Table of Contents 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT ..................................................................................... 3 2. DISTRICT ECONOMY .................................................................................................................. 3 3. VISION OF THE DISTRICT ASSEMBLY................................................................................... 5 4. MISSION STATEMENT OF THE DISTRICT ASSEMBLY ...................................................... 6 5. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2018 ................................................................................................... 6 6. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE PERFORMANCE .............................................................. 13 (a) REVENUE PERFORMANCE ............................................................................................. 13 REPUBLIC OF GHANA (b) EXPENDITURE PERFORMANCE .................................................................................... 15 7. GOAL ............................................................................................................................................. 15 8. CORE FUNCTIONS ..................................................................................................................... 15 COMPOSITE BUDGET 9. NMTDF POLICY OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................ 17 10. POLICY OUTCOME INDICATORS AND TARGETS ........................................................ 17 11. Revenue Mobilization Strategies for Key Revenue Sources ............................................. 19 PROGRAMME 1: MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION...................................................... 20 FOR 2020-2023 PROGRAMME 2: INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY AND MANAGEMENT .................................. 35 PROGRAMME 3: SOCIAL SERVICES DELIVERY........................................................................... 44 PROGRAMME 4: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................. 55 PROGRAMME BASED BUDGET ESTIMATES PROGRAMME 5: ENVIRONMENTAL AND SANITATION MANAGEMENT ................................ 65 PART C: FINANCIAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................. 70 FOR 2020 TALENSI DISTRICT 2020 Composite Budget - Talensi District 2 PART A: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW OF THE DISTRICT MARKET CENTRE 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT Talensi District cannot boast of any major markets. The main markets are Tongo, 1.1 Location and Size Pwalugu and Tindongo. Because of the closeness of the district to Bolgatanga Municipal, The Talensi District formally used to be Talensi-Nabdam District. The capital is located at these markets are not well patronised since they fall on the same day as the Bolgatanga Tongo. It is bordered to the North by Bolgatanga Municipal and Bolgatanga East, to the market. South by the West and East Mamprusi (both in North East), to the West by Kassena- Nankana Municipal and to the East by Bawku West and Nabdam Districts. The District ROAD NETWORK has a land size of 838.4 square. The district has only one (1) tarred road, spanning from Winkogo junction to Tongo (district capital). The major roads are feeder roads running across the district. The longest POPULATION STRUCTURE feeder road is 14km (Sheaga – Buing road) and the shortest is the 3.4km (Yinduri junction Demographic Characteristics to Yinduri). According to the 2010 Population and Housing Census (PHC), the District has a total population of 81,194 comprising 40,353 females (49.70%) and 40,842 males (50.30%). EDUCATION With an annual growth rate of 2.3%, the 2019 projected population is 99,250 comprising of 48,815 males (49.18%) and 50,443 females (50.82%). About 84% of the population is The District has a total of 218 educational institutions which comprise of 151 public and rural. 67 private schools. The District is divided into six (6) circuits. There are 896 Trained Teachers in the District representing 77.17% and 265 Untrained Teachers representing 2. DISTRICT ECONOMY 22.83%. AGRICULTURE Agriculture is the main source of income of households in the District. It accounts for The Pupil-Teacher Ratios in the District is as follows: Pre-school 1:35, Primary 1:34 and about 90% of the total employment. However, there are a number of light industries J.H.S 1:11. (large, medium and small scale in nature) that provide employment opportunity for the people. The major crops grown are millet, sorghum, maize, rice, groundnuts, leafy vegetables, HEALTH pepper, water melon, onion and livestock such as cattle, sheep, goats, donkey etc. The district has a number of health facilities manned by both the public and private sector operators. The district is divided into Eight sub-districts with a total number of Thirty-Five health facilities. This is made up of One (1) hospital situated in the district capital, Six (6) health centres, One (1) clinic, Twenty-five (25) CHPS zones and Two (2) private clinics. There is also One (1) laboratory facility in the district. 2020 Composite Budget - Talensi District 2020 Composite Budget - Talensi District 3 4 The staff strength of the public health facilities in the district is Two Hundred and Ninety- 4. MISSION STATEMENT OF THE DISTRICT ASSEMBLY two (292) made up of One (1) medical doctors, Six (6) medical assistants, Sixty-seven The Talensi District Assembly exists to ensure sustainable improvement in the quality of (67) general nurses, Thirty-Six (36) midwives, Ninety-one (91) community health nurses life and capabilities of its people by providing equitable, efficient and quality socio- economic facilities and other services in collaboration with the private sector and other and Ninety-one (91) other health workers. stakeholders, by mobilizing all available resources in a cost effective and transparent manner. WATER AND SANITATION The District is served by different sources of water for various uses with a coverage of 5. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2018 64%. There are three (3) Small Town Water Systems, 334 boreholes and 10 dams. In PROGRAMME 1.0: MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION the area of sanitation, the District has 12 public latrines, 110 institutional latrines, 1,430 household latrines, 329 water closets, five (5) STLs, six (6) KVIPs and two (2) Sub-Programme 1.1: General Administration ENVIRON 100. As the assembly continue to strengthen its sub-structures, all the three (3) Town/Area were provided with furniture to enable them to successfully hold their mandatory meetings. The sub-programme also held three (3) Executive Committee and Ordinary ENERGY General Assembly meetings as mandated. The sub-program held five (5) Heads of Majority of the households in the District use fire wood as the source of fuel for cooking. Department meetings and four (4) Public Relations and Complaints Committee (PRCC) Some also use Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) as their source of fuel for cooking. meetings. Also, ten (10) management meetings were held within the period. The District has ten (10) fuel stations that serve the district and Bolgatanga municipality. However, five (5) other fuel stations are at various stages of construction. The Independence Day celebration and Best Teacher Award in the District was carried out as well as My First Day at School in the District. The District Education Directorate Quite a number of communities within the district are connected to the national grid was also supported to participate in the STIMIE for 2019. Also, three (3) District Education through the National and Rural Electrification Programmes and Common fund support. Oversight Committee meetings were held as at September, 2019. Sub-Programme 1.2: Finance and Revenue Mobilisation 3. VISION OF THE DISTRICT ASSEMBLY The Finance and Revenue Mobilisation sub-program organised nine (9) Finance & The District envisages being a district where all resources are harnessed and sustainably Administration Sub-Committee Meetings as at September 2019. A stakeholder’s managed in collaboration with all partners to ensure food security, equitable access to consultative forum on Fee Fixing and Rate Imposition and three (3) refresher training health and education, gainful employment, peace and security for a high standard of living programme for Town/Area Council Staff were held. The sub-programme also undertook for its people. revenue sensitization across the district on the need to pay revenue to the assembly. This had seen an improvement in the Internally Generated Revenue (IGF). 2020 Composite Budget - Talensi District 2020 Composite Budget - Talensi District 5 6 Sub-Programme 1.3: Planning, Budgeting and Co-ordination PROGRAMME 3.0: SOCIAL SERVICES DELIVERY The Planning, Budgeting and Co-ordination sub-programme compiled forty (40) Sub-Programme 3.1: Education and Youth Development Community Action Plans across the district. It organised three (3) Budget Committee and The education and youth development sub-programme under the management of the three (3) Development Planning Sub-Committee meetings as well as four (4) District District Education Directorate has a staff strength of fifty-seven (57). The District has a Planning and Coordination Unit (DPCU) meetings and the mid-year performance review. total of two hundred and eighteen (218) schools including a special school for the Deaf The sub-programme also prepared the 2019 Annual Action Plan and Composite Budget. which runs a Pre-school, Primary and Junior High School (JHS) levels. It is the only one