Table of Contents PART A: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW ............................................................................................. 3 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT ............................................................................... 3 2. POPULATION STRUCTURE .................................................................................................. 4 3. GOVERNANCE .......................................................................................................................... 4 REPUBLIC OF GHANA 4. DISTRICT ECONOMY ............................................................................................................. 4 4.1. AGRICULTURE ................................................................................................................. 4 COMPOSITE BUDGET 4.2. FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ............................................................................................. 6 4.3. MARKET CENTRE............................................................................................................ 6 4.4. ROAD NETWORK ............................................................................................................. 6 FOR 2019-2022 4.5. EDUCATION ....................................................................................................................... 6 4.6. HEALTH .............................................................................................................................. 7 4.7. WATER AND SANITATION ............................................................................................ 7 PROGRAMME BASED BUDGET ESTIMATES 4.8. ENERGY .............................................................................................................................. 7 5. VISION OF THE DISTRICT ASSEMBLY ............................................................................. 8 6. MISSION STATEMENT OF THE DISTRICT ASSEMBLY ................................................ 8 PART B: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW .............................................................................................. 9 1. NMTDPF (2018 – 2021) POLICY OBJECTIVES ................................................................... 9 FOR 2019 2. GOAL ........................................................................................................................................... 9 3. CORE FUNCTIONS .................................................................................................................. 9 4. POLICY OUTCOME INDICATORS AND TARGETS ...................................................... 10 5. SUMMARY OF KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2017 ............................................................... 11 MAMPONG MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY 6. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE TRENDS FOR THE MEDIUM-TERM ..................... 11 PART C : BUDGET PROGRAMME SUMMARY ........................................................... 14 PROGRAMME 1: MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION .............................................. 14 PROGRAMME 2: SOCIAL SERVICES DELIVERY ................................................................ 24 PROGRAMME 3: INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT ............ 39 PROGRAMME 4: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT .................................................................... 47 PROGRAMME 5: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ....................................................... 53 Mampong Municipal Assembly 2 PART A: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW 2. POPULATION STRUCTURE The population of the Municipality according to 2010 Population and Housing Census stood at 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT 88,051 with a growth rate of 1.8% annually. The estimated population for 2019 stands at Mampong Municipality is among the forty-three (43) Administrative Districts in the Ashanti Region. It 103,536. attained the status of a municipality in November, 2017 under legislative Instrument (L.I.) 1908. The municipal capital, Mampong is about 57km from the regional capital Kumasi with a total landmass of 3. GOVERNANCE 2 approximately 449km . The Municipality is bounded on the south by Sekyere south district, the East by The office of the Municipal Chief Executive is at the apex of the municipal administration, Sekyere Central and the North by Ejura Sekyidumasi Municipal. Traditionally, the administrative capital followed by the executive committee, which serves as executive as the co-ordinating body of the Mampong is also the seat of the second most important stool in the Ashanti Kingdom: the Silver stool. assembly. The executive committee is chaired by the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE). The The Municipal area forms about 2.2% of the total land size of the Ashanti region. The major towns MCE also serves as the political and administrative head of the municipality. The next level within the municipality include Mampong, Krobo, Dadease, Asaam, Kofiase, Bosomkyekye, Adidwan, comprises five sub committees. The statutory sub-committee includes: Development planning Yonso, Nkwanta, and Apaah. sub-committee; Finance and administration sub-committee; Social Service sub-committee; Works sub-committee and Justice and security sub-committee. The assembly has 33 elected The Municipality has 79 settlements with about 61% being rural and the remaining 31% forming the members and 15 appointees and 1 Member of Parliament. The municipality has seven (7) urban enclave. The rural areas are mostly found in the northern part of the municipality where functional Sub-District Structures, namely: Mampong zonal council; Kofiase zonal council; communities with less than fifty (50) people are dispersed. Benim zonal council; Mprim zonal council; Yonso zonal council; Nkwanta zonal council and Adidwan zonal council. 4. DISTRICT ECONOMY 4.1. AGRICULTURE Agriculture is the main economic activity within the Municipality and employs about 67.30% of the entire labour force. The Municipality has a vast arable land which inhabitants cultivate for food. The Service Sector is the second economic activity and absorbs about 12.10% of the local economy, while Commerce absorbs about 8.50%. Production and manufacturing however, absorbs about 8.9%, while 3.2% are absorbed by other income generating activities. Small-Scale Industries within the Mampong Municipal area can be categorized into 5 groups. These are Agro-based Industries; Forest based Industries, Textiles, Metal Works, and Services. Mampong Municipal Assembly Mampong Municipal Assembly 3 4 DISTRICT CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE AND TECHNOLOGY (D-CACT), 4.2. FINANCIAL INSTITUTION PLANTING FOR FOOD AND JOBS AND 1 DISTRICT 1 FACTORY The Municipal area has a number of Financial Institutions that help and support socio- economic activities to improve people’s livelihoods. Some of these institutions are the GCB The D-CACT is an office that has been set by the current government to enhance government’s drive Bank at Mampong, NIB Bank at Mampong, GN Bank at Mampong, Otuasekan Rural Bank at for industrial revolution through the various Districts, with a mandate to promote agribusiness to Kofiase with an agency at Mampong and Kwamanman Rural Bank at Kwamang in the facilitate an interface between the private and public sector at the district level. It also co-ordinates the Sekyere Central District with an agency at Mampong. government’s initiative - planting for food and jobs and one-district-one factory. Planting for food and jobs is already on-going and one-district-one factory is about to commenced. 4.3. MARKET CENTRE PLANTING FOR FOOD AND JOBS The Mampong Municipality has both weekly and daily markets. The weekly markets are at Under this programme, the Assembly has selected two (2) cash crops, namely Cashew and Oil palm. Mampong on Wednesdays and Kofiase on Fridays. Daily markets are found in almost all the smaller towns. CASHEW 40,000 cashew seedlings were distributed to 396 farmers representing 258 male farmers and 138 female 4.4. ROAD NETWORK farmers from 125 communities for free. The 40,000 seedlings would cover 1000 acres of land. The communities are linked with highways and Feeder Roads. The major road Another set of 212 farmers have been registered for consideration. In this regard, the Assembly intends challenge of the municipality was Mampong – Kofiase road where many food to engage the contractor to produce additional 40,000 cashew seedlings for the 212 registered farmers stuffs are transported from Kofiase the area to Mampong and other major towns for the 2019 farming season. and cities. Although through the intervention of the central government, the road OIL PALM had been awarded and work done so far is about 40% complete. There are A contractor has been engaged to produce 33,000 seedlings of oil palm to be distributed to farmers all various contracts that have been awarded through the urban roads department in across the municipality. This is to ensure that farmers are able to cultivate and produce oil palm to feed connection with the Mampong town roads. the proposed oil palm factory under the 1D1F. This will be continued yearly for 5years. This seedlings project is giving to JAMAL-DEAN Business and Transportation Enterprise, Box 21, Kumasi 4.5. EDUCATION COCOA The Municipality has seventy-seven (77) Primary Schools, fifty-three (53) Junior The Assembly intends to go into Cocoa nursery at vintage points of the municipality to enhance High Schools, and five (5) Senior High Schools. There are also two (2) Colleges of increased production of cocoa in the municipality. 500,000 seedlings is expected to be raised in the 2019 Education, one (1) Nursing