision of Teachers Quarters 2 Provision of Corn Mill 3 Extension of Electricity to Tapa Bompaso 6 Tapa Okum-Akura 1 Erection of Corn mill 2 Construction of Teachers’ Quarters 3 Provision of 10 seater W.C Toilet 7 Tapa Kututro 1 Provision of Corn mill 2 Extension of Electricity 8 Tapa Beposo 1 Provision of Corn mill 2 Construction of Class Block 3 Provision of solar panel 9 Gborkpodzi 1 Construction of 6-unit classroom block

2 Provision of Borehole 3 Extension of Electricity 10 John Mensah-krom 1 Construction of Teachers accommodation 2 Rehabilitation of the mini market 3 Provision of refuse containers at vantage points 11 Gatekpoe 1 Construction of 3-unit Class Block 2 Extension of Electricity 3 Provision of Borehole 12 Mawoekpor 1 Extension of Electricity 2 Provision of Borehole 3 Construction of 3-unit Class Block 13 C.K Kofe 1 Extension of Electricity 2 Construction of 6-unit classroom block 3 Provision of Borehole 14 Ampekrom 1 Extension of Electricity 2 Construction of 6-unit classroom block 3 Construction of road from Abotoase to Ampekrom 15 Kortokofe 1 Extension of Electricity 2 Construction of 6-unit classroom block 3 Construction of road from Abotoase to Kortokofe 16 Unvitorkofe 1 Extension of Electricity/Solar Panel 2 Construction of 6-unit classroom block 3 Construction of road from Abotoase to Unvitorkofe 17 Amenyokofe 1 Extension of Electricity/Solar Panel 2 Construction of 6-unit classroom block 3 Construction of road from Abotoase to Amenyokofe 18 Klagbokope 1 Extension of Electricity/Solar Panel 2 Construction of 6-unit classroom block 3 Construction of road from Abotoase to Klagbokope 19 Tapa Abotoase 1 Construction of a well resourced Clinic 2 Construction of 4No. 6-unit classroom block 3 Extension of electricity 20 Tapa Appiahkrom 1 Construction of 6-unit classroom block 2 Extension of pipe water/borehole 3 Provision of 10 seater KVIP 21 Akaayaw 1 Provision of 10-seater KVIP

2 Construction of Teachers Quarters 3 Extension of Electricity 22 Grumah Akrura 1 Extension of Electricity 2 Construction of Teachers Quarters 3 Provision of 10 Seater KVIP 23 Baasare Akura 1 Extension of Electricity 2 Extension of Water/Borehole 3 Provision of 10 Seater KVIP 24 Zongo 1 Provision of Borehole 2 Provision of Streetlights in the Zongo Community 3 Reshaping of town roads 25 Brewanse 1 Construction of Health Post 2 Provision of streetlights 3 Provision of 6 Trained Teachers 26 Odei 1 Provision of borehole 2 Provision of streetlights 3 Reshaping of town roads 27 Akaniem 1 Provision of streetlights 2 Provision of 10 Seater KVIP 3 Reshaping of town roads 28 Nzogodauda 1 Provision of streetlights 2 Reshaping of town roads 3 Construction of Teachers Quarters 29 Gbemumu 1 Construction of 6-unit classroom block 2 Provision of Health Post 30 Akpavikope 1 Construction of 6-unit classroom block 31 Kpevukofe 1 Construction of 6-unit classroom block 32 Alavanyo 1 Construction of 6-unit classroom block 2 Provision of Health Post 33 Anlo Kordzi 1 Construction of teacher’s quarters 2 Provision of community library 3 Upgrade JHS football field

Area Council: Akposokubi SN Community No. Prioritized Community Needs/Aspiration 1 Akposokubi 1 Provision of toilet facility 2 Extension of pipe water 3 Extension of electricity to the eastern part of Akposokubi 2 Akposo Alife 1 Provision of Transformer 2 Provision of potable water 3 Construction of toilet 3 Akposo-Okrabe 1 Construction of road from Akposokubi to Okrabe 2 Extension of electricity to Okrabe 3 Construction of 6-unit classroom block 4 Akposo-Kabo 1 Provision of a Health Post 2 Construction of teachers quarters 3 Construction of 20-seater KVIP Toilet

Area Council: Bowiri SN Community No. Prioritized Community Needs/Aspiration 1 Bowiri Takrabe 1 Provision of 6-unit classroom block and Teachers Quarters at Bowiri Takorabe Basic School 2 Construction of market structure 3 Construction of road from Kwamekrom through Takorabe to Okadjakrom 2 Bowiri Kubiase 1 Extension of electricity 2 Provision of good drinking water 3 Construction of road from Takorabe to Kubiase 3 Bowiri Aboabo 1 Provision of Teachers’ Bungalow 2 Construction of 6-Unit Classroom block 4 Bowiri Anyinasi 1 Provision of toilet 2 Provision of good drinking water 5 Bowiri Kyiriahin 1 Classroom block 2 Teachers’ Bungalow 3 Provision of market structures (sheds) 4 Construction of toilet facility 6 Bowiri Abohire 1 Construction of 6-unit classroom block

2 Construction of public toilet 7 Bowiri Abetinase 1 Construction of 6-unit classroom block 2 Construction of public toilet 8 Bowiri Amanfrom 1 Construction of six unit classroom block, store and office 2 Rehabilitation E.P JHS workshop to a computer laboratory 3 Rehabilitation of road from Bowiri Amanfrom to Hohoe Jasikan road

KWAMIKROM TOWN COUNCIL SN Community No. Prioritized Community Needs/Aspiration 1 Kwamikrom 1 Public Toilet at the marke t(20- Seater KVIP) 2 A borehole 3 Construction of market stalls 2 Bowiri Odumase 1 Construction of 6-Unit Classroom Block 2 Public Toilet (20- Seater KVIP) 3 Bowiri Abetinase 1 A Borehole 2 Public Toilet (20- Seater KVIP) 4 Torgorme 1 A Borehole 5 Toviate 1 A Borehole

WORAWORA TOWN COUNCIL SN Community No. Prioritized Community Needs/Aspiration 1 Awerekyekye 1 Provision of Public toilet 2 Provision of potable water 3 Provision of refuse containers at vantage points 2 Gyamerakrom 1 Construction of drains in the community 2 Construction of public toilets 3 Construction of Kindergarten Block 3 Osorasuom 1 Extension of potable water 2 Construction of public toilet 3 Construction of Kindergarten Block 4 Kotomase 1 Extension of potable water 2 Construction of Kindergarten Block

1.25 Key Development Problems / issues and Gaps arising from the Expressed Community Needs and Aspirations

Area Council: Nkonya 1. Inadequate resources for area council’s administration 2. Inadequate credit facilities for farmers and women 3. Low Agricultural output 4. Youth unemployment 5. Subsistence faming 6. Poor road condition and network 7. High prevalence of malaria, Bilharzias and Tuberculosis 8. Inadequate health infrastructure 9. Inadequate health personnel 10. Inadequate trained teachers 11. Poor Condition of school infrastructure 12. Low level of girl-child education 13. High rate of school drop-out 14. Poor BECE Performance 15. Inadequate ICT infrastructure 16. Flooding along the volta lake (Odomitor, Ablorga, Akati, Toklosu, Ntumda, Adzamansu, Oklomase) 17. Child labour along the Volta Lake 18. Soil erosion 19. Increasing Teenage pregnancy 20. Increasing Youth emigration to urban centres for white colour jobs 21. Annual Bush fire 22. Discrimination against women 23. Indiscriminate disposal of solid waste 24. Indiscriminate defecation in public places 25. Difficulty in accessing land for development 26. Inadequate potable water supply

27. Irregular flow of water during dry seasons 28. Poor market infrastructure 29. Absence of modern market in the District Capital (Ahenkro) 30. Inadequate electricity coverage

Area Council: Tapa 1. Difficulty in accessing basic education due to poor nature of lake transport from C.K. Kope, Gbokpodzi among others 2. Poor condition of school infrastructure 3. Difficulty in accessing quality health service 4. Poor condition of town roads and Abotoase Lorry Park 5. Poor condition of Aboatoase market 6. Low household income 7. Low agriculture productivity 8. Post harvest loses 9. Prevalence of rape in communities 10. High rate of teenage pregnancy 11. Increasing school dropout rate 12. Poor BECE Results 13. Inadequate credit facilities for improved productivity 14. Indiscriminate defecation in public places especially in Tapa Amanya

Akposokubi Area Council 1. Lateness to school by pupils 2. Water born diseases 3. Inadequate trained teachers 4. Poor Classrooms block at Apesokubi L/A JHS 5. Indiscriminate defecation 6. Poor sanitation facilities 7. Lack of revenue generation 8. Poor BECE performance

9. Poor Health service delivery 10. Low productivity in agric. 11. Absence of an A/C office 12. Low income 13. Post harvest loses. 14. River blindness (Black fly at Esukokor) 15. Poor road network (Akposo Kabo to Akposo-Oklabe) 16. Soil erosion (Exposed building Absence foundation) 17. High unemployment 18. Illegal felling of trees (Deforestation) 19. Haphazard development of building (No layouts) 20. Poor market infrastructure Teenage pregnancy

Bowiri Area Council 1. Poor academic results 2. Poor enrolment of our Schools 3. Poor health 4. Post harvest loses 5. Teenage pregnancy 6. Drug abuse 7. Indiscriminate dumping of refuse 8. Indiscriminate defecating on public palaces. 9. Chieftaincy disputes 10. Inadequate credit facilities 11. High rate of School drop outs 12. Absence/lack of Market for farm produced 13. Poor road network

Kwamekrom Town Council 1. Poor BECE results 2. Poor health service delivery

3. Post harvest loses 4. Indiscriminate dumping of refuse 5. Indiscriminate defecating on public palaces. 6. Inadequate credit facilities 7. High rate of School drop outs 8. Poor road infrastructure 9. Youth Unemployment 10. Poor community participation in public affairs

CHAPTER TWO Linking Identified Key Development Problems/Issues to GSGDA 2010-2013

Table 2.1 Key Development Issues GSGDA 2010-2013 Thematic Area Identified Development Issues Ensuring and sustaining  Low mobilization of revenue for development macroeconomic stability  Weak capacity of the District Assembly and its sub-structures in collection and management of revenue  Poor expenditure management  Low Investment drive in the District  Limited knowledge of other economic potentials to encourage diversification of the District Economy Enhancing competitiveness in  Poor condition of production and marketing infrastructure Ghana’s private sector  Inadequate managerial skills  Inadequate capital base  Lack of access to finance/credit for local entrepreneurs  Poor entrepreneurial orientation  Obsolete technology  Generally low industrial productivity  Poor market access  Lack of adequate tourism infrastructure  Inadequate job creation Accelerated agricultural  Use of outmoded farming methods modernization and sustainable  Low level of agricultural mechanization natural resource management  High cost of agricultural machinery and equipment  Inadequate technical knowhow in agricultural mechanization  Inadequate post-production infrastructure (i.e. storage, processing, transport etc).  Generally lower earnings in the agriculture  Limited access to extension services, especially by women agricultural operators.  Poor rural road infrastructure  Low agricultural productivity and output  Generally low access of women to land including irrigated land  High cost of production  Inadequate credit facilities

 High levels of environmental degradation  Forest destruction by chainsaw operators  High vulnerability of environmental natural resources to natural disasters  Poor management of the impacts of natural disasters and climate change

Oil and gas development  High District unemployment levels  Very high expectations of benefits from the Oil and Gas Industry  Undeveloped community access roads Infrastructure, energy and  Low ICT infrastructure base human settlements development  Limited deployment of ICT infrastructure in schools  Inadequate community/social centres  Low level of awareness of the importance and the need to maintain historical and cultural heritages  Encroachment on waterways, natural reserve areas  Inadequate energy infrastructure to support the delivery of modern energy services  Inadequate grid electricity network  Low involvement of private capital in the energy sector  Deforestation and environmental degradation due to indiscriminate felling of trees for wood fuels  Inadequate power supply infrastructure and access to electricity  Widespread soil erosion in the settlements  Lack of proper sanitation facilities  Indiscriminate disposal of waste  Haphazard development in towns and communities due to absence of layouts  Weak enforcement of planning and laws  Inadequate housing in urban areas especially the District capital  Poor quality of rural housing (exposed foundation, leaking roof, crack walls)  Lack of adherence to building code regulations  Inadequate infrastructure to support industrial development  Inadequate access to quality and affordable water  Inadequate access to sanitation facilities and poor sanitation service delivery  Inaccessible and unhygienic environmental, water and sanitation facilities (e.g. uncovered drains/gutters)  Poor Environmental Sanitation  Poor hygiene practices and inadequate hygiene education

Human development, EDUCATION productivity and employment  Inadequate access to basic education  Inadequate infrastructure  Poor management and supervision  Poor quality education  Inadequate teacher housing facilities in deprived communities  Infrequent and ineffective supervision of teaching and learning in educational institutions

HEALTH  Large gaps in access to health care between urban and rural as well as rich and poor

 Inadequate and uneven distribution of health infrastructure

 Limited access to health facilities especially to deprived communities  High infant and maternal mortality  High morbidity and mortality from communicable diseases such as malaria, HIV & AIDS and tuberculosis SPORTS DEVELOPMENT  Inadequate sports facilities in schools  Lack of early sports development opportunities in communities and schools  Inadequate and poor of quality of existing infrastructure CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION  Weakening social support systems  Low awareness of and violation of child rights  Prevalence of worst forms of child labour (WFCL)  Growing number of orphaned and vulnerable children  Poor infrastructure for the protection of children YOUTH DEVELOPMENT  High level of youth unemployment POVERTY AND INCOME INEQUALITIES REDUCTION  High incidence of poverty among disadvantaged groups especially PWDs and food crop farmers  Insufficient public ownership and harmonization of the development process Transparent and accountable  Low interaction between public and private sector in governance governance (a) Administrative  Weak capacity of MMDAs to ensure improved performance and service delivery  Dysfunctional sub district structures (b) Political • Existence of communication gap between assembly members and citizens (c) Fiscal  Weak internal revenue mobilization  Over-dependence on DACF and other external grants

 Ineffective intergovernmental revenue sharing arrangement  Weak capacity of personnel and logistics shortfall

 Lack of conducive working environment for civil servants  Inadequate participation in decision-making, especially by vulnerable groups  Inadequate information flow between government and public  Inadequate women representation and participation in public life and governance  Risks associated with fire, floods and other natural disasters to life and property  Inadequate well-equipped cultural centres across the regions and districts for the development of culture  Chieftaincy disputes and communal conflicts  Lack of adequate and reliable database to inform decision making  Inadequate collection and use of existing data to inform decision making

2.2 Prioritized Development Issues of the Biakoye District 1. Poor infrastructure 2. Low productivity 3. Poverty among women, crop farmers and PWDs 4. Limited access to quality health care 5. Inadequate access to quality and affordable water 6. Poor environmental sanitation 7. Chieftaincy disputes and communal conflicts 8. Youth unemployment 9. Poor quality of education

2.3 Application of Potentials, Opportunities, Constraints and Challenges The prioritized development issues of the District were subjected to the POCC analysis with respect to the seven thematic areas of the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda. This is to enhance formulation of appropriate strategies to address the gaps identified. 2.3.1 Ensuring and sustaining macroeconomic stability

KEY DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALS OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES ISSUES Low mobilization of  Revenue Collectors  existence of relevant laws on  Absence of requisite  Absence of industries  District Finance Office in revenue generation by MDAs skills to exploit revenue revenue for development the District opportunities  Inadequate revenue collectors  Absence of cottage industries  Poor attitude towards payment of tax

Conclusion: The availability of investment and tourism potentials in the District can be put to maximum use by the District Assembly in partnership with the private sector to generate revenue for the Assembly. Weak capacity of the •Availability of a valuation list •Local Government Act 462 •Ineffective substructures to •Tax base is small and a computer program for mobilize revenue District Assembly and its generating bills •Magistrate court for (prosecuting •Small private sector sub-structures in of defaulters) •Absence of reliable data for investment •Existence of markets collection and revenue forecasting •Large number of retable management of revenue •Assembly’s bye-laws on •The over aged revenue population unemployed revenue activities vehicle

•Low tax education

•Unwillingness of citizens to pay taxes Conclusion: The problem of poor revenue mobilization of the Assembly can be addressed by establishing a reliable revenue database for the Assembly, building the capacity of the sub-district structures and effectively involving all stakeholders in revenue mobilization.

2.3.2 Enhancing competitiveness in Ghana’s private sector KEY DEVELOPMENT ISSUES POTENTIALS OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES 17. Inadequate private sector - Good road and inner transport Volta Trade and Investment Fair - Inadequate IGF and -Rural nature of district. investment in economic activities in system to markets. to showcase investment DAC. - Poverty. the district. - Available human resource. opportunities Inadequate investment - High Cost of capital. - Water and electricity existence. -Proximity to National and promotion campaign. regional capital. Conclusion: The enabling investment environment (potentials) has been created, and with intensive promotion campaigns private capital investment in economic activities will follow. 18. Low capacity of DA to provide - DA as legal entity to negotiate -Volta Trade and Investment Fair - Pressure on Highly competitive the necessary in infrastructure to investment packages. -Government policy on private inadequate DACF and locations for private attract private capital investment. - Available Rural Bank. sector development IGF due to new nature capital investment. - Good road and inner transport of district. system. - Inadequate - Water and electricity available. investment promotion campaign.

