MNISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT WA EAST DISTRICT ASSEMBLY

ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2016 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN

FEBRUARY, 2017

District Location and Size

The Wa East district was carved out of the former Wa District and made a district by L.I 1746 in July 2004. The district is located in the south eastern part of the . Funsi, the district capital is about 115km away from Wa which is the regional capital. The district shares boundaries with West Mamprusi to the northwest, West Gonja to southeast, Wa Municipality to the Southwest, to the North east and the Sissala East districts to the north. The districts’ closeness to West Mamprusi and West Gonja in the Northern region could promote inter regional trade when well linked by road. It has a landmass of about 3,196.4km², which is located between latitudes 9º 55”n and 10º 25”n and longitude 1º 10”w and 2º 5”w. The district occupies 17.3% of the total landmass of the region (18,478.4Km2). The remoteness of the district relative to other districts of the region has deprived it of the needed investment from the private sector which has led to woefully, inadequate basic social and economic infrastructure and services.

Topography and Drainage

The topography of the district could be described as gently undulating. Generally, the district is located about 180 meters above sea level with a few isolated hills. The relative plain topography is suitable for road construction, distribution of utility lines and general construction works.

The District is poorly endowed with water bodies. This is attributed to the low underground water table. The district falls within the Guinea Savannah vegetation belt. The vegetation consists of grasses with scattered fire resistant trees such as the Shea and Baobab trees. The heterogeneous collections of these trees meet domestic requirements for firewood and charcoal, construction of houses, cattle kraals and fencing of gardens.

Climatically, the District is tropical continental as experienced in the northern regions of . Throughout the year, temperatures are high with a minimum of 230C at night and a maximum of 420C during the day. This favours plant growth.The mean monthly temperature ranges between 210C and 320C. The highest monthly maximum temperature rises up to 400C before the rainy season usually in May with lowest minimum temperature falling to about 120C in December when the Harmattan winds from the Sahara dry up the vegetation.

As a result of the single maximum rainfall season prevailing in the district, crop production is mostly done during the rainy season (May to September/October). The dry season is a potential for the preservation industry that could use the sunshine as a natural preservative. By implication, however, since farming is the major occupation of the people, it means that their major sources of livelihood and income are limited during the dry season apparently resulting in the migration of the youth to the south in search of greener pastures. There is thus, the need to have adequate irrigation facilities to promote and enhance agricultural activities in the dry season. With a gentle undulating topography, the district is bound with fresh granite. The main soil types in the District are sandstones,gravel, mudstone, alluviam, granite and shale that have weathered into different soil grades. The availability of these soil types have contributed to housing development which have resorted to the use of local building materials such as sand,gravel and clay.

Demographic Characteristics

Vision Statement A Mission Statement

PROCESSES IN DEVELOPING ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT The DPCU has the sole responsibilities of monitoring and evaluating the DMTDP. The unit was guided by the draft monitoring and evaluation plan 2014-2017 and the guide lines for successfully implementing it. With special reference to the operationalization of the DPCU, roles were assigned to the specific members. The Core monitoring team comprising the Planning officer, the Budget officer and the Works Engineer were tasked to monitore all on going physical projects and report to the committee. All other members were also tasked to make available to the planning unit, the progress of development programmes and non-physical programmes in their respective departments.

CHALLENGES

The following are some of the challenges faced by the DPCU in its monitoring and evaluation activities;

 Inadequate logistics  Inadequate motivation  Difficulty in accessing data  Poor accessibility to communities

SECTION TWO PERFORMANCE OF THE VARIOUS THEMATIC AREARS OF GSDGA IN THE 2016 ACTION PLAN  BACKGROUND The Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda is sequel to the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy II (GPRS II) that was formulated to sustain growth, accelerate Poverty reduction and open more development opportunities for the vulnerable and the excluded in a humane and democratic arena. The Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda are aimed among other things to sustain growth, create wealth and deepen good governance and our democratic values. It is also aimed at deepening the development of a human resource base of the country. Furthermore, it is estimated that the GPRSII would propel the District and for that matter the country into the middle income level by 2016. The major national development thematic arrears for the 2010-2013 planning period are Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability, Infrastructure and Human Settlement, Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Sustainable National Resource Management; Enhancing Competitiveness of Ghana’s Private Sector, Human Development, Productivity and Employment: Transparent and accountable Governance and Reducing Poverty and Income inequalities.

