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Kadjebi District Assembly Annual Progress Report (Apr) 2012 ` KADJEBI DISTRICT ASSEMBLY ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT (APR) 2012 Prepared by: DPCU 2012 INTRODUCTION The 2010 – 2013 Medium Term Development plan has been prepared in response to the New Planning system which seeks to support and anchor the Government’s Decentralization Policy by encouraging a bottom – up approach for achieving grass root participation in planning and decision making. The Kadjebi District Assembly’s 2010 – 2013 Medium Term Plan was prepared in the spirit of the GSGDA and it main focus is poverty reduction and growth. The objective of the Assembly is to implement the policies and programmes outlined in the plan and at the same time monitor the implementation in order to get feed backs that can be factored into future programmes. The Annual Progress Report (APR) is a review or the status of actions taken on the implementation of policies and programmes underlined in the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA) in 2011.The report has been compiled from the result of the assessment of a set of indicators, triggers and targets which have evaluated the achievements of key policy and progamme interventions implemented in 2010 The objectives of the APR are to: 1. Provide a single source of information on the progress the District is making through the implementation of the GSGDA. 2. Identify the weaknesses that are likely to hinder the achievement of the goals and objectives of the GSGDA. 3. Propose policy recommendations for addressing the short comings. KEY M & E OBJECTIVES THE MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS FOCUSED ON SIX PILLARS: . (i) Ensuring and Sustaining of Macro Economic Stability. (ii) Enhancing Competitiveness in Ghana's private sectors. (iii) Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and sustainable resource Management. (iv) Infrastructure, Energy and Human Settlement. (v) Human Development Productivity and Employment. (vi) Transparent and Accountant governance. 1 KEY OBJECTIVES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED ON THE ABOVE THEMATIC AREAS AS FOLLOWS: (A) ENSURING AND SUSTAINING OF MACRO ECONOMIC STABILITY 1. Development of a reliable revenue data base 2. Motivate and provide logistics for revenue collectors 3. Enhance the capacity of Revenue Collectors 4. Sensitize tax payers in the district (B) ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS IN GHANA'S PRIVATE SECTORS 1. Collaborate with Ghana Export Promotion Council 2. Support non-traditional crop farmers to increase productivity 3. Collaborate with internet service providers eg. Tigo, MTN, Vodafone 4. Improve computer literacy rate in the district (C) ACCELERATED AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 1. Provision of effective extension service delivery to farmers. 2. Supply of improved Agro-inputs. 3. Intensify veterinary service delivery to farmers. 4. Introduce hybrid farm animals. 5. Supply machinery/equipment to small-scale agro-based industries 6. Support viable small-scale agro-based industries with credit 7. Build the capacities of operators of small-scale agro-based manufacturers (D) INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT 1. Extension of electricity to selected communities 2. Spot improvements of feeder roads 3. Tarring of the trunk road 4. Drilling of boreholes in identified communities 5. Provide mechanized water system in some major towns 6. Expansion of existing pipe water system newly built areas (E) HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT 1. Improve school infrastructure 2. Provide accommodation for teachers 3. Strengthen the supervisory role of Circuit Supervisors 2 4. Improve health infrastructure 5. To train more health personnel with District Assembly support 6. Increase public education on the Preventive Health care, e.g. Malaria, HIV and others (F) TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTANT GOVERNANCE 1. Provide remuneration and logistics for Town/Area Council Staff. 2. Capacity building for Staff of Town/Area Councils, Councilors, Unit Committees. 3. Institute quarterly allowance for Assembly members. 4. PROCESSES INVOLVED AND DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED Data Collection: 1. Generally data used to prepare this report were obtained mainly from sectors, departments and agencies, and their responses and collaboration with the DPCU have been good. Some departments failed to submit progress reports required. 