Conclusion: Basic infrastructure to attract investment into the district exists, and with intensive promotion campaigns private capital for investment will flow.

Undeveloped tourism sector  Volta Lake for water tourism  Ghana Tourist Board  Undeveloped  Low capital tourist sites inflow from  Crafts & artifacts  Tourism promotion  Inadequate tourism sector companies hospitality  Land for hospitality plants Infrastructure

 Unpublicized  Historical monuments and relics tourist sites

 Good roads

Conclusion The numerous undeveloped tourist sites, the scenic beauty of the Volta Lake, the availability of land and the other items of tourist value can be publicized and packaged by the Assembly, Ghana Tourist Board and other stakeholders in the tourism industry to promote tourism in the district. Poor marketing infrastructure •Two large existing markets •Development partners •Inadequacy of IGF •Inadequacy and irregular flow of •Market stakeholders •Financial institutions •Encroachment on common fund •District Development fund market land •Availability of electricity •Difficult terrain •Common fund Conclusion:

Assembly can improve and expand infrastructure of the existing markets in partnership with market stakeholders by utilizing the DACF and funds from development partners

2.3.3 Accelerated agricultural modernization and sustainable natural resource management

DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALS OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES ISSUES Low agricultural output  Existence of Agric  Irrigation  Lack of adequate  High cost of and productivity Extension staff Development knowledge in irrigation irrigation  Arable land Authority  Lack of funds for equipments  Input Dealers irrigation development  Land tenure system  Donors and NGOS in  Inadequate training in  Undulating terrain Agric sector modern agriculture practices. Conclusion: The district has a potential to increase agric productivity by going into irrigation farming on its arable land to mitigate dependence on rainfall. Government to introduce policies and programs to make irrigation equipment available at a lower cost. Low earnings in the  Ability to increase holding  Available export  Inappropriate use of agro  Inadequate market agricultural sector,  Ability to improve on quality market (vegetable, chemicals information especially food crop (variety) fruits and cash crops  Peasant farming  High cost of input farmers  Value addition eg. cocoa, shea nut)  Inability to store during glut

Conclusion: Farmers can increase earnings by diversifying into exportable vegetables and fruits, adding value and store during glut to stabilize prices

Inhibited access to credit  MOFA as a link agent  Have credit institutions  Lack of formidable  High demand for security facilities for agricultural (Rural and Agric banks) grouping/collateral  High interest rate production and  District Assembly as a  Agricultural projects and  Farmers are not well  Demand for collateral processing. facilitator NGOS organized  Micro credit schemes Conclusion Collaboration between farmers, Link agencies and credit institutions would facilitate easy access to credit for agricultural production. Low livestock  MOFA (ADP and Vet.  NGOS in Livestock  Insufficient trained  High initial capital productivity due to poor Services) Sector personnel(MOFA) Livestock management  Shifted focus towards Practices (feeding and  Suitable Vegetation  Development Partners  Poor quality of data (census) other agricultural sectors health care) on livestock  District Assembly Support  Import of cheap products

Conclusion: With District Assembly, Donor and NGOs in livestock sector support, MOFA could introduce livestock programmes for increased productivity.

2.3.4 Oil and gas development

DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALS OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES ISSUES High District  Large number of qualified  Favourable government  Limited skill in the oil  Large unemployed youth in unemployment and unemployed graduates support and gas sector the Country (university and polytechnic)  Emergence of oil industry expectations from the in the District to be absorb  Oil industry and its associate oil sector in the sector industries  Existence of over 1,000 jobs in the oil and gas industry

Conclusion: It is believed that the support the DA, NYEP, and the Member of Parliament is giving for some graduates to be trained in oil and gas, the unemployed graduates in the District will gain meaningful employment in the oil and gas sector.

2.3.5 Infrastructure, energy and human settlements development

DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALS OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES ISSUES Inadequate access to good  Availability of Ghana Water Government policy on providing  Inadequate funds  Inadequate allocation drinking water in the Tapa Company in the district potable water supply to needy  Lack of collaboration /delay of DACF Area. communities between stakeholders in  Existence of the Volta lake Ministry of Water Resources water supply  Inadequacy of donor to be tapped Works and Housing  Inadequate mobilization funding of internally generated  Existence of District Water NGOS in provision of potable fund and Sanitation Team water Conclusion: Government policy on water supply, Ghana Water Company and other stakeholders in the water sector and the existence of the Volta lake would enhance the provision of potable water to the Tapa area and other deprived communities in the District Inadequate sanitation  Existence of Zoom Lion  Existence of NGOS or Donor  Lack of liquid waste  Inadequate allocation facilities. workers all over the district agencies in sanitation sector disposal site and truck of common fund

 Availability of land for the  Local Government service  •Improper management

provision of sanitation delivery in sanitation of public sanitation facilities facilities  Existence of sanitation Act  Existence of some refuse  Lukewarm attitude containers and truck  Allocation of common fund towards good sanitation practices  Existence of sanitation bye  Inadequate public and laws private toilet facilities

 Existence of large track of  Unorganized community land for the development of disposal sites. final disposal site Conclusion: Effective collaboration between the Assembly and agencies in the sanitation sector in the use of the available potentials would ensure proper and adequate provision of sanitation facilities. Incomplete coverage and  Availability of National  Government policy on rural  Inaccessibility of some  Inadequate allocation of extension of electricity. Grid within radius of many electrification communities common fund communities  ECG in the District  Allocation of Assembly/MPs  Inability of some of the  High cost of electrical Common Fund communities to raise materials  Availability of electric poles fund towards the in some communities  Suitable climate for extension of generation of solar energy electrification project

Conclusion: Government policy on rural electrification countrywide, the nearness of the national grid and the poles supplied to most communities would address the issue. Poor condition of feeder  Existence of link roads to  Department of Feeder Roads  Lack of equipments  High cost of road roads to production areas. communities. construction and  Donor funding  Absence of Feeder Roads maintenance  Existence of natural road personnel construction resources e.g.  Inadequate Government gravel and sand  Lack of consultation interventions in feeder road between Assembly and construction in the district DFR Conclusion: Effective consultation and collaboration between the Assembly and the Department of Feeder Roads in the selection of feeder roads to be worked on will improve linkage and accessibility to producing areas. No town layouts, resulting  Existence of District  Ministry of Environment,  Absence of District  Absence of Physical in haphazard physical Assembly Science and Technology Town & Country Planning Officers development of towns.  Availability of land for policy on recruiting seasoned Planning Department

future development planning officers to MMDAs  Existence of EPA at the Regional Level  Lack of base maps  Existence of Government Act building code and other Conclusion: The Town and Country Planning Department when established and adequately resourced to produce base maps and layouts in collaboration with land owners and traditional authorities would control and ensure orderly development of towns.

2.3.6 Human development, productivity and employment

DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALS OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES ISSUES Low quality of education  GES District Office &  GES Regional Office •Bad learning habit of most resulting in poor BECE personnel pupils. •Poor condition of service for results  Existence of trained teachers teachers  Existence of electricity in •Poor home learning environment some communities •Inadequate supervision by GES •Inadequate school building and furniture supply in the JHS Inadequate supply of Teaching and Learning materials Inadequate trained teachers Conclusion: Potentials exist for improvement in BECE results when the fundamental constraints identified are mitigated. Poor quality and  DACF  Support from GET  Poor maintenance culture  Unreliable and untimely condition of basic school  Availability of Fund for school support from GET Fund infrastructure at the basic basic/local building building projects.  Lack of funds and Development level materials e.g. sand, stone  DA common fund partners etc.  NGOS  Inadequate supply of  Availability of land for  Development furniture to basic schools  Delays in the release of school building partners DACF  Availability of skilled  PTAs and unskilled  Nonperformance of construction labor some contractors Conclusion:

It is believed that the massive GETFUND projects in the District couple with the Assembly funded school projects the situation will be brought to a minimum level. Malaria remains the major  Existence of health facilities  Malaria drugs are  Poor environmental  The Volta lake cause of morbidity and and staff available sanitation serves as breeding mortality in the district grounds for  NHIS  Availability of  Inadequate mosquitoes sponsor -ship for environmental health  Sponsored anti malaria malaria programs staff  Inadequate supply of campaign programmes treated mosquito  Mosquito-infested  Unwillingness of people nets in the district  Sponsored treated mosquito areas spraying to sleep under treated nets programmes nets  Treated mosquito bed net distribution programme Conclusion: Public education on good environmental sanitation, the use of treated bed nets, with the potentials and opportunities stated can reduce the high incidence of malaria in the district. Ineffective attitudinal  District Committee on  Support from NGOS and  Prostitution  Poor parental care change relating to HIV/AIDS Stake holders  Wide spread Poverty  Stigmatization HIV/AIDS/STI  District Health Directorate  Ghana Aids Commission  Moral degeneration  Beliefs and Values  Department of Social  Voluntary/ Counseling  High risk market centers Welfare and Testing Services  Sex education management in schools. Conclusion: Intensified education on VCT by NGOs and stakeholders in health with support from GAC would bring about positive attitudinal change Inadequate support for •Existence of organized PWD •Schools for PWDS •Lack of fund People With Disabilities groups/associations •Public perception about PWDS Lack of (PWDs) in the district •NGO’S/FBO’S •Department of Social Welfare • Government support • PWDS Act (Law) •2% common fund •Lack of institutional training Conclusion: PWDs Act (Law) with institutional funding and support will cater for PWDs, especially for organized groups and associations Conclusion: Government policy on Technical/Vocational training and skills development, relatively easier job avenues for skilled people can change the mindset of the youth Inadequate budgetary • Assembly (DACF) Support •Ministry of Education Youth •Inadequate funding •High cost of sporting allocation for sports and Sports facilities development •GES Sports Fund •Too much Attention for football •National Sports Council Conclusion: Effective collaboration between DA, GES and MOE can result in bigger budgetary allocation for sports development

2.3.7 Transparent and Accountable Governance

DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALS OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRAINTS CHALLENGES ISSUES •Already in place the sub-district •The Local Govt. Act 462 •Lack of proper office blocks •Commitment of Government Weak and ineffective sub- structures to decentralization district structures •Ministry of Local Govt. & •Difficulty in having Unit •The traditional councils Rural Devt. Committees in place

•District level departments •Donor support for grass •Inadequate logistics and office roots governance equipment •DACF •Unattractive remuneration to retain qualified staff

•Weak link between Assembly and sub-structures Conclusion: The existing potentials and opportunities can be utilized to overcome many of the constraints militating against the effective operationalization of the sub-district structures, with political will and commitment of Government to decentralization. Weak internal revenue •2 large and vibrant markets •Act 462 •Poor revenue collection by •Small private sector mobilization and over- Assembly sub-structures investment dependence on DACF and •Valuation list and data for donor grants. property rate collection •Inefficient revenue collection •Large number of retable machinery population unemployed •Assembly’s Fee Fixing •Inadequate number of revenue Resolution staff

Conclusion: Potentials exist to mitigate the constraints working against the poor revenue mobilization of the Assembly, Inadequate involvement •District Assembly members •Rights Advocacy Groups •Traditional norms against •Reluctance of women and of women and other women’s views on public matters the vulnerable to participate vulnerable in planning, •Sub-district structures •CBOs in public issues implementation and •Societal discrimination against monitoring in community •Chiefs, Elders, Opinion Leaders •Religious organizations the vulnerable projects and public activities.

Conclusion: Existence NGOs and CBOs should be encouraged to involve women and the vulnerable in decision making Limited community •Sub-district structures •Chiefs, Elders, Opinion •Reluctance of citizens to attend  High level of illiteracy decision-making and Leaders public meetings.  Poor communal spirit participation in •Chiefs, Elders, Opinion Leaders programmes that directly •Religious organizations •Citizen apathy in governance affect them. issues •CBOs

Conclusion: with the education of citizens on the need to participate in decisions that affect their lives, this trend will be reversed.

CHAPTER THREE FORMULATION OF DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT GOAL, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES

3.1 District Goal The Biakoye District Development goal is “to accelerate the economic growth of the District towards poverty reduction through creation of the enabling environment for private investment”. This Goal aims at ensuring massive infrastructure development (road, energy, water, health etc), good governance, provision of raw materials (agriculture modernization), provision of qualified labour force (human resource development) and orderly human settlement development among others.

3.2 Goal Compatibility Analysis The Biakoye District Goal is not in isolation as it needs to conform to the national development goal of the Republic of Ghana. The table below shows the analysis of the compatibility of the Biakoye District goal as against the national development goal. Table 3.1 Goal Compatibility Analysis Ghana Shared Growth Development Policy Agenda (2010- 2013) Goal: “to achieve and sustain macroeconomic stability while placing the economy on a path to higher and shared growth, reducing socio-economic inequalities, ensuring rapid reduction in poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) District Goal: to accelerate the Score: 2 economic growth of the District towards poverty reduction through creation of the enabling environment for private investment Conclusion: The District Goal is perfectly in line with the national goal of the GSGDA as it also seeks to reduce poverty and improve the District economic growth through the provision of a sound infrastructure and human resource base.

3.3 DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES With the aim of fulfilling the national goal of the country, the objectives of this District Medium Term Development Plan were formulated based the seven thematic areas of the Ghana Shared Growth and Development.

3.3.1 Ensuring and sustaining macroeconomic stability

Objectives (i) To increase internal revenue mobilization by 20% by 2013 (ii) To improve public expenditure management by 2013

Strategies (i) Introduce property rate in the District (ii) Recruit and equip revenue collectors (iii) Actively involve the sub-district structures in revenue mobilization. (iv) Vigorously intensify tax education campaigns (v) Establish data base for realistic revenue forecasting (vi) Enforce adherence to financial regulations in financial management (vii) Train accounting staff and management staff on prudent financial management

3.3.2 Enhancing competitiveness in Ghana’s private sector

Objectives (i) To promote and create productive employment opportunities 1,000 youth by 2013 (ii) To improve 6 major market in the District by 2013

Strategies (i) Introduce MASLOC in the District to assist businesses to acquire soft loans (ii) Introduce NBSSI and Business Advisory Centre in the District (iii) Strongly publicize the enabling environment for investment opportunities available in the district,

(iv) Enhance the job creating capacities of the Youth in Agriculture Programme and the NYEP to generate more productive jobs. (v) Assist financial institutions to open branches in the district to provide direct and indirect employment opportunities to people (vi) Encourage artisans and other self employed business people such as fitters, mechanics, carpenters, hairdressers, etc. to form strong associations to enable them to qualify for government and other institutional support.

3.3.3 Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management

Objectives (i) To increase crop production in the District by 20% and animal production by 15% by 2013 (ii) To reduce the incidence of illegal chain saw operation to the barest minimal by 2013

Strategies (i) Target the promotion of small scale community-based pumping system of irrigation with water from the Volta Lake to guarantee drought-free production. (ii) Facilitate the acquisition of irrigation equipment at affordable costs (iii) Intensify agric extension and veterinary services (iv) Introduce good yielding crops and hybrid animals (v) Assist farmers to acquire government subsidized fertilizer (vi) Encourage the establishment of agric mechanization centres in the District (vii) Form vigilante groups in forest communities (viii) Public education on illegal chain saw operation (ix) Creation of forest reserves

3.3.4 Oil and gas development Objective: To encourage and support 500 youth to train in the oil and gas sector

Strategies: (i) Sensitization on the emergence of the oil and gas industry in Ghana and its propects (ii) Support needy students pursuing courses in the oil and gas sector

3.3.5 Infrastructure, energy and human settlements development

Objectives (i) To provide and extend potable water to cover 65% of the population by 2013 (ii) To improve environmental sanitation by 2013 (iii) To enhance the orderly physical development of five towns guided by properly drawn layout plans to improve aesthetic beauty by 2013 (iv) To increase electricity coverage to 75% by 2013

Strategies (i) Extension of pipe water to underserved community (ii) Provision of mechanized boreholes to places with low water table (iii)Provision of sanitation facilities (iv) Acquisition and development of final waste disposal sites (v) Reshaping and maintenance of feeder roads (vi) Connect underserved communities to the national grid (vii) Produce layouts of major towns to guide physical development in the District

3.3.6 Human development, productivity and employment

Objectives (i) To achieve 85% performance in BECE by 2013 (ii) To increase physical access to second cycle education by 2013. (iii) To improve and provide basic social infrastructure, facilities and services by 2013. (iv) To train 1,000 youth in self employable skills by 2013

Strategies (i) GES to strengthen and intensify its supervisory and monitoring role in all basic schools (ii) Rehabilitate and construct more basic school infrastructure especially for schools under trees. (iii) Review the distribution of teaching and learning materials in basic schools. (iv) Carry out major rehabilitation of existing health infrastructure and provide equipment and drugs that will enhance medical treatment (v) Provision of modern health facilities in the District (vi) Embark on massive malaria control operations, especially in identified mosquito prone areas. (vii) Intensify HIV/AIDS behaviour change strategies and advocacy to reduce infection and impact, and promote safe sex practices. (viii) Train the youth with employable skills (ix) Provide credit facilities for the youth, women and farmers

3.3.7 Transparent and Accountable Governance

Objectives (i) To strengthen functional relationship between the Assembly, its members and citizens by 2013 (ii) To promote district level planning and budgeting by involving all stakeholders through a participatory process at all levels by 2013 (iii) To empower women and mainstream gender into the socio-economic development of the District by 2013 (iv) To improve the capacity of security agencies to provide internal security for human safety and protection.