 Hihglights of our top commitments and achievements for 2016 The Assembly in collaboration with her development partners carried out a number of development programmes/projects during the year under review. The programmes spread across the Health, Education, Water and Sanitation, Agriculture, Governance, Security, Livelihood empowerment programmes among others. The Assembly’s top 10 priorities and achievements at the close of 2016, its relatedness of those commitments to the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda PhaseII as well as the president’s 2016 priority arrears are contained in the table below.

10 KEY TOP COMMITMENT ACHIEVEMENT RELATION TO RELATION TO RESULTS GSGDAII PRESIDENT PRIORITY THEMATIC AREA FOR 2016 1. Construction of Education -Construction of 4 no. 6 Human Development Investing in People. infrastructure unit classroom Block at Productivity and -Yayuongyiri Employment. -Funsi -Jonfian -Baayiri Under GETFUND Construction of 1 no. semi-detached teachers quarters at Tuorsa Construction of fence wall around KG Block at Bulenge and another KG Block at Chagu. Construction of School feeding Kitchen at Chasia.

2. Provision of Health Facilities Rehabilitation of CHPS Human Development Investing in People Compound at Goh and Productivity and Danyokura. Under Employment DDF -Complete the construction of DHMT Office Complex at Funsi . DDF Construction of 1 no. CHPS Compound at Gudayiri. DDF.

3. Construction and drilling of Drilling of 20 no. Infrastructure and Investing in People boreholes and provision and Boreholes District wide Human Settlement improvement in Sanitation. Construction of 2 no. mechanised Borehole all under CWSA/DA

4. Promotion of Peace Security, Construction of 1no. Transparent and Expanding Growth . Strong Law and Order in the District police Station at Funsi Accountable Economy for real jobs through DDF Governance -Rehabilitation of Kundugu police Station

5. Extension and regular Street lights were Infrastructure and Expanding infrastructure for maintenance of street lights in maintained and Human Settlements Growth. the District remained functional throughout the year. 6. Business Development Training in Soya beans Enhancing Strong Economy for real jobs Services Processing of Loggu Competitiveness of Sagu womens Group Ghana’s private Basic CBT in Rabbit Sector

Rearing at Bulenga

Youth and women

Basic training in Soya

beans processing for

youth and women at

Funsi.

Business Councselling

of MSEs and LBAs at

Funsi, Baayiri,

Kundugu, Bulenge and

Loggu.

Teacher trainees , Human Development, Investing in People 7. Financial Support to teacher Health trainees and Productivity and trainees, health trainees and others were given Employment. needy but brilliant students of support under DACF all categories.

4 no. motorbikes were Transparent and Expanding Growth . 8. Procurement of motorbikes for procured for Area Accountable Area Council Staff. Council staff Governance

DCEs Bungalow Human Development, Expanding infrastructure for 9. Rehabilitation of DCEs rehabilitated. Productivity and Growth Bungalow. Employment.

10. Rehabilitation of Area Council Area Council office at Transparent and Expanding Growth office at Bulenga Bulenga Rehabilitated Accountable Governance

HIGHLIGHTES OF SECTOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN IMPLEMENTING THE 2016 ACTION PLAN OF WA EAST DISTRICT MTDP 2014-2017

INSTITUTIONS TARGET/OBJECTIVES EXPECTED ACTUAL RESULTS CHALLENGES/ RESULTS REMARKS

Health Hold quarter and annual An in-depth Review meetings were Best practices review meetings with assessment held and weaknesses were shared and our partners and of our identified were learnt collaborators performance addressed to improve health delivery in the District

Health Intensify malaria To reduce Maternal death, malaria Vigorous prevention, maternal malaria in and child mortality Campain would health and mortality child reduced be carried out to reduction campaign mortality and completely throughout the District maternal eradicate these death from the district.

