Table of Contents PART A: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................ 1 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT ......................................................................................... 1 3. VISION ................................................................................................................................................. 2 4. MISSION .............................................................................................................................................. 2 5. GOALS ................................................................................................................................................ 2 6. CORE FUNCTIONS REPUBLIC OF GHANA ........................................................................................................................... 2 7. DISTRICT ECONOMY ...................................................................................................................... 3 a. AGRICULTURE ................................................................................................................................. 3 b. MARKET CENTER ............................................................................................................................ 3 COMPOSITE BUDGET e. HEALTH .............................................................................................................................................. 5 f. WATER AND SANITATION ............................................................................................................. 5 8. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2019 ...................................................................................................... 6 FOR 2021-2024 9. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE PERFORMANCE .................................................................... 8 a. REVENUE ........................................................................................................................................... 8 b. EXPENDITURE ................................................................................................................................ 10 10. NMTDF POLICY OBJECTIVES IN LINE WITH SDGs AND TARGETS AND COST ...... 11 PROGRAMME BASED BUDGET ESTIMATES 11. REVENUE MOBILIZATION STRATEGIES FOR KEY REVENUE SOURCES ................. 12 PART B: BUDGET PROGRAMME/SUB-PROGRAMME SUMMARY ........................................... 13 PROGRAMME 1: MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION...................................................... 13 SUB- PROGRAMME 1.1 General Administration .................................................................. 14 FOR 2021 SUB- PROGRAMME 1.2 Finance and Revenue Mobilization ............................................. 17 SUB- PROGRAMME 1.3 Planning, Budgeting and Coordination...................................... 19 SUB- PROGRAMME 1.3 Legislative Oversights .................................................................... 21 SISSALA WEST DISTRICT ASSEMBLY SUB- PROGRAMME 1.5 Human Resource Management ............................................................ 23 PROGRAMME 2: INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY AND MANAGEMENT .............................. 26 SUB- PROGRAMME 2.1 Physical and Spatial Planning.............................................................. 27 SUB- PROGRAMME 2.2 Infrastructure Development .................................................................. 29 PROGRAMME 3: SOCIAL SERVICES DELIVERY....................................................................... 32 SUB- PROGRAMME 3.1 Education and Youth Development .................................................... 33 SUB- PROGRAMME 3.2 Health Delivery ......................................................................................... 36 SUB- PROGRAMME 3.3 Social Welfare and Community Development ................................. 39 PROGRAMME 4: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................... 41 SUB- PROGRAMME 4.1 Trade, Tourism and Industrial Development .................................... 42 SUB- PROGRAMME 4.2 Agricultural Development ..................................................................... 44 PROGRAMME 5: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ............................................................... 46 SUB- PROGRAMME 5.1 Disaster Prevention and Management ............................................... 47 PART C: FINANCIAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................ 49 i | P a g e Sissala West District Assembly i | P a g e Sissala West District Assembly PART A: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW size/distribution, composition and age-sex structure of the Sissala West District’s population based on the 2010 Population and Housing Census. 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT a) Legislative Instrument 3. VISION The Sissala West District was established in 2004 by the Legislative Instrument, LI 1771 Sissala West District Assembly’s vision is to champion decentralization in the District (Sissala West District Assembly, 2013). It was carved out of the then Sissala District. through effective local Governance Administration for creating shared prosperity and The district has as its administrative capital at Gwollu. equal job opportunities for its citizenry. b) Location and Size 4. MISSION Sissala West district is located in the northern part of Upper West Region. It lies The District Assembly exists as the highest corporate body with political, administrative approximately between Longitude 213W to 2:36W and Latitude 10:00N 11:00N. The and planning authority that seeks to improve the quality of life of the people through district forms part of the eleven (11) District/Municipal areas in the region. The district effective harnessing of its human, financial and material resources for the provision of shares boundaries with the Jirapa and Lambusia Kaani districts to the West, Sissala basic socio-economic infrastructure and services. East District to the East, Daffiama-Bussie-Issah to South-West, Burkina Faso to the 5. GOALS North and Wa East District to the South. It covers a land area of approximately 4,112.89 The ultimate goal of Sissala West District Assembly is to actualize the agenda for jobs square kilometres, which is about 22.3% of the total landmass of the Upper West by creating equally opportunity and a shared prosperity for all without leaving no one Region (Sissala West District Assembly, 2010). behind. 6. CORE FUNCTIONS 2. POPULATION STRUCTURE a. To exercise political and administrative authority in the district The 2010 PHC revealed that the district has a total population of 49,573, with 48.7 b. To promote local economic development in the district percent as males and 51.3 percent as females. The proportion of population below 15 was 45.2 percent while those who are 65 years and older represents 5.3 percent. On c. To Provide guidance, give direction to and supervise other administrative the other hand, the proportion of the labour force age (15 to 64 years) stood at 49.4 authorities in the district as prescribed by law percent of the total population. The district has a sex ratio of 95.0 and a population d. To be responsible for the overall development of the district density of 24.2 (thus approximately 25 persons per square kilometre). Per the 2010 PHC, the district has a dependency ratio of 102.4 (GSS, 20101).The demographic e. To initiate programmes for the development of basic infrastructure and provide characteristics of a population analyses the size, composition, growth, distribution, Municipal works and services in the district density, and age-sex structure and any vital statistics related to the population. b) To maintain security and public safety in the district in collaboration with the Population size, composition and age-sex structures are critical in understanding the security agencies components of population change (fertility, mortality and migration dynamics) of any geographic area. The age-sex structures are useful for population projections and c) Implementation of government policies socioeconomic development planning. The objective of this chapter is to analyse the 1 | P a g e Sissala West District Assembly 2 | P a g e Sissala West District Assembly 7. DISTRICT ECONOMY There are also feeder roads that link communities to farm lands. Basically, all the roads in the District are classified as Feeder. The Feeder Roads in the District are further a. AGRICULTURE divided into Engineered, Partially engineered and Non-Engineered. About 13.7% of the The agricultural sector is primarily characterized by crop and livestock production. In 281.15Km road length is engineered, while 5.3% constitute partially engineered. The spite of various efforts to boost food production, production still remains at subsistence remaining 77.4% is non-engineered. The district capital is not tired. There is the need to level in the district. The 2010 PHC revealed that agriculture sector employs 82.3% of tire the road within the district, especially the District Assembly premises to the town the district’s work force (GSS, 2010). Farmers mainly depend on rain fed (single centre through the chiefs’ palace. maximum rainfall that occurs mostly between April and October every year) agriculture. They rely on the use of traditional methods of farming using simple tools such as hoe and cutlass for cultivation. However, more farmers use tractor services which is d. EDUCATION inadequate and few others also use