Strategies (i) Undertake frequent community education on DA plans and achievements (ii) Institute attractive incentive for Assembly members.

(iii) Strengthen the DPCU in its co-ordination role in linking planning to budgeting (iv) Develop the capacity of the Assembly towards effective revenue mobilization. (v) Strengthen collection and dissemination of information to the public and other stakeholders. (vi) Strengthen district level institutions dealing with women and children. (vii) Enforce the Public Procurement Law, Internal Audit Agency Act and other Public Finance Management regulations. (viii) Provide logistics and accommodation support for security agencies in the District

CHAPTER FOUR

FORMULATION OF DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

4.1 Composite Programme of Action (POA) – 2010-2013 4.1.1 Ensuring and sustaining macroeconomic stability Objective 1: To increase internal revenue mobilization by 20% by 2013 Activities Location Time frame Indicative Indicators Source of funding Implementing Agencies Budget 2010 2011 2012 2013 IGF GOG/ Lead Collaborating OTHERS Recruit 30 Revenue 5 for each 500 No. of 500 Town DA Collectors for the 2 Council Collectors and Area Area Councils recruited Councils Train Revenue DA 5,000 No. training 5,000 Finance DPCU Collectors and Staff of programmes Office Sub-District Structures organized in effective revenue collection Organize 4 No. tax District-wide 4,000 No. of tax 4,000 Finance ISD, NCCE education education Office programmes Introduce property tax District-wide 25,000 Percentage 25,000 Finance DPCU system increase in IGF Office Establish database for District-wide 8,500 Revenue 8,500 Revenue Finance and revenue items Database Office Administration Sub-Committee Objective 2: To improve public expenditure management Organize 2 No. training DA 6,000 No. of training 6,000 DPCU District Finance for account staff and programmes Office key staff on prudent held financial management

4.1.2 Enhancing competitiveness in Ghana’s private sector Objective 1: To promote and create productive employment opportunities 1,000 youth by 2013 Activities Location Time frame Indicative Indicators Source of funding Implementing Agencies Budget 2010 2011 2012 2013 IGF GOG/ Lead Collaborating OTHERS Assist local business District-wide No. of businesses MASLOC Cooperative Dept people to access assisted government loan Produce investment District-wide 15,000 Investment 15,000 DPCU Relevant brochure for the District brochure decentralized departments Assist Financial District-wide 1,000 No. of Banks/ 1,000 DPCU Traditional Institutions to open Financial Authorities branches in the District Institutions operating in the District Assist the establishment Ahenkro 5,000 No. of Radio 5,000 DPCU EPA of Radio Station in the Stations District Capital and established within major towns the period Attend Regional trade Ho 20,000 No. of trade fairs 20,000 DPCU Local Businesses and investment fair attended Support to Self-help District wide 40,000 No. of self help 40,000 Sub- DPCU projects projects undertaken Structures Organize skills and District wide 7,500 No. of unemployed 7,500 NBSSI Cooperative Dept entrepreneurial youth trained development training for 500 youth Organize self employed District wide 1,000 No. of cooperative 1,000 Dept. of NBSSI business people to form societies formed Cooperative co-operatives Organize management District-wide 800 800 Dept of NBSSI workshop for 20 Cooperative cooperative societies

Assist private investors District-wide Reports DA Traditional to access land Authorities Objective 2: To improve 6 major market in the District by 2013 Document and pay District-wide 30,000 Plots of land paid 30,000 DA Traditional compensation for for and Authorities Assembly (market) documented lands Construct 50 Unit Abotoase, 80,000 No. of markets 80,000 DWD Sub-District market sheds developed Structures Construct 20 unit Kamekrom, 200,000 No. of markets 200,000 DWD Sub-District market shed Worawora, developed Structures Kpozi, Bumbula Development lorry Abotoase 100,000 Developed Lorry 100,000 DWD Sub-District park Station Structure Extension of electricity Abotoase, 50,000 Level of visibility 50,000 DWD ECG to Abotoase markets in the Abotoase market Construct sanitation Abotoase 55,000 Existence of 55,000.00 DWD AESL facilities in Abotoase sanitation facilities Market Construction of Abotoase 90,000 Warehouse 90,000 DWD DPCU 2No.Warehouse Kwamekrom constructed Construct meat shop at Abotoase 35,000 Existence of meat 35,000 DWD DPCU Abotoase market shop Provision of market Kwamekrom 16,000 No. of markets 16,000 DWD ECG lights in major markets Bumbula provided with Kpozi lights Worawora

4.1.3 Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management Objective 1: To increase crop production in the District by 20% and animal production by 15% by 2013 Activities Location Time frame Indicati Indicators Source of funding Implementing Agencies ve Budget 2010 2011 2012 2013 IGF GOG/ Lead Collaborating OTHERS Identify, update and District-wide 30,000 Level of 30,000 DADU FBOs disseminate existing improved tech. technological packages disseminated (crops) Introduce improved District-wide 20,000 No. of farmers 20,000 DADU FBOs varieties of crops using improved crop varieties Intensify extension District-wide 32,000 No. radio 32,000 DADU FBOs service through radio programmes programmes held Identify, update and District-wide 10,000 Percentage 10,000 DADU FBOs disseminate existing increase in livestock technological animal packages production Train community selected 20,400 No. of livestock 20,400 DADU FBOs livestock workers as Communitie workers trained service agents s Disseminate existing Fishing 7,344 No. of 7,344 DADU FBOs cultural fisheries Communitie communities technological packages s using improved fisheries tech Introduce livestock and District-wide 6,064 No. of farmers 6,064 DADU FBOs poultry breed rearing the breeds Promote the production District-wide 21,760 Percentage 21,760 DADU DA and consumption of increase in protein fortified food number people producing and consuming protein food Educate and train District-wide 21,760 Improvement in 21,760 DADU ISD

71 consumers on the consumption appropriate food of nutritious combination of food available foods to improve nutrition Train and resource District level 5,440 No. of 21,760 DADU MoFA extension workers in Extension staff post harvest handling trained technology Train producers, District-wide 10,880 No. of training 10,880 DADU FBOs/Market processors and market programmes Women women in post harvest held Association/ handling Processors Monitoring of pest and District wide 5,904 Percentage 5,904 DADU Veterinary diseases reduction in pest Section and diseases infection Train selected farmers Selected 16,960 No. of farmers 16,960 DADU FBOs in the installation, farmers trained/ No. of operation and irrigation maintenance of systems irrigation technologies installed Identify potential All over 5,200 No. of agric 5,200 DADU DA investors investors wooed Build the capacity of Selected 13,360 No. of improved 13,360 DADU Forestry nursery operators in all Areas tree crop Commission tree crop growing areas seedlings nursed and support them to expand quality of tree crop seedlings Provide adequate and District-wide 21,888 No. of farmers 21,888 DADU FBOs effective knowledge in trained livestock mgt, record keeping, and financial mgt Introduce a sustained District wide 18,400 Percentage 18,400 Livestock programme of decrease in Veterinar Farmers vaccination for all animal disease y Service livestock infection Train farmer groups on District-wide 8,880 No. of farmer 8,880 DADU FBOs

72 effective application of groups trained chemicals Build capacity of field DA 33,760 No. of field 33,760 DADU MoFA officers in the use of officers trained new technologies Intensify field District-wide 72,000 No. of field 72,000 DADU FBOs demonstrations/field visits held day, field trips/study tours Organize annual District-wide 16,000 No. of farmers 16,000 DADU DA National Farmers’ Day day celebrations Celebration organized Construct 6No. storage One in each 60,000 No. of storage 60,000 DWD DADU facilities Sub-District facilities constructed Construct 2No. cold Adzamansu 20,000 No. of cold 20,000 DWD DADU storage facilities Abotoase storage facilities constructed Procure irrigation Selected 50,000 No. of irrigation 50,000 DADU DPCU pomps and accessories communities equipments procured Improve Agricultural service delivery Construct District Ahenkro 500,000 Office Complex 250,000 DWD DADU Administration Office constructed Complex for DADU Procure 1No. 4×4 Pick Office, 40,000 Pick-up 40,000 DPCU DADU up Ahenkro acquired Procure 20No. Yamaha Office, 120,000 No. of 120,000 DPCU DADU AG Motorbikes Ahenkro motorbikes procured Procure office Ahenkro 7,500 Office 7,500 DADU DPCU equipments equipments procured Rehabilitate 4No. AEAs Ahenkro 47,200 No. of staff 47,200 DWD DADU Staff Bungalow bungalows rehabilitated Rehabilitate 1No. Staff Abotoase 37,800 Fisheries 37,800 DWD DADU Bungalow (fisheries) Bungalow rehabilitated Rehabilitate 1No. Abotoase 34,500 Fisheries office 34,500 DWD DADU

Fisheries Office Block rehabilitated Procure 1 set of office Ahenkro 3,000 No. of office 3,000 DWD DADU furniture for DADU furniture procured Objective 2: To reduce the incidence of illegal chain saw operation to the barest minimal by 2013 Sensitize communities/ Farming 6,000 No. of 6,000 DADU Forestry farmers on communities communities Commission environmental sensitized degradation Form Vigilante Groups Forest 2,000 No. of Vigilante 2,000 Forestry DA on Illegal Chainsaw Communitie Groups formed Commiss Operations s ion

4.1.4 Oil and gas development Objective: To encourage and support the youth to train in the oil and gas sector Activities Location Time frame Indicative Indicators Source of funding Implementing Agencies Budget 2010 2011 2012 2013 IGF GOG/ Lead Collaborating OTHERS Organize annual District-wide 3,000 No. of 3,000 ISD NCCE education awareness creation on campaigns held the prospects of oil and gas sector Financial support for District-wide 10,000 No. of 10,000 DPCU Training/Academic unemployed Institutions youth to pursue courses youth assisted in the oil and gas sector

4.1.5 Infrastructure, energy and human settlements development Objectives: To improve road infrastructure in the District by 45% by 2013

Time Frame Source of Funding Implementing District Activities Location (2010-2013) Indicative Output Indicator Agencies 1 2 3 4 Budget(GH¢) IGF GOG/OTHERS Lead Collabora ting Construct 20km feeder roads to Selected road 5,000,000 Length of feeder roads 5,000,000 DFR Ministry link deprived communities networks constructed of Roads Rehabilitate and reshape feeder District-wide Length of feeder roads 1,000,000 Ministry roads 1,000,000 rehabilitated DFR of Roads Maintenance of feeder roads District-wide Length of feeder roads 150,000 DFR DA 150,000 in good shape Construct drains along roads Selected Town 250,000 Length of drains 250,000 Ministry roads constructed DFR of Roads Objective 2: To provide and extend potable water to cover 65% of the population by 2013 Extend pipe water to Tapa area Tapa Area and 100,000 Water coverage in the 100,000 DWST and other underserved other selected District DWD communities communities Repair of broken down boreholes Selected 10,000 No. of boreholes 10,000 DWST DWD communities repaired Construct 15No. Boreholes Selected 225,000 No. of boreholes 225,000 DWST DWD communities constructed Organize Water User education District-wide 5,000 No. of education 5,000 DWST A/Cs programmes programmes held Objective 3: To increase electricity coverage to 75% by 2013 Extend electricity to 20 20 selected 250,000 Electricity coverage of 250,000 DWD ECG underserved communities communities the District Procure and install 1No. Akposo Alife 15,000 No. of transformer 15,000 DWD ECG Transformer installed Provide streetlight to Aposo Oklabe, 20,000 No. of communities 20,000 DWD ECG underserved communities Akaniem, Odei, provided with Brequaiase, streetlights Akposo Zongo To improve environmental sanitation by 2013

Construct 7 No. 6 seater public Osorasuom, 120,000 No. of toilet facilities 120,000.00 DWST DWD toilets Sibrisu, Akposo constructed Alife, Nkonya Kadjebi, Nkonya Ntsumuru, Gyamerakrom, Adzamansu Construct 10 No. 10-seater Akloba, Tapa 250,000 No. of toilets facilities 250,000.00 DWST DWD Toilet Amanya, Abohiri, constructed Bowiri Kyirahi, Bowiri Anyinase, Akposkubi, Akaniem, Baasare Akura, Akaayaw, Tapa Appiahkrom Construct 7No. 12 Seater KVIP Odormitor, 200,000 No. of toilet facilities 200,000 DWST DWD Adenkesu, Kpozi, constructed Nkonya Ahenkro, Nkonya Tayi, Nkonya Wurupong, Ablorgakofe Construct 2No. 20 seater Public Kwamekrom 30,000 No. of toilet facilities 30,000 DWST DWD Toilet Bowiri Odumase constructed Rehabilitate public toilets Bumbula, Tapa 30,000 No. of dilapidated 30,000 DWST DWD Amanya, Ahenkro toilets rehabilitated Acquire and develop landfill Abotoase 30,000 No. of land fill sites 20,000 DWST EHD sites for the treatment and Kwamekrom acquired and developed disposal of solid waste Nkonya Ahenkro Procure sanitation equipment for DA 16,000 Sanitation equipments 16,000 EHD DPCU Environmental Health Division procured Organize annual public District wide 12,000 Publicity materials, 12,000 EHD ISD education on environmental education reports sanitation Manufacture 20 Refuse District-wide 120,000 No. of refuse containers 120,000 DWD EHD Containers manufactured Procure 1No. Tractor for refuse DA 25,000 No. of sanitation 25,000 DPCU EHD collection equipments procured

Construction of 2 No. Slaughter Abotoase, 20,000 No. of slaughter houses 40,000 DWD EHD house Kwamekrom constructed Construct 4No. Public Pound Nkonya Ahenkro, 9,000 No. of public pounds 9,000 DWD EHD Nkonya constructed Wurupong, Worawora, Kwamekrom

Liquid waste management District-wide 40,000 Level of improvement 40,000 EHD DWD in liquid waste management Solid waste management District-wide 30,000 Level of improvement 30,000 EHD Zommlion in solid waste mgt Fumigation District-wide 25,000 Level of decrease in 25,000 EHD DWD insect infection Reduce Climate Change Sensitization of climate change District-wide 5,000 No. of sensitizations 5,000 EHD EPA held Encourage tree planting District-wide 10,000 No. of trees planted 10,000 Forestr DADU/ y GES/DA To enhance the orderly physical development of five towns guided by properly drawn layout plans to improve aesthetic beauty by 2013

Create an Office for Physical Ahenkro 5,000 Office space available 5,000 DWD DPCU Planning Department for the Dept Request for staff of Physical DA No. of staff posted to DA VRCC planning dept to be posted to the the District District Acquire drawing boards and DA 10,000 No. of drawing boards 10,000 DWD DPCU stationary for Physical Planning and stationary acquired Dept Procure 3No. Motor Bikes for DA 3,000 No. motor bikes 3,000 DPCU Finance Physical Planning Dept procured Office Produce survey maps and layout Selected towns 40,000.00 No. of communities 40,000.00 Town Urban and plans for selected towns in the layouts drawn Plannin Area District g Dept Councils

Carry out monthly surveillance District wide 9,600 No. of Surveillances 9,600 Town Statutory of development activities in the undertaken Plannin Plg District g Dept. Committe e Produce District thematic maps DA 14,517 14,517 DPCU CSIR

ENERGY

Zone specific areas for District-wide 2,500 10 Specific areas 2,500 Physical EPA zoned for petroleum Planning establishment of fuel and gas products Dept filling stations Assist investors in the oil District-wide 500 10 Investors in the 500 PhysicaL Traditiona petroleum industry Planning l industry to access land assisted to access Dept Authoritie zoned lands s Organize capacity building DA 2,000 1 No. management 2,000 DPCU Premix capacity building Committe programme for Premix training organized e Committee on financial management

4.1.6 Human development, productivity and employment Objectives 1: To achieve 85% performance in BECE by 2013 Activities Location Time frame Indicative Indicators Source of funding Implementing Agencies Budget 2010 2011 2012 2013 IGF GOG/ Lead Collaborating OTHERS Undertake monthly No. of 6,000.00 GES DEPT supervision and monitoring District wide 6,000 supervisions in all basic schools. undertaken

Organize District-wide District-wide 30,000 No. of INSET 30,000 GES School INSET programme Programmes Administarations held Conduct District-wide Mock District wide 50,000 No. of Mock 50,000.00 GES School Exams in all JHS exams Administrations conducted Conduct Common Exams for District wide 23,841 No. of Common 23,841 GES School Basic 1-8 exams Administrations conducted Procure and distribute 900 10 Selected No. of schools 45,500 DWD GES tables and chairs to selected schools 45,500 supplied with Primary Schools tables and chairs Financial Support for training District-wide 1,000 No. of teachers 1,000 GES DEPT of 100 Teachers (UTTDBE) trained Procure and distribute 1,100 District wide 65,500 No. of JHS 65,500 DWD GES tables and chairs to all JHS supplied with tables and chairs Procure and distribute 480 Selected KGs 29,280 No. of dual 29,280 DWD GES Dual Desks for KG Schools. desks supplied Support to STME Clinic District wide 20,000 No. of STME 20,000 GES DPCU Clinics supported Best Teacher Awards district-wide 20,000 No. award 20,000 GES DPCU ceremonies held Objective 2: To improve and provide basic educational infrastructure, facilities and services by 2013 Construct of 20 No. 6 unit Deprived No. of 500,000 DWD GES classroom blocks for Primary communities 500,000 classroom schools under tree blocks constructed Complete the construction Deprived 400,000 No. of 400,000 DWD GES of15No. 3-unit Classroom communities Classroom Block for JHS Construct 20No. K.G blocks 20 Selected 500,000 No. of KGs 500,000 DWD GES for 20 Basic Schools communities constructed Construct 10No. Teachers Selected 1,000,000 No. of 1,000,000 DWD GES Bungalow Communities Teachers’ quarters built

