{"id":222510,"date":"2016-06-15T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=222510"},"modified":"2016-06-15T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T15:00:08","slug":"yendi-municipal-assembly-constructs-centre-to-promote-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=222510","title":{"rendered":"Yendi Municipal Assembly constructs centre to promote peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Yendi Municipal Assembly is constructing a Peace and Conflict Resolution Centre to engage the youth on peace management.<\/p>\n

Among several ongoing projects, the Centre is expected to serve as a catalyst for deepening peaceful co-existence in the Eastern Corridor of the Northern Region where conflicts are pervasive.<\/p>\n

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The Yendi Municipal Chief Executive, Alhaji Issah Zakariah, brought this to the fore at a Town Hall Meeting in Yendi.<\/p>\n

He said the meeting was in line with the World Bank\u2019s Urban Development Grant which required district assembly\u2019s to showcase their social accountability auditing agenda.<\/p>\n

He chronicled the abundant projects the assembly and its development partners have since 2009 executed in the Municipality to improve the residents\u2019 welfare.<\/p>\n

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Alhaji Issah Zakariah emphasized the need for residents of Yendi to safeguard the relative peace there to attract investors.<\/p>\n

He pleaded with politicians to conduct their campaigns devoid of intemperate language and character assassination.<\/p>\n

He commended law enforcement agencies for stabilizing the area.<\/p>\n

Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alhaji Issah Zakariah said education remained the assembly\u2019s major priority.<\/p>\n

He mentioned Nakpachei, Kamshegu and Kalsani among several satellite communities which have benefited from 3-unit classroom blocks and their ancillary facilities.\u00a0The ancillary facilities include teachers\u2019 bungalows and toilet facilities.<\/p>\n

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Health\/Sanitation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alhaji Issah Zakariah is elated that the assembly built CHPS compounds in some selected communities including Kulkpang, Kpanjamba, Yimahegu, Kamshegu Sakpe, Kpukpuno and Kofoyili.<\/p>\n

He said two butcher houses have been built at the Yendi market in addition to an ongoing abattoir project.<\/p>\n

Alhaji Issah Zakariah added that, 10 newly built toilet facilities under the Global Community initiative are ready for inauguration and handing over to the beneficiary communities.<\/p>\n

This in his estimation, will reduce open defecation which the assembly is working\u00a0against.<\/p>\n

He pointed to Kuga fong and several communities which have benefited from the rural electrification project.\u00a0He however admitted clean water supply remained the assembly\u2019s major challenge.<\/p>\n

Alhaji Issah Zakariah nevertheless, trumpeted that his administration constructed some boreholes in deprived communities.<\/p>\n

As a municipality credited for yam production, feeder roads have been constructed linking farming communities to major towns, the Yendi MCE stated.<\/p>\n

The Municipal Planning Officer, the Budget Officer and Internal Auditor and other departmental heads, accounted for the assembly\u2019s income and expenditure matching the completed and ongoing projects.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Yendi Municipal Assembly is constructing a Peace and Conflict Resolution Centre to engage the youth on peace management. Among several ongoing projects, the Centre is expected to serve as a catalyst for deepening peaceful co-existence in the Eastern Corridor of the Northern Region where conflicts are pervasive. The Yendi Municipal Chief Executive, Alhaji Issah […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=222510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=222510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=222510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=222510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}