It believes the move is to check indiscipline and prevent the JHS graduates from engaging in social vices.

It said when the recommendation is implemented, it will not only result in the upbringing of responsible citizens, but will improve educational standards which have been on the decline for decades in the area.

The recommendation was made at Sampa, the district capital, when the committee presented its report for approval by the general assembly at its first ordinary meeting.

The District Chief Executive (DCE) in addressing the meeting, said the assembly owned an amount of over GH¢3.3 million to contractors and suppliers.

This, according to him, covers DACF capital expenditure of GH¢2.6 million, DDF Capital expenditure of about GH¢624,000 and Internally Generated Fund (IGF) Recurrent expenditure of over GH¢229,000.

He pledged to ensure the debt is cleared.

“The debt, although huge, as the District Chief Executive, I am committed to ensuring that the indebtedness is cleared since the projects and programmes that accounted for these huge debts are very crucial to the District,” he assured.

On IGF, he disclosed that the assembly collected an amount of GH¢363,695.00 as of July 2017, as against GH¢380,943.00 budgeted for the year, and appealed to revenue collectors and members to pull their expertise and efforts together so they can collectively increase the IGF.

He proposed the implementation of pragmatic measures such as the use of Revenue Task Force, produce permit, erection of revenue barriers at strategic points and establishment of a database for revenue collection.

The DCE said to complement government’s “Free Senior High School” policy in the area,  the Assembly is engaging stakeholders to facilitate the passage of a “Truancy Free Zone policy in this District to strengthen the existing regulation on quality education and to ensure that children of school going age are very much regulated and not allowed to roam after 8:30 pm in line with the Assembly’s Bye-laws, as well as continue to invest in the area of educational infrastructure, sponsorship and other incentive packages that are necessary for quality education.

“In this regard, notwithstanding the ongoing school projects, the Assembly intends constructing a dormitory in each of the three (3) public schools of the District, lecture Hall at Sampa Nursing Training College, and a classroom block at Nafana Presby Senior High School, and also absorb Duadaso No.1 Secondary Technical into the Government public school system to boost vocational education,” he added.

On agriculture, the DCE said funding was being sourced to promote the cultivation of cashew, and appealed to the youth and farmers in the area to take advantage of the “Planting for Food and Jobs” as a package of over 9,300 bags of subsidized fertilizer, 606 bags of improved seeds of maize, rice, tomatoes, and pepper have been received by the District MoFA.

He also touched on measures instituted by the assembly to improve health, security and water and sanitation, and made a passionate appeal to government and donor agencies to come to their aid in addressing the challenges of poor road network which is retarding the development of the area.

In his welcome address, the Presiding Member (PM), Paul Desmond Tutu, called for closer collaboration to accelerate the area’s development to justify the confidence reposed in them by their constituents.

He expressed concern over the inadequate vehicles and logistics for the assembly, and tasked the DCE, MP and management to ensure the little resource available for development is not misused.

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By: Mashoud Kombat/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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This follows the arrest of 41 suspected middlemen who allegedly issued fake vehicle documents to clients of the Authority.

The DVLA said activities of the “Goro Boys” interrupted the professional operations of the Authority as they harass and intercept documents from clients supposedly to be sent to DVLA officials.

They also extort money from DVLA clients ostensibly to help them acquire driving documents but end up giving the customers fake document such as drivers’ licenses, roadworthy stickers and registration papers.

The DVLA’s Greater Accra Regional Manager, Noah Matey, said: “The war on Goro Boys was ignited by the Tiger Eye revelations of underhand dealings at DVLA offices.”

According to him, the ages of the middlemen arrested in the swoop ranged between 23 and 40 years and they are currently behind bars at the Airport Police Station.

They are to be screened and the innocent ones will be released.

Mr Matey said, in the past, the Authority adopted persuasive mechanism including the use of public address systems to educate clients about services available, direct clients to offices and an electronic display of services and prices to wade-off the “Goro Boys.”

He said the Authority also resorted to the use of staff identification badges and warnings to clients about the illegal activities of Goro Boys but all proved futile.

According to him, the DVLA employees caught dealing with any Goro Boy will also be arrested and dealt with according to the law.

He appealed to clients to use approved processes of acquiring registration documents and drivers’ licenses to avoid issuance of fake documents.

Mr Matey noted that the DVLA had introduced an online registration system for customers to access and fill their application forms in order to facilitate the documentation process.

Customers only need to present their invoices to the DVLA to begin the processes for license acquisition, vehicle registration and vehicle roadworthy tests.

The police carried out the swoop on Goro Boys last Wednesday following a request by the DVLA management.

Following the swoop, activities in and around the DVLA Accra Regional Office near the 37th Military Hospital reduced as the Goro Boys fled the area.

Some of them were arrested at the DVLA office at Weija in a similar swoop.

The Airport Police Commander, Superintendent of Police Yao Tettegah said the police will prosecute the suspects and that the swoop was the first in a series to rid the DVLA offices of Goro Boys.

He advised the public to stop dealing with them since they risked receiving fake drivers’ licenses and other documents.

Source: GNA

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