Rehabilitate 10 dilapidated Selected 52,000 No. of 52,000 DWD GES classroom blocks schools classroom blocks rehabilitated Support to Sports and Culture District-wide 20,000 Financial 20,000 DEPT GES development Reports Improved education service delivery Construct 1No. office Ahenkro 50,000 Office complex 50,000 DWD GES complex for District constructed Directorate of Education Construct 1No. senior staff Ahenkro 45,000 No. of 45,000 DWD GES bungalow for District Education Staff Education Director Bungalow Procure office equipments for Ahenkro 35,000 No. of office 35,000 GES DPCU Education Directorate equipments procured Acquire office furniture for Ahenkro 15,000 No. of office 15,000 DWD GES education directorate furniture procured Objective 3: To increase physical access to secondary and tertiary education for people in the underserved areas by 2013 Financial support for needy District wide 40,000 No. of students 40,000 GES DA but brilliant students to assisted secondary and tertiary levels HEALTH Objective 1: To increase access to quality health service by 50% by 2013 Create awareness on diseases, District-wide 10,000 No. of 10,000 DHD ISD, Schools prevention and control awareness campaigns held Orientate community District-wide 5,000 No. of 5,000 DHD ISD members on services at orientation various facilities in the programmes District held Train CBSVs on community DA 10,000 No. of trainings 10,000 DHD CBSVs register held Organize comprehensive Remote areas 15,000 No. remote 15,000 DHD DA outreach services to hard, far, areas visited island and peninsular communities

Form mother support groups Selected 5,000 No. of mother 5,000 DHD Assembly in 5 communities Communities support groups members Organize training for health DA 2,000 No. of staff 2,000 DHD DA staff on PPFP trained Organize monitoring and District-wide 10,000 No. monitoring 10,000 DHD DA supervision visits to sub- visits districts and communities Organize various health District-wide 20,000 No. of 20,000 DHD DA related celebrations celebrations organized Objective 2: To improve upon health infrastructure by December 2013 Construction of Dist. Health Ahenkro No. of 117,000 DWD DHD Administration Offices 117,000 decentralized dept office accommodation Construct 3No. Nurses Nkonya 400,000 No. of nurses 400,000 DWD DHD Quarters Wurupong, quarters Abotoase, constructed Kwamekrom Procure HB equipments for 4 Abotoase, 5,000 No. of HB 5,000 DHD GHS Maternity Homes Kwamekrom equipments procured Establish 2No. laboratory Kwamekrom, 40,000 No. of services 40,000 DHD GHS services at Kwamekrom and Abotoase established Abotoase Health Centres Provide 10No. live jackets DHD 50,000 No. of jackets 50,000 DA DHS for Health Staff acquired Renovate and expand 2 No. Abotoase, 40,000 No. of maternity 40,000 DHD DA Maternity Blocks Kwamekrom homes renovated Open 6No. CHPS Zones Selected 6,000 No. of CHPS 6,000 DHD DA communities Zones opened Operationalize CHPS zones Selected 15,000 No. of CHPS 15,000 DHD DA Communteis zones in operation Prepare and designate 3 Selected 15,000 No. of facilities 15,000 DHD DA facilities for BFHIP facilities designated

Construct 3 maternity Selected 60,000 No. of maternity 60,000 DHD DA facilities for PMCT/ CT Communiteis facilities Services constructed Construct 6No. health Beniase No.1, 120,000 No. of health 120,000 DWD DHD centres/post Tapa Amanya, facilities Breqauiase, constructed Gbemumu, Alavanyo, Adzamansu, Akpso Kabo Objective 3: To improve maternal and child health care by 2013 Carry out National Polio District wide 80,000 NID Records 80,000 DHD DA Immunization Objective 4: To reduce the incidence of malaria and other diseases by 20% by December 2013 Carry out malaria Prevention District wide Program 24,000 & Control Programs 24,000 Records, DHS MOH Financial Reports Carry out disease District wide 8,000 CBSVs records 8,000 DHS EHD surveillance Undertake quarterly District wide 16,000 Monitoring 16,000 DHD, GHS monitoring of disease control reports and cold chain activities at sub-district levels HIV and AIDS Objective: To reduce the incidence of HIV and AIDS and other STIs by 50% by December 2013 Organize District-wide District-wide 20,000 Report 20,000 Testing and Counselling DAC GAC Treatment Care and Support District-wide 35,000 Report 35,000 for PLWHAs DAC GAC Register and support NGOs District-wide 10,000 Reports 10,000 DAC GAC and CBOs in HIV/AIDS prevention and control HIV/AIDS Education and District-wide 40,000 Report 40,000 Campaign DAC GAC

Support the provision of District-wide 50,000 Reports 50,000 DAC DHD HIV/AIDS Drugs to PLWHAs Monitoring and Evaluation of District-wide 20,000 Report 20,000 HIV/AIDS Activities DAC GAC Productivity and Employment Objective: Resource the 1,000 unemployed people with skill and capital for production by 2013 Enroll 500 people in non- District-wide 50,000.00 -School Register 50,000 NFED formal education -Attendance Register -Reports Expand and sustain micro- District-wide -Reports MASLOC DPCU finance schemes for women and food crop farmers Train 100 women in batik, tie District-wide 50,000.00 Training 50,000 NBSSI Dept of and dye and soap making Reports Cooperatives

4.1.7 Transparent and Accountable Governance Objective 1: To strengthen functional relationship between the Assembly, its members and citizens by 2013 Activities Location Time frame Indicative Indicators Source of funding Implementing Agencies Budget 2010 2011 2012 2013 IGF GOG/ Lead Collaborating OTHERS Hold regular General DA 75,000 No. of general 75,000 DA Finance Office Assembly meetings assembly meetings held Hold regular Town Hall DA 25,000 No. of town hall 25,000 DA Town/Area Meetings at Town/Area meetings held Council Council level Construct District Ahenkro 2,000,000 District 2,000,000 DWD DPCU administrative office Administrative complex Office constructed

Recruit 18 staff for the Town/Area 800 No. of staff 800 DPCU Councils Town/Area Council Councils recruited offices Organize and inaugurate District wide 2,500 Unit 2,500 DPCU Town/Area all Unit Committees Committees Council inaugurated Procure 6 No. computer Town/Area 1,200 No. of sub- 5,000 DPCU MLGRD and accessories for Councils structures Town/Area Councils provided with office equipments Procure 6No. motor Town/Area 6,000 No. of motor 6,000 DPCU Town/Area bikes for sub-districts Councils bikes procured Council Organize Courses, Various 80,000 Courses, 80,000 DA ILGS/VRCC seminars and workshops locations seminars, for staff development workshops organized Organize capacity DA 5,000 Capacity 5000 DPCU DA building workshop for building Assembly members workshop held Rehabilitate 1No. Area Ahenkro 12,000 Area Council 12,000 DWD Area Council Council Building office rehabilitated Electrical installation to Ahenkro 20,000 Electrical 20,000 DWD ECG DA Office installed Extension of 3 phase Ahenkro 2,000 3 phase 2,000 DWD ECG electricity to DA Office electricity extended Rehabilitate old Ahenkro 35,000 No. of office 35,000 DWD DPCU Assembly building buildings rehabilitated Construct 6No. DA Ahenkro 1,000,000 No. bungalows 1,000,000 DWD DPCU Staff Bungalows constructed Construct 5No. Semi- Ahenkro 600,000 No. semi- 600,000 DWD DPCU detached Bungalows detached staff bungalows constructed

Construct DCE’s Ahenkro 220,000 No. of 220,000 DWD DPCU Residency bungalows constructed Furnish newly Ahenkro 50,000 No. of 50,000 DWD completed bungalows completed bungalows furnished Procure 2No. Pick-up Ahenkro 100,000 No. of vehicles 100,000 DPCU DA procured Provision of office DA 10,000 No. of office 10,000 DPCU Finance Office equipments equipments acquired Procure furniture and Ahenkro 20,000 Quantum of 20,000 DPCU DWD fittings for DA Office furniture and fittings acquired Educate public on District-wide 10,000 No. of public 10,000 ISD DPCU central govt and education Assembly’s policies, programmes plans and programmes organized

Objective 2: To promote district level planning and budgeting involving all stakeholders through a participatory process Activities Location Time frame Indicative Indicators Source of funding Implementing Agencies Budget 2010 2011 2012 2013 IGF GOG/ Lead Collaborating OTHERS Hold quarterly DPCU DA 1,000 No. of DPCU 1,000.00 DPCU DA meetings meetings held Prepare 2010-2013 District-wide 30,000 DMTDP 30,000 DPCU DA DMTDP Prepared Prepare and carry out District-wide 6,000 No. of 6,000 DPCU Relevant monitoring and monitoring and institutions evaluation of projects evaluation undertaken

Rehabilitate Monitoring DA 10,000 No. of vehicles 10,000 DWD Transport Section Vehicle in good status Prepare and gazette DA 1,000.00 Fee Fixing 1,000.00 DPCU F&A Sub- annual Fee Fixing Resolution Committee Resolution Connect the office of DA 7,600 Internet service 7,600 DPCU Service Provider the DA to Internet records services Create Consolidated DA 13,000 Data Base 13,000 DPCU Sub-District District Database Document structures Contributions to Accra 16,000 Accounts 16,000 DA NALAG NALAG Monitoring and District-wide 4,000 No. of 4,000 DPCU Works Sub- evaluation of DA Monitoring committee Projects visits undertaken

Objective 3: To improve the capacity of security agencies to provide internal security for human safety and protection. Activities Location Time frame Indicative Indicators Source of funding Implementing Agencies Budget 2010 2011 2012 2013 IGF GOG/ Lead Collaborating OTHERS Make budgetary District wide 40,000 Amount of 40,000 NADMO DPCU allocation for disaster money allocated management for disaster mgt Renovate 1 No. Police Ahenkro 45,000 No. of Police 45,000 DWD GPS Station Stations in the Distr Construct residential Ahenkro 55,000 No. of police 55,000 DA GPS accommodation for the accommodation Police Organize public District-wide 5,000 No. of public 5,000 NADMO DPCU education on disaster education on related issues disaster issues

Formation and training District-wide 3,000 No. of DVGs 3,000 NADMO DPCU of DVGs formed Disaster management District-wide 10,000 Percentage 10,000 NADMO DPCU activities reduction in disaster

Objective 4: To empower women and mainstream gender into the socio-economic development of the district Activities Location Time frame Indicative Indicators Source of funding Implementing Agencies Budget 2010 2011 2012 2013 IGF GOG/ Lead Collaborating OTHERS

Resource institutions D/A 15,000.00 Financial and 15,000 DA Relevant dealing with women equipments Institutions and children provided Acquire 1No. pick for DA 50,000 No. vehicles 50,000 DPCU DSW monitoring Worst form acquired of child labour Resource women to District-wide 10,000 No. of women 10,000 NCCE Assembly contest in DA Elections who contested women in DA DA Elections Sensitization on Women District-wide 2,500 No. of 2,500 DSW NCCE Access to Justice sensitizations organized

Objective 5: To identify and equip the vulnerable and excluded with employable skills by 2013 Activities Location Time frame Indicative Indicators Source of funding Implementing Agencies Budget

2010 2011 2012 2013 IGF GOG/ Lead Collaborating OTHERS Collect data on the District-wide 9,000 Database on all 9,000 Social DPCU various kinds of kinds of Welfare vulnerability and vulnerable Dept. exclusion in the District persons Organize capacity District-wide 10,500 No. of capacity 10,500 Social DPCU building for vulnerable building Welfare and excluded in programmes Dept. employable skills organized Enroll PWDs in District-wide 75,000 No. of PWDs 75,000. Social NYEP apprenticeship training enrolled Welfare centres Dept Care and support District-wide 20,000 No. of 20,000 Social DPCU program for the aged, Vulnerable Welfare women and children persons Dept supported Sensitization of District-wide No. of 2000 Social NCCE Children’s Act and 2,000 sensitization Welfare Juvenile Act programmes Dept Community District-wide 2,000 No. of 2,000 Social NCCE sensitization of child community Welfare labour, child abuse and sensitizations Dept Human/Child trafficking

Family reconciliation District-wide 4,000 No. of families 4,000 Social DA and handling of reconciled Welfare maintenance cases Dept National Day District-wide 2,000 No. national 2,000 Social DPCU Celebrations for aged celebrations Welfare held Dept Support for school Selected 35,000 Quantum of 35,000 Social GES feeding programme Schools funds release Welfare towards NSFP Dept

4.2 Financial Indicative Plan The Financial Indicative Plan reveals the total estimated cost of the plan. It also highlights the cost of implementing specific activities under each thematic area. The total estimated cost of the plan is GH¢19,046,158. Out of this IGF contribution is GH¢ 183,600 (0.96%) making the external funds to bear the highest chunk of the cost (99.04%). Below is the detailed analysis of the financial plan. The DA needs to embark on vigorous internal revenue mobilization to raise adequate funds to support its developmental projects in case of delays and irregularities in the flow of external funds. Table 4.2 Financial Indicative Plan Sector Cost (GH¢) D/A Others Thematic Area Fiscal revenue mobilization 43,000 9,500 33,500

Public expenditure 6,000 6,000 Ensuring and sustaining management macroeconomic stability Sub-Total 49,000 9,500 39,500 Job creation 90,300 7,800 82,500 Development of market 656,000 656,000 Enhancing competitiveness infrastructure in Ghana’s private sector Sub-Total 746,300 7,800 738,500 Increase agriculture 544,320 544,320 Accelerated Agricultural productivity Modernization and Agriculture service delivery 540,000 540,000 Sustainable Natural Resource Sustainable natural resource 8,000 8,000 Management management Sub total 1,092,320 1,092,320 Increasing the chances of the 13,000 13,000 youth in the oil and gas sector Oil and gas development Sub-Total 13,000 13,000 Road infrastructure 6,400,000 6,400,000 Water 340,000 340,000 Electricity 267,000 267,000 Infrastructure, Energy and Environmental Sanitation 967,000 967,000 Human Settlements Human settlement 72,517 72,517 Development development Energy 5,000 2,500 2,500 Sub-total 8,051,517 2,500 8,049,017

Education 2,948,121 2,948,121 Human Development, Health 1,073,000 1,073,000 Productivity and HIV and AIDS 175,000 175,000 Employment Productivity and Employment 100,000 100,000 Sub-Total 4,296,121 4,296,121 Transparent and Accountable 4,767,900 133,800 4,634,100 Transparent and Accountable Governance Governance Total 19,016,158 153,600 18,862,558 Dissemination of information 30,000 15,000 15,000 District Communication Plan on the implementation of the DMTDP GRAND TOTAL 19,046,158 168,600 18,877,558 Overall Total Including Communication Plan Cost Estimates

4.3 Financing the Plan This aspect of the report shows the sources of funding for the plan. The table below gives details of the various sources and the estimated amount expected from them.

Table 4.3 Source of Funding SN. Source of funding Amount Percentage Justification expected (GH¢) contribution 1. IGF 183,600 0.96 With the introduction of Property rates and recruitment of additional revenue collectors it is expected that the Assemblies IGF will increased 2 District Assemblies 3,086,000 16.20 It is expected that with an annual Common Fund DACF release of over GH¢1,286,000, the Assembly can receive over 3,086,000 from the DACF 4 Government of Ghana 10,584,320 55.57 This includes funds from central

government to decentralized departments and for DA development projects in the District. They come in the form of GETFUND, Road Fund, HIV/AIDS and support from Ministries among others. 6 Donors 5,192,238 27.26 Individuals who support the District through investment in schools, water and sanitation, DDF among others. Total Expected 19,046,158 100 Revenue

The financial presentation shown above reveals that it is possible to implement all the activities identified in the plan provided funds are released (especially the external funds) on time and in the right quantity. With the assumption in mind funds expected from external sources will be forthcoming and regular; it should be very possible to implement all the prorgammes and projects in the plan by the end of the plan period (2013). However, experience has shown that delays and shortfalls often characterize the release of external funds especially the District Assemblies Common Fund and GoG funds which forms the highest percentage of the expected revenue. We therefore have to express cautious optimism on the success of the plan. It is the fair believe of the Assembly that the plan period will see frequent and timely release of funds from the central government and other donors. In addition, the arrangement being put in place by the Assembly will lead to an increase in IGF by 20% to enable the District Assembly implement the major infrastructure projects in the education, water and sanitation, electricity supply, roads and agriculture sectors.