2. Again the DPCU (Planning Unit) lacked resource eg. Vehicle to go round for the data/information 3. A good number of the GSGDA indicators do not have baseline or current data to facilitate the setting of realistic targets for monitoring. DATA COLLECTION GAPS NO. DAPARTMENT/AGENCY INDICATOR WITHOUT DATA 1. Post & Telecommunication Tele density penetration rate 2. Electricity Company of Ghana Change in number of households with access to electricity 3. Police Service Police Citizen ratio 3 STATUS OF PHYSICAL AND NONPHYSICAL PROJECTS NO PROJECTS/PROGRAMMES LOCATION FUNDING STATUS REMARKS 1 Tax education through public District wide District Assembly On going Done announcements 2 Train revenue collectors in District wide District Assembly On going Done interpersonal relationship 3 Support for counterpart funding: District wide District Assembly On going Done projects/programs (NGO, Donors, Agencies and Rural Ent. Projects 4 Train community livestock workers in District wide District Assembly On going Done` animal husbandry. MOFA 5 Train farmers in the use of agro- District wide District Assembly On going Done chemicals. MOFA 6 Provision of street lights in all major Cement Asato, Papase District Assembly On going Completed towns in the district. Amanfrom,Ahamansu.Kadjebi ECG. 7 Sport improvement of 2No access Dopass-Teachers bung District Assembly On going Completed feeder roads at Poase-Cement, Butabe Pepesu- Dodo Bethel, Poase- GOG ,Dopass-Teachers bung., Dodo- Cement Butabe Dodo- Amanfrom, Dompa, Pepesu, Dodo Amanfrom Bethel 8 Construction of 20 No Boreholes District wide Danida\ District On going Completed Assembly 9 Support waste management District wide District Assembly On going Completed programme Dornors 10 Construct 3NO 3 Unit classroom block Suminateng, Olobobi, DDF On going Completed at Suminateng, Olobobi, Ahamansu. Ahamansu. 11 Organize training for 5 SMCs and PTAs District wide District Assembly On going Completed GES 12 Rehabilitation 3NO Govt Low cost Kadjebi District Assembly On going Completed houses at Kadjebi 13 Upgrade Kadjebi Health center to a Kadjebi GOG On going Completed 4 Hospital(PHASE 1) 14 Organize public education on Ahamansu and Dodo- District Assembly On going Completed preventive health care in 2 Amanfrom GOG communities (Ahamansu and Dodo- Amanfrom 15 Logistics for projects/programmes, District wide District Assembly On going Completed Monitoring and Evaluation. 16 Functionalization of DPCU at Kadjebi Kadjebi District Assembly On going Completed 17 Capacity building programme for District wide District Assembly On going Completed staff/Dept. Heads and Assembly GOG members. 18 Construct 6 Unit classroom block Konsuasu L/A Primary District Assembly On going Completed ,Ahamansu R/C Primary, GOG Kadjebi R/C Primary, Dodi- Dodi-Papase Sec Tech, and 19 Logistic support for revenue collectors District wide District Assembly On going Completed 20 Train 60 persons in computer literacy District wide District Assembly On going Completed 21 Support Sister city relationship District Assembly On going Completed programmes 22 Organize mock examination for JHS 3 District wide District Not done Completed students Assembly/GES 23 Construction of semi-detached Kadjebi Completed In use bungalow District Assembly 24 Support to health care delivery District wide District Completed In use programmes eg Assembly/GHS immunization.HIV/AIDS. Polio . 25 Supply/maintenance of office District Supplied In use equipment and furniture District Assembly Assembly/ 26 Provide electricity for 5 communities Completed (Yadzo,Kpalime,Anani,Mangoase Yadzo,Kpalime,Ananikope District Completed Dapaa ,kukurantumi ) Mangoase, Dapaa, Assembly/ECG 5 kukurantumi 27 Update revenue Data District Assembly/ District Completed In use Assembly/ 28 Link 50 farmers to micro-credit District wide MOFA District On going Completed institution to access credit Assembly NBSSI 29 Expansion of water system in 2 Asato & Dodo Fie DANIDA District Completed In use communities at Asato& Dodo Fie Assembly 30 Engage 100 youth in NYEP District wide GOG District Completed Completed Assembly 31 National day celebration in the district District wide District Assembly Completed Completed (Independence day workers day A.U day). 32 Logistics for projects/programmes District wide District Assembly Completed Completed monitoring and evaluation. 33 Three (3) Unit Classroom block office & District wide District Assembly Completed Completed store 34 Assist 13 farmers to increase production of District wide District Assembly MOFA Completed In use ginger and black pepper 35 Train 125 farmers in post harvest District wide MOFA District Assembly Completed In use technology 36 Extension of power to newly developed Kadjebi Asato GOG District Assembly Completed In use areas (Kadjebi Asato) ECG 37 Construct 4No 10 seater toilet facility at Ampeyo Kosamba, Koto- DANID District Completed In use Ampeyo, Koto-Nkwanta, Dodo Nkwanta ,Dodo- Assembly A Amanfrom ,Kosamba Amanfrom 38 Produce and supply 2 communities with Asato , Dodi-Papase DANIDA District Completed In use 6 sanitary equipment (Asato, Dodi-Papase) Assembly 39 Organize 3 Educational workshop on best Poase- cement Ahamansu District Assembly Completed In use environmental practices at Poase-cement Pampawie Ahamansu Pampawie 40 Rehabilitate
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