KASSENA-NANKANA SECOND ORDINARY MEETING

09-12-09 KASSENA-NANKANA SECOND ORDINARY MEETING
In line with government’s efforts to develop and improve upon the level of education in the country, the Kassena-Nankana East District Assembly is working around the clock to providing basic infrastructure and logistics to most community schools in the area. This is to ensure massive school enrolment among children, particularly, the girl child and also create an enabling environment for teaching and learning. The Kasssena-Nankana District Chief Executive, Mr. Emmanuel Andema, who announced this at this year’s Second Ordinary Meeting of the Assembly, said the assembly would attend to community schools that requires renovation, as new classroom blocks are being constructed at some identified communities in the district. He mentioned the Bonia, Gongnia and Sabisi schools among others as some of the beneficiaries. Mr. Andema also expressed his readiness to bring on board all stakeholders to restrategize and find ways of completing the District Library that has been abandoned for sometime now due to financial constraints. Mr. Andema hinted that the assembly has received its first trench of funds released under the District Development Fund to implement project as well as build the capacities of the staff of the assembly. As part of the annual action plan under the fund, the assembly intends to procure about 200 electricity service poles for the provision electricity from the National grid to communities and health facilities that do not have electricity. He said the construction of a Rehabilitation Centre for the physically challenged and the construction of a 3-unit classroom block for Nangalkinia Primary School and St. John’s Integrated School are some of the selected projects going through the procurement process for implementation. Mr. Andema deplored the low level of revenue mobilization in the district and charged the assembly to adopt strategies and measures worthy of trial to maximize its internally generated revenue. In the course of the meeting, Mr Dennis Chirawurah was elected as the new Presiding Member (PM) for the assembly following the death Joseph Awakapta who passed away on October 20, 2009. He polled 24 votes representing 72 percent as against 7 votes polled by his opponent, Bismark Azabre. Mr. Chirawurah in an address, advised assembly members to discard all divisive tendencies and work together to achieve a common goal to drive the developmental agendas of the assembly forward. He assured the assembly of his commitment to tackle the myriad of development challenges confronting people in the district.
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