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Table of Contents PART A: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 4 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT .................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Structure of the Assembly ............................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Location and Size ............................................................................................................................ 4 Figure 1.0: Sekyere East .......................................................................................................................... 5 REPUBLIC OF GHANA 2. POPULATION STRUCTURE ................................................................................................................ 5 3. DISTRICT ECONOMY ......................................................................................................................... 6 COMPOSITE BUDGET a. AGRICULTURE ............................................................................................................................... 6 b. INDUSTRIAL SECTOR ..................................................................................................................... 6 FOR 2019-2022 c. SERVICES SECTOR ......................................................................................................................... 7 i. MARKET CENTRE .......................................................................................................................... 7 PROGRAMME BASED BUDGET ESTIMATES ii. FINANCIAL SERVICES .................................................................................................................... 7 iii. EDUCATION................................................................................................................................... 8 FOR 2019 iv. HEALTH ......................................................................................................................................... 8 v. WATER AND SANITATION ............................................................................................................ 9 SEKYERE EAST DISTRICT ASSEMBLY vi. ENERGY ....................................................................................................................................... 10 d. ROAD NETWORK ........................................................................................................................ 10 4. VISION OF THE SEKYERE EAST DISTRICT ASSEMBLY ...................................................................... 10 5. MISSION STATEMENT OF THE SEKYERE EAST DISTRICT ASSEMBLY ............................................. 10 6. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE SEKYERE EAST DISTRICT ASSEMBLY IN 2018 .................................. 13 a. REVENUE PERFORMANCE .......................................................................................................... 13 b. EXPENDITURE PERFORMANCE ................................................................................................... 14 PART B: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................... 15 1. GSGDA II POLICY OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................... 15 2. GOAL ............................................................................................................................................. 15 3. CORE FUNCTIONS .................................................................................................................... 15 4. MMDA’s ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVES AND LINKAGE WITH THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ..................................................................................................................... 18 5. POLICY OUTCOME INDICATORS AND TARGETS ........................................................... 23 Revenue Mobilization Strategies for Key Revenue Sources in 2019 ..................................................... 26 Sekyere East District Assembly 2 PART C: BUDGET PROGRAMME SUMMARY .............................................................. 27 PART A: INTRODUCTION PROGRAMME 1: MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ................................................... 27 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT SUB -PROGRAMME 1.1 General Administration ....................................................................... 29 The Sekyere East District Assembly (SEDA) was established by Legislative Instrument LI SUB -PROGRAMME 1.2 Finance and Revenue Mobilization ..................................................... 32 (1990) in 2007 in pursuance of governments decentralization programme. The legal SUB -PROGRAMME 1.3 Planning, Budgeting and Coordination ............................................... 35 framework has empowered SEDA with legislative responsibilities to promulgate byelaws to SUB -PROGRAMME 1.4 Legislative Oversights ................................................................................. 39 give legal backing to its decisions. SUB -PROGRAMME 1.5 Human Resource Management ................................................................... 41 Section 122 of the Local Government Act 2016, Act 936 envisages the implementation of the PROGRAMME 2: INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY AND MANAGEMENT ................................ 44 composite budget system under which the budgets of the department of the District SUB -PROGRAMME 2.1 Physical and Spatial Planning ..................................................................... 46 Assembly are integrated into the budget of the District Assembly. The Composite Budget of SUB -PROGRAMME 2.2 Public Works, Rural Housing and Water Management .............................. 49 the Sekyere East District Assembly for the 2019 Fiscal Year has been prepared in line with PROGRAMME 3: SOCIAL SERVICES DELIVERY ......................................................................... 52 SUB -PROGRAMME 3.1: Education, Youth and Sports and Library Services ................................... 54 the objectives of the National Development Policy Framework and the Budget Guidelines SUB -PROGRAMME 3.2: Health Delivery .......................................................................................... 58 provided by the Ministry of Finance. SUB -PROGRAMME 3.3: Social Welfare and Community Development .......................................... 63 1.1 Structure of the Assembly SUB -PROGRAMME 3.4: Environmental Health and Sanitation Services .......................................... 67 The District is divided into four urban / Area councils with a total of Forty Three SUB -PROGRAMME 3.5: Births and Deaths Registration Services .................................................... 71 (43) communities and 38 electoral areas. The Assembly has 38 Assembly PROGRAMME 4: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................. 73 members made up of 26 elected and 12 appointed members. The General SUB -PROGRAMME 4.1 Trade, Tourism and Industrial development ............................................... 75 Assembly at its sitting has forty members, made up of twenty-six elected and SUB -PROGRAMME 4.2: Agricultural Development ......................................................................... 78 twelve appointed members, one Member of Parliament and the District Chief PROGRAMME 5: ENVIRONMENTAL AND SANITATION MANAGEMENT ............................ 82 Executive. SUB -PROGRAMME 5.1 Disaster prevention and Management ......................................................... 84 1.2 Location and Size The district is located in the North-Eastern part of the region, and lies between latitudes 6º45” – 6º55” North and Longitude 1º15” – 1º 25” West. The District shares boundaries with other Districts like Sekyere-Kumawu to the North-East, Sekyere South to the West-West, Asante-Akim Central Municipal to the South- East and Juaben Municipal Assembly to the South-West. It covers an estimated area of about 730.5sq/km with forty (43) settlements of varying sizes. Fig 1.0 shows the map of Sekyere East. Sekyere East District Assembly Sekyere East District Assembly 3 4 more youthful population. The ages of 15 and 64 also accounts for 53.7% which is the active population. This gives the District the pool of labour to support developmental activities. 3. DISTRICT ECONOMY The local economy exemplifies the national macro economy. Even though it is agriculture dominated, it is increasingly becoming service and commerce based. a. AGRICULTURE Agriculture dominates the local economy by the great number of the people it employs, with about 48.9 percent of the people engaged fulltime. There are two main types of agricultural practices in the District, namely, crop farming (food and cash crops farming) and animal husbandry. The proportion of households engaged in agriculture and into crop farming is 90.9 percent, while 35.0 percent is in livestock rearing. Some of produce include cereals such as Maize and tubers such as Cassava, Cocoyam and Yams. The area is also conducive for livestock production such as poultry, sheep, goats and pigs In spite of the contribution of agriculture to the District economy it is beset with low capacity of extension services; over-dependence on rain-fed agriculture; high postharvest Figure 1.0: Sekyere East losses; impoverished soils leading to increased use of fertilizers; misapplication