Education To provide financial To increase To be to support Inadequate fuds support to our teacher the district trainee students of all as against sheer trainees, health trainees trained categories huge number of and needy but brilliant teachers and students seeking students Health financial support wokers population

Education To Construct educational Construction 4 of the 6 unit The district still facilities to improve of no. of 6 classroom blocks have needs support in access to quality units and 3 been completed while these areas. education units others are at various classroom levels of completion blocks initiated in 2016

Agriculture To vaccinate poultry and To vaccinate No vaccination was High cost of de- small ruminants against poultry and carried out in the year. wormers new castle disease de-worm among others. cattle goats Inadequate extension Intensify animal health and sheep officers care and surveillance Inadequate funds

Agriculture To engage in Rice Sector To develop Only 228 acres of land Target was not Support Programme 330 acres of was suitable to be met due to (RSSP) lowland developed for rice inadequate arears in the cultivation funding district

Water and To construct and drill 20 Increase Number of boreholes Inadequate funds Sanitation no. boreholes and access to were coupled with the rehabilitate existing portable constructed/drilled. delay in release ones to expand the water district of the DACF. access to portable water wide Good number of in the district existing ones were also rehabilitated

Water and To construct toilet Some KVIP Projects are at various Inadequate funds Sanitation facilities for schools and toilet level of completion due to delay of health facilities facilities DACF have been provided

Security and To maintain a peaceful Regular 4 quarterly DISEC The district is Governance and order throughout the DISEC meetings were held generally year to enhance meetings peaceful. socioeconomic were held A new police station development constructed

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF WA EAST DISTRICT ASSEMBLY FOR 2016

 REVENUE MOBILIZATION/GENERATION

Internally Generated funds performance as at 31st December, 2016

All Revenue performance as at 31st December, 2016

 EXPENDITURE PERFORMANCE AS AT 31ST DECEMBER, 2016

 Status of physical projects in the District

S/No Name of project Location Status of Implementation

Education

1. Construction of 6 unit Bulenga,Holumuni,Yeru, Completed and in use classroom Block, office, Gudayiri, store and other ancilliary Kpalnye,Talawono,Baayiri, facilities Kpanamuna, Tuorsa

2 Construction of 6 unit Holomuni Completed and in use classroom Block, office, store and other ancilliary facilities

3 Construction of 6 unit Yeru Completed and in use classroom Block, office, store and other ancilliary facilities

4 Construction of 6 unit Gudayiri Completed and in use classroom Block, office, store and other ancilliary facilities

5 Construction of 6 unit Kpalnye Completed and in use classroom Block, office, store and other ancilliary facilities

6 Construction of 6 unit Talawono Completed and in use classroom Block, office, store and other ancilliary facilities

7 Construction of 6 unit Baayiri Completed and in use classroom Block, office, store and other ancilliary facilities

8 Construction of 6 unit Kpanamuna Completed and in use classroom Block, office, store and other ancilliary facilities 9 Construction of 6 unit Tuorsa Completed and in use classroom Block, office, store and other ancilliary facilities

10 Construction of 3 unit Viaha,Kpaglahi Completed and in use classroom block, office store and other ancilliary facilities