CHAPTER FIVE DISTRICT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 5.0 Introduction The annual action plans detailed the activity to be undertaken, where, by whom, at what time and at what cost. This Development Plan contains the annual plans for the four year period within which this plan will be operational.

5.1 Annual Action Plan for 2010 5.1.1 Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability Objective 1: To increase internal revenue mobilization by 20% by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th IGF External Lead Collab. Organize 1 No. District- 1 No. tax 1,000 District ISD, NCCE tax education wide education Finance undertaken Office Objective 2: To reduce audit queries by 70% through good public expenditure management Prepare DA 4 No. APR 400 DPCU Decentralize quarterly and prepared Departments annual progress reports Prepare annual DA Annual 400 District DPCU expenditure Expenditure Finance reports Reports Office prepared

5.1.2 Enhancing Competitiveness in Ghana’s Private Sector Objectives: To promote and create productive employment opportunities 1,000 youth by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Attend Regional Ho Participated 4,000 DPCU Stakeholders trade and in Regional investment fair Fair Support to Self- District Community 10,000 Communiti T/A Council help projects wide self- es initiated projected supported Objective 2: To improve 6 major market in the District by 2013 Assist private District- Private DA NBSSI investors to access wide investor land assisted to access land Development Abotoas Abotoase 80,000 DWD Traditional of Abotoase e market Authorities

Market developed Construction Worawo 3No. meat 60,000 DWD DPCU 3No. of Meat ra, shops shops Ahenkro constructe and d Kwamik rom Surveying and Ahenkro Land 10,000 DPCU Physical Acquisition of acquired Planning Land

5.1.3 Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management Objective 1: To increase crop production in the District by 20% and animal production by 15% by 2013

Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Identity, updated and District- New Techs 9,600.00 DADU FBOs disseminate existing wide introduced technological packages Introduce improved varieties District- Improved 4,400.00 DADU FBOs (high yielding disease wide crops seeds resistant) introduced Introduce Livestock and District- Improved 1,516.00 DADU FBOs poultry breeds wide breeds introduced Train community livestock District- Service 5,100.00 DADU FBOs workers to act service agents wide Agents trained Disseminate existing cultural Selected fisheries 1,836.00 DADU Mass fisheries technological Communiti technologies media packages es spread Promote the production and District- Protein 5,440.00 DADU FBOs/ consumption of protein wide fortiefied ISD fortified maize maize grown Educate and train consumers District- Consumers 5,440.00 DADU ISD on appropriate food wide sensitized combination of available foods to improve nutrition Train and resource extension DADU Extension 5,440.00 DADU MoFA workers in post harvest staff trained handling tech. Train producers, processors District- People 5,400.00 DADU ISD/ and market women in post wide trained in FBOs harvest handling post harvst

Provide regular market District- Market 1,400.00 DADU MoFA information to improve the wide information distribution of food staff spread Monitoring of pest and District- Diseases 1,476.00 DADU Veterinar diseases wide and pest y identifeid Train selected farmers in the District- Farmers 4,240.00 DADU FBOs installation, operation and wide trained maintenance in recommended irrigation technologies Identify potential investors DADU Potential 1,400.00 DADU DA investors identified Build capacity of nursery District- Nursery 3,340.00 DADU Nursery operators in all tree crop wide operators Operator growing areas and support trained s them(certify and assist to obtain resources) to expand quality of tree crops seedlings Provide adequate and District- Livestock 5,472.00 DADU FBOs effective extension wide rearer knowledge in livestock trained management, record keeping and financial management to men and women farmers Introduce a sustained District- livestock 4,500.00 DADU Veterinar programme for vaccination wide vaccinated y for all livestock Undertaken market DADU market 528.00 DADU ISD feasibility studies to feasibility determine available and studies potential demand for the carried out selected commodities Facilitate the building of District- FBOs 7,680.00 DADU FBOs FBOs from primary to wide formed tertiary level at the district level Train farmer groups on District- farmers 2,220.00 DADU FBOs effective application of wide trained chemicals Build the capacity of field DADU Field 8,44.00 DADU MoFA officers in use of new officers technologies trained Deliver existing technologies District- Farmers 6,000.00 DADU FBOs as packages to farmers wide taught new tech Intensify field District- Field 18,160.00 DADU FBOs demonstration/field day, wide Demos field trips/study tours organized Strengthen the plan DADU DADU plan 16,400.00 DADU Regional implementation and strictly MoFA monitoring at regional and adhered to

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5.1.4 Oil and Gas Development Objective: To encourage and support the youth to train in the oil and gas sector Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab.

Organize annual District- Natives 750 ISD NCCE wide sensitized on awareness opportunities in the oil creation on the sector prospects of oil and gas sector

5.1.5 Infrastructure, energy and human settlements development Objectives: To improve road infrastructure in the District by 45% by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Rehabilitate and District-wide feeder roads 100,000 reshape feeder upgraded DFR DWD roads Objective 2: To provide and extend potable water to cover 65% of the population by 2013 Extend pipe water Tapa Area Pipe water 100,000 DWST to Tapa area and and other extended DWD other underserved selected communities communities

Repair of broken Selected Defunct 10,000 DWST DWD

down boreholes communities boreholes repaired Objective 3: To increase electricity coverage to 75% by 2013 Extend electricity selected communitie 50,000 SDDA ECG to underserved communities s connected communities with electricity To improve environmental sanitation by 2013 Construction of District Wide Slaughter 10,000 DWST DWD Slaughter Slabs slabs constructed Waste District Wide Solid and 84,000 DWST Zoomlion Management liquid waste managed Manufacture of District Wide Refuse 50,000 DWST DWD Refuse Containers containers Purchase of District Wide Sanitary 4,000 EHD DPCU Sanitary equipments Equipment Procure 1 No. DA 1No. 20,000.00 DA Repair Tractor for refuse Tractor Company collection procured To enhance the orderly physical development of five towns guided by properly drawn layout plans to improve aesthetic beauty by 2013 Preparation of District Wide District 5,000 DA Town District Maps maps Planning produced Dept Energy Assist investors in District-wide Petroleum 500 DWD EPA the oil industry to Companies access land assisted

5.1.6 Human development, productivity and employment Objectives 1: To achieve 85% performance in BECE by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Undertake monthly 12 No. circuit 1,500.00 GES DEPT intensified District supervision supervision and wide carried out monitoring in all basic schools. Organize District- District- INSET 7,500 GES DA wide INSET wide programme programme organized Conduct District- District District-wide 12,500.00 GES School wide Mock Exams in wide Mock Exams Administrations all JHS conducted Conduct Common District Common 5,960.25 GES School Exams for Basic 1-8 wide exams for Administrations

Basic 1-8 conducted Procure and 400 tables and 20,000.00 distribute 400 tables District chairs GES DWD and chairs to all wide provided to Primary Schools Primary Schools Provide incentives to District Teachers 7,500.00 GES DA teachers in deprived wide motivated area schools deprived areas Best Teacher Awards DED Best Teacher 5,000 GES DA Awards organized Financial Support for District- 100 teachers 1,000 DA GES training of 100 wide trained Teachers (UTTDBE) Objective 2: To improve and provide basic educational infrastructure, facilities and services by 2013 Construction of 1 No Apesokubi 1 No. 6 unit 70,000 DWD GES 6 Unit Classroom classroom Blocks with Office block constructed Support to STME District STME Clinic 4,000 GES DA Clinic wide organized Support to Sports District- District 2,000 DEPT GES and Culture wide Sports and development Cultural activities supported Improved education service delivery Supply of Office Ahenkro Office 10,000 DWD GES Furniture to GES furniture Office provided

HEALTH: Objective 1: To increase access to quality health service by 50% by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Create District- Disease 2,500 DHD DA/ ISD awareness on wide prevention diseases, and prevention and awareness control created Orientate District- Citizens 1,250 DHD DA community wide oriented members on services at various facilities in the District Organize Remote Remote 2,000 DHD DA

97 comprehensive areas areas access outreach health services to service hard, far, island and peninsular communities Organize District- Sub- 5,000 DHD DHD monitoring and wide structures supervision monitored visits to sub- districts and communities Organize District- Health 6,000 DHD DHD various health wide sector related celebrations celebrations organized Objective 2: To improve upon health infrastructure by December 2013 Operationalize Selected 6 No. CHPS 35,000.00 DHD DA 6 No. CHPS Communit compound compound ies in use Extension of Ahenkro Electricity 4,000 DWD ECG Electricity to extended Health Centre Objective 3: : To improve maternal and child health care by 2013 Carry out District National 20,000 DHD DA National Polio wide Polio Immunization Immunizati on held Objective 4: To reduce the incidence of malaria and other diseases by 20% by December 2013 Undertake District homes and 6,000 district-wide wide mosquito DHD EHD mosquito breeding spraying places exercise and sprayed other malaria control programs Carry out District Disease 2,000 DHD DHD disease wide surveillance surveillance carried out Undertake District disease 4,000 DHD, DHD quarterly wide control and monitoring of cold chain disease control activities and cold chain monitored activities at sub-district levels HIV and AIDS Objective: To reduce the incidence of HIV and AIDS and other STIs by 50% by December 2013 Counterpart District MSHAP 2,500 Fund for wide Supported DAC DHD MSHAP HIV/AIDS District- HIV/AIDS 2,500 Education and wide education DAC DHD

Campaign undertaken Monitoring and District- HIV/AIDS 4,500 Evaluation of wide activities DAC DHD HIV/AIDS monitored Activities

5.1.7 Transparent and Accountable Governance Objective 1: To strengthen functional relationship between the Assembly, its members and citizens by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Hold regular Ahenkro General 18,750.00 DA District General Assembly Finance Office Assembly sessions meetings held Hold regular Sub- Regular 6,250.00 DA Town/Area Town Hall structures Town Hall Council Meetings at meetings Town/Area held Council level Construction of Ahenkro 1 No. 60,000 DWD DPCU Office Annex administrati ve office constructed Electrical Ahenkro Electrical 20,000 DWD ECG Installation to works done office Construction of Ahenkro 1 No. 500,000 DWD DPCU Office administrati Complex ph.1 ve office constructed Support to Sub- District Sub-District 60,000 DPCU Councils District Wide structures Structures provided with logistics Organize Various Courses, 10,000.00 DA ILGS/VRCC Courses, locations Seminars Etc seminars and and workshops for Workshops staff /members organized development National Days DA Celebration 10,000 DPCU District

Celebration s organized Finance Office Contributions Accra NALAG 4,000 District DACF Towards Dues Finance Administrator NALAG Office Volta Reg. Co- Ho Financial 10,000 District VRCC ordinating support to Finance Council VRCC Office programmed Completion of Ahenro DCE’s 80,000.00 DWD DPCU District Chief bungalow Executive’s constructed Bungalow Constriction of Ahenkro 2No. staff 160,000 DA DPCU 2No 3 Bedroom bungalow Bungalows constructed with Boys Quarters Completion of Ahenkro 12No. semi- 120,000 DWD DPCU 2No Semi- detached Detached bungalow Bungalows constructed Accommodatio Ahenkro Staff 15,000 District DWD n Rentals accommoda Finance tion rented Office

Objective 2: To promote district level planning and budgeting involving all stakeholders through a participatory process Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Hold quarterly DA Quarterly 300 DPCU DA DPCU DPCU meetings meetings held Prepare 2010- District- DMTDP 26,000 DPCU DA 2013 DMTDP wide prepared Prepare District- M&E plan 30,000 DPCU Relevant monitoring and wide prepared institutions evaluation plan Purchase of Ahenkro 1 No. 4x4 50,000 DPCU DA 1No 4x4 Vehicle Vehicle procured Rehabilitation Ahenkro 10,000 DPCU DA of Monitoring Vehicle Prepare and DA 2010 Fee- 250 DPCU F&A Sub- gazette annual Fixing Committee Fee Fixing Resolution Resolution prepared Purchase of Ahenkro Office 30,000.00 District Procurement Office equipments Finance Unit Equipment procured Office

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Objective 4: To empower women and mainstream gender into the socio-economic development of the district Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Resource 50 District- 50 women 55,000.00 NCCE Dept of Social women to wide resourced Welfare contest in DA for DA Elections elections

Objective 5: To identify and equip the vulnerable and excluded with employable skills by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Provide care District- Care and 5,000 Social Vulnerable and support for wide support Welfare groups the aged and provided Dept. vulnerable

Sensitization of District- sensitization 500 Social NCCE Children’s Act wide on Welfare and Juvenile children’s Dept. Act act held

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Family District- Families 1,000 Social Judicial reconciliation wide reconciled Welfare Service and handling of Dept. maintenance cases National Day District- Natioanl 500 Social DA Celebrations wide aged days Welfare for aged celebrated Dept.

5.2 Annual Action Plan for 2011 5.2.1 Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability Objective 1: To increase internal revenue mobilization by 20% by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th IGF External Lead Collab. Recruit 30 Urban and 30 Revenue 500 DPCU Town and Revenue Area Collectors Area Councils Collectors for Council recruited to the 2 Area Offices collect Councils ceded revenue Organize 1 No. District- 1 No. tax 1,000 District ISD, NCCE tax education wide education Finance undertaken Office Introduce District- Property 25,000 Finance DPCU property tax wide taxation Office system introduced Objective 2: To reduce audit queries by 70% through good public expenditure management Prepare DA 4 No. APR 400 DPCU Decentralize quarterly and prepared Departments annual progress reports Prepare annual DA Annual 400 District DPCU expenditure Expenditure Finance reports Reports Office prepared Organize 1 No. DA Key staff 1,000 DPCU District training for key trained on Finance Office staff on prudent prudent financial financial management managemen t

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5.2.2 Enhancing Competitiveness in Ghana’s Private Sector Objectives: To promote and create productive employment opportunities 1,000 youth by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Attend Regional Ho Participated 4,000 DPCU Stakeholders trade and in Regional investment fair Fair Support to Self- District Community 10,000 Communiti T/A Council help projects wide self- es initiated projected supported Produce 500 District- 500 copies 15,000 DPCU Relevant copies of District wide of advanced decentralized investment form of the departments brochure District Brochure produced Assist Financial District- Banks and 1,000 DPCU Traditional Institutions to wide credit Authorities open branches in institutions the District established Organize skills District 100 1,000 Dept. of DPCU and wide unemployed Community entrepreneurial youth Developme development trained nt training for 100 youth Assist private District- Private DA Traditional investors to access wide investor Authorities land assisted to access land Objective 2: To improve 6 major market in the District by 2013 Document and pay District- Market 10,000 DA Traditional compensation for wide lands Authorities Assembly (market) acquired & lands documented Development Abotoas Abotoase 80,000 DWD Traditional of Abotoase e market Authorities Market developed Construction Worawo 3No. meat 60,000 DWD DPCU 3No. of Meat ra, shops shops Ahenkro constructe and d Kwamik rom Construct 20 unit Kamekrom 20-unit 50,000 DWD DPCU market shed market shed constructed Surveying and Ahenkro Land 10,000 DPCU Physical Acquisition of acquired Planning

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Land Extension of Abotoase, Electricity 50,000 DWD ECG electricity to extended to Abotoase markets Abotoase market

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Train selected farmers in the District- Farmers 4,240.00 DADU FBOs installation, operation and wide trained maintenance in recommended irrigation technologies Identify potential investors DADU Potential 1,400.00 DADU DA investors identified Build capacity of nursery District- Nursery 3,340.00 DADU Nursery operators in all tree crop wide operators Operator growing areas and support trained s them(certify and assist to obtain resources) to expand quality of tree crops seedlings Provide adequate and District- Livestock 5,472.00 DADU FBOs effective extension wide rearer knowledge in livestock trained management, record keeping and financial management to men and women farmers Introduce a sustained District- livestock 4,500.00 DADU Veterinar programme for vaccination wide vaccinated y for all livestock Undertaken market DADU market 528.00 DADU ISD feasibility studies to feasibility determine available and studies potential demand for the carried out selected commodities Facilitate the building of District- FBOs 7,680.00 DADU FBOs FBOs from primary to wide formed tertiary level at the district level Train farmer groups on District- farmers 2,220.00 DADU FBOs effective application of wide trained chemicals Build the capacity of field DADU Field 8,44.00 DADU MoFA officers in use of new officers technologies trained Deliver existing technologies District- Farmers 6,000.00 DADU FBOs as packages to farmers wide taught new tech Intensify field District- Field 18,160.00 DADU FBOs demonstration/field day, wide Demos field trips/study tours organized Strengthen the plan DADU DADU plan 16,400.00 DADU Regional implementation and strictly MoFA monitoring at regional and adhered to district levels Strengthen the cost centers in DADU officials 7,512.00 DADU DA terms of financial trained management and reporting

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Hold semi annual meetings DADU 2 No. 6,320.00 DADU DA with private sector and civil meetigns society organizations held Publicize policy and sector District- National 14,200.00 DADU DA plans to private and civil wide Farmers day entities (National Farmers celebrations Day) held Procure irrigation pomps and Selected 12,000 DADU DA accessories communiti es Objective 2: To reduce the incidence of illegal chain saw operation to the barest minimal by 2013 Sensitize farmers on Forest Farmers 1,000 Forestr DA/ ISD environmental protection zones sensitised y Commi ssion

5.2.4 Oil and Gas Development Objective: To encourage and support the youth to train in the oil and gas sector Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab.

