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Adansi South District Assembly Annual Progress Report for 2016 ADANSI SOUTH DISTRICT ASSEMBLY IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTRICT MEDIUM- TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2014-2017) ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR 2016 PREPARED BY: DISTRICT PLANNING COORDINATING UNIT 1 TABLE OF CONTENT List of Figures Pages Fig 1: Adansi South District in National Context 3 Fig. 2 Adansi South District in Regional Context 4 Fig. 3 Relief And Drainage Map of Adansi South District 4 Fig. 4 Map Showing Vegetation and Forest Reserves Of Adansi South District 6 Fig. 5 Geology Map of the District 8 List of Tables Pages Table 2.1: Political Leadership of Adansi South District Assembly 9 Table 2.2. Decentralized Departments of the District 9 Table 2.3: List of NGOs Operating In the District 10 Table 2.4: Revenue Performance As At 31st December 2016 12 Table 2.5: Expenditure Performance As At 31st December 2016 12 Table 2.19: External Forces Impacting On Agriculture Performance 19 Table 2.20: Availability and Access to Food Outlets 19 Table 2.21: Average Wholesale Food Price of Major Commodities 20 Table 2.22: Vaccinations And Prophylactic Treatments Of Farm Animals And Pets 20 Table 2.23: Group Formation 21 Table 2.24: Group Functioning 21 Table 2.25: Natural Resource Management Activities Undertaken 22 Table 2.26: Agriculture Extension Capacity 22 Table 2.27: Technologies Demonstrated 23 Table 2.28: Regional Irrigated Crops 24 Table 2.29: Agriculture Input Outlet Distribution 25 Table 2.30: Gender Mainstreaming Programmes Implemented 25 Table 2.37 Break Down Of Day Care Centers 34 Table 2.38 HR Issues 34 Table 2.39 Staffing Norms 34 Table. 2.38 Educational Interventions 35 Table 2.39 Health, Water and Sanitation Interventions 36 Table 2.40 Other Interventions 36 Content Pages Chapter One 1 Introduction 1 1.1 District Profile 1 1.1.1 The District Assembly 1 1.1.2 Adansi South District Assembly And Its Objectives 2 1.1.3 The State and Functions Of Area Councils 2 2 1.1.4 Physical and Natural Environment 3 1.1.5 Relief and Drainage 4 1.1.6 Climate 5 1.1.7 Vegetation and Forest Reserves 5 1.1.8 Soil Types 6 1.1.9 Agricultural Land Use 7 1.1.10 Geology and Minerals 7 Chapter Two 8 Administrative Issues 8 2.1 Report on Decentralised Departments In The District 9 2.1.1 Composite Budget Issues 10 2.1.2 Department Of Health 13 2.6 Save Motherhood - Key Indicator/Performance 13 2.7 Duration of Pregnancy at Registration 13 2.8 Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV 13 2.9 Heamoglobin at Registration (Anaemia in Pregnancy) 13 2.10 Statistics of Skilled Delivery 14 2.11 Statistics on Still Birth 14 2.12 Family Planning 15 2.13 Post-Natal (Registrants) 15 2.14 Immunization and Polio Vaccination 2016 16 2.15 Surgical Operation 16 2.16 CHPs Activities 17 2.1.3 Department of Agriculture 18 2.17 Rainfall Distribution for the Period 18 2.18 Key Indicators of Rainfall Distribution 18 2.1.4 Department of Education 28 2.1.5 Department of Social Welfare and Community Development 30 2.31 Adult Education Mass Meetings 31 2.32 Adult Education Study Group Discussion 31 2.33 Number of Cases on Child Maintenance 32 2.34 Number of Cases on Paternity 32 2.35 Number of Cases on Family Welfare 33 2.36 Number of Cases on Child Custody 33 2.1.6 Human Resource Unit 34 Chapter Three 36 Recommendations and Conclusion 36 3.0 Recommendations on the Various Thematic Areas 36 3 3.1 Ensuring and Sustaining Macro-Economic Stability 36 3.2 Enhanced Competitiveness of Ghana’s Private Sector 37 3.3 Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Natural Resource Management 37 3.4 Infrastructure and Human Settlement Development 37 3.5 Human Development, Employment and Productivity 37 3.6 Transparent and Accountable Governance 37 3.7 Conclusion 4 CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION This annual progress report for Adansi South District Assembly covers the period January to December 2016. The report covers the programmes, projects and activities carried out based on the Annual Action Plan of the Assembly. It also collates, harmonizes and reports on the activities, achievements and challenges of the various decentralized Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the District. The report is prepared in line with the Medium Term Development Plan (MTDP) as stipulated in Ghana’s Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA) 2014-2017. The Thematic areas are outlined as follows: 1. Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability 2. Enhanced Competitiveness of Ghana’s Private Sector 3. Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management 4. Infrastructure and Human Settlements Development 5. Human Development, Productivity and Employment 6. Transparent and Accountable Governance 7. Oil and Gas Development 1.1 DISTRICT PROFILE 1.1.1 THE DISTRICT ASSEMBLY Adansi South District Assembly (ASDA) is one of the thirty (30) administrative Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It was carved out of the erstwhile Adansi West District and Adansi East District Assemblies in the year 2004 with Legislative Instrument (LI 1752). The Assembly’s revised vision and mission statements are as follows: Vision To transform the local economy through the creation of a vibrant agro-based sector, training of the youth in employable skills, while giving the people access to basic services and bringing the vulnerable and excluded to the mainstream of development. 5 Mission The Adansi South District exist to improve the standard of living of the people in the District through the provision of economic, social and political facilities with the enabling environment for private participation and investment in the District with qualified human resource. 1.1.2 ADANSI SOUTH DISTRICT ASSEMBLY AND ITS OBJECTIVES The Adansi South District Assembly is the highest political and administrative body of the District and therefore exercises deliberative, legislative and executive functions. It has the mission and responsibility to improve the quality of life of the people through sustainable development. To achieve this mission, the Assembly has set the following objectives: To facilitate the effective functioning of the local government institutions in the District Assembly To ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the mobilization and utilization of resources in the District Assembly and its decentralized departments To monitor, co-ordinate and harmonize the implementation of development plans and activities in the District Assembly To facilitate the provision of basic social and economic infrastructure and services in the District To facilitate community-based and private sector development in the District. 1.1.3 THE STATE AND FUNCTIONS OF AREA COUNCILS The District has one Town Council and Six Area councils. They are New Edubiase Town Council, Akrofuom Area Council, Ampunyasi Area Council, Wuruyie Area Council, Atobiase/Apagya Area Council, Praso Area Council and Akutreso Area Council. All Councils have chairpersons and secretaries together with revenue collectors. They also have offices for their daily activities. Apart from the Town and Area Councils, there exist also, the District Assembly with its offices in New Edubiase which is the District capital. Below is a table which highlights the political leadership of the District together with the assembly members who aid in the running of the District Assembly. 6 1.1.4 PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT The Adansi South District is one of the thirty (30) Districts in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The District lies within Latitude 40” North and 6 degrees 22” North and Longitude 1 degree West and 1 degree 38” West. It is on the Southern part of the region. Other Districts in the region sharing boundaries with it are Obuasi Municipal and Adansi North Districts to the North and North East respectively. The District also shares boundaries with Assin District in the Central Region to the South and to the East by Birim North and South Districts of the Eastern Region. The position of the District in both national and regional context is shown on their respective maps (Fig 1 and 2). The District has a total land representing an area of 899sq.km, which is approximately 4% of the total land area of the Ashanti Region. About 24% (334.5sq km) of this total land area is made up of forest reserves. Fig 1: Adansi South District in National Context Fig. .2 Adansi South District in Regional Context 7 1.1.5 Relief and Drainage The land ranges from flat to gentle undulating with average elevation of about 350 metres above sea level. Generally, the District is hilly with several rivers and streams. Major rivers such as Pra, Fum, Muma, Subin, Menso, Subri, Supong, Krodua , Offin and Aprapo are in the District and serve as major drainage channels. Minor streams also drain into the major rivers. Fig. 3 Relief and Drainage Map of Adansi South District 1.1.6 Climate 8 The weather within the year was sunny, hot, cloudy and rainy. The minimum and maximum temperatures ranged between 18oc to 34oc. Rainfall was evenly distributed within the year. The farmers made proper use of the available rains within the year by transplanting cocoa, oil palm and vegetable in addition to the production of staple crops like plantain, rice, cassava, maize and cocoyam. The rains also facilitated harvesting of tuber crops like cassava. The humid condition enhanced the growth and spread of fungal diseases. Cocoa, Rice and Vegetables were predominantly attacked by fungal diseases. 1.1.7 Vegetation and Forest Reserves The Adansi South District is within the rain forest belt and it is characterized by moist semi- deciduous forest with thick vegetative cover and growth. In some parts of the District, the natural vegetation is steadily degenerating into secondary forest.
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