11 Construction of 2 stream Goripie On going KG Block at TI Primary

12 Construction of 12 unit Funsi SHS On going storey classroom block

13 Construction of 1no. storey Funsi SHS On going Admnistration block including library

14 Construction of 2 storey Funsi SHS On going Dormitory block (girls)

15 Construction of Assembly Funsi SHS On going Hall

16 Construction of fence wall Bulenga completed around KG Block

17 Construction of school Chasia completed feeding kitchen

18. Construction of 1 no.KG Chagu Not completed Block

19. Construction of 1 no. semi- Tuorsa completed detached teachers quarters

Health

20. Rehabilitation of Goh completed 1.no.CHPS Compound

21. Construction of DHMT Funsi On going office complex

22. Construction of 1 no. Gudayiri 0n going CHPS Compound 23. Rehabilitation of 1.no. Danyokura On going CHPS Compound

Agriculture/Climate Change

24. Rehabilitation of 1 no. Bulenga On going dugout

25. Rehabilitation of 1 no. Yaru On going dugout

26. Rehabilitation of 1 no. Kpalworgu On going dugout

27. Rehabilitation of 1 no. Manwe On going small earth dugout

28. Planting of wood lot Yaru On going

JUSTICE AND SECURITY

29 Construction of 1 no. Funsi Completed police station

30 Rehabilitation of police Kundugu Completed

 IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES

CHALLENGE MITIGATION

1. Poor manpower Resource: -The Assembly is in touch with the relevant ministries for clearance to pave way for replacement The District does not have enough human and fresh recruitment. resources in terms of quality and numbers. This exist across sectors and departments such as Assembly central Admnistration, Education, MOFA, Health and others.

2. High illiteracy Rate: This Challenge is being addressed through the following: There is high level of illiteracy in the District. This makes many people less receptive to new - Expansion of school infrastructure to ensure ideas, and unable to initiate and support access to quality education. development programmes and policies and - Financial support to teacher trainees to turn therefore posing stumbling blocks to out more professional teachers to serve the development and progress in the District. district after completion. - Using public seminars and sensitization to propagate the importance of education. - Expansion of the school feeding and free uniform and books programmes

3. Poor Roads: The Assembly continue to remind central Government and the relevant departments to fix the The roads linking the district capital to other problem. communities and the major road linking the Regional capital and all other parts of the district are in a deplorable state. They are dusty in the dry season and reddish with big pot holes during the rainy season. Some become unmotorable during the peak of the rainy season, cutting off some communities and thereby affecting effective monitoring of development projects and programmes.

4.Malaria, Maternal Health and Child Mortality Intensify support for district health management team and to pursue vigorous public education Though the district made significant progress in campaign in these areas. the health sector, malaria, maternal health and child mortality still remain serious challenges in - Increase surveillance and community the district. outreach programmes. - Scale up the provision of health facilities. - More public education on personal hygiene, sound sanitation practices and undertake regular clean up exercises.

5.The district is in serious need of transport Appeal to central Government to come to the aid of logistics and motor bikes. The absence of these the Assembly. affects monitoring and evaluation of projects and programmes in the district.

6. Irregular release of the DACF Initiate ennovative ways of generating funds to assist the Assembly to be able to implement its plans.

 STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF 2016 ACTION PLAN AND DMTDP 2014-2017

In the midst of these

 FORWARD LOOK FOR 2017

In 2017, the Assembly will focus on providing the basic infrastructure facilities to enable staff function effectively.tackle poverty reduction and human capital investment, building a strong socio-economic foundation that will propel the district’s socialand economic transformation for the betterment of our people.

The realization of this above goal:

o Strengthen the institutional capacity of the Assembly to support the decentralized planning management and development. o Establish an effective mechanism that would enhance the efficient co-ordination of development efforts emanating from governmental institutions,NGO’s, CBO’s and other agencies in the district. o Improve the financial capacity of the district and its Town/Area COUNCILS and unit committees through enhanced revenue generating systems. o Improve the quality of lives, raise the income levels of the people and expand opportunities for all members of the society. o Provide an enabling environment for human capacity building for optimum utilization of existing resources. o Vigorously strengthen the district human resource development base to improve the quality of service delivery. o Further expand social and economic infrastructure to enhance the quality of health care, education, water supply among others.