Organize annual District- Natives 750 ISD NCCE wide sensitized on awareness opportunities in the oil creation on the sector prospects of oil and gas sector Support the District- 120 youth 2,500 DPCU Training/Acad wide supported emic training of youth Institutions in the oil and gas sector

5.2.5 Infrastructure, energy and human settlements development Objectives: To improve road infrastructure in the District by 45% by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Rehabilitate and District-wide feeder roads 100,000 reshape feeder upgraded DFR DWD roads Construct drains Selected Community 50,000.00 DFR DWD

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Repair of broken Selected Defunct 10,000 DWST DWD down boreholes communities boreholes repaired Objective 3: To increase electricity coverage to 75% by 2013 Extend electricity selected communitie 50,000 SDDA ECG to underserved communities s connected communities with electricity To improve environmental sanitation by 2013 Construction of District Wide Slaughter 10,000 DWST DWD Slaughter Slabs slabs constructed Waste District Wide Solid and 84,000 DWST Zoomlion Management liquid waste managed Manufacture of District Wide Refuse 50,000 DWST DWD Refuse Containers containers Purchase of District Wide Sanitary 4,000 EHD DPCU Sanitary equipments Equipment Procure 1 No. DA 1No. 20,000.00 DA DPCU Tractor for refuse Tractor collection procured Construct 2No. Nkonya 2No. 9,000 DWD EHD Public Pound Ahenkro, pounds Nkonya constructed Wurupong,

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stationary for procured Physical Planning Dept Energy Assist investors in District-wide Petroleum 500 DWD EPA the oil industry to Companies access land assisted

5.2.6 Human development, productivity and employment Objectives 1: To achieve 85% performance in BECE by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Undertake monthly 12 No. circuit 1,500.00 GES DEPT intensified District supervision supervision and wide carried out monitoring in all basic schools. Organize District- District- INSET 7,500 GES DA wide INSET wide programme programme organized Conduct District- District District-wide 12,500.00 GES School wide Mock Exams in wide Mock Exams Administrations all JHS conducted Conduct Common District Common 5,960.25 GES School Exams for Basic 1-8 wide exams for Administrations Basic 1-8 conducted Procure and 400 tables and 20,000.00 distribute 400 tables District chairs GES DWD and chairs to all wide provided to Primary Schools Primary Schools Provide incentives to District Teachers 7,500.00 GES DA teachers in deprived wide motivated area schools deprived areas Best Teacher DED Best Teacher 5,000 GES DA Awards Awards organized Objective 2: To improve and provide basic educational infrastructure, facilities and services by 2013 Construction of 1 No Akposoku 1 No. 6 unit 70,000 DWD GES 6 Unit Classroom bi classroom Blocks with Office block constructed Support to STME District STME 4,000 GES DA Clinic wide Clinic organized Support to Sports District- District 2,000 DEPT GES and Culture wide Sports and development Cultural activities

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supported Improved education service delivery Procure office Ahenkro Office 10,000 GES DA equipments for equipments Education provided Directorate Objective 3: To increase physical access to secondary and tertiary education for people in the underserved areas by 2013 Financial support for District Funds 10,000.00 GES DA needy but brilliant wide allocated students to for needy secondary and students tertiary levels

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Organize District- Sub- 5,000 DHD DHD monitoring and wide structures supervision monitored visits to sub- districts and communities Organize District- Health 6,000 DHD DHD various health wide sector related celebrations celebrations organized Objective 2: To improve upon health infrastructure by December 2013 Operationalize Selected 6 No. CHPS 35,000.00 DHD DA 6 No. CHPS Communit compound compound ies in use Procure HB Abotoase, HB 5,000 DHD DHD equipments for Kwamekro Equipments 4 Maternity m procured Homes Objective 3: : To improve maternal and child health care by 2013 Carry out District National 20,000 DHD DA National Polio wide Polio Immunization Immunizati on held Objective 4: To reduce the incidence of malaria and other diseases by 20% by December 2013 Undertake District homes and 6,000 district-wide wide mosquito DHD EHD mosquito breeding spraying places exercise and sprayed other malaria control programs Carry out District Disease 2,000 DHD DHD disease wide surveillance surveillance carried out Undertake District disease 4,000 DHD, DHD quarterly wide control and monitoring of cold chain disease control activities and cold chain monitored activities at sub-district levels HIV and AIDS Objective: To reduce the incidence of HIV and AIDS and other STIs by 50% by December 2013 Counterpart District MSHAP 2,500 Fund for wide Supported DAC DHD MSHAP HIV/AIDS District- HIV/AIDS 2,500 Education and wide education DAC DHD Campaign undertaken Monitoring and District- HIV/AIDS 4,500 Evaluation of wide activities DAC DHD HIV/AIDS monitored Activities

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5.2.7 Transparent and Accountable Governance Objective 1: To strengthen functional relationship between the Assembly, its members and citizens by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Hold regular Ahenkro General 18,750.00 DA District General Assembly Finance Office Assembly sessions meetings held Hold regular Sub- Regular 6,250.00 DA Town/Area Town Hall structures Town Hall Council Meetings at meetings Town/Area held Council level Construction of Ahenkro 1 No. 60,000 DWD DPCU Office Annex administrati ve office constructed Electrical Ahenkro Electrical 20,000 DWD ECG Installation to works done office Construction of Ahenkro 1 No. 500,000 DWD DPCU Office administrati Complex ph.1 ve office constructed Recruit 18 staff Town/Are 18 Staff 800 DPCU Councils for the a Councils recruited at Town/Area for the Council offices councils Organize and District Unit 2,500 DPCU Town/Area inaugurate all wide Committees Council Unit inaugurated Committees Procure 6 No. Town/Are 6No. 5,000 DPCU MLGRD computer and a Councils Computer accessories for and Town/Area accessories Councils procured Procure 6No. Town/Are 6No. motor 6,000 DPCU Town/Area

111 motor bikes for a Councils bikes Council sub-districts procured Organize Various Courses, 10,000.00 DA ILGS/VRCC Courses, locations Seminars Etc seminars and and workshops for Workshops staff /members organized development Organize DA Capacity of 5000 DPCU DA capacity Assembly building members workshop for build Assembly members Extension of 3 Ahenkro 2,000 DWD ECG phase electricity to DA Office Rehabilitate old Ahenkro 35,000 DWD DPCU Assembly building Contributions Accra NALAG 4,000 District DACF Towards Dues Finance Administrator NALAG Office Volta Reg. Co- Ho Financial 10,000 District VRCC ordinating support to Finance Council VRCC Office programmed Completion of Ahenro DCE’s 80,000.00 DWD DPCU District Chief bungalow Executive’s constructed Bungalow Constriction of Ahenkro 2No. staff 160,000 DA DPCU 2No 3 Bedroom bungalow Bungalows constructed with Boys Quarters Completion of Ahenkro 12No. semi- 120,000 DWD DPCU 2No Semi- detached Detached bungalow Bungalows constructed Furnish newly Ahenkro DA 10,000 DA DWD completed bungalows bungalows furnished Accommodatio Ahenkro Staff 15,000 District DWD n Rentals accommoda Finance tion rented Office

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Objective 2: To promote district level planning and budgeting involving all stakeholders through a participatory process Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Hold quarterly DA Quarterly 300 DPCU DA DPCU DPCU meetings meetings held Prepare 2010- District- DMTDP 26,000 DPCU DA 2013 DMTDP wide prepared Prepare District- M&E plan 30,000 DPCU Relevant monitoring and wide prepared institutions evaluation plan Purchase of Ahenkro 1 No. 4x4 50,000 DPCU DA 1No 4x4 Vehicle Vehicle procured Prepare and DA 2011 Fee- 250 DPCU F&A Sub- gazette annual Fixing Committee Fee Fixing Resolution Resolution prepared Purchase of Ahenkro Office 30,000.00 District Procurement Office equipments Finance Unit Equipment procured Office

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Sensitization of District- sensitization 500 Social NCCE Children’s Act wide on Welfare and Juvenile children’s Dept. Act act held

Community District- citizens 500 Social NCCE sensitization of wide sensitized Welfare child labour, on child Dept. child abuse and labour/ Human/Child abuse trafficking Family District- Families 1,000 Social Judicial reconciliation wide reconciled Welfare Service and handling of Dept. maintenance cases National Day District- Natioanl 500 Social DA Celebrations wide aged days Welfare for aged celebrated Dept.

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5.3 Annual Action Plan For 2012 5.3.1 Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability Objective 1: To increase internal revenue mobilization by 20% by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th IGF External Lead Collab. Train Revenue DA Revenue 5,000 Finance DPCU Collectors and Collectors Office Staff of Sub- trained District Structures in effective revenue collection Organize 1 No. District- 1 No. tax 1,000 District ISD, NCCE tax education wide education Finance undertaken Office Introduce District- Property 25,000 Finance DPCU property tax wide taxation Office system introduced Objective 2: To reduce audit queries by 70% through good public expenditure management Prepare DA 4 No. APR 400 DPCU Decentralize quarterly and prepared Departments annual progress reports Prepare annual DA Annual 400 District DPCU expenditure Expenditure Finance reports Reports Office prepared

5.3.2 Enhancing Competitiveness in Ghana’s Private Sector Objectives: To promote and create productive employment opportunities 1,000 youth by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Assist local District- Local MASLOC Co-operative business people to wide businesses Dept access government accessed loan govt loans Attend Regional Ho Participated 4,000 DPCU Stakeholders trade and in Regional investment fair Fair Support to Self- District Community 10,000 Communiti T/A Council help projects wide self- es initiated projected supported Assist Financial District- Banks and 1,000 DPCU Traditional Institutions to wide credit Authorities open branches in institutions the District established Organize skills District 100 1,000 Dept. of DPCU

115 and wide unemployed Community entrepreneurial youth Developme development trained nt training for 100 youth Assist the Ahenkro Radio 5,000 DPCU EPA establishment of Stations Radio Station in established the District Capital and major towns Assist private District- Private DA Traditional investors to access wide investor Authorities land assisted to access land Organize self District Cooperative 500.00 Dept of MASLOC employed business wide societies Cooperative people to form co- formed operatives Objective 2: To improve 6 major market in the District by 2013 Document and pay District- Market 10,000 DA Traditional compensation for wide lands Authorities Assembly (market) acquired & lands documented Development of Abotoase Abotoase 80,000 DWD Traditional Abotoase Market market Authorities developed Development lorry Abotoase Abotoase 80,000 DWD Traditional park lorry park Authorities developed Construction 3No. Worawora, 3No. meat 60,000 DWD DPCU of Meat shops Ahenkro shops and constructed Kwamikro m Construct 20 unit Kamekrom 20-unit 50,000 DWD DPCU market shed market shed constructed Construct 20 unit Bumbula 20-unit 50,000 DWD DPCU market shed market shed constructed Construct 20 unit Worawora 20-unit 50,000 DWD DPCU market shed market shed constructed Construct 20 unit Kpodzi 20-unit 50,000 DWD DPCU market shed market shed constructed Surveying and Ahenkro Land 10,000 DPCU Physical Acquisition of acquired Planning Land Extension of Abotoase, Electricity 50,000 DWD ECG electricity to extended to Abotoase markets Abotoase market Construct Abotoase Sanitation 60,000 DWD DPCU sanitation facilities facilities

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5.3.3 Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management Objective 1: To increase crop production in the District by 20% and animal production by 15% by 2013

117 distribution of food staff spread Monitoring of pest and District- Diseases 1,476.00 DADU Veterinar diseases wide and pest y identifeid Train selected farmers in the District- Farmers 4,240.00 DADU FBOs installation, operation and wide trained maintenance in recommended irrigation technologies Identify potential investors DADU Potential 1,400.00 DADU DA investors identified Build capacity of nursery District- Nursery 3,340.00 DADU Nursery operators in all tree crop wide operators Operator growing areas and support trained s them(certify and assist to obtain resources) to expand quality of tree crops seedlings Provide adequate and District- Livestock 5,472.00 DADU FBOs effective extension wide rearer knowledge in livestock trained management, record keeping and financial management to men and women farmers Introduce a sustained District- livestock 4,500.00 DADU Veterinar programme for vaccination wide vaccinated y for all livestock Undertaken market DADU market 528.00 DADU ISD feasibility studies to feasibility determine available and studies potential demand for the carried out selected commodities Facilitate the building of District- FBOs 7,680.00 DADU FBOs FBOs from primary to wide formed tertiary level at the district level Train farmer groups on District- farmers 2,220.00 DADU FBOs effective application of wide trained chemicals Build the capacity of field DADU Field 8,44.00 DADU MoFA officers in use of new officers technologies trained Deliver existing technologies District- Farmers 6,000.00 DADU FBOs as packages to farmers wide taught new tech Intensify field District- Field 18,160.00 DADU FBOs demonstration/field day, wide Demos field trips/study tours organized Strengthen the plan DADU DADU plan 16,400.00 DADU Regional implementation and strictly MoFA monitoring at regional and adhered to district levels

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Strengthen the cost centers in DADU officials 7,512.00 DADU DA terms of financial trained management and reporting Hold semi annual meetings DADU 2 No. 6,320.00 DADU DA with private sector and civil meetigns society organizations held Publicize policy and sector District- National 14,200.00 DADU DA plans to private and civil wide Farmers day entities (National Farmers celebrations Day) held Procure irrigation pomps and Selected 12,000 DADU DA accessories communiti es Construct 6No. storage One in 6No. 60,000 DWD DADU facilities each Sub- storage District facilise constructed Improve Agricultural service delivery Construct District Ahenkro DADU 500,000 DWD DADU Administration Office Administrati Complex for DADU on Office Complex Procure 1No. 4×4 Pick up Office, 1No. pick- 40,000 DADU DPCU Ahenkro up procured

Procure 20No. Yamaha AG Office, 20No. 120,000 DADU DPCU Motorbikes Ahenkro motorbikes procured Procure office equipments Ahenkro Office 7,500 DADU DPCU equipments

Rehabilitate 4No. AEAs Ahenkro 4No. AEAs 47,200 DWD DADU Staff Bungalow Bungalow rehabilitated Rehabilitate 1No. Staff Abotoase Fisheries 37,800 DWD DADU Bungalow (fisheries) Staff Bungalow rehabilitated Rehabilitate 1No. Fisheries Abotoase Fisheries 34,500 DWD DADU Office Block Office Block rehabilitated Procure 1 set of office Ahenkro Office 3,000 DWD DADU furniture for DADU furniture procured Objective 2: To reduce the incidence of illegal chain saw operation to the barest minimal by 2013 Sensitize farmers on Forest Farmers 1,000 Forestr DA/ ISD environmental protection zones sensitised y Commi ssion

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5.3.4 Oil and Gas Development Objective: To encourage and support the youth to train in the oil and gas sector Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab.

