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CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION……….………………………..…………2 1.0 Background SOUTH DAYI DISTRICT ASSEMBLY IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTRICT MEDIUM-TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2014-2017) ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR 2016 PREPARED BY: DISTRICT PLANNING COORDINATING UNIT TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION……….………………………..…………2 1.0 Background ............................................................................................................................................. 2 1.1 Key Objectives of the Report .................................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Methodology ........................................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Difficulties in the Preparation of the Report ........................................................................................... 3 1.4 Implementation of 2016 Annual Action Plan ......................................................................................... 3 CHAPTER TWO IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES ...................... 5 2.0 PHYSICAL PROJECTS ......................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 PROGRAMMES ................................................................................................................................... 13 2.1.1 Education ....................................................................................................................................... 13 2.1.2 Agriculture Development ............................................................................................................... 16 2.1.3 Human Settlement Planning .......................................................................................................... 19 2.1.4 Vulnerability and Exclusion........................................................................................................... 20 2.1.5 Environmental Sanitation ............................................................................................................... 25 CHAPTER THREE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS 28 3.0 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE TRENDS ........................................................................................ 28 3.1 POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMMES ................................................................................... 29 3.1.1 Ghana School Feeding Programme ................................................................................................ 29 3.1.2 Youth Employment ........................................................................................................................ 30 3.1.3 National Health Insurance Scheme ................................................................................................ 30 CHAPTER THREE RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION 32 4.0 RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................................................................... 32 4.1 CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................... 33 1 CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.0 BACKGROUND South Dayi District was established in 2004 by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 1753. It was curved out of the then Kpando District to pave way for effective and efficient local government administration. The District shares boundaries with Kpando Municipal and Afadzato South District to the North; Ho West District and Ho Municipal to the East; Asuogyaman District to the South and Volta Lake to the West. The District has a total population of 46,661 with 22,132 being males and 24,529 being females (2010 Population and Housing Census). a) Vision South Dayi District Assembly was established to promote and improve socio-economic condition and general well-being of the people within a decentralized system of governance. b Mission South Dayi District Assembly exists to improve the quality of life of the people through the provision and improvement of basic social infrastructure, services and facilities and create avenues for economic activities to reduce poverty. In line with the District Assembly’s vision and mission, an Annual Action Plan was prepared for 2016 out of the District Medium Term Development Plan to advance the implementation development projects and programmes in the District. This report throws more light on the outcome of implementation of the 2016 Annual Action Plan and progress of work on other development initiatives in the District. The report includes photographs of key completed and on-going development projects as at December 2016. 1.1 KEY OBJECTIVES OF THE REPORT Key objectives include: 1. To assess the performance and progress of work on the implementation of 2016 Annual Action Plan (AAP) and 2014-2017 District Medium Term Development Plan (DMTDP). 2 2. To determine the implementation status of the 2016 AAP by departments of the District Assembly and agencies in the District. 3. To provide basic and local level information needed for the preparation of National Annual Progress Report. 1.2 METHODOLOGY Preparation of this report started with consultation with stakeholders and followed by data collection from departments under the District Assembly and other agencies on the implementation of programmes and projects in 2016. In addition, data was collected on key social intervention programmes such as Ghana school feeding programme, lively empowerment against poverty, free educational materials distribution, capitation grants to schools etc. 1.3 DIFFICULTIES IN THE PREPARATION OF THE REPORT The main difficulties have to do with late preparation and submission of annual reports by some departments and agencies to the District Assembly. This caused inconvenience in the preparation and submission of the Annual Progress Report to the Regional Co-ordinating Council. However, through the hard work of the District Planning and Co-ordinating Unit (DPCU) the report was successfully completed. 1.4 IMPLEMENTATION OF 2016 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN As mentioned earlier, the 2016 Annual Action Plan was prepared out of the 2014-2017 District Medium Term Development Plan. The District Assembly focused much on completion of on- going projects mainly in the area of education, health, water and sanitation. However, some new projects under education and health were also tackled by the District Assembly. Revenue mobilization through property rate collection, farmers’ day celebration as well as public health programmes and school supervision were carried out during the year. The District Assembly undertook and supervised the implementation of about 59 physical projects as summarized in the table below. 3 Table 1.1: Summary of projects PROJECT NO. COMPLTED NO. ON-GOING TOTAL Classroom blocks 7 23 30 Health Center/Maternity Ward 2 2 4 Dormitory Block 0 6 6 Teachers Bungalow 0 6 6 WC Toilets 5 5 10 Administration Block for SHS 1 0 1 Dining Hall & Kitchen 0 1 1 Workshop for SHTS 0 1 1 TOTAL 15 44 59 The Table shows that about 15 projects representing 25.4 percent were completed while the remaining ones are at various stages of completion. Projects being undertaken and funded under GETFund accounted for the larger number of on-going projects in the District which are mainly in the education sector. However, District Development Facility (DDF) and District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) projects received remarkable attention in terms of their completion on time. The District Assembly departments and other agencies in the District largely focused their resources on implementation of non-physical projects like public education and sensitization programmes, extension services to farmers, schools supervision, immunization programmes, capacity building programmes, workshops and seminars among others. 4 CHAPTER TWO IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES 2.0 PHYSICAL PROJECTS These are tangible projects being implemented in the District with funding from District Assembly Common Fund (DACF), Member of Parliament Common Fund (MPCF), Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), District Development Facility (DDF) and other development partners. Table 2.1 shows detailed information on the implementat1n status of the projects. 5 Table 2.1 Status of Physical Projects as at December, 2 NO PROJECT LOCATION CONTRACTOR AWARD EXPT. CONTRACT AMOUNT SOURCE % REMARKS DESCRIPTION DATE COMPT. SUM (GH¢) PAID TO OF DATE DATE FUNDING (GH¢) EDUCATION Construction of 1No 6- 1 unit classroom block with Abui D/A Prim. S.A. Sons 18/08/11 June, 2012 155,000.00 N/A GETFund 25 On-going ancillary facilities at Abui Sch. Service Construction of 1No 6- 2 unit classroom block with Dzemeni R/C Phibek Ent Ltd 22/09/10 14/09/11 136,486.79 64,540.09 GETFund 70 Stalled ancillary facilities at “B” Prim. Sch. Dzemeni Construction of 3-unit 3 classroom block & 4- Kaira Prim. Sch Steve 01/01/05 May, 2005 49,059.14 14,029.11 HIPC 40 Stalled Seater KVIP at Kaira Willington Co Construction of 1No 6- New Kaira Framon Ltd 18/08/11 June, 2012 155,000.00 66,182.28 GETFund 48 Stalled 4 unit classroom block with D/A Prim. Sch. ancillary facilities at New Kaira Construction of 1No 6- Tsyokpokope & Ceroko Ltd 25/11/11 January, 2012 155,000.00 N/A GETFund 100 Completed 5 unit classroom block with Kaira Prim. ancillary facilities at Schs Tsyokpokope & Kaira Construction of 1No 6- Duga Presby 6 unit classroom block at Prim. Sch. Omstar Co. Ltd 04/10/07 18/03/08 88,500.00 5,985.00 GETFund 42 Stalled Kpalime-Duga Construction of 1No 6- Kpeve Model
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