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Ejisu Juaben Municipal Assembly Annual Progress EJISU JUABEN MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY IMPLEMENTATION OF MUNICIPAL MEDIUM- TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2014-2017) ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR 2016 PREPARED BY: MUNICIPAL PLANNING COORDINATING UNIT Table of Content Contents Page Table of Content…………………………………………………………………………………..i List of Tables……………………………………………………………………………………..iii List of Figures…………………………………………………………………………………….iv List of Acronyms…………………………………………………………………………………vi Organisation of Report…………..………………………………………………………………vii CONTENT PAGE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................14 1.1Background...............................................................................................................................14 1.2 Municipal Governance.............................................................................................................15 1.3Purpose of the Composite Annual Progress Report, 2016........................................................15 1.4 Accessibility of Data and Challenges......................................................................................20 1.5 Challenges encountered in the Preparation of the Composite Annual Progress Report, 2016................................................................................................................................................21 1.6 Municipal Finances for the year 2016.....................................................................................21 1.7 Analysis of Revenue and Expenditure Performance – (2016).................................................22 1.7.1 IGF Performance for 2016....................................................................................................22 1.7.2 Revenue Performance for 2016.........................................................................................23 1.7.3 Expenditure performance for 2016………………………………………………………...24 1.8 Analysis of Fund flow in the Municipality for the year 2016..................................................24 1.8.1Efforts to generate more Revenue..........................................................................................25 1.8.2Challenges with Regard to Disbursement..............................................................................25 CHAPTER TWO 2.0 UPDATE OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION INDICATORS AND TARGETS.... 2.1 THEMATIC AREA 1 – ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACRO-ECONOMIC STABILITY..................................................................................................................................26 2.1.1 Revenue Mobilization...........................................................................................................26 2.2 THEMATIC AREA 2 - ENHANCED COMPETITIVENESS OF GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR.......................................................................................................................................26 2.2.0 DEPARTMENT OF NBSSI……………………………………………………………...26 2.2 .1 Provision of Information for the Year…………………………………………………….27 2.2.2 Advisory and Extension Services for the year…………………………………………….28 2.2.3 CHALLENGES....................................................................................................................29 2.2.4 RECOMMENDATION......................................................................................................29 2.3 THEMATIC AREA 3 - ACCELERATED AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT..............................................................................29 2.3.1 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT……………………………………….29 2.3.2 Market Survey/Food Security Situation ………………………………………………...…30 2.3.3 Extension Services Delivery………………………………………………………..30 2.3.3.1 Field Visits` ……………………………………………………………………………...30 2.3.3.2 HIV/AIDS and Malaria…………………………………………………………………..31 2.3.4 Crops Services……………………………………………………………………………..31 2.3.5 Challenges …………………………………………………………………………………32 2.3.6 Recommendations………………………………………………………………………….32 2.4 THEMATIC AREA 4: INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT........................................................................................................................32 2.4.1 DEPARTMENT OF URBAN ROADS ............................................................................32 2.4.2 Routine / Periodic Maintenance……………………………………………………………33 2.4.3 Pothole Patching...................................................................................................................33 2.4.4 Desilting Works……………………………………………………………………………33 2.4.5 Kerb Painting along selected intersections on the Ejisu-Kumasi Highway.........................33 2.4.6 Gravelling of Apromoase Kokoben & Ejisu Sec Tech Road (Relocated to Ekyem Road).............................................................................................................................................33 2.4.7 Construction of Speed Humps along Okyerekrom & Kokoobra road…………………..