Organize annual District- Natives 750 ISD NCCE wide sensitized on awareness creation opportunities on the prospects of in the oil sector oil and gas sector Support the training District- 120 youth 2,500 DPCU Training/Acad wide supported emic of youth in the oil Institutions and gas sector

5.3.5 Infrastructure, energy and human settlements development Objectives: To improve road infrastructure in the District by 45% by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Rehabilitate and District-wide feeder roads 100,000 reshape feeder upgraded DFR DWD roads Rehabilitate and District-wide Spot 100,000 reshape feeder improveme DFR DWD roads nt Construct drains Selected Community 50,000.00 DFR Min. of along roads Town roads drains Roads constructed Construct town Selected Community 50,000.00 DFR Min. of roads linking Town roads roads Roads production and constructed marketing centres Objective 2: To provide and extend potable water to cover 65% of the population by 2013 Extend pipe water Tapa Area Pipe water 100,000 DWST to Tapa area and and other extended DWD other underserved selected communities communities

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repaired Construct 5No. Awerekyeky, 5 Boreholes 75,000 DWST DWD Boreholes Toviate, constructed Torgorme Kubiase, Akposo Alife Organize Water District-wide District- 1,000 DWST A/Cs User education wide water programmes user sensitization Objective 3: To increase electricity coverage to 75% by 2013 Extend electricity selected communitie 50,000 SDDA ECG to underserved communities s connected communities with electricity

Procure and install Akposo Alife Transformer 15,000 DWD ECG 1No. Transformer installed Provide streetlight Aposo Streetlights 20,000 DWD ECG to underserved Oklabe, provided communities Akaniem, Odei, Brequaiase, Akposo Zongo

To improve environmental sanitation by 2013 Construction of District Wide Slaughter 10,000 DWST DWD Slaughter Slabs slabs constructed Waste District Wide Solid and 84,000 DWST Zoomlion Management liquid waste managed Manufacture of District Wide Refuse 50,000 DWST DWD Refuse Containers containers Fumigation District-wide District- 25,000 EHD DWD wide insecticide spraying Purchase of District Wide Sanitary 4,000 EHD DPCU Sanitary equipments Equipment Procure 1 No. DA 1No. 20,000.00 DA DPCU Tractor for refuse Tractor collection procured Construct 2No. Worawora, 2No. 9,000 DWD EHD Public Pound Kwamekrom pounds constructed Construct 4 No. 6 Osorasuom, 4No. 6 60,000 DWST DWD seater KVIP toilets Sibrisu, seater Gyamerakro KVIPs m, constructed Adzamansu Construct 5 No. Akloba, Tapa 5No. 10 125,000 DWST DWD

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10-seater KVIP Amanya, seater Toilets Abohiri, KVIPs Bowiri constructed Kyirahi, Construct 5No. 12 Odormitor, 5No. 12 200,000 DWST DWD Seater KVIP Adenkesu, Seater Kpozi, KVIP Nkonya Constructed Ahenkro, Construct 1No. 20 Kwamekrom 1No. KVIP 30,000 DWST DWD seater KVIP Toilet Constructed Rehabilitate public Bumbula, 3No. toilets 30,000 DWST DWD toilets Tapa rehabilitated Amanya, Ahenkro Construction of 2 Abotoase, 2No. 40,000 DWD EHD No. Slaughter Kwamekrom Slaughter house houses constructed

To enhance the orderly physical development of five towns guided by properly drawn layout plans to improve aesthetic beauty by 2013 Preparation of District Wide District 5,000 DA Town District thematic maps Planning Maps produced Dept Create an Office Ahenkro Physical 5,000 DWD DPCU for Physical Planning Planning Office Department established Request for staff DA Town DA VRCC of Physical Planning planning dept to be Officers posted to the posted to District DA Acquire drawing DA Drawing 10,000 DWD DPCU boards and materials stationary for procured Physical Planning Dept Procure 3No. DA 3No. motor 3,000 DPCU Finance Motor Bikes for bikes Office Physical Planning procured Dept Produce survey Selected Base maps 40,000.00 Town Urban and maps and layout towns and layouts Planning Area plans for selected produced Dept Councils towns in the District Carry out monthly District wide Monthly 9,600 Town Statutory surveillance of surveillance Planning Plg development carried out Dept. Committee activities in the District Energy

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Assist investors in District-wide Petroleum 500 DWD EPA the oil industry to Companies access land assisted

5.3.6 Human development, productivity and employment Objectives 1: To achieve 85% performance in BECE by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Undertake monthly 12 No. circuit 1,500.00 GES DEPT intensified District supervision supervision and wide carried out monitoring in all basic schools. Organize District- District- INSET 7,500 GES DA wide INSET wide programme programme organized Conduct District- District District-wide 12,500.00 GES School wide Mock Exams in wide Mock Exams Administrations all JHS conducted Conduct Common District Common 5,960.25 GES School Exams for Basic 1-8 wide exams for Administrations Basic 1-8 conducted Procure and 400 tables and 20,000.00 distribute 400 tables District chairs GES DWD and chairs to all wide provided to Primary Schools Primary Schools Procure and Needy 400 Dual 29,280 distribute 480 Dual schools Desks GES DWD Desks for selected constructed KGs Provide incentives to District Teachers 7,500 GES DA teachers in deprived wide motivated area schools deprived areas Best Teacher DED Best Teacher 5,000 GES DA Awards Awards organized Financial Support for District- 100 Teachers 1,000 GES DEPT training of 100 wide trained under Teachers (UTTDBE) the UTTDBE Objective 2: To improve and provide basic educational infrastructure, facilities and services by 2013 Support to STME District STME 4,000 GES DA Clinic wide Clinic organized Support to Sports District- District 2,000 DEPT GES and Culture wide Sports and development Cultural activities supported Construct of 5 No. 6 Abetinase, 5 Primary 500,000 DWD GES

123 unit classroom Abohire, Blocks blocks for Primary Aboabo, constructed schools under tree Takorabe, Alavanyo, Kpevukofe Complete the Mangoase 4 JHS 400,000 DWD GES construction of 4No. JHS, Blocks 3-unit Classroom Bumbula constructed Block for JHS R.C JHS, Gatekpoe, Mawoekpo r Construct 2No. K.G 2KG Blocks 500,000 DWD GES blocks for 2 Basic Sikadiase constructed Schools m, Fankyenek or

Construct 5No. Bowiri 5No. 1,000,000 DWD GES Teachers Bungalow Kyirahi, Teachers Takorabe Bungalows Nzogodau constructed da, Grumah Krura, Tapa Okum- Akura Rehabilitate one Akloba Akloba RC 52,000 DWD GES dilapidated R.C JHS JHS classroom blocks rehabilitated Improved education service delivery Procure office Ahenkro Office 10,000 GES DA equipments for equipments Education provided Directorate Construct 1No. Ahenkro GES Office 50,000 DWD GES office complex for Complex District Directorate constructed of Education Objective 3: To increase physical access to secondary and tertiary education for people in the underserved areas by 2013 Financial support for District Funds 10,000.00 GES DA needy but brilliant wide allocated students to for needy secondary and students tertiary levels

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HEALTH Objective 1: To increase access to quality health service by 50% by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Create District- Disease 2,500 DHD DA/ ISD awareness on wide prevention diseases, and prevention and awareness control created Orientate District- Citizens 1,250 DHD DA community wide oriented members on services at various facilities in the District Organize District CBSVs 5,000 DHD, DHD training wide trained workshop for CBSVs Organize Remote Remote 2,000 DHD DA comprehensive areas areas access outreach health services to service hard, far, island and peninsular communities Form mother Selected 5No. 1,000 DHD Assembly support groups Communit mother members in 5 ies support communities groups formed Organize DA Health Staff 2,000 DHD DA training for trained health staff on PPFP Organize District- Sub- 5,000 DHD DHD monitoring and wide structures supervision monitored visits to sub- districts and communities Organize District- Health 6,000 DHD DHD various health wide sector related celebrations celebrations organized Objective 2: To improve upon health infrastructure by December 2013 Operationalize Selected 6 No. CHPS 35,000.00 DHD DA 6 No. CHPS Communit compound compound ies in use Procure HB Abotoase, HB 5,000 DHD DHD equipments for Kwamekro Equipments 4 Maternity m procured Homes

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Construction of Ahenkro DHD 117,000 DWD DHD Dist. Health Administrat Administration ive office Offices built Construct 3No. Nkonya 3No. Health 400,000 DWD DHD Nurses Wurupong Centres Quarters , constructed Abotoase, Kwamekro m Construct 1No. Adzamans 1No. CHPS 40,000 DWD DHD CHPS u Zone compound constructed Establish 2No. Kwamekro 2No. lab 40,000 DHD GHS laboratory m, services services at Abotoase established Kwamekrom and Abotoase Health Centres Provide 10No. DHD 10No. live 50,000 DA DHS live jackets for jackets Health Staff provided Renovate and Abotoase, 2 maternity 40,000 DHD DA expand 2 No. Kwamekro blocks Maternity m renovated Blocks Prepare and Selected 3 facilities 15,000 DHD DA designate 3 facilities designated facilities for BFHIP Construct 3 Selected Maternity 60,000 DHD DA maternity Communit homes facilities for eis constructed PMCT/ CT Services Construct 3No. Beniase 3 health 120,000 DWD DHD health No.1, Tapa centres centres/post Amanya, constructed Breqauiase Objective 3: : To improve maternal and child health care by 2013 Carry out District National 20,000 DHD DA National Polio wide Polio Immunization Immunizati on held Objective 4: To reduce the incidence of malaria and other diseases by 20% by December 2013 Undertake District homes and 6,000 district-wide wide mosquito DHD EHD mosquito breeding spraying places exercise and sprayed other malaria control programs Carry out District Disease 2,000 DHD DHD disease wide surveillance

126 surveillance carried out Undertake District disease 4,000 DHD, DHD quarterly wide control and monitoring of cold chain disease control activities and cold chain monitored activities at sub-district levels HIV and AIDS Objective: To reduce the incidence of HIV and AIDS and other STIs by 50% by December 2013 Counterpart District MSHAP 2,500 Fund for wide Supported DAC DHD MSHAP HIV/AIDS District- HIV/AIDS 2,500 Education and wide education DAC DHD Campaign undertaken Monitoring and District- HIV/AIDS 4,500 Evaluation of wide activities DAC DHD HIV/AIDS monitored Activities Support the District- HIV/AIDS 50,000 DAC DHD provision of wide Drugs HIV/AIDS (ART) Drugs to supplied PLWHAs Register and District- NGOs, 1,000 DAC GAC support NGOs wide CBOs and and CBOs in FBOs HIV/AIDS registered prevention and control

Productivity and Employment generation Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Enroll 500 District- 100 women 20,000 Non Formal NCCE women in non- wide enrolled in Education formal formal education eeducation Expand and District- MASLOC MASLOC DPCU sustain micro- wide Office in finance operation schemes for women and food crop farmers Train 100 District- 100 women 5,000 NBSSI Dept of women in wide trained Cooperatives batik, tie and dye and soap making

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5.3.7 Transparent and Accountable Governance Objective 1: To strengthen functional relationship between the Assembly, its members and citizens by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Hold regular Ahenkro General 18,750.00 DA District General Assembly Finance Office Assembly sessions meetings held Hold regular Sub- Regular 6,250.00 DA Town/Area Town Hall structures Town Hall Council Meetings at meetings Town/Area held Council level Construction of Ahenkro 1 No. 500,000 DWD DPCU Office administrati Complex ve office constructed Recruit 18 staff Town/Are 18 Staff 800 DPCU Councils for the a Councils recruited at Town/Area for the Council offices councils Procure 6 No. Town/Are 6No. 5,000 DPCU MLGRD computer and a Councils Computer accessories for and Town/Area accessories Councils procured Procure 6No. Town/Are 6No. motor 6,000 DPCU Town/Area motor bikes for a Councils bikes Council sub-districts procured Organize Various Courses, 10,000.00 DA ILGS/VRCC Courses, locations Seminars Etc seminars and and workshops for Workshops staff /members organized development Contributions Accra NALAG 4,000 District DACF Towards Dues Finance Administrator NALAG Office Volta Reg. Co- Ho Financial 10,000 District VRCC ordinating support to Finance Council VRCC Office programmed Completion of Ahenro DCE’s 80,000.00 DWD DPCU District Chief bungalow Executive’s constructed Bungalow Constriction of Ahenkro 2No. staff 160,000 DA DPCU 2No 3 Bedroom bungalow Bungalows constructed with Boys Quarters Completion of Ahenkro 12No. semi- 120,000 DWD DPCU

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2No Semi- detached Detached bungalow Bungalows constructed Furnish newly Ahenkro DA 10,000 DA DWD completed bungalows bungalows furnished Procure 1No. DA 1 Pick-up 50,000 DPCU DA Pick-up procured Procure Ahenkro Office 5,000 DPCU DWD furniture and furniture fittings for DA procured Office Educate public District- Government 2,000 ISD DPCU on central govt wide policies and Assembly’s publicized policies, plans and programmes

Objective 2: To promote district level planning and budgeting involving all stakeholders through a participatory process Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Hold quarterly DA Quarterly 300 DPCU DA DPCU DPCU meetings meetings held Prepare 2010- District- DMTDP 26,000 DPCU DA 2013 DMTDP wide prepared Prepare District- M&E plan 30,000 DPCU Relevant monitoring and wide prepared institutions evaluation plan Quarterly District- DA Projects monitoring of wide monitored DA Projects and evaluated Prepare and DA 2011 Fee- 250 DPCU F&A Sub- gazette annual Fixing Committee Fee Fixing Resolution Resolution prepared Purchase of Ahenkro Office 30,000.00 District Procurement Office equipments Finance Unit Equipment procured Office Prepare District DA 2013 1,200 DPCU DA/VRCC Composite Composite /MoF Budget Budget prepared

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Objective 3: To improve the capacity of security agencies to provide internal security for human safety and protection. Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Make District NADMO 40,000 NADMO DPCU budgetary wide activities allocation for funded disaster management Organize public District- Education 1,250 NADMO DPCU education on wide on disaster disaster related issues organized Formation and District- DVGs 3,000 NADMO DPCU training of wide formed DVGs Renovate 1 No. Ahenkro Ahenkro 45,000 DWD GPS Police Station Police Station Renovated Construct Ahenkro Police 55,000 DA GPS residential Bungalow accommodation constructed for the Police

Objective 4: To empower women and mainstream gender into the socio-economic development of the district Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Resource District- 50 women 5,000.00 DA Min. of institution wide resourced women and dealing women for DA children’s affairs elections affair Sensitization on District- Women 5,000.00 Social NCCE Women Access wide sensitized Welfare to Justice Dept

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Sensitization of District- sensitization 500 Social NCCE Children’s Act wide on Welfare and Juvenile children’s Dept. Act act held

5.4 Annual Action Plan for 2013 5.4.1 Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability Objective 1: To increase internal revenue mobilization by 20% by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th IGF External Lead Collab. Train Revenue DA Revenue 5,000 Finance DPCU Collectors and Collectors Office Staff of Sub- trained District Structures in effective revenue collection Organize 1 No. District- 1 No. tax 1,000 District ISD, NCCE tax education wide education Finance undertaken Office Introduce District- Property 25,000 Finance DPCU property tax wide taxation Office system introduced Establish data District- District 8,500 Revenue DPCU base for wide Revenue Office revenue items Database established Objective 2: To reduce audit queries by 70% through good public expenditure management Prepare DA 4 No. APR 400 DPCU Decentralize quarterly and prepared Departments annual progress reports Prepare annual DA Annual 400 District DPCU

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5.4.2 Enhancing Competitiveness in Ghana’s Private Sector Objectives: To promote and create productive employment opportunities 1,000 youth by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Assist local District- Local MASLOC Co-operative business people to wide businesses Dept access government accessed loan govt loans Attend Regional Ho Participated 4,000 DPCU Stakeholders trade and in Regional investment fair Fair Support to Self- District Community 10,000 Communiti T/A Council help projects wide self- es initiated projected supported Assist Financial District- Banks and 1,000 DPCU Traditional Institutions to wide credit Authorities open branches in institutions the District established Organize skills District 100 1,000 Dept. of DPCU and wide unemployed Community entrepreneurial youth Developme development trained nt training for 100 youth Assist the Ahenkro Radio 5,000 DPCU EPA establishment of Stations Radio Station in established the District Capital and major towns Assist private District- Private DA Traditional investors to access wide investor Authorities land assisted to access land Organize self District Cooperative 500 Dept of MASLOC employed business wide societies Cooperative people to form co- formed operatives Organize District- Managemen 800 Department NBSSI management wide t of 20 of workshop for 20 cooperative Cooperative

132 cooperative societies s societies trained Objective 2: To improve 6 major market in the District by 2013 Document and pay District- Market 10,000 DA Traditional compensation for wide lands Authorities Assembly (market) acquired & lands documented Development of Abotoase Abotoase 80,000 DWD Traditional Abotoase Market market Authorities developed Development lorry Abotoase Abotoase 80,000 DWD Traditional park lorry park Authorities developed Construction 3No. Worawora, 3No. meat 60,000 DWD DPCU of Meat shops Ahenkro shops and constructed Kwamikro m Construct 20 unit Kamekrom 20-unit 50,000 DWD DPCU market shed market shed constructed Construct 20 unit Bumbula 20-unit 50,000 DWD DPCU market shed market shed constructed Construct 20 unit Worawora 20-unit 50,000 DWD DPCU market shed market shed constructed Construct 20 unit Kpodzi 20-unit 50,000 DWD DPCU market shed market shed constructed Surveying and Ahenkro Land 10,000 DPCU Physical Acquisition of acquired Planning Land Construct Abotoase Sanitation 60,000 DWD DPCU sanitation facilities facilities in Abotoase constructed Market Construction 1No. Abotoase meat shop 6,000 DWD DPCU of Meat shop constructed Provision of Kwamekro Market 16,000 DWD ECG market lights in m lights major markets Bumbula erected Kpozi Worawora Construction of Abotoase 2No. ware 90,000.00 DWD DPCU 2No.Warehouse Kwamekro houses m constructed

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5.4.3 Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management Objective 1: To increase crop production in the District by 20% and animal production by 15% by 2013

134 operators in all tree crop wide operators Operator growing areas and support trained s them(certify and assist to obtain resources) to expand quality of tree crops seedlings Provide adequate and District- Livestock 5,472.00 DADU FBOs effective extension wide rearer knowledge in livestock trained management, record keeping and financial management to men and women farmers Introduce a sustained District- livestock 4,500.00 DADU Veterinar programme for vaccination wide vaccinated y for all livestock Undertaken market DADU market 528.00 DADU ISD feasibility studies to feasibility determine available and studies potential demand for the carried out selected commodities Facilitate the building of District- FBOs 7,680.00 DADU FBOs FBOs from primary to wide formed tertiary level at the district level Train farmer groups on District- farmers 2,220.00 DADU FBOs effective application of wide trained chemicals Build the capacity of field DADU Field 8,44.00 DADU MoFA officers in use of new officers technologies trained Deliver existing technologies District- Farmers 6,000.00 DADU FBOs as packages to farmers wide taught new tech Intensify field District- Field 18,160.00 DADU FBOs demonstration/field day, wide Demos field trips/study tours organized Strengthen the plan DADU DADU plan 16,400.00 DADU Regional implementation and strictly MoFA monitoring at regional and adhered to district levels Strengthen the cost centers in DADU officials 7,512.00 DADU DA terms of financial trained management and reporting Hold semi annual meetings DADU 2 No. 6,320.00 DADU DA with private sector and civil meetigns society organizations held Publicize policy and sector District- National 14,200.00 DADU DA plans to private and civil wide Farmers day entities (National Farmers celebrations Day) held Procure irrigation pomps and Selected 12,000 DADU DA accessories communiti es

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Construct 6No. storage One in 6No. 60,000 DWD DADU facilities each Sub- storage District facilise constructed Construct 2No. cold storage Adzamans 2No. cold 20,000 DWD DADU facilities u storage Abotoase faciliteis constructed Improve Agricultural service delivery Complete the construct Ahenkro DADU 500,000 DWD DADU District Administration Administrati Office Complex for DADU on Office Complex Procure 1No. 4×4 Pick up Office, 1No. pick- 40,000 DADU DPCU Ahenkro up procured

Procure 20No. Yamaha AG Office, 20No. 120,000 DADU DPCU Motorbikes Ahenkro motorbikes procured Procure office equipments Ahenkro Office 7,500 DADU DPCU equipments

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5.4.4 Oil and Gas Development Objective: To encourage and support the youth to train in the oil and gas sector Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab.

