The Executive Committee of the Jaman North District Assembly in the Brong Ahafo Region, has recommended to the district’s General Assembly to ban all forms of entertainment events organized for Junior High School (JHS) leavers after completion of their Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE).<\/p>\n
It believes the move is to check indiscipline and prevent the JHS graduates from engaging in social vices.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The recommendation\u00a0was made\u00a0at Sampa, the district capital, when the committee presented its report for approval by the general assembly at its first ordinary meeting.<\/p>\n
The District Chief Executive (DCE) in addressing the meeting, said the assembly owned an amount of over GH\u00a23.3 million to contractors and suppliers.<\/p>\n
This, according to him, covers DACF capital expenditure of GH\u00a22.6 million, DDF Capital expenditure of about GH\u00a2624,000 and Internally Generated Fund (IGF) Recurrent expenditure of over GH\u00a2229,000.<\/p>\n
He pledged to ensure the debt is cleared.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 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,\u201d he assured.<\/p>\n
On IGF, he disclosed that the assembly collected an amount of GH\u00a2363,695.00 as of July 2017, as against GH\u00a2380,943.00 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.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0database for revenue collection.<\/p>\n
The DCE said to complement government’s \u201cFree Senior High School\u201d policy in the area,\u00a0 the Assembly is engaging stakeholders to facilitate the passage of a \u201cTruancy 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 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,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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 \u201cPlanting for Food and Jobs\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
In his welcome address, the Presiding Member (PM), Paul Desmond Tutu, called for closer collaboration to accelerate the area\u2019s development to justify the confidence reposed in them by their constituents.<\/p>\n
He expressed concern over the inadequate\u00a0vehicles and logistics for the assembly, and tasked the DCE, MP and management to ensure the little resource available for development is not misused.<\/p>\n
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By: Mashoud Kombat\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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