From Sebastian R. Freiku
The Amansie West District Assembly has exceeded its revenue target for 2015 by 176.31%. The District Assembly had projected to collect GH¢493,172 from their internally generated fund (IGF) in 2015, but by June, 2015, the assembly had been able to generate GH¢869,528, representing 176.31%.
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Amansie West, Mr. Alex Kwame Bonsu, who announced this at the Assembly’s mid-year Review Performance meeting of heads of department in Kumasi, commended the assembly’s revenue collectors for their hard work, and urged them to keep it up.
He announced that the Assembly would build a fire station at Manso Nkwanta out of its IGF. The DCE disclosed that the assembly has constructed 14 CHPS compounds, and hoped that two more would be completed before the year ends.
DCE Bonsu mentioned that three more police stations would be opened at Moseaso, Mpatuom and Tontokrom, and that a number of potable water projects had been completed for use by 10 communities, while Keniago community would get a small water project due to its growing population.
Mr. Bonsu said poor road network is the major problem facing the district, as a result of which the Assembly has also used part of its IGF to reshape all feeder roads in the district for easy movement of goods and services.
The forum afforded all heads of departments the opportunity to brief the house on their achievements, problems and the way forward. The meeting expressed dissatisfaction about the encroachment on school lands, and appealed to chiefs and school management committees to report any such cases to the District Education Office.
On galamsey activities, the house asked all small scale miners to, as matter of urgency, reclaim all lands destroyed by their activities for future development. The participants appealed to parents to invest in the education of their children, instead of using their little resources on unprofitable ventures.
They also appealed to all pregnant women to report to antenatal clinics early to avoid complications after delivery.