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Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development Tano MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT & RURAL DEVELOPMENT TANO SOUTH DISTRICT ASSEMBLY ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT 2017 ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTRICT MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2014 -2017) PREPARED BY: DISTRICT PLANNING AND CO-ORDINATING UNIT (DPCU) TANO SOUTH DISTRICT ASSEMBLY LIST OF ACRONYMS APR - Annual Progress Report DMTDP - District Medium Term Development Plan GSGDA - Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda CHPS - Community Health Planning System OPD - Out Patient Department GHS - Ghana Health Service HIV - Human Immune Virus TSDA - Tano South District Assembly MCH - Maternal Child Health MDG - Millennium Development Goal MDHS - Municipal Directorate of Health Service MOH - Ministry of Health NGO - Non-Governmental Organization NHIS - National Health Insurance Scheme PHC - Primary Health Care PPP - Public-Private Partnership UNICEF - United Nations International Children’s Education Fund UTI - Urinary Tract Infection WHO - World Health Organization PMTCT - Parental Mother to Child Transmission BACE - Basic Education Certificate Examination MSHAP - Multi-Sectoral HIV and AIDS Programme CBRDP - Community Based Rural Development Programme DDF - District Development Fund IGF - Internally Generated Fund DACF - District Assembly Common Fund LIST OF ANNEXES Annex 1 - Proportion of the DMTDP implemented Annex 2 - Performance of core indicators Annex 3 - Project and programmes register Annex 4 - Update on Revenue sources Annex 5 - Update on Expenditure Annex 6 - Update on critical development and poverty issues in 2017 CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION The National Development Planning Commission requires MMDAs to initiate and prepare District Medium Term Development plans (DMTDP) that reflect the needs and aspirations of the people within the framework of National Development Agenda as well as quarterly and annual reports on the progress of plans and the implementation programmes and projects within the district. This document is the fourth and final assessment of the progress of implementation of the government’s current medium-term National Development Policy Framework – the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA II), 2014-2017. Overall, the GSGDA II is targeted at accelerating employment creation and income generation for poverty reduction and shared growth. Policy measures identified to achieve this overall goal are prioritized in seven thematic areas namely: Ensuring and sustaining macroeconomic stability; Enhanced competitiveness of Ghana’s private sector; Accelerated agricultural modernization and sustainable natural resources management; Oil and gas development; Infrastructure and human settlement development; Human development, productivity and employment; and Transparent and Accountable Governance. The 2017 Annual Progress Report has been prepared from the assessment of the status of indicators and targets adopted for monitoring the progress of key policy and programme interventions within the year under review. It also documents key policy measures and strategies implemented during the year to bring about the expected change in indicators as well as highlights critical development and poverty issues in the district. 1.2 BACKGROUND The Tano South District was carved from the Tano District which had Bechem as its capital. By the legislative instrument LI 1765 of 2004, Tano District was split in to two districts, Tano south which maintained Bechem as its capital and Tano North with Duayaw. The Tano South District has 39 electoral areas, 5 area councils and 2 town councils with the District Chief Executive as the political head. The Tano South District lies in Southern part of the Brong Ahafo Region between latitudes 7º00”N and 7º25” N and longitudes 1º45” W and 2º15” W. The District bounds to the North and East by the Offinso and Ahafo-Ano South Districts.On the South by the Ahafo-Ano North district and on its West and South-West by Tano North district. It covers an area of 635 square kilometres, which is 1.54 percent of the total land area of the Brong Ahafo Region. The District capital, Bechem, is on the Sunyani-Kumasi first class road (asphalt) and about 54 km from Sunyani (Brong Ahafo regional capital), and 76 km from Kumasi the capital of Ashanti Region. The District population as recorded in the 2010 Population and Housing Census was 78, 129, constituting 38,299 males and 39,830 females. The district has 40,913 of its population in the urban areas and 37,216 in the rural areas constituting 52.4 and 47.6 percent respectively in the urban and rural areas of the district, (Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 PHC). The strategic location of the District as the entry point to Brong Ahafo region puts it in a unique position to boost socio-economic development. 