…33 2.4.8 Challenges............................................................................................................................34 2.5 THEMATIC AREA 5 - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY........................................................................................................................34 2.5.1 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING DEPARTMENT...............................................34 2.5.2Challenges and its mitigation strategies.................................................................................35 2.5.3 The Street Naming and Property Addressing System (SNPAS) Project…………………..36 2.6.0 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH …………………………………………………………37 2.6.1 Strategies to Improve Maternal Health…………………………………………………….38 2.6.2 Disease Surveillance in the Municipality ………………………….……………………39 2.5.2.4 Community Directed Treatment with Ivermectin………………………………………..41 2.6.3 School Based Deworming Exercise, 2016…………………………………………………42 2.6.4 Tuberculosis Control Activities……………………………………………………………42 2.6.5 TB CASE DETECTION …………………………………………………………………..43 2.6.6 TB Treatment Outcomes………………………………………………………………..….43 2.6.7 Case Detection by Facilities in the Municipality………………….…………………….44 2.6.8 TB/HIV Collaboration…………………………………………………………………..…45 2.6.9 Challenges………………………………………………………………………………….46 2.6.10 Nutrition…………………………………………………………………………………..47 2.6.11 COMMUNITY GROWTH MONITORING AND PROMOTION (GMP)…………48 2.6.12 DIET CLINICS (EJISU-JUABEN)…………………………………………………….48 2.6.12.1 Non-Communicable Diseases…………………………………………………………48 2.6.13 MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION……………………………………...….49 2.6.13.1 Vitamin A Supplementation of children (6-59) months in the Municipality…………...49 2.6.13.2 Nutritional Status of Children during Growth Monitoring and Promotion (0-59) Months…………………………………………………………………………………………...50 2.6.14 Anaemia in Pregnancy……………………………………………………………………51 2.6.13 School Health and Nutrition Surveillance………………………………………………..52 2.6.13.1 Nutrition Day-care surveillance………………………………………………….……..52 2.6.14 NUTRITION EDUCATION AT SERVICE DELIVERY POINTS…………………54 2.6.14.1 Health Education and Promotion………………………………………………..…...…54 2.6.14.2 Challenges in the Municipality …………………………………………………….…..54 2.6.14.3 Way Forward………………………………………………………………………...…55 2.6.14.4 Recommendation……………………………………………………………………….55 2.7.0 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION……………………………………………………..56 2.7.1 School Enrolment Trends and Infrastructure…………………………………………….56 2.7.2 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………...56 2.7.3 Educational Institutions……………………………………………………………………56 2.7.4 School Enrolment and Teacher Population…………………………………………………57 2.7.5 School Infrastructure and Facilities………………………………………………………...58 2.7.5.1 Facilities in Basic Schools……………………………………………………………….58 2.7.5.2 Facilities in JHS level………………………………………………………………….....58 2.7.6 Physical Infrastructure……………………………………………………………………..59 2.7.7 POLICY INTERVENSIONS, PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS………………….60 2.7.7.1 School Management………………………………………………………...……………60 2.7.7.2 Capitation Grant………………………………………………………………………….61 2.7.7.3 Free School Uniforms, Supply of Furniture, Exercise Books and Other Materials……..61 2.7.7.4 The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP)………………………………………...61 2.7.7.5 Information Communication Technology (ICT) Programme……………………………62 2.7.7.6 Bridging the Gap in Access to Education………………………………………………..63 2.7.7.7 Gender Parity Index (GPI) in Basic and Senior High Schools………………………..…64 2.7.7.8 2016 BECE Performance………………………………………………………………...65 2.5 West Africa Senior Secondary Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE)……...……….66 2.6 THEMATIC AREA 6 - TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE...66 2.6.0 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT……..…66 2.6.1 Community Care…………………………………………………………………………....66 2.6.1.1 Assistance to Persons with Disability…………………………………………………….66 2.6.2 THE AHME PROGRAMME (NHIS)……………………………………………...………68 2.6.2.1 Challenges According to the NHIS Department…………………………………………70 2.6.4 Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (LEAP)……………………..…………………71 2.6.4.1 Challenges under LEAP………………………………………………………………….72 2.6.5 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)………………………………………………...72 2.6.6 JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION………………………………………………………….72 2.6.6.1 Probation Service…………………………………………………………………………72 2.6.6.2 Social Enquiry Report (S.E.Rs.)………………………………………………………….73 2.6.6.3 Family Tribunal…………………………………………………………………………..74 2.6.7 Child Rights and Protection:………………………………………………………………..75 2.6.7 Day Care Inspection……………………………………………………………………..…75 2.6.8 Challenges……………………………..…………………………………………………...75 2.6.9 DEPARTMENT
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