5.4.5 Infrastructure, energy and human settlements development Objectives: To improve road infrastructure in the District by 45% by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Rehabilitate and District-wide feeder roads 100,000 reshape feeder upgraded DFR DWD roads Rehabilitate and District-wide Spot 100,000 reshape feeder improveme DFR DWD roads nt Construct drains Selected Community 50,000.00 DFR Min. of along roads Town roads drains Roads constructed Construct town Selected Community 50,000.00 DFR Min. of roads linking Town roads roads Roads production and constructed marketing centres Objective 2: To provide and extend potable water to cover 65% of the population by 2013 Extend pipe water Akposokubi Pipe water 100,000 DWST to underserved Area extended DWD communities in Akposokubi area

Repair of 2No. Akloba Defunct 10,000 DWST DWD broken down boreholes boreholes repaired Construct 7No. Kotomase, 7 Boreholes 100,000 DWST DWD Boreholes Osorasuom constructed Kwamikrom Bumbula New sites Nkonya Tepo Nkonya

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Ahundwo Nkonya Kedjebi Organize Water District-wide District- 1,000 DWST A/Cs User education wide water programmes user sensitization Objective 3: To increase electricity coverage to 75% by 2013 Extend electricity selected communitie 50,000 SDDA ECG to underserved communities s connected communities with electricity

Provide streetlight Aposo Streetlights 20,000 DWD ECG to needy areas Oklabe, provided Akaniem, Odei, Brequaiase, Akposo Zongo

To improve environmental sanitation by 2013 Construction of District Wide Slaughter 10,000 DWST DWD Slaughter Slabs slabs constructed Waste District Wide Solid and 84,000 DWST Zoomlion Management liquid waste managed Manufacture of District Wide Refuse 50,000 DWST DWD Refuse Containers containers Fumigation District-wide District- 25,000 EHD DWD wide insecticide spraying Purchase of District Wide Sanitary 4,000 EHD DPCU Sanitary equipments Equipment Procure 1 No. DA 1No. 20,000.00 DA DPCU Tractor for refuse Tractor collection procured Complete the Worawora, 2No. 9,000 DWD EHD construction of Kwamekrom pounds 2No. Public Pound constructed Construct 4 No. 6 Osorasuom, 4No. 6 60,000 DWST DWD seater KVIP toilets Sibrisu, seater Gyamerakro KVIPs m, constructed Adzamansu Construct 5 No. Akloba, Tapa 5No. 10 125,000 DWST DWD 10-seater KVIP Amanya, seater Toilets Abohiri, KVIPs Bowiri constructed Kyirahi, Construct 5No. 12 Odormitor, 5No. 12 200,000 DWST DWD

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Seater KVIP Adenkesu, Seater Kpozi, KVIP Nkonya Constructed Ahenkro, Construct 1No. 20 Kwamekrom 1No. KVIP 30,000 DWST DWD seater KVIP Toilet Constructed Rehabilitate public Bumbula, 3No. toilets 30,000 DWST DWD toilets Tapa rehabilitated Amanya, Ahenkro Construction of 2 Abotoase, 2No. 40,000 DWD EHD No. Slaughter Kwamekrom Slaughter house houses constructed

To enhance the orderly physical development of five towns guided by properly drawn layout plans to improve aesthetic beauty by 2013 Procure 3No. DA 3No. motor 3,000 DPCU Finance Motor Bikes for bikes Office Physical Planning procured Dept Produce survey Selected Base maps 40,000.00 Town Urban and maps and layout towns and layouts Planning Area plans for selected produced Dept Councils towns in the District Carry out monthly District wide Monthly 9,600 Town Statutory surveillance of surveillance Planning Plg development carried out Dept. Committee activities in the District Energy Assist investors in District-wide Petroleum 500 DWD EPA the oil industry to Companies access land assisted Zone specific Suitable Suitable 500 Physical T/A areas for locations locations Planning Councils establishment of zoned Dept fuel and gas filling stations Organize capacity DA Premix 2,000 DPCU Premix building committees Committee programme for trained Premix Committee on financial management

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5.4.6 Human development, productivity and employment Objectives 1: To achieve 85% performance in BECE by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Undertake monthly 12 No. circuit 1,500.00 GES DEPT intensified District supervision supervision and wide carried out monitoring in all basic schools. Organize District- District- INSET 7,500 GES DA wide INSET wide programme programme organized Conduct District- District District-wide 12,500.00 GES School wide Mock Exams in wide Mock Exams Administrations all JHS conducted Conduct Common District Common 5,960.25 GES School Exams for Basic 1-8 wide exams for Administrations Basic 1-8 conducted Procure and 400 tables and 20,000.00 distribute 400 tables District chairs GES DWD and chairs to all wide provided to Primary Schools Primary Schools Procure and Needy 400 Dual 29,280 distribute 480 Dual schools Desks GES DWD Desks for selected constructed KGs Provide incentives to District Teachers 7,500 GES DA teachers in deprived wide motivated area schools deprived areas Best Teacher DED Best Teacher 5,000 GES DA Awards Awards organized Financial Support for District- 100 Teachers 1,000 GES DEPT training of 100 wide trained under Teachers (UTTDBE) the UTTDBE Objective 2: To improve and provide basic educational infrastructure, facilities and services by 2013 Support to STME District STME 4,000 GES DA Clinic wide Clinic organized Support to Sports District- District 2,000 DEPT GES and Culture wide Sports and development Cultural activities supported Construct of 9 No. 6 Nkonya 9 Primary 200,000 DWD GES unit classroom Kadjebi, Blocks blocks for Primary John constructed schools under tree Mensah, Cape Coast,

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Objective 2: To improve upon health infrastructure by December 2013 Operationalize Selected 6 No. CHPS 35,000.00 DHD DA 6 No. CHPS Communit compound compound ies in use Procure HB Abotoase, HB 5,000 DHD DHD equipments for Kwamekro Equipments 4 Maternity m procured Homes Complete the Ahenkro DHD 117,000 DWD DHD construction of Administrat Dist. Health ive office Administration built Offices Construct 3No. Nkonya 3No. Health 400,000 DWD DHD Nurses Wurupong Centres Quarters , constructed Abotoase, Kwamekro m Construct 3No. C.K Kofe, 3No. CHPS 120,000 DWD DHD CHPS Unvitorkof Zone compound e, constructed Akpavikof e Establish 2No. Kwamekro 2No. lab 40,000 DHD GHS laboratory m, services services at Abotoase established Kwamekrom and Abotoase Health Centres Provide 10No. DHD 10No. live 50,000 DA DHS live jackets for jackets Health Staff provided Renovate and Abotoase, 2 maternity 40,000 DHD DA expand 2 No. Kwamekro blocks Maternity m renovated Blocks Prepare and Selected 3 facilities 15,000 DHD DA designate 3 facilities designated facilities for BFHIP Construct 3 Selected Maternity 60,000 DHD DA maternity Communit homes facilities for eis constructed PMCT/ CT Services Construct 3No. Alavanyo, 3 health 120,000 DWD DHD health Akposo centres centres/post Kabo, constructed Klagbokof e, Objective 3: : To improve maternal and child health care by 2013 Carry out District National 20,000 DHD DA National Polio wide Polio Immunization Immunizati

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on held Objective 4: To reduce the incidence of malaria and other diseases by 20% by December 2013 Undertake District homes and 6,000 district-wide wide mosquito DHD EHD mosquito breeding spraying places exercise and sprayed other malaria control programs Carry out District Disease 2,000 DHD DHD disease wide surveillance surveillance carried out Undertake District disease 4,000 DHD, DHD quarterly wide control and monitoring of cold chain disease control activities and cold chain monitored activities at sub-district levels HIV and AIDS Objective: To reduce the incidence of HIV and AIDS and other STIs by 50% by December 2013 Counterpart District MSHAP 2,500 Fund for wide Supported DAC DHD MSHAP HIV/AIDS District- HIV/AIDS 2,500 Education and wide education DAC DHD Campaign undertaken Monitoring and District- HIV/AIDS 4,500 Evaluation of wide activities DAC DHD HIV/AIDS monitored Activities Support the District- HIV/AIDS 50,000 DAC DHD provision of wide Drugs HIV/AIDS (ART) Drugs to supplied PLWHAs Register and District- NGOs, 1,000 DAC GAC support NGOs wide CBOs and and CBOs in FBOs HIV/AIDS registered prevention and control

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5.4.7 Transparent and Accountable Governance Objective 1: To strengthen functional relationship between the Assembly, its members and citizens by 2013 Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Hold regular Ahenkro General 18,750.00 DA District General Assembly Finance Office Assembly sessions meetings held Hold regular Sub- Regular 6,250.00 DA Town/Area Town Hall structures Town Hall Council Meetings at meetings Town/Area held Council level Construction of Ahenkro 1 No. 500,000 DWD DPCU Office administrati Complex ve office constructed Recruit 18 staff Town/Are 18 Staff 800 DPCU Councils for the a Councils recruited at Town/Area for the Council offices councils Organize Various Courses, 10,000.00 DA ILGS/VRCC Courses, locations Seminars Etc seminars and and workshops for Workshops staff /members organized development Contributions Accra NALAG 4,000 District DACF Towards Dues Finance Administrator NALAG Office Volta Reg. Co- Ho Financial 10,000 District VRCC ordinating support to Finance Council VRCC Office programmed Completion of Ahenro DCE’s 80,000.00 DWD DPCU District Chief bungalow Executive’s constructed Bungalow Construction of Ahenkro 2No. staff 160,000 DA DPCU

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2No Senior bungalow Staff constructed Bungalows Construction of Ahenkro 12No. semi- 120,000 DWD DPCU 2No Semi- detached Detached bungalow Bungalows constructed Furnish newly Ahenkro DA 10,000 DA DWD completed bungalows bungalows furnished Procure 1No. DA 1 Pick-up 50,000 DPCU DA Pick-up procured Procure Ahenkro Office 5,000 DPCU DWD furniture and furniture fittings for DA procured Office Educate public District- Government 2,000 ISD DPCU on central govt wide policies and Assembly’s publicized policies, plans and programmes

Objective 2: To promote district level planning and budgeting involving all stakeholders through a participatory process Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Hold quarterly DA Quarterly 300 DPCU DA DPCU DPCU meetings meetings held Prepare 2014- District- DMTDP 26,000 DPCU DA 2017 DMTDP wide prepared Prepare District- M&E plan 30,000 DPCU Relevant monitoring and wide prepared institutions evaluation plan Quarterly District- DA Projects monitoring of wide monitored DA Projects and evaluated Prepare and DA 2011 Fee- 250 DPCU F&A Sub- gazette annual Fixing Committee Fee Fixing Resolution Resolution prepared Purchase of DA Office 30,000.00 District Procurement Office equipments Finance Unit Equipment procured Office Prepare District DA 2013 1,200 DPCU DA/VRCC Composite Composite /MoF Budget Budget prepared Objective 3: To improve the capacity of security agencies to provide internal security for human safety and protection.

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Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Make District NADMO 40,000 NADMO DPCU budgetary wide activities allocation for funded disaster management Organize public District- Education 1,250 NADMO DPCU education on wide on disaster disaster related issues organized Formation and District- DVGs 3,000 NADMO DPCU training of wide formed DVGs Renovate 1 No. Ahenkro Ahenkro 45,000 DWD GPS Police Station Police Station Renovated Construct Ahenkro Police 55,000 DA GPS residential Bungalow accommodation constructed for the Police

Objective 4: To empower women and mainstream gender into the socio-economic development of the district Activities Location Output Time frame (quarter) Annual Budget Implementing agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collab. Resource District- 50 women 5,000.00 DA Min. of institution wide resourced women and dealing women for DA children’s affairs elections affair Sensitization on District- Women 5,000.00 Social NCCE Women Access wide sensitized Welfare to Justice Dept

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CHAPTER SIX MONITORING AND EVALUATION 6.1 Introduction The cyclical nature of planning allows for monitoring and evaluation in order to ascertain the importance and the impact of a plan, programme or project on its beneficiaries and stakeholders. Monitoring and Evaluation allows changing circumstances to be integrated into the process. The ultimate aim of the M&E is to ensure that projects carried out are in accordance with the plan and that the implementation of the plan leads to the realization of the development goals and objectives for which they have been formulated. Constitutionally, Section 46, sub-section 3 of the Local Government Act, 1993, Act 462 established the District Planning Co-ordinating Unit to assist the District Assembly to execute designated planning functions which include plan preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. The National Development Planning Systems Act, 1994, Act 480 also defines the DPCU’s planning, programming, monitoring, evaluation and co-ordinating functions.

6.2 Purpose of the M&E Plan The Monitoring and Evaluation plan seeks to achieve the following objectives:  To ensure that projects and programmes are executed according to plan  To assess the performance of the DMTDP  To assess the impact of the plan on the beneficiaries  To provide information for incorporation into subsequent development plans

6.3 Evaluation The programs and projects will be evaluated to assess the established strengths of projects and programs, pinpoint shortcomings, their causes and propose suitable improvements. This would require the Assembly to focus on the conditions, operations, performance as well as impacts of the projects. This would encourage learning experiences for those involved in the implementation process and serve as the basis for recommendation and decision-making. The process should consider the set goals and objectives under the various themes. It will answer questions on the relevance, adequacy, effectiveness and impact of the activities, objective and goals. The evaluation process just like the monitoring would be very participatory.

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6.4 Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Monitoring and evaluation of the District Medium Term Development Plan would be done in a very participatory basis. All stakeholders would be involved actively in access the progress of implementation and impact of the plan on the lives of the people. Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation would be a valuable tool that the DPCU will use to gather data to assess impacts of the policies, goals and objectives in the lives of the people. For this reason, members of the DPCU would be trained in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation to enhance their capacity. In addition, capacity of other key stakeholders would be improved in monitoring and evaluation. The Stakeholders will be highly involved in collection, collation and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. This process will involve a lot of interaction between the District Chief Executive, Presiding Member, Member of Parliament, Heads of Department on one hand and CSOs and the local community on the other hand. The main PM&E method that would be adopted is the Community Score Card (Social Accountability).

6.5 Conclusion Monitoring and evaluation are critical aspects of every development process. This stage of planning is relevant in assessing the progress of work and the impacts of development on the intended beneficiaries. Unfortunately however, this aspect of the planning cycle does not receive much attention partly because of logistical problems, funding, inadequate M&E capacity of implementing institutions. Sometimes, the will is not there for plans to be evaluated. Funds are not allocated and released for evaluating previous plans implemented by the assembly. Effective monitoring and evaluation demands logistical and financial commitment on the part of the District Assembly, the central government and other relevant stakeholders. There is also the need to enhance the capacity of the DPCU in participatory monitoring and evaluation.

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CHAPTER SEVEN DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRICT COMMUNICATION PLAN 7.1 Introduction This aspect of the plan outlines ways by which Biakoye District Assembly will disseminate information on the programmes, projects and activities to create awareness and solicit support for the plan. It is designed that communication on the plan and its contents will be undertaken throughout the plan period. The table below shows the planned activities, estimated cost and the agencies responsible for carrying out the activities.

7.2 District Communication Plan Table 7.1 District Communication Plan Activity Location Time Cost (GH¢) Source of Implementing agencies fund Lead Collab Organize 5 No. Public Town/Area Feb to June 5,000 DACF DPCU Assembly hearing on the DMTDP Councils and 2010 members General Assembly meeting Organize 4 No. 3 days Town/Area January 10,000 IGF DPCU NCCE sensitization of citizens Councils each year on the plan Undertake field survey District-wide Dec. 2010 10,000 DACF DPCU Assembly to assess the each year members performance of the plan Organize two day Each Town/ January 5,000 IGF DPCU Urban and workshop at each AC to Area Councils each year Area explain the District Councils Annual Budget TOTAL 30,000

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7.3 Conclusion Planning is about foreseeing the future and making provisions for it. It is in this direction that the needs and aspirations of the Biakoye District were brought together through a very participatory manner by involving the major stakeholders at all stages of the planning process. This plan detailed the focus, goal and objectives of the Biakoye District Assembly towards the growth and development of the District. One major problem that characterizes most development plans in Ghana is the issue implementation. It is therefore the fervent hope of the Plan Preparation Team that: 1. adequate funds will be release on time 2. the plan will be strictly adhered to 3. capacity of implementing agencies will be strengthened 4. there will be supportive political will to implement that plan at all times

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