Table of Contents PART A: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW ................................................................................................3 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT .......................................................................................... 3 2. VISION ................................................................................................................................................. 4 3. MISSION .............................................................................................................................................. 4 4. GOALS ................................................................................................................................................. 5 REPUBLIC OF GHANA 5. CORE FUNCTIONS ........................................................................................................................... 5 6. DISTRICT ECONOMY ...................................................................................................................... 6 7. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2019 ....................................................................................................... 9 COMPOSITE BUDGET 8. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE PERFORMANCE .................................................................. 10 9. NMTDF POLICY OBJECTIVES IN LINE WITH SDGs ............................................................... 12 10. POLICY OUTCOME INDICATORS AND TARGETS. ............................................................ 13 FOR 2020-2023 11. REVENUE MOBILIZATION STRATEGIES FOR KEY REVENUE SOURCES .................. 15 PART B: BUDGET PROGRAMME SUMMARY........................................................................... 16 PROGRAMME 1: MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ....................................................... 16 PROGRAMME 2: INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY AND MANAGEMENT .................................... 27 PROGRAMME BASED BUDGET ESTIMATES PROGRAMME 3: SOCIAL SERVICES DELIVERY ............................................................................ 35 PROGRAMME 4: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................... 48 PROGRAMME 5: ENVIRONMENTAL AND SANITATION MANAGEMENT .............................. 53 FOR 2020 PART C: FINANCIAL INFORMATION ......................................................................................... 57 BIAKOYE DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 2020 PBB Estimates - Biakoye District 2 PART A: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW Projected Population of Biakoye District from 2011-2020 YEAR SEX TOTAL 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT MALE FEMALE The Biakoye District is one of the eight (8) Districts in the Oti Region of Ghana. It was 2010 33,057 32,844 65,901 carved out of the Jasikan District Assembly in the year 2007. The Assembly was 2011 33,883.43 33,665.1 67,549 established by a legislative instrument (LI1910 of 2007) and inaugurated in March, 2012 34,730.52 34,506.73 69,237 2011, with its capital at Nkonya Ahenkro which is about 185 kilometers from Accra the 2013 35,598.78 35,369.40 70,968 national capital. 2014 36,488.75 36,253.64 72,742 Location and Size 2015 37,400.97 37,159.98 74,561 The District is located in the southern part of the Oti Region and lies within longitude 00 2016 38,335.99 38,085.98 76,422 15’ E and 00 45’ E and latitude 60 45’ N and 70 15’ N. It shares boarders with the 2017 39,294.39 39,038.13 78,333 Hohoe Municipal Assembly (Volta Region), Jasikan Districts Assembly to the east, 2018 40,276.75 40,014.08 80,291 Kpando Municipal Assembly (Volta Region) to the south, Kadjebi and Krachi East 2019 41,283.67 41,014.43 82,298 Districts to the North and the Volta Lake to the west, with Office Digital Address as VB- 2020 42,315.76 42,039.79 84,355.55 0399-2911. Population Structure. 2. VISION The 2010 Population and Housing Census (PHC) put the assembly’s Population at Biakoye District seeks to become the leading aqua culture and vegetable exporting 65,901 comprising 33,057 male representing 50.2% and 32,844 female representing Districts in the country. 49.8%. Biakoye District is one of the few Districts in Ghana that has slightly males outnumber females. The district growth rate is 2.5% which could be used for further 3. MISSION projection of any statistical data of relevance. Based on this, the current projected The Biakoye District Assembly exists to ensure the social, economic and political well- population of the District for 2020 is estimated at Eighty- four Thousand, three Hundred being of its people through public-private partnership and fiscal, material, human and fifty five (84,355.55). resources mobilization in an atmosphere of peace and unity. 2020 PBB Estimates - Biakoye District 2020 PBB Estimates - Biakoye District 3 4 4. GOALS 6. DISTRICT ECONOMY The development goal of the Biakoye District Assembly is to improve service delivery The economy of the Biakoye District is mainly agrarian. The agriculture sector employs through citizen participation, infrastructural planning, development and maintenance. about 70% of the total population. This is followed by service sector which employs about 17%, the Manufacturing sector of the economy also employs 10% of the total 5. CORE FUNCTIONS population. Forestry (lumbering) sector employs the least; it employs about 3% of the The core functions of the Assembly as specified in the Local Governance Act, 2016, Act total population. 936 section 12 include; a. Agriculture Exercise political and administrative authority in the District, provide guidance, give The District is endowed with about 42,000 hectares of arable land to produce annual direction to, and supervise the other administrative authorities in the district. crops and vegetable. Crop production lands are evenly distributed in the District. It is Perform deliberative, legislative and executive functions made up of forest areas of Bowiri and Akporso and the savanna areas covers the Formulate and execute plans, programmes and strategies for the effective Nkonya, Worawora and Tapa areas. mobilization of the resources necessary for the overall development of the District. The Soils support varieties of crops production and livestock rearing. Crops production Promote and support productive activity and social development in the district and includes cereals, root and tubers and vegetables. The livestock include small ruminants, remove any obstacles to initiative and development. local poultry, piggery and cattle on a small scale. The cash crops cultivated in the Initiate programmes for the development of basic infrastructure and provide works District are cocoa, cashew and shea nut. Vegetables such as okro, tomato, garden eggs and services in the District. and pepper are cultivated extensively along whole length of the Volta Lake. Responsible for the development, improvement and management of human Farming in the District is mainly subsidence in nature and Farmers use simple hand settlements and the environment in the District. tools. The average land holding per farmer is about 0.5 ha. Mixed cropping is gradually Responsible for co-operating with appropriate national and local security agencies, giving way to mono cropping especially for crops such as maize, yam, rice and cassava. for the maintenance of security and public safety in the District. Ensures ready access to Courts in the District for the promotion of justice. The major food crops cultivated in the District are maize, rice, vegetables, yam and Guide and support sub district structure, other public agencies and local cassava and the Common livestock found in the District include sheep, goats, cattle, communities to perform their functions. pigs, local poultry, (domestic fowls) ducks and guinea fowls. Promote and encourage other persons and bodies to undertake development About 80% of all households in the District keep one or other type of livestock. The project, monitor, access and evaluate their impact on the district and national commonest among them are domestic fowls and small ruminants. The system economy. practiced widely is free-range whereby the animals scavenge for food the whole day Perform any other functions provided for under any other enactments with little or no supplementary feeding. 2020 PBB Estimates - Biakoye District 2020 PBB Estimates - Biakoye District 5 6 Cattle production is on relatively small scale and confined mostly to the savanna areas Despite the challenges associated with Education in the District, the BECE Pass Rates of the district and along the Volta Lake. for males and females were 48.0% and 46.0% respectively. The Biakoye District was ranked 1st in the 2018 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) of the Volta Artisanal fishing (river fishing) accounts for the bulk of fish landed in the District. Region. Aquaculture is not practiced in the District although the potential exists. e. Health b. Market Center Biakoye District has twenty-eight (28) health facilities that provide health services in the There are three major markets in the District. These are Tapa Abotoase market, district. This is made up of a District Hospital at Worawora, five (5) Health Centres, four Kwamikrom market and Bumbula Market. The markets form the focus of commerce and (4) CHPS Compounds and fifteen (15) CHPS zones. trade in the District. There are other minor markets scattered all over the District, but with little patronage due to the poor state of the market infrastructure. The markets are Most of the facilities lack adequate logistics, tools and equipment for efficient and