1.3 Objectives of the Implementation of the MTDP (2016) The objective of the 2017 progress report is to achieve the following; Provide information on the growth of the District through the implementation of the 2014 – 2017 District Medium Term Development Plan. Identify the challenges and constraints that have been hindering the achievement of the set goals and objectives of the GSGDA (MTDP 2014- 2017) II. Put forward plans and strategies to address the issues in order to achieve the set targets. The goal of the Tano South District is to develop the Human Resource Base of the District, enhance good governance and create an enabling environment conducive for the development and growth of the private sector with emphasis on agriculture, tourism and agro-processing through active involvement of the citizenry especially women in decision making and implementation. 1.4 Summary of Achievement of the Implementation of the DMTDP ANNEX 1: Summary of Achievement of the District Medium Term Development Plan 2014-2017 Thematic Area No. of Projects Total Fully On-going Suspended Abandoned Not Implemented Implemented Freq % Freq % Freq % Freq % Freq % Freq % Enhancing 0 0 4 50 1 12.5 1 12.5 2 25 4 100 Competitiveness in Ghana’s Private Sector Accelerated agricultural 1 25 3 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100 modernization and sustainable natural Resource Management Oil and Gas Development 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Infrastructure, Energy and 13 54 10 42 0 0 0 0 1 4 24 100 Human Settlements Development Human Development, 8 44 7 44 1 6 1 6 0 0 17 100 Productivity and Employment Transparent and 3 50 2 33 1 17 0 0 0 0 6 100 Accountable Governance Total 28 44 26 42 3 5 2 3 4 6 63 100 Source: DPCU-TSDA, 2017. A summary of achievement of development programmes and projects outlined in the District Medium Term Development Plan 2014 – 2017 is shown in table 1.2. From the table, total number of projects that were slated for implementation in the 2014-2017 medium term plan was Sixty-three (63). Out of the 63 projects; 28 representing (44 percent) were fully implemented, 26 representing (42 percent) were on- going projects, 3 representing (5 percent) were suspended, 2 representing (3 percent) was abandoned and 4 representing (6 percent) were not implemented. A number of projects were also implemented which were not within the development plan. This seriously affected the district as it was evident in the low internal revenue mobilization. The good performance of the district by implementing most of its projects (44 percent) can be attributed to inflow of funds from the DACF, GoG, GETFund and District Development Fund (DDF), Development Partners and Donors. The proportion of projects under implementation (on-going) constitutes 42 percent. This is because the expected date for completion were not due and also the erratic fund flow for their implementation. 3 percent, 5 percent and 6 percent of the projects were suspended; abandoned and not implemented respectively. This is attributed to the lack and inadequate of funds, and political interference to implement other. Figure 1.1 depicts the status of development projects’ implementation in the 2014-2017 DMTDP. Figure 1.1: Status of Projects Implementation for 2014-2017 3% 6% 5% Fully Implemented On-going 44% Suspended 42% Abandoned Not Implemented Source: DPCU-TSDA, 2017. 1.5 Challenges encountered in the implementation of the DMTDP including M&E challenges Key challenges encountered during the plan implementation stage which accounted for 56 percent of projects not fully implemented includes; Excessive delays in the release of funds from government, development partners and donors for project implementation (e.g. DACF, DDF, donor funds) Limited control of the District Assembly over the DACF du Inadequate funds to meet the numerous development needs of the district Non-functioning of the sub-structures which serves as supporting structures to Assembly in execution of its mandate. The District Assembly was obliged to implement some unplanned projects to meet demands of the growing population. Inadequate monitoring and evaluation was undertaken due to inadequate logistics such as vehicles and poor road accessibility within the district. Low IGF mobilization to support development projects. 1.6 Processes Involved The District Planning and Coordinating Unit (DPCU) in the bid to ensure accountability to the populace and the active participation in the preparation of this report, held a stakeholder engagement to solicit inputs from NGOs and other development organizations working within the District to assess the impact on beneficiaries of policy programmes and project activities. Data was sourced from both primary and secondary sources for Monitoring and Evaluation purposes. Quarterly reports of Departments, Sub vented Agencies, Development Partners, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) among others were put together to get the secondary data for the preparation of the report. The data obtained were then collated, analysed and interpreted by the DPCU after various review meetings, workshops were held at the District Assembly Hall. This report was successfully prepared amidst with some challenges. Among some of the challenges encountered included: • Inadequate logistical and financial support for effective M & E activities at the District level. • Inadequate capacity in M & E at Department of the Assembly and sub-structures. • Delay in the submission of quarterly reports to secretariat of the